Alan Turing: Musical Biography – Paradise @ Augustines
We are asked: What does the name Alan Turing mean to you?
AI champion?
Inventor of the modern day personal Computer?
Breaker of codes, Saver of 14M lives?
Trailblazer of LGBT rights?
Put that way, its probably time that a lot more of us knew a lot more.
This musical, which had its Fringe debut and practically sold out in 2022, composed by two music teachers, Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a new script by Joan Greening provides an excellent summary through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing. It presents experiences of his early life and motivations, including the death of his closest school friend, Alan's key role in the Second World War as well as his continuous struggle with his concealed homosexuality.
This beautifully balanced two-hander has Joe...