SILENCE! The Musical, the notorious unauthorised parody of the Academy Award-winning film The Silence of The Lambs, is bringing its singing serial killers, tap-dancing lambs, and gleefully unstoppable bad taste to Edinburgh. As a rookie FBI agent matches with the brilliant but insane Dr. Hannibal Lecter in an intense serial killer chase, the most horrific of subjects are paired with a chorus of singing lambs narrating the action and breaking out into cheerful show tunes with unprintable song titles.
Originally premiering in 2005 off-Broadway, SILENCE! combines whip-smart dialogue, shocking songs, and over-the-top performances in a parody that’s popular with seasoned fans of the film and FBI rookies alike. Spinning the horror genre to include the absurd, SILENCE! The Musical will have audiences laughing in the face of danger. One most definitely for the adults, SILENCE! is the perfect final showstopper for a day of theatre at Fringe.
With an on-stage ensemble of 10, SILENCE! comes to Edinburgh Fringe with some of the original creators behind it, including the outstanding director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli (Wonka, Newsies The Musical) and designer Scott Pask (The Pillowman, The Coast of Utopia, The Book of Mormon), both Tony award-winning.
Christopher Gattelli comments, I’m beyond excited to participate in the legendary Edinburgh Fringe – SILENCE! The Musical! was created with the Fringe in mind. Spoofing the growing movie turned musical genre, a group of artists thought they’d get ahead of the curve and turn their favourite film into a musical, submit it to The Fringe, and luckily got accepted. So they packed up their set, props, and costumes into a van and drove to the festival to share it with others. It’s been a complete joy, and some of the funniest rehearsals I’ve been in, creating the show with the premise in mind.
