Pop Off, Michelangelo!
The high-camp musical comedy that stole the Fringe makes its limited West End debut season.
POP OFF, MICHELANGELO! tells the story of best-pals-turned-bitter-rivals Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. A bloodthirsty friar is on the hunt for homosexuals in Renaissance Italy at the exact moment when childhood friends Mike and Leo realise they both like boys. Terrified, they devise a foolproof plan to gain God’s forgiveness: they simply need to become the greatest religious artists of all time.
Can Michelangelo gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss his way to the Vatican? Will Leonardo ever shut up about his helicopter? Featuring an original electropop score as infectious as the bubonic plague, POP OFF, MICHELANGELO! is an unhinged adventure that you won’t want to miss.
Creative Team
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Dylan MarcAurele
Book, Music & Lyrics
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Joe McNeice
Director
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Sundeep Saini
Choreographer & Intimacy Director
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Aron Sood
Orchestrations & Musical Supervisor
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Emily Bestow
Costume Designer
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PJ McEvoy
Video Designer
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Adam Kind
Lighting Designer
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Ed Lewis
Sound Designer
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Sarah Jane Price
Casting Director
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Conn McGirr
Assistant Choreographer
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Daisy On
Company Stage Manager
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Lizzie Hodge
Deputy Stage Manager
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Anna Hunt
Assistant Stage Manager
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James Anderton
Production Manager
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Paul Virides
General Manager
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Blair Russell
Producer
Production Photos
Press
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” Camp in the best way; exciting, hilarious and highly entertaining to watch.”
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” Sundeep Saini’s choreography makes the most of Underbelly Boulevard Soho’s limited stage space…keeps the momentum flowing”
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”If you enjoy cheeky musicals stuffed full with innuendo, cheeky pop culture references and fantastic cast chemistry, then this is the show for you.”
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”Pop Off, Michelangelo! is a pure joyride. It’s packed with laughs, bursting with energy, and unapologetically camp.”
About Sunny
Sundeep Saini is a movement director and choreographer passionate about driving narrative through physicality. She has worked with; children from 3 years old up to adults, community ensembles and professional companies, actor-musicians, classical actors and musical theatre performers, people with and without disabilities and strives to push them all to reach their full potential in both technique and performance.
She is a creative with a keen focus on embedding a movement vocabulary into a piece and strives to build character, narrative, musicality and production style whilst pushing the boundaries of choreography and movement.