Fungus the Bogeyman – Fungus Bog Blog
December 19, 2007
Well, the Good Ship Fungus is steaming ahead at artsdepot in London and like a good snotty nose is running until January 6th 2008
We certainly had a great time putting it together and the cast have been amazing. The songs by Ivan Stott have been going down a storm – the cast play a wide variety of instruments including accordion, trombone, cornet, steel pan, full drum kit, harmonica, electric guitar have been storming through such gems as ‘Blame it on the Bogey’, ‘Bogey Wonderland’ and ‘You’d Better Stink’, as well as the perennial bogey anthem ‘We’re Bogeys and We Always Stick Together’.
It’s been a great deal of fun adapting Raymond Briggs’ seminal book for the stage, and one where puns and visual images go together like partners in slime; we are certain this show will run and run…
So if you’re trying to pick something to go and see then look no further than the end of your nose! Fungus will be resting in January and hibernating in the frozen depths of February before awaking from his slumbers in March, and heading up to York to unleash his odorous blasts of putrid hot gas on the lovely red seats of the Theatre Royal…
Mucus Romer
