This new musical reimagines the less well-known ‘messy’ part of Exodus.
Moses has rescued the slaves from the dictatorship of Pharaoh, his ‘mother’, but soon realises that that was the easy bit. A desperate and dramatic desert journey ensues. While the rebellious people demand to return to Egypt, the ghost of Pharaoh stands before the embattled leader, urging him to crack down.
With music that integrates contemporary spoken word and poetry with driving melodies and cinematic underscore, the story flips between Moses’s royal past amongst palace scribes and astrologers, and his struggle against bitter disillusionment in the desert.
The musical explores themes that are very relevant today: faith, identity, leadership, ambition and the challenges of newly acquired freedom. Dictators may fall and statues may tumble – but can you stop the early promise of freedom fading back to autocracy?