Return to the Forbidden Planet

Ian Worsfold & Simon Ockenden - May 2019 - Peppercorns Academy

Step aboard the spacecraft Albatross. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for VAMPS’ production of Return to the Forbidden Planet. Bob Carlton’s Olivier award-winning musical perfectly aligns the stars. The show combines Shakespeare’s Tempest and the 1956 sci-fi classic film Forbidden Planet, which features rock ‘n’ roll hits of the 50s & 60s like “Monster Mash”, “Great Balls of Fire”, “Good Vibrations”, and many more.

Return to the Forbidden Planet sees Captain Tempest and his crew’s routine scientific mission grounded to an unexpected halt on the uncharted planet D’lllyria. The only occupants are the mad scientist Doctor Prospero, his
daughter Miranda, and their robot Ariel. Banished fifteen years ago, Miranda knows no other world than her desolate planet she calls home. The crew and their ideas are about to change for good as unexpected love triangles, a rollerskating robot, and a tentacled beast all grip you to your seat through thrusts, polarity and gravitational giggles