Imagine a modern day Death of Salesman for the Tik-Tok Generation. Fast paced, deeply moving and provocative with powerful hit songs that make you want to get off your feed and dance. And afterwards to call your sibling and tell them you love them.
The story is about two brothers--one a record mogul, the other a struggling musician asking his rich and successful brother to help their mother. But he’s a trojan horse entering his brother’s house, seeking to impress his brother's new artist and prove he’s got the goods to make a hit song.
HIT MACHINE, which will have it's world premiere at the Soho Theatre in London this summer, is an inside look at what it takes to make a hit from a family that does not pull their punches.
The first step is always the hardest! We've been lucky enough to have been offered a 6 week slot at an incredible theatre in London but in order to make that happen we have to raise the funds to put the show up ourselves. Your donation will allow us to bring this very special piece of theatre to audiences for the first time, hopefully paving the way for future productions.
It's a play that deals with appropriation—where a song originates, the hands it travels through, and the cultural gatekeepers who convert art into currency. But it's also about collaboration, when it comes to art but, perhaps more importantly, when it comes to family. These two brothers are trying to collaborate on a song, but their desire to control one another gets in the way. Together they can make something transcendent, individually their skills only allow them to take the song so far.
The best creative acts are birthed collectively and a family sings when it releases the need to manage how love must be expressed or received; when each member focuses more on opening their own channels so love can flow back and forth the most freely.
We hope these themes speak to you and thank you in advance for your support!