Director’s Note

“2020 was a hell of a year. Both figuratively and literally for a lot of people around the world. For MacMS it meant a year without theatre and our musical community, so to be putting on our first show in over 12 months is so so exciting.

When Luke and Quin first came to me with a pitch for our first show in 2021, the idea was to do some sort of jukebox-style musical that would largely be online, and instead we've ended up with not one, but three small shows in an actual live performance space.

Worlds Away is at turns over-the-top-ridiculous, emotional, silly and heartfelt.

Our three shows, Zombody to Love, Isolation in Bloom, and Straight A are wildly different, yet all built around the theme of being worlds apart, or Worlds Away, in one way or another.

The cast of Worlds Away are a truly talented, enthusiastic and hilarious group of people who have been such a blast to work with. Rehearsing with them has been a delight, and I can't wait to watch them take to the stage every night.

I need to thank Dom for putting together an amazing band and orchestrating so many of the songs (and the band for being amazing), Quin for making everyone sound so wonderful, Ash, Aidan and Erin for all their hard work making the tech come to life in a new theatre, Megan for writing us two new beautiful original songs for the show, and Domi and Peter for all their hard work making sure the show runs smoothly. Also, of course, my producer Luke - who overcame every challenge to make sure we had a theatre and a show to put in it, and kept everything running behind the scenes.

With all that said, sit back, relax, and enjoy the shows.”