writing
Writing
Boris III
Written and directed by Adam Meggido
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022.
‘Meggido’s skilfully written script has the sharp structure of an on-stage/off-stage theatrical-turned-bedroom farce, filled with slapstick comedy slickly delivered by the ensemble cast, but also references to Brexit, 1980s pop culture and the unequal social structures that exist both in the play’s subtext and still in the world outside today.’
*****The Scotsman, Critics’ Choice
Burlesque
Book by Adam Meggido and Roy Smiles
Lyrics by Adam Meggido and Roy Smiles
Music by Adam Meggido
Directed by Adam Meggido
Winner of 4 Off West End Theatre Awards including Best New Musical.
Set in a run-down Burlesque Theater in America, 1952, popular comedian Johnny Reno has a chance to clear his name from senator McCarthyʼs anti- communist blacklist – but at what price? With dazzling song and dance routines (an homage to the heyday of the great American book-musical) Burlesque is a cocktail of glitz, glamour and grime as showbiz meets politics head on.
ʻIt is rare and exhilarating to see a brand-new musical in a tiny unsubsidised theatre and think “One day Iʼll boast that I saw its birth! If I were a theatre angel I would back it, and gloat.’
The Times ****
ʻA clever, heartfelt and hugely entertaining show. if it doesn't eventually transfer to a venue where it can loosen its corsets, I hereby promise to eat my entire collection of retro lingerie.’
The Independent ****
The Tailor Made Man
Book by Claudio Macor and Amy Rosenthal
Lyrics by Adam Meggido
Music by Adam Meggido and Duncan Walsh Atkins
The true story of William Haines, a 1920s-30s movie star dropped by his studio for refusing to hide his homosexuality.
‘The songs, by Adam Meggido and Duncan Walsh Atkins, have a sharp, sweet knowingness that conjures the period to perfection.’ the Telegraph ****
Other projects
I have written a musical for the Covid era entitled Level Up.
I wrote another song for Ant and Dec for the opening of the live finals of ITVs Britain’s Got Talent.
Crewe Station (a new musical, book, music, lyrics in collaboration with Amy Rosenthal and Duncan Walsh Atkins)
The Liberation of Collette Simple (lyricist)
Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens (additional music and lyrics)
I have also composed music for Film As A Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16 and Sooner Or Later, two films by Paul Cronin.
My plays include: Nina, Devil In The Detail, Dysphoria, Close Up, Some Other Bird, Black Dog, Icarus, The Christening, Resurrection, Best Men, Premature Burial, Chaos Of Delight.