The Republic of Myopia
The Republic of Myopia is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott and music by Phillip Scott.
The comedic musical is set in 1904 in the fictional central European republic of Myopia. The Myopians are an old-fashioned, peaceful and happy people ruled by a benevolent President, until an American envoy visits to make things 'better'.
Sydney [Theatre Company] premiered the musical to open the Sydney Theatre, performed in repertory with Katherine Thomson's play Harbour. It was directed by Biggins with choreography by Ross Coleman.
An original cast recording was released.
Cast
- Peter Carroll
- Tamsin Carroll
- Simon Gleeson
- Drew Forsythe
- Mitchell Butel
- Genevieve Lemon
- Helen Dallimore
- William Zappa
- Melissa Jaffer
- Christopher Pitman
Awards
The production received three nominations at the 2004 Helpmann Awards, for Best Music Direction, Helpmann Award for [Best Male Actor in a Musical|Best Male Actor in a Musical] and Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a [Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical].The musical received the AWGIE Award for [Music Theatre] in 2005.