5 episodes
My lunch with Frank Kester Lovelace
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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 LovelessManon Clavel - Estelle LovelaceOscar Lesage - Augustin LeparfaitJulie Kalya - Simone de LabicheNicholas Mead - Dominique ClaudeDavid Stanley - Frank WilliamsSarah Tullamore - Michelle Gabrielle, and the French waitressVivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab, and the English waitressMartin 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 TidesPearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club AdieuParis 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 RecordingHuma 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 digsGogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo PianoSecond call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost
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Ep 1 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS
The theatre director Lester Loveless is preparing to meet Frank Williams, his beloved playwright and the author of the acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musical which Lester is about to put on stage in Paris. The excitement and the expectation build to a crescendo, as he and his young French producer, Augustin Leparfait, arrive for the lunch in London and meet the celebrated dramatist and music composer.
Cast:
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
Julie Kalya - Simone
Nicholas Mead - Dominique
David Stanley - Frank
Sarah Tullamore - Michelle and the Waitress
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
Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording
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Ep 2 - FRANK’S INQUISITION
2 The lunch with champagne in a posh London restaurant was meant to establish a mutually rewarding artistic collaboration, however, all of a sudden, Frank turns hostile to Lester and Augustin…
Cast:
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
David Stanley - Frank
Manon Clavel - Estelle
Sarah Tullamore - Michelle
Vivienne Vermes - the Waitress
Martin Lewis - the Passenger
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
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Ep 3 - HAND IN HAND
Back in Paris, concerned and confused, Lester and Augustin get in touch with Simone de Labiche, Frank’s French agent, and are hopeful of clearing up what they think is a mere misunderstanding. Lester’s wife, Estelle, starts worrying about her husband…
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lessage - Augustin
Julie Kalya - Simone
Manon Clavell - Estelle
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack),
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides.
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Ep 4 - FOOL’S GAME
Lester and Augustin realise that Frank’s agents, both in London and Paris, are playing a double blame game. Production is at a standstill and so is Lester’s marriage…
Cast:
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
Manon Clavel - Estelle
Leslie Clack - Dandy Dan
Martin Lewis - the Judge
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digs
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
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Ep 5 - UNLIKELY BUT TRUE
Frank and his agents stop at nothing to have their way. There seems to be no possibility of saving the production, but Lester keeps hoping…
Kester Lovelace - Lester
Oscar Lesage - Augustin
Manon Clavel - Estelle
Julie Kalya - Simone
Vivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab
Written by Kester Lovelace
Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré
Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist
Music:
Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo Piano
Second call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost
Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.