New Irish fantasy musical FOR THE LACK OF LAURA to premiere in UK this summer
Photo credit: Brigid Vinnell
New Irish fantasy musical, For The Lack of Laura, will receive its UK premiere this summer at the Forum Theatre in Malvern from 16-19 July and London’s Shaw Theatre from 24 July-2 August.
For The Lack of Laura is a tale of magic and romance set to an original Celtic and musical theatre classics-inspired soundtrack. Laura, a young Irish heroine with her eyes on the stars, makes an immortality bargain with an evil sorceress which grants her the power to travel through time and space to find her true love. Faced with a host of fine suitors across cultures and time periods, she travels through Spain, Russia, The Malverns, Paris, and New Orleans, and discovers this magic may really be a curse.
Produced by Galway-based company Morgan Brothers, For The Lack of Laura combines folk tales and magic with the music of composer Kurt Rosenberg, featuring a 16-piece orchestra and 12 person cast performing a soundtrack of 26 original songs.
Writer and composter Kurt Rosenberg said: “After 25 years in the making, I am thrilled that Morgan Brothers in bringing my musical, For the Lack of Laura, to England. The musical’s journey began when my mom said that she chose my father because he had “the gifts she was looking for.” Twenty years later, I created “Laura”, a young Irish woman who knows that her soulmate, with the gifts she longs for, is waiting for her somewhere beyond the confines of her small village. To add color and adventure to Laura’s search for true love, I wanted her suitors to be “worlds apart”, not only in location but in their professions and temperament. That’s why Laura is transported to meet engaging suitors like a Spanish matador, a French Impressionist painter, a playwright from the American South, a Bolshoi ballet dancer, and an English vicar. With an array of ardent admirers vying for her love, the burning question remains – ‘Who Will She Choose?’ Come join us at one of our performances to find out!”