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My lunch with Frank

My lunch with Frank

Written by: Kester Lovelace
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An intimate and true story about what happens when you meet your heroes...

It involves the most prestigious theatre in Paris, a few high-profile media partners, some of the best French musical actors….and a posh London restaurant.


Frank Williams, the author of acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musicals, had always been Lester's beloved playwright and lyricist. Lester had read everything Frank had ever written; seen everything Frank had ever done. Lester believed they were meant to become friends. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the lunch …

Cast:

  • Kester Lovelace - Lester Loveless
  • Manon Clavel - Estelle Lovelace
  • Oscar Lesage - Augustin Leparfait
  • Julie Kalya - Simone de Labiche
  • Nicholas Mead - Dominique Claude
  • David Stanley - Frank Williams
  • Sarah Tullamore - Michelle Gabrielle, and the French waitress
  • Vivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab, and the English waitress
  • Martin Lewis - The Judge, and the passenger
  • Leslie Clack - Dandy Dan

Written by Kester Lovelace

Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré

Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist

Music:

  • Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides
  • Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)
  • Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2
  • Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu
  • Paris dreaming by Agnès Vincent, Album: Elegy (Original Soundtrack)
  • Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording
  • Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
  • Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)
  • Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack)
  • Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digs
  • Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo Piano
  • Second call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost

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Joanna Szybist Art Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Ep 1 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS

    Ep 1 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS
    Nov 4 2023

    The theatre director Lester Loveless is preparing to meet Frank Williams, his beloved playwright and the author of the acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musical which Lester is about to put on stage in Paris. The excitement and the expectation build to a crescendo, as he and his young French producer, Augustin Leparfait, arrive for the lunch in London and meet the celebrated dramatist and music composer.

    Cast:

    Kester Lovelace - Lester

    Oscar Lesage - Augustin

    Julie Kalya - Simone

    Nicholas Mead - Dominique

    David Stanley - Frank

    Sarah Tullamore - Michelle and the Waitress

    Written by Kester Lovelace

    Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré

    Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist


    Music:

    Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides

    Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)

    Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2

    Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu

    Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording

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    25 mins
  • Ep 2 - FRANK’S INQUISITION

    Ep 2 - FRANK’S INQUISITION
    Nov 4 2023

    2 The lunch with champagne in a posh London restaurant was meant to establish a mutually rewarding artistic collaboration, however, all of a sudden, Frank turns hostile to Lester and Augustin…

     

    Cast:

    Kester Lovelace - Lester

    Oscar Lesage - Augustin

    David Stanley - Frank

    Manon Clavel - Estelle

    Sarah Tullamore - Michelle

    Vivienne Vermes - the Waitress

    Martin Lewis - the Passenger

     

    Written by Kester Lovelace

    Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré

    Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist

     

    Music:

    Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)

    Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)

    Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides


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    15 mins
  • Ep 3 - HAND IN HAND

    Ep 3 - HAND IN HAND
    Nov 4 2023

    Back in Paris, concerned and confused, Lester and Augustin get in touch with Simone de Labiche, Frank’s French agent, and are hopeful of clearing up what they think is a mere misunderstanding. Lester’s wife, Estelle, starts worrying about her husband… 

     

    Kester Lovelace - Lester

    Oscar Lessage - Augustin

    Julie Kalya - Simone

    Manon Clavell - Estelle

     

    Written by Kester Lovelace

    Sound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent Paulré

    Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist

     

    Music:

    Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack),

    Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides.



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    13 mins
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