Pete Doherty Writes The Musical Rocco Forte
THE Sunday Mirror says Pete Doherty to write a musical.
“Junkie rocker” Pete will write the musical with his former Libertines bandmate Carl Barat.
The singer, now frontman with Dir ty Pretty Things, says: “A producer from the theatre approached me through my record label. So I went down there to see a play and we met up for a chat. He asked me if I was still in contact with Pete and whether we would be interested in writing a musical together for The Donmar for the early part of 2009. I asked Pete and he loves the idea. He has invited me to Wiltshire this week to start writing it.”
The show is said to premier at London’s “high-brow” (tabloidese for ‘limited seating’) theatre the Donmar Warehouse. Londoners beware.
Doherty’s musical will follow in the footnotes of Mike Read’s musical, Oscar Wilde (”Your barbaric ways/ Leave me quite amazed”), Cliff, The Musical, a tribute to Sir Cliff Richard, and Oh Puck! “Mike’s new version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
Barat and Doherty can be the new Sir Tim Rice and Lord Lloyd-Webber (in that order).A working title, for Pete Doherty The Musical has yet to be offered. And a story yet to be settled upon.
Although if Doherty can be rhymed with Rocco Forte, London may have a new muscial to remember on its hands.
Over to you, Mike Read…
March 9th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I actually met Rocco Forte when he was visiting a newly acquired hotel that I frequented. I commented that although I had enjoyed Rocco I and II, I thought that III was a little over the top. He did not answer me directly but asked one of his companions to ‘get this ********* idiot out of my way’. I took this to mean that he thought my criticism unwarranted. In protest I have refused to view IV through XX ever since
March 9th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
A sequel; the prequel…
March 10th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I think its great that Pete and Carl are getting together again to work on a musical. They work really well together… and are both v. talented (especially Peter) and I know they will come up with some fantastic stuff.
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