An intimate and true story about what happens when you meet your heroes...

It involves the most prestigious theatre in Paris, a few high-profile media partners, some of the best French musical actors….and a posh London restaurant.

Frank Williams, the author of acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musicals, had always been Lester's beloved playwright and lyricist. Lester had read everything Frank had ever written; seen everything Frank had ever done. Lester believed they were meant to become friends. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the lunch …

Cast:

Kester Lovelace - Lester Loveless
Manon Clavel - Estelle Lovelace
Oscar Lesage - Augustin Leparfait
Julie Kalya - Simone de Labiche
Nicholas Mead - Dominique Claude
David Stanley - Frank Williams
Sarah Tullamore - Michelle Gabrielle, and the French waitress
Vivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab, and the English waitress
Martin Lewis - The Judge, and the passenger
Leslie Clack - Dandy Dan

Written by Kester Lovelace

Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré

Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist

Music:

Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)
Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2
Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu
Paris dreaming by Agnès Vincent, Album: Elegy (Original Soundtrack)
Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording
Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack)
Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digs
Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo Piano
Second call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost

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