04-08-2009, 07:41 PM
I've been trying to find a YouTube clip to show people but they are all US amateur productions and wrong!
There is a show called Return to the Forbidden Planet which is based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and the 1950s science fiction film Forbidden Planet using 50s and 60s rock and roll music. I now note that it had a limited run in the US in the professional theatre so most here have probably never heard of it let alone have seen it! Anyway, the tune Wipe Out is used when the space rocket takes off and all the crew sway slowly in time as though the rocket is occasionally changing course. The show does the rounds every two or three years over here and we have seen it a few times, a glorious over the top night out.
There is a show called Return to the Forbidden Planet which is based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and the 1950s science fiction film Forbidden Planet using 50s and 60s rock and roll music. I now note that it had a limited run in the US in the professional theatre so most here have probably never heard of it let alone have seen it! Anyway, the tune Wipe Out is used when the space rocket takes off and all the crew sway slowly in time as though the rocket is occasionally changing course. The show does the rounds every two or three years over here and we have seen it a few times, a glorious over the top night out.