Tarek has just begun work as Musical Director for the brand new musical The Grinning Man as part of the Bristol Old Vic 250th anniversary season.
The show is written by Carl Grose, with score by Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler, direction by Tom Morris and musical supervision by Tom Deering.
Cracked hearts. Strange fates. Impossible dreams.
The King is dead, but who the hell cares? A strange new act has arrived at the Stokes Croft fair, a grotesque oasis of entertainment.
Soon everyone from the gutter rats to the new Queen has fallen for the handmade freak Grinpayne and his hideously beautiful face. But who is he really? And how did he come to be so marked? Together with an old man, a blind girl and a wolf, he has a story to tell. A tale so tragic and so strange that not even he can guess how it will end.
The Grinning Man is a brand new tragicomic musical directed by Tom Morris and based on The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo. Brought to life by writer Carl Grose (Dead Dog in a Suitcase) featuring a sensational original score by Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler and puppetry from Gyre and Gimble, the original puppeteers of War Horse, don’t miss this hot ticket!
The production runs at Bristol Old Vic from October 13th to November 13th 2016. Click here for tickets and further details…