Fly More Than You Fall – Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Just opened at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant, ‘Fly More Than You Fall’ is a new musical by Eric Holmes (Book/Lyrics) and Nat Zegree (Music/Lyrics). We meet Malia (Robyn Rose-Li) a 15-year-old writer with big dreams of going to camp this summer and finishing her first book about a bird, Willow (Maddison Bulleyment) who will finally reach the top of the mountain despite her broken wings. Malia’s parents warn her that life isn’t always as positive as she experiences it right now and surely enough, her mother Jennifer (Keala Settle) is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that summer and rather than spending it at camp, Malia must stay home and spend her last moments with her mum.
Death is universal and everyone in the audience has some relation to it, one way or another. It is important ...