This morality tale in words and music performed as part of B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival first saw the light of day as a concert item and it has grown and developed since its premiere in 2016. Further development and bulking out could make it a first class piece of musical theatre.
A new musical based on Shakespeare’s The Seven Ages of Man with music by Ricky Horscraft, words by John McCullough with additional material for musical theatre adaptation by Tom Slater-Hyndman. Performed by members of Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, University of Sussex Symphony Orchestra, guest performers and featuring Kara Van Park as Tequila Heels.
Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Lynda Hyde, the High Sheriff of East Sussex, Michael Foster and Peter Kyle, MP for Hove & Portslade were among the dignitaries attending the first performance of The Seven Doors of Danny at St Andrew Church, Hove last night.
If you grew up in a small, not very interesting town, the cosmopolitan city of Brighton can hold a magnetic pull, and for poet John McCullough it was no different.
