Discover our story …

We’ve used music, humour, rhythm and rhyme to create an offbeat, political reworking of a lesser-known part of the Exodus story.

In ancient Egypt. The story takes place in a desert – and other locations where Zipporah, Moses’s wife, takes us, including the seashore, a royal Egyptian tomb and Pharaoh’s palace.

Currently, around 1h 10m.

Four main characters plus a small ensemble.

Yes. The piece is entirely “musicalized” (i.e., sung or spoken with music underscored).

Epic musical theatre meets 21st century spoken word. So we have been told!

Once the statues have been toppled, how does a liberator achieve real freedom and avoid becoming another pharaoh?

• Politics and the messy reality of political change.
• Whether people can ever accept elitist outsiders.
• How power can easily evolve into corruption.
• Can liberators avoid becoming dictators?
• Different leadership styles.
• Brexit and new beginnings.
• How does a generation of unrest sort itself out?
• Belief. People’s reluctance to believe in the evidence before them. And in themselves.
• Words. Why do some versions of history travel down the generations but others don’t?

No. And you wouldn’t ask if you’d met Zipporah.

Sorry, no.

So fun.

Thought you’d never ask! We have a working script and score, which has been refined following initial dramaturgical and musical director input as well as workshops with musical theatre actors. We’ve made some demo recordings with sample orchestrations.