16th March 2015

Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ – The Musical.

Curve

Curve told us:

We are delighted to share with you the second song from Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical, which runs at Leicester’s Curve until Sat 4 Apr. This world premiere production opened at Curve this weekend (Sat 7 Mar), and we’d love it if you could share this heartfelt number from the show, I Miss Our Life!  The video for the track can be found on our YouTube page.

Curve have released another song from Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ – The Musical. Entitled I Miss Our Life, the music video gives viewers another exciting opportunity to listen to the score from this world premiere production, which is now previewing at the theatre.

With book and lyrics by Jake Brunger and music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary, this new musical of Sue Townsend’s best seller is directed by Luke Sheppard, and runs until 4 April.

Set in 1980s Leicester, Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – The Musical, follows the daily dramas and misadventures of Adrian’s adolescent life. With dysfunctional parents, ungrateful elders, a growing debt to school bully Barry Kent and an unruly pimple on his chin, life is hard for a misunderstood intellectual who is only 13 ¾…

To top it off, when new girl Pandora captures his heart, his best friend Nigel steals hers. Can Adrian win back her love and escape his chaotic family life?

With an infectious original score, this brand new adaptation rediscovers this much-loved novel and bring Adrian’s story to life once more.

See also:

Our feature article on Adrian Mole the show