Be Our Guest with Neil Bastian (The Rise and Fall of Vinnie and Paul)

Neil BastianNeil's songs have been sung in West End venues including The Crazy Coqs, The Iris Theatre, Above the Arts, Seven Dials Playhouse, Phoenix Arts Club, Soho Theatre and The Other Palace.He was a top-5 finalist for the MTI Award 2023/24 and was nominated for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize 2022, as well as a finalist in the 2018 Iris Theatre Xmas Factor Song Competition.  He is a member of the Book Music and Lyrics weekly songwriting workshop, as well as Mercury Musical Developments.The Rise and Fall of Vinnie and Paul is Neil's third musical - his other two, Force Ten Gayle and The Mayfly Man, are also in development.The Rise and Fall of Vinnie & PaulVan Gogh's house-share with Paul Gauguin started as a dream of artistic brotherhood but ended in a nightmare: after only 8 weeks together they had a blazing row, Paul left town and Vincent cut off his own left ear.​​​Why? This electrifying two-man rock musical confronts a mystery that has baffled art historians for over a century.Promising to ruffle the feathers of art historians and Van Gogh fans the world over, The Rise and Fall of Vinnie & Paul blasts the roof off the little yellow house to reveal the pain and passion within.