How to love a Murderer

nach einer Kurzgeschichte von Marcel Miska

License:

Available for World Premiere (UA)

Cast:

3 Female
5 Male
Ensemble (2F, 3M)

3 Female
5 Male
Ensemble
(2D, 3H)

Band:

variable

Audio Sample:
Time

Vocals: Marcel Miska
Music & Lyrics: Marcel Miska

HOW TO LOVE A MURDERER

A new Musical about Love, Sex, Murder and Red Roses

Book

Thomas Neuwerth

Music

Patric Scott
Marcel Miska

Lyrics

Marcel Miska
Patric Scott
Tobias Gerisch (German translation)

Max, in his mid-twenties, lives with his mother and brother just outside London. Once a month, on what he calls Atonement Saturday, he breaks free from his conventional life and heads to London’s trendy Whipster gay club, where he can finally be himself. His devoutly Catholic mother knows nothing about this side of his life; only his best friend Joel, a trans* man, is in on the secret. Max’s long-term lover Alexis keeps pushing him to introduce him to his family, but Max repeatedly puts it off. Then, one night, Max is attacked and rescued by a stranger. His name is Tristan. He is from Malta, a perfect gentleman, strikingly handsome, and soon begins to dominate Max, who finds himself increasingly drawn under his spell. Max leaves Alexis, while Joel fears losing his best friend but is unable to stop Max from drifting further away. During a holiday in Valletta, Malta, Max uncovers what may be a dark secret from Tristan’s past, setting off a dangerous game of love, sex and murder – with several unexpected twists.

HOW TO LOVE A MURDERER

A new Musical about Love, Sex, Murder and Red Roses

Book

Thomas Neuwerth

Music

Patric Scott
Marcel Miska

Lyrics

Marcel Miska
Patric Scott
Tobias Gerisch (German translation)

Max, in his mid-twenties, lives with his mother and brother just outside London. Once a month, on what he calls Atonement Saturday, he breaks free from his conventional life and heads to London’s trendy Whipster gay club, where he can finally be himself. His devoutly Catholic mother knows nothing about this side of his life; only his best friend Joel, a trans* man, is in on the secret. Max’s long-term lover Alexis keeps pushing him to introduce him to his family, but Max repeatedly puts it off. Then, one night, Max is attacked and rescued by a stranger. His name is Tristan. He is from Malta, a perfect gentleman, strikingly handsome, and soon begins to dominate Max, who finds himself increasingly drawn under his spell. Max leaves Alexis, while Joel fears losing his best friend but is unable to stop Max from drifting further away. During a holiday in Valletta, Malta, Max uncovers what may be a dark secret from Tristan’s past, setting off a dangerous game of love, sex and murder – with several unexpected twists.

How to love a Murderer

nach einer Kurzgeschichte von Marcel Miska

License:

Available for World Premiere (UA)

Cast:

3 Female
5 Male
Ensemble (2F, 3M)

Band:

variable

Audio Sample:
Time

Vocals: Marcel Miska
Music & Lyrics: Marcel Miska

Creative Team

Mag. Thomas Neuwerth

Thomas Neuwerth

Book

Alongside his work as a lawyer, Thomas Neuwerth has many years of experience in musical theatre. Since 2008, he has worked as production manager on a wide range of theatre productions, including the Austrian premieres of DAS ORANGENMÄDCHEN and LEBEN OHNE CHRIS, the German-language premiere of DIE GESCHICHTE MEINES LEBENS in Vienna, THRILL ME in Berlin and Hamburg, the European premiere of STRAIGHT in Vienna, Hamburg and Berlin, as well as a new production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH in Fürth, Leipzig and other cities. In addition, he served for more than eight years on the Supervisory Board of Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW).
 
At the age of twelve, Thomas wrote his first play. At nineteen, he wrote the screenplay for the film DIE LETZTE NACHT.
 
After a long creative hiatus, Thomas returned to developing musicals several years ago. LADY BY NIGHT has been completed for some time, while GSIBERGER, created with co-managing director Patric Scott as composer and lyricist, is currently being finalised. HOW TO LOVE A MURDERER is in development, and research is currently underway for CHARLOTTE.

Marcel Miska

Lyrics, Music

Marcel was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1984 and is a German-British artist.

He trained as an actor in Berlin, followed by several television roles and an appearance in a feature film. Marcel subsequently worked on a variety of theatre, dubbing and music productions.

Marcel has written numerous short stories, including THE LOST BOYS and AS LONG AS WE LIVE, the latter of which was published as an audiobook in 2021. His debut novel ICH BIN DA, WO DU BIST was published in 2022.

Marcel lives in London, where he works as a voice actor, writer and musician.

 

Patric Scott

Patric Scott

Music, Lyrics

After more than 20 years in show business, Patric Scott has gained extensive experience in theatre, film and television. He has played leading roles in musicals including TANZ DER VAMPIRE, ELISABETH, HEIDI, TITANIC and FLASHDANCE.
 
Alongside his stage career, Patric is also a successful songwriter and composer. His compositions have appeared in the charts on numerous occasions. 
 
In recent years, he composed the music for KNIE – DAS ZIRKUS MUSICAL and, in addition to releasing several albums, published two award-winning children’s books. He also composed the music for the accompanying audiobooks.
 
In 2024, HEIDI – DAS NEUE MUSICAL premiered at the Walenseebühne in Switzerland, for which Patric wrote the music, lyrics and Swiss German dialogue. He is currently working with Thomas Neuwerth as composer on the new musical comedy GSIBERGER.

Tobias Gerisch

Lyrics – German Translation

After graduating from secondary school, the Vogtland native initially studied to become a teacher of English and Latin in Dresden. While there, he also studied with Cornelia Drese and gained his first professional stage experience in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at the Staatsoperette Dresden.

After completing his degree, he began studying musical theatre at the Institute of Music Osnabrück in 2021, with voice training under Prof. Noelle Turner. As part of his studies, he has already played the title role in Molière’s TARTUFFE and appeared in the university productions SWEENEY TODD and SOHO CINDERELLA*. For the latter, he revised the lyrics for the German-language premiere at the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen, where he also joined the cast. In addition, he works as a vocal coach, dubbing actor and singer, and, since 2023, as a translator for the publishing house MUSIK UND BÜHNE.

Most recently, he appeared as Jim Farrell in TITANIC at Theater Osnabrück and in PETER PAN at Staatstheater Kassel. In the final production of his musical theatre studies, he played the Duchess in the German premiere of ALICE BY HEART.

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