Sempreviva l-Musical Francesca Scerri founded The Kettle Club in 2019 as a community venture, with a vision to ensure musical theatre for everyone and to provide a place at which to discuss new ideas in musical theatre. “Until now,” she explains, “we have performed well-known numbers with a twist and so it is very exciting to be presenting our first original show.” Although she has directed numerous staged performances and has herself performed in a number of shows, this is Scerri’s debut as the producer-director of a fully-fledged original musical.
“It has been very interesting to be on the other side,” she smiles. “I’ve stretched myself and learnt so much about myself as a director. I really enjoyed taking a very collaborative approach, developing the story and lyrics together with all the performers and building the show together.
” , a musical about the beauty of life and death performed in Maltese, is based on a book by novelist Trevor Zahra who was awarded a National Book Prize Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature in 2020. “I was keen to produce an original musical in Maltese and, rather than invent a story, I thought it would be great to use one written by one of Malta’s talented authors,” explains Scerri. “When I contacted Trevor to ask about using one of his works, he was delighted.
Of his titles, – a collection of short stories – called out to me. I’m somewhat of a patriot and I chose this book because the stories explore the ro.
