Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate

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Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate (2009)

Directed by Julien Temple, Luke Cresswell

“Norton Folgate is a state of mind, a slice of urban magic.”

Music · 1h 03m

'Madness' are about to release a new album after 10 years, which consists of an interrelated, song cycle about London called 'The Liberty of Norton Folgate'. Although the songs are on one level about different areas of London, they focus musically on the waves of immigration to the city - Irish, Jewish, Caribbean, Asian etc and the musical legacy they have contributed to the city. The concert is at the Hackney Empire, a show with powerful connections to the grand Music Hall traditions of the place, situating Madness where they belong, clearly within a uniquely English Popular Musical Culture with its roots in the Victorian period. Weaving through the concert, Suggs and Carl, take us back in time to the London of Karl Marx and Jack the Ripper. Humorously introducing the subject of each song, they take us on a tour through the psycho geography of the Old East End, Spitalfields, Smithfield, Wapping, Bethnal Green, ending down on the beaches of the Thames beyond Tower Bridge Finally.

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Cast

Suggs
C
Chas Smash Chas Smash
M
Mike Barson Barzo
C
Chris Foreman Chrissy Boy Dan Woodgate Woody
M
Mark Bedford Bedders
L
Lee Thompson El Thommo

Crew

Director
Julien Temple, Luke Cresswell
Editor
Tobias Zaldua

Details

Release date
2009-04-16
Runtime
1h 03m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English