Book, Music and Lyrics by Leo Mercer and Stephen Hyde
SYNOPSIS
It is the newseries of Pop Art, a search for a newicon-in-the-making to join the ever-expanding canon. Andy Warhol presents, and the judges are the already canonical Mona Lisa, Michaelangelo'sGod, Frida Kahlo and Van Gogh self-portraits.
Each contestant shares their own story, in a bid to be the next - before the competition is cut short by the sneaky stage-managing Banksys, ever dreaming of being in charge. They reveal the whole showhas been a stunt-like piece of performance art to convey howproblematic a canon of art is in the first place.
CREATIVETEAM
Music and Lyrics: Leo Mercer and Stephen Hyde
Director: Will Holyhead
Musical Director: TomArnold
Choreographer: Christopher Matthews
Student Technicians: Darcey Wood, Pandora Banes, Chisato Inoue
Production Team: TomCallahan, David Buss, Colin Prior