I am a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin's later films, and especially his much under-rated talents as a composer. I once wondered if you could reproduce this stories on stage with live music, but this idea soon evolved into an original story in a similar style to City Lights or Modern Times. When the Gala Theatre started doing scratch nights in 2016, I took the opportunity to try out the first 10 minutes of this. I got a lot of praise for this idea, which nobody else seems to have thought of doing. The rules are quite simple: no talking on stage, except through title cards. Instead, everything is choreographed to the music.