Only You Can Save Mankind
Book and Lyrics by Shaun McKenna
Based on the novel by Terry Pratchett
Music by Leighton James House
Produced by Sarah Broadhurst
www.ifnotyouthenwho.com Press launch for the new Terry Pratchett album 'Only You Can Save Mankind' - The Musical
Johnny Maxwell is an unhappy teenage boy whose parents are breaking up.
He takes refuge in computer games - but, to his horror, cyberspace and reality collide when the Crocodile-like Captain of the Scree Wee ship starts talking to him, suing for peace and an escort home.
Johnny and his friends - together with the feisty fellow-player Kirsty - have to find a way to stop the world being destroyed by the rebellious Gunnery Officer and lead the Scree Wee home to their own planet.
The first professional production was at the Pleasance, Edinburgh during the 2004 Edinburgh festival.
It was directed by Christian Durham, with Musical Staging by Dawn Buckland, Musical Supervision and Arrangements by John Rigby and Musical Director Laurie Perkins.
The cast included Bennett Andrews, Tim Frater, Jonathan Glew, Ashleigh Gray, Richard Hartley, Ben Heathcote and Lucy Walker.
“If I’d known it would be this good, I’d have written a better book.”
Sir Terry Pratchett
In 2009, an online album of key songs from the show was released, sung by great West End singers including Daniel Boys, Sharon D Clarke, Zubin Varla, Zoe Martlew, Ricardo Afonso and Oliver Tompsett.
The album was produced by Neil Brock with orchestrations by Tom Deering. It was engineered by Rupert Coulson.
Songs from Only You Can Save Mankind
A song from Terry Pratchett's ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND, the forthcoming musical with Music by Leighton James House and Lyrics by Shaun McKenna. Sung by Zubi...
The final song from the musical "Terry Pratchett's ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND", music by Leighton James House, lyrics by Shaun McKenna and sung by Oliver Toms...