In 1998 Ivo completed the libretto and lyrics for the musical DANNY'S DREAM which premiered in York in 1999.
Storyline: Danny, a twelve-year old boy, comes home to find his parents and sister rowing as usual. Falling asleep over his computer game, he dreams that he is transported to a world without love. Men-in-suits and machines are in charge, violence and exploitation rule. Beauty and compassion have all but vanished. Danny embarks on a journey to find his lost family and to re-discover love. His dreams of comedy, nightmare and redemption convince him that his quest is only the beginning...
Book and Lyrics by Ivo Mosley, Music by Piers Browne, Arranged by Colin Cattle.
First Performed by Stagecoach Youth Theatre, York, April 1999.
John Cooper, director of the first production, writes: 'we have tackled Shakespeare, Arthur Miller,
Chaucer, Jean-Paul Sartre, but for me and the entire company DANNY'S DREAM will remain very special'.
Charles Hutchison, writing of the first performance in the Yorkshire Evening Press: 'a raw and
truthful show, where the songs fizz with anger, hurt and resentment - but love and humour too.'
There is a professionally recorded CD of the songs.
The script exists in versions for radio and for animation, as well as for a full stage show.
There is a piano rehearsal version of the score and a fuller version for two horns, keyboard bass & drums.
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