Principal Edwards Magic Theatre

StoneAge Sam

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From some publicity blurb at the time:

Principal Edwards treat music-theatre as two way traffic. It is not only a new theatre form in Rock music, but a source of liberation for the six musicians (that they primarily are) in giving to themselves the freedom to play an incredibly wide range of music in any way they want, yet always keeping their music tight and funky, with plenty of spunk!'

Current Presentation : THE ADVENTURES OF "STONEAGE SAM"
The story is performed entirely by the musicians in the band, using no additional actors or dancers, and is linked directly to the music throughout the performance. Several of the parts are projected with the aid of specially built props and the stage costumes have been carefully designed to give a little more than glitter to the visual impact of the show. The moods in music work in excellent harmony with the theatrics at all points, as at the beginning of "Sam's" first entry when the mood is dark and primitive, to the sudden switch at need to the hard and riffy rhythms that introduce the colourful and exciting sequence relating to the "Wizzmore-Kid."
FOR PURE GETTING TOGETHER ENTERTAINMENT AND AUDIENCE* PARTICIPATION THE EVENING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTERED.. THE BAND WERE CALLED BACK FOR AN ENCORE AND RETURNED TO THE STAGE WITH TAMBORINES HANDED OUT TO THE AUDIENCE WHO WERE NOW PRESSING UP AGAINST THE STAGE... THIS WAS ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS BEST. .. AND MUSICALLY THEY WERE A , COMPLIMENT TO THEIR NAME — PRINCELY. Richard Cox, press
review. P. E. at Derby.
THE ADVENTURES OF "STONEAGE SAM" tells the story of a primitive man who is manouvered through time by the giant evil grandmaster CAPTAIN LIFEBOY. SAM is launched through his fantasies and zooms through the ages and into his own and very real future. First he meets DORIS, the GHASTLY MUSICAL BEAST (a friendly dinosaur) who teaches SAM that love, peace and music is where it's at man, and not hunting for reptiles. Through DORIS our hero decides to become a Rock Star and soon pulls in the 'Chicks' that go with his success. In an attempt to get his rocks off with a brace of rather bizzarrr young ladies: HALFALADY and SICILY MOONLIGHT, SAM fails miserably. After he realizes that he just ain't gonna make it in the musical profession he tries his hand at flash political power! SAM is scared out of his pose by the blinding arrival of the Superfast, ultravibing WHIZZMORE-KID, who shows the dear young lad how far he has to go in order to become a real success. But alas, the WHIZZMORE-KID accelerates to a climax at which he finally blows himself out, quite unable to maintain a permanent high. So, SAM is a pretty well experienced "STONEAGE" man by now and he begins to recognise, that if nothing else, he is the equal to his grandmaster CAPTAIN LIFEBOY. In a final confrontation in which CAPTAIN LIFEBOY attempts to manufacture an exact double of SAM to prove who is Govenor, SAM dramatically throws LIFEBOY away.