FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD: A Billion Colour Musical
Rifco Theatre Company, in partnership with Watford Palace Theatre and HOME Manchester, is delighted to announce the headline cast for its most spectacular and ambitious musical to date, Frankie Goes To Bollywood: A Billion Colour Musical.
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Conceived by Artistic Director of Rifco, Pravesh Kumar MBE, Frankie Goes To Bollywood is a spectacular all-singing-all-dancing tale of heroes and villains, with all the costumes and the spectacle of a Bollywood feature film. It tells the tale of being British in Bollywood and explores what it takes to get to the top.
The musical will premiere at Watford Palace Theatre, running from Thu 25 Apr – Sat 11 May 2024, followed by a 10-day run at HOME Manchester Wed 15 May – Sat 25 May 2024, and then a national tour. Frankie never wanted to be a star; all she’s ever really wanted is a close and loving family – but after a chance encounter with an up-and-coming director, she finds herself transported to Bollywood, cast in a movie, and thrust into the limelight. Might the Bollywood world provide her with the family and community she has always dreamed of?
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Suddenly, Frankie is immersed in the world of fame and fortune, but as she climbs the sparkling staircase of stardom, each step makes her question what she is willing to do or be subjected to for success.
Drawing inspiration from both traditional Bollywood music and the best of Western musical theatre, the music for Frankie Goes To Bollywood is a carefully integrated hybrid – designed to appeal to lovers of the Bollywood genre and also lovers of a good old West End extravaganza.
Bollywood generates over £2 billion a year as an industry, and globally, Bollywood films have an audience of 1.3 billion. In the UK, a successful Bollywood film can be expected to cost as much as £4 million, so it’s little wonder that the glamorous lure of Bollywood stardom appeals to many young British-South Asian people. Frankie Goes To Bollywood is inspired by the true stories of young men and women who make the journey to India to become Brits in Bollywood.
Alongside a couple of very well-known faces in Bollywood who hold British citizenship, including Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt, there are also dozens more actors, both male and female, born in Britain who have established successful careers. Frankie Goes To Bollywood is inspired by many of their stories, by Pravesh’s own experience of being a Brit in Bollywood, and by what he observed in terms of British-born women’s experience in the industry well-known Bollywood faces who hold British citizenship, including Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt, there are also dozens more male and female actors
