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URL:https://haslemerefestival.org.uk/events/before-fame-michael-burdett/
SUMMARY:Before Fame: The Extraordinary Back Story of George Michael and And
 rew Ridgeley
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 /button]\n£6 from Haslemere Hall Box Office\n\nWhat would you do if you d
 iscovered George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley rehearsing in a village hall 
 before they were famous? Michael Burdett knows because that's what happene
 d to him when he was a 19-year-old talent scout.\n\nMichael tried to get t
 he music company he worked for to sign the duo as part of a ska band call
 ed The Executive. What happened next defies belief.\n\nBEFORE FAME tells t
 he untold story of the early years before George and Andrew stormed the ch
 arts as Wham! It follows Edinburgh-award-winner Burdett as\, 40 years late
 r\, he took the recording they made together round the UK\, photographing 
 strangers listening to it.\n\nThe result is a quirky\, funny and uplifting
  solo show that will make you scratch your head at how coincidence shapes 
 destiny.  In Michael's words\, it's a show about two musical geniuses and
  an idiot. Spoiler: Michael is the idiot.\n\nAbout Michael Burdett  \n\nM
 ichael Burdett is a composer who has written music for television\, radio 
 and theatre. He has written everything from the theme tunes to Masterchef 
 and Homes Under The Hammer to Arnold Schwarzenegger's posing music for the
  bodybuilding documentary Total Rebuild. He occasionally releases recordin
 gs under the name Little Death Orchestra and latterly The Amber Quills.\n\
 nMichael's award-winning one-man show Strange Face - Adventures with a Los
 t Nick Drake Recording went to Edinburgh three years running.\n\nIn 2024 h
 e premiered Before Fame at The Pleasance during The Edinburgh Fringe where
  the Times called it one of the funniest shows of the year.\n"I loved Mich
 ael Burdett\, Before Fame. Reminiscing about the time before Wham\, and a 
 window on a vanished late 70s early 80s world." The Telegraph  \n"He tota
 lly engages the audience." Broadway Baby    \n"Funny stories from the m
 an who (almost) managed Wham." The Times  \n"Funny\, surprising\, heart-w
 arming and a right riveting story. Burdett is a compelling raconteur." The
  Scotsman
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