Set in the backdrop of early 60's London, Telstar is the story of the World's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius, despite being tone deaf he enjoyed phenomenal early success with producing and writing ‘Telstar’, including the use of wizardly electronic sounds in his small studio upstairs flat. It went on to become the biggest selling record of its time and the first British single to top the charts both sides of the Atlantic, before the Beatles.
Then unfortunately bad luck, depression, heart break and paranoia forced him to murder and suicide.
Far from being a maudlin tale, this stranger than fiction true story is a brilliantly sharp ‘gritty’ and beautifully observed satirical comedy - this adult production however is not suitable for children.
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