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Freud confirms Beatles' songs to star in musical

Danny Boyle will direct the stage version of Yesterday, and its casting call seeks a 28-year-old lead who plays guitar and piano; spoons welcome too.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Beatles have agreed to let their songs be used in a stage version of the film Yesterday, Emma Freud has confirmed, and Danny Boyle is directing.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe casting notice wants a man aged twenty-five to thirty-five who plays guitar and piano. The lead is twenty-eight.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd it also welcomes harmonica, bass, saxophone, spoons and stylophone. I call that an open door.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSpoons. In the West End. Somebody's going to sit in an audition holding two spoons, and the panel has to say thank you.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd hire the spoons.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou'd hire the stylophone too, and then you'd tell it to find its light.

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