Ep 1 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Frank and his agents stop at nothing to have their way. There seems to be no possibility of saving the production, but Lester keeps hoping… Kester Lovelace - LesterOscar Lesage - AugustinManon Clavel - EstelleJulie Kalya - SimoneVivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab Written by Kester LovelaceSound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent PaulréProduced and directed by Joanna Szybist Music:Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo PianoSecond call by Otto A Totland, Album: The LostDance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lester and Augustin realise that Frank’s agents, both in London and Paris, are playing a double blame game. Production is at a standstill and so is Lester’s marriage… Cast:Kester Lovelace - LesterOscar Lesage - AugustinManon Clavel - EstelleLeslie Clack - Dandy DanMartin Lewis - the Judge Written by Kester LovelaceSound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent PaulréProduced and directed by Joanna Szybist Music:Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digsDance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back in Paris, concerned and confused, Lester and Augustin get in touch with Simone de Labiche, Frank’s French agent, and are hopeful of clearing up what they think is a mere misunderstanding. Lester’s wife, Estelle, starts worrying about her husband…  Kester Lovelace - LesterOscar Lessage - AugustinJulie Kalya - SimoneManon Clavell - Estelle Written by Kester LovelaceSound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent PaulréProduced and directed by Joanna Szybist Music:Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack),Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 The lunch with champagne in a posh London restaurant was meant to establish a mutually rewarding artistic collaboration, however, all of a sudden, Frank turns hostile to Lester and Augustin… Cast:Kester Lovelace - LesterOscar Lesage - AugustinDavid Stanley - FrankManon Clavel - EstelleSarah Tullamore - MichelleVivienne Vermes - the WaitressMartin Lewis - the Passenger Written by Kester LovelaceSound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent PaulréProduced and directed by Joanna Szybist Music:Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The theatre director Lester Loveless is preparing to meet Frank Williams, his beloved playwright and the author of the acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musical which Lester is about to put on stage in Paris. The excitement and the expectation build to a crescendo, as he and his young French producer, Augustin Leparfait, arrive for the lunch in London and meet the celebrated dramatist and music composer. Cast:Kester Lovelace - LesterOscar Lesage - AugustinJulie Kalya - SimoneNicholas Mead - DominiqueDavid Stanley - FrankSarah Tullamore - Michelle and the Waitress Written by Kester LovelaceSound design, mixing & postproduction by Laurent PaulréProduced and directed by Joanna SzybistMusic:Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and TidesPearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing & Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club AdieuTell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.