A bitingly satirical musical comedy by Hilary Brooks and Clive King.

It’s a long way from the Eastern Bloc to the East Wing – and for one former glamour model turned FLOTUS it hasn’t been a happy journey. Melania has had enough, ‘He who must not be named’ has slapped the final straw on the camel’s back and she decides to end her suffering in The Whitehouse. When she fails to pull the trigger on the gun from her dressing table drawer (well, it might damage the face), she accidentally summons the spirits of two other ‘First Ladies’, Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy. Recognising the trauma of another woman married to a philandering President, they vow to help and set her on track to becoming a better First Lady who can limit the damage being inflicted by her husband.

Commissioned and produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint, ‘Melania’ was a huge hit in the Oran Mor Mini Musicals season – hilarious and empowering.

Cast: Kirsty Malone (Melania), Margaret Preece (Eleanor), Frances Thorburn (Jackie)

Director Ken Alexander

Musical Director: Hilary Brooks

Choreographer: Chris Stuart Wilson

Designers: Johnny Scott and Gemma Patchett

★★★★★

“Hilary Brooks and Clive King have written a highly entertaining musical play with songs full of humour and irony that not only entertain with current observations but cleverly reflect the eras of the two former First Ladies” Mumble Musicals

★★★★

“…highly fanciful mini-musical about what might change if Melania had experienced voices to advise her…The spoken dialogue has some sharply funny exchanges – Eleanor and Jackie initially lock horns over legacy and status – and, as you might expect, there are barbed pot-shots at the Donald. However it’s the songs that reveal how these women feel about their White House role – and their philandering husbands – and how deeply that has impacted on their true selves.” The Scotsman

★★★★

“The wit and timeliness of the show – deliciously delivered, in Ken Alexander’s production, by Kirsty Malone as Melania, with Margaret Preece as the deeply political Mrs Roosevelt – makes it a hugely enjoyable experience; full not only of fine political jokes, but also of the odd unexpected moment of real political joy, and hope.” The Herald