When Malia’s mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her life is thrown into turmoil. As she navigates the emotional rollercoaster of her mother’s illness, Malia finds solace and strength in her writing.
Her imaginative world, featuring a courageous bird named Willow, becomes a powerful metaphor for her own struggles and triumphs.
Through the support of her friends, the guidance of her family, and her own inner resolve, Malia learns to face her fears and embrace hope, discovering that even in the darkest times, we can find the courage to soar.
This charming upbeat new musical navigates grief and will break your heart and mend it all in one night.
As I’m sure we all can agree, when you see a production, more often than not, there is one song that we would believe okay if it were cut. A song that either didn't resonate with you, wasn’t your taste, or maybe didn’t aid the story very well. And that is normal. It’s good to have opinions. However, stepping out of the theatre last night, I couldn’t think of a single song that did not deserve to be there. In musical theatre, when a character cannot express how they feel in spoken text, they sing. Every ounce of their being pushes them to sing. The majority of this production is sung, leaving the moments that are purely spoken to really hit - almost like a reverse effect of the normal musical theatre structure - and wow does it work!
But it is too harsh to conclude that Fly More Than You Fall falls more than it flies. In terms of production values, it works well, with Sam Vincent’s sound design striking a good balance between the band and the cast’s voices, quite critical in a show with rapidly delivered lyrics. The show seemed to strike a chord with some in the press night audience, though I wasn’t sure if the sniffling towards the end was down to the emotional poignancy of the show or the air conditioning being on in a London theatre in late October.
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