Musical somehow combines newt genitalia, fascism rap & posh critique

This didn’t just have to be a story about war, they realised. It could be a topical satire on Britain’s public school elites as well. As opening number Born to Lead puts it: “For fortune favours bravery / And a fortune’s what I’ve got!” There was also room to explore grief, longing and feminism, with jokes about a newt’s penis and a rap about the Third Reich. “Goosestep to the left, jump to the far right!”