Sherman says: The challenges of writing a sung-through musical

BUMBLESCRATCH‘s Robert J Sherman has launched a series of blogs on his personal website on various aspects of the show’s creation. We’re excerpting selected blogs here. Please visit robbiesherman.com to read more from this series in full. BUMBLESCRATCH is a sung-through musical. Since I was small I knew that I wanted to follow in my father’s, uncle’s and grandfather’s footsteps …

Sherman says: Notes on the show’s four leads

BUMBLESCRATCH‘s Robert J Sherman has launched a series of blogs on his personal website on various aspects of the show’s creation. We’re excerpting selected blogs here. Please visit robbiesherman.com to read more from this series in full. The four main roles in BUMBLESCRATCH are played by Darren Day, Jessica Martin, Michael Xavier and Ilan Galkoff. Here, Sherman tells us a …

Sherman says: ‘Rats terrify and disgust me’

BUMBLESCRATCH‘s Robert J Sherman has launched a series of blogs on his personal website on various aspects of the show’s creation. We’ll be excerpting selected blogs here. Please visit robbiesherman.com to read more from this series in full. ‘Frankly, I can’t stand rats, or mice: they terrify and disgust me. So why write a musical about rats? Shakespeare’s Globe is to blame. …