An intimate and true story about what happens when you meet your heroes...
It involves the most prestigious theatre in Paris, a few high-profile media partners, some of the best French musical actors….and a posh London restaurant.
Frank Williams, the author of acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musicals, had always been Lester's beloved playwright and lyricist. Lester had read everything Frank had ever written; seen everything Frank had ever done. Lester believed they were meant to become friends. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the lunch …
Cast:
- Kester Lovelace - Lester Loveless
- Manon Clavel - Estelle Lovelace
- Oscar Lesage - Augustin Leparfait
- Julie Kalya - Simone de Labiche
- Nicholas Mead - Dominique Claude
- David Stanley - Frank Williams
- Sarah Tullamore - Michelle Gabrielle, and the French waitress
- Vivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab, and the English waitress
- Martin Lewis - The Judge, and the passenger
- Leslie Clack - Dandy Dan
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
- Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
- Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)
- Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2
- Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu
- Paris dreaming by Agnès Vincent, Album: Elegy (Original Soundtrack)
- Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording
- Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
- Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
- Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack)
- Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digs
- Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo Piano
- Second call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost