Directed by Graeme Shield, the story is told well and moves at a good pace. It is easy to hear the lyrics of the songs and the cast slip easily between dialogue and music.
However, some of the accents are not consistent and it is occasionally hard to decipher if the character is Scottish, American or somewhere else entirely. Joe Whiteman, the actual great-great-great-grandson of Andrew Carnegie, plays the lead and is strong in this role, and alongside Kim Shepherd as his wife Louise, they have some nice moments including a beautifully sung duet. It is, however, an interesting story and with the addition of a live orchestra and on-stage choir, it is an entertaining piece of theatre.
This is probably more for the history buffs than the musical theatre fans. Slaying Sacred Cows. The Devil's Metal Stirs. Don't Look Back! Into the Ether?
The Death Knell. End of the Ring? Peace with honour? What hope for minor metals? Whose Problem? Clogs to clogs in three generations. Three Horsemen on the Horizon?
Christmas Danse Macabre. Interesting Times - or: when will it end? A Minsky Moment. The Mysterious Mr Rich. Rolling Mills and Punctured Dykes.
I have a friend in Minsk. The Virtual Dinner. Why are banks getting out of commodities? Career Epitaph. It's a People's Business. A Breaking Wave. Though every prospect pleases, and only man is vile. Time and a Word: Change for the Metals World. Is it all worth it? Country Rhodes. What's the value of paper? Discovery and Use. Trading with Japan. What is the point of books? Keeping Elephants off the Track. The Passing Bell. All the good men this world's ever known. Flash as they come.
For Whom the Bell Tolls. Time for another MoU? Les Gaulois Irreductibles. When Rubber meets Road. How the Covid crisis propelled Germanium into the limelight. Munch's Spaniel. Dollar Melt-Up. Quomodo sedet sola civitas. When will the Bell ring again?
Viral Ponderings. Do you remember Hamanaka? Fear and Greed. Carbon and Hypocrisy. Time Pieces. Grandstanding and Hostages to Fortune. Japan, China and the EU. Look Back - but not necessarily in Anger. Cowboys and Indiums. Reflections on Regulation. No New Beginning for Zambia. The Tin Agreement Collapse. This time, be very, very careful Of Partners, Champagne and Corkscrews.
Tremor in Chile. The way we were Valhalla: Chapter Five. Valhalla: Chapter Four. Valhalla: Chapter Three. Valhalla: Chapter Two. Valhalla: Chapter One. Lost in Translation. Pre-Holiday Rant. Who'd be a Miner? Arctic Thoughts. The Shortest History of Germany. A Chilean Diary. Oversight of Metal Stocks - to be extended? Extracting Ores, and Moon Landings.
Range Anxiety - Part Two. Range Anxiety. Why we should like volcanoes. All Hail the New Puritanism! Lehman Brothers - a Family Business. Why be a Politician when you can be a Metal Trader? More Voting! So who are the Barbarians? Energy Inconsistency. Well Done, LME. Put your money where your mouth is.
It doesn't always contain what it says on the tin. Customs Union wouldn't work. Listen to what they say Coming Soon!
Alice in Reality. The Real Cost of Storing Electricity. Some EV and Battery Thoughts. From Client Liaison to Bitcoin. A Flawed Ambition. Dutch Disease? A Forgotten Producer Price. Close Out. In Praise of Cartels. New Year Quiz. Tin Crisis - Part Three. Is China's Growth Faltering? Far Away and Long Ago. Tin Crisis - Part Two. There's None so Blind Salving Consciences. The Clerk, the Finger and the Soviet Union. Tin Crisis - Part One. Tinxit Brexit.
Endgame - Chapter Five. Endgame - Chapter Four. Endgame - Chapter Three. Endgame - Chapter Two. Endgame - Chapter One. A Minor Metal Merchant's Diary. Libor Lies: Part Two. Characters versus the Keyboard. Infrastructure Developments - Private or Public Enterprise? Mustard Gas, Asda and Trump Tariffs. Summer Holiday Thoughts. Changing Standards. Farnborough - a place where aviation's past is alloyed to its future.
Australia First. Factoids and Asteroids. Energy Density and EVs. Red Notice - a Salutary Tale. Aluminium Upsets. Zollverein or Customs Union. Carrier of Fine Wine. Politicians, sanctions and corporations. Vodka for breakfast and a yellow Ferrari. Intelligent Design??? EVs and Changing Behaviour. The Devil in the Detail. Market Change? And Oleg Deripaska. Nexus - or is the crown slipping?
April Fool? I'm a Metal Trader; get me out of here! Corn Laws and Donald Trump. Squandered Billions. More Market Mathematics.
Was it Genius that Failed? Unintended Consequences. Oh, John McDonnell. Long Ago and Far Away. Mountains of Waste. As Flat as yer 'at. One up to Trump.
Diggers and Gold Diggers. Prix Fixe. Tulip Mania? Buyer Beware? A Sideways Look at Batteries Paradise and Tax. To Kill a President? Letter from Hong Kong. The Capital of Metal. Ozymandias and Dzerzhinsky.
We've Been Here Before. Lady Luck. The Trump Metals Act. AKs and Salvador Dali. A Fanfare of Strumpets. Arsenic and Old Wallpaper.
Tungsten and the Spooks. The Power of Trust. EVs and the Festival of Speed. Fish or Meat? Leftist, rightist, populist? A Not Very Expert Witness. Tanks for the Memory. Another election! Letter from France. The Chocolate Curtain. Politics Today - the Muhammad Ali Gambit. Marx, Metals and McDonnell. Powerwalls and Mobile Phones. Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to vote we go A Gin before Lunch.
A Zambian Diary. Gold, and Bitcoins. New Ring, Same Issues. Gordon Bennett. Calling Time. What Price the Reference Price? Old metal men never die, they simply melt away. Kings and Paupers of Scrap. Who'd be a Resource Economy? The Trump Effect - and Black Swans. Sunflowers and Cuspidors. What do you want for Christmas? Hedge Sales - Who and Why?
China Diary. Japan Diary. Right or Wrong? Legal or Illegal? Blowin' in the Wind. On the Debt of Nations. Resource Nationalism - or Green Logic? What If - Alternative Pasts and Futures. The Euro - Life of Death. Dropping Volumes Spell Changing Times. Mining is Dangerous best to remember it when you complain about price or reductions to production. Why Does the Battle of Bosworth Matter?
Copper, Renewables and New Cars. Pop-ups and Boutiques. Physical Metal Exchange? Want a Black Swan for your Lake? The UK, Europe and Democracy. Alice in Blunderland. Referendum - where it all went wrong. Campaigning Shame - and the Bank of England.
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