In an earlier draft of Pub Quiz I had written a monologue for the character John. It was the director’s idea to turn this into a song which John plays on the juke box and then sings along with the rest of the characters oblivious to the whole thing. I wrote the lyrics which were then set to music by the composer Simon Oakes who you can hear singing on the link below. The song on the link is an early version of the song developed pre rehearsal. In the play Christopher Price (John) does a wonderful job of singing live to Bethany (Helen Embelton) and really gets the audience’s sympathy for his poor aching heart though they still laugh at his desperate attempts to impress. It is one of my favorite parts of the play.
Click to listen to A Different Side to Me
