Emma Thompson has spent 10 years writing the musical adaptation of Nanny McPhee, with music by Gary Clarke, and it is coming to London's West End the following year.
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Emma has written two children's films, the most notable being Nanny McPhee, and has been collaborating with Gary Clarke — the Irish composer behind Sing Street — on a stage musical for a decade. [1] — Emma Thompson "Nanny McPhee musical coming to West End: Emma Thompson has spent 10 years writing the musical adaptation of Nanny McPhee, with music by Gar…" 53:35 She gave Clarke two sonic touchstones: Tom Waits' 'Swordfish Trombone' and something in the vein of the Tiger Lillies — Victorian steampunk, dark circus, not too on the nose. After a billion songs written and cut, the show is finally heading to the West End. Will then brings up The Sheep Detective, a film written by Craig Mazin (who wrote Chernobyl) about a shepherd who is murdered and whose sheep solve the crime. Emma says the premise alone was enough: she would have played a broom. The film also stars Hugh Jackman. Emma was only on set for three weeks, shooting in a picture-perfect English village she eventually remembers as Hambleton.
Craig Mazin — who wrote Chernobyl — has penned a film about a murdered shepherd whose sheep solve the crime, and Emma Thompson is in it. The premise is so good, she says, she would have played a broom.
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