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Forbes Masson

FORBES MASSON

  (1963 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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below is a list of Forbes Masson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Aladdie         Crackers         Heal!         Mince?         Pants         Stiff!         Weans In the Wood
Aladdie

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Crackers

Synopsis:
Leonard's life is a complete and utterly weird pantomime. Trapped behind the checkout at Myrrh's Bazaar, a cut-price Christmas shop, he longs to escape, find true love and live his dreams. But his boss, the astonishingly evil entrepreneur Archibald Myrrh, has other abominable plans. . .

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Script, music And lyrics by Forbes Masson

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60 min musical

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Heal!

Synopsis:
Belinda's waiting at the station. Maybe today she'll finally see him. . . the Healing Hero!. . . Dr Dennis Taupe and his amazing Ray of Hope. . . Daddy. But who will Dr Dennis Taupe really turn out to be? As we join the eccentric cast of his religious roadshow is he a corrupt conman or a spiritual superhero who can miraculously heal the sick? Can he ever be reconciled with Belinda. . . can he heal those wounds?

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written by Forbes Masson And Gordon Dougall

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Sounds of Progress.

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Play/Drama

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Mince?

Synopsis:
Life, love and luxuriously lush lounge sounds. Donald Johnston writes jingle for TV ads, his most famous being the McKinnon's Tinned Mince campaign. He is handsome talented, successful, but losing the plot. the music with which he make his living is turning against him. His easy-listening imagination is taking control and he finds himself slipping into a fantasy world where all the mistakes of his life are played out in song. Jaunted by his past, tormented by his future, and finding it impossible to live in the present, ex-girlfriends, dead relatives and an assortment of alter-egoes all vie for attention in the form of a swinging, 'music for pleasure' ensemble, in his head. Dr Jessica Craig a new age, cyber-therapist, with the aid of the latest computer technology, sifts through these mad musical memories to try to lay them to rest. Will this radical process allow Donald to come to terms with his losses, so he can enjoy life and love again? And at what cost? Join her on this jingly journey inside the mind of Donald Johnston. . .a man whose head is full of Mince,

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1st Produced:
Dundee Rep     2001

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Pants

Synopsis:
A bittersweet musical comedy with all new and original songs. In Pants we travel through the greatest flops, the sub-bowiesque persona's and varying musical genres, (from Glam through punk, to new romantic and post modern) of Rikki Rintou, the Caledonian Mc Chameleon of Rock. Once described by Smash Hits as a 'bit of a cult' (although this proved to be a typographical error), Rikki rises to fame as the sexually magnetic, ambiguous and promiscuous lead singer of the group 'the Pants'. Becoming seduced by fame, he grows apart from the other members of the band, causing a massive split in 'the Pants' and inspiring lots of jokes in the NMe. But the years of attempted musical re-invention and critical failure begin to take their toll. His solo career hits an all time low, his debts hit an all time high and no one is buying his records. So he needs to find some way of hitting the headlines, raising his celebrity profile and jump-starting his flaccid career. . .pronto.

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1st Produced:
Dundee Rep     15 Apr 2002

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Stiff!

Synopsis:
A night of sex, death and silly songs in this Scottish musical. Follows the tale of a monumental mason, thirty something and unfulfilled who makes a deal with a devil called Neville.

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1st Produced:
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh     16 Apr 1999

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Weans In the Wood

Synopsis:
babes by any other name

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1st Produced:
Glasgow, Tron     2005

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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