I Can’t Sing! The X Factor musical
I Can’t Sing is the X-Factor inspired new musical written by Harry Hill coming to the London Palladium from the 26th March 2014.
I Can’t Sing! is the new comedy musical which goes behind the microphones and under the judges’ desks at the X-Factor. Proving that Simon Cowell can join us all in laughing at his antics. The show in London will lampoon the judging panel and includes caricatures of not only Simon but the Irish gnome Louis Walsh and celebrity songstress, Cheryl Cole.
Apparently we will learn the behind the scenes secrets of heartache and laughter which keeps millions of us glued to The X Factor, week-after-week. We are also promised the truth behind why Simon wears his high waisted trousers, I wonder if it just a throwback to the heady days of the early 70’s when high-waisters were in vogue? We’ll wait and see whether Simon’s ever-inflating head will be revealed as a bad case of botox gone wrong or indeed if it is just pure vanity.
Simon Cowell tries the Harry Hill look
Harry Hill describes the show as a mickey-taking spectacular.
He said: “We’d been umm-ing and arghing about the title for a while, then it hit us – there’s never been a musical called I Can’t Sing! It also happens to be the title of one of the funniest songs in the show, and hope hints at the direction we’re taking with this production. We think it is the only musical for a while with a singing hunchback, a talking dog and a man on an iron lung, but we’d have to Google that to be sure. We’re pretty certain that you won’t have seen anything like it before and it’s great that Simon is backing it 4,500 per cent.”
Harry Hill tries the Simon Cowell look
Although an educated man, I think Harry’s maths needs some work. He describes a show that is clearly on the cutting edge of satirical humour and will perhaps be reminiscent of The Producers, another show in London that caused offence and laughter in equal measures. If it hits the mark of this show and another recent satirical musical show, The Book of Mormons, then it is bound to be a huge success.
Simon Cowell has seen the initial workshops and said “it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.” He was either looking in the mirror or he doesn’t get out much. But one thing is for certain Simon Cowell is not often associated with failures, and the ability to laugh at himself and cash the cheque at the same time is a rare quality. I think it’s called laughing all the way to the bank.
Simon Cowell thinks about the ticket sales for I Can’t Sing The X Factor musical
Directed by Sean Foley, a double Olivier Award winner, he said: “Its a musical about a musical and it’s very, very funny. What we’re all aiming for, and Harry said this, is to try and put on the best night’s entertainment that anyone has ever done, even if we have to die in the process. I think it will surprise people, how old-time theatrical it is. It does have the feel of a classic night at the London Palladium.”
I wonder whether they will be wheeling out Jimmy Tarbuck to present it?
Written by BAFTA Award-winning comedian Harry Hill (3 BAFTAs, 7 British Comedy Awards and a Golden Rose of Montreux) with music and lyrics by Steve Brown (Spend, Spend, Spend, Spitting Image, Laura Mvula, TV Burp), I Can’t Sing! is co-produced by Stage Entertainment and Simon Cowell’s company Syco.
Rebecca Quigley from co-producers, Stage Entertainment, said: “It’s going to be quite a wacky big show. We learn why Simon wears his trousers high.”
Directed by Sean Foley (co-founder of The Right Size; The Play What I Wrote; The Ladykillers; What The Butler Saw) with choreography by Kate Prince (Founder of Zoonation; Into The Hoods and Some Like It Hip Hop) and set design by Es Devlin (Creative Director for Take That, Kanye West and Pet Shop Boys stadium tours; designer for London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony).
This irreverent, anarchic and new musical comedy promises to delight both fans and sceptics of The X Factor in equal measure, as well as appealing to the legions of Harry Hill fans. Previews start in February and tickets will no doubt be hot.
