Rock legend Iggy Pop stars in St Leonard's children's series

Rock legend Iggy Pop is to appear in a short musical film guaranteed to appeal to kids and Iggy Pop fans alike, due to be screened online at 5pm on Saturday, October 17.
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Iggy & Angelica

The film has been produced and written by St Leonards-on-Sea based Angelica Campion.

Comprising a cast of handmade characters, the 15-minute film entitled Iggy to the Rescue will lead viewers on a psychedelic journey into the magical land of Squirrel Mountain, where The Evil Egg has persuaded the Knitted Chickens to build a wall to keep out the riff-raff.

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Iggy, who famously sings about hypnotising chickens in his hit Lust for Life, puts a stop to the Evil Egg’s dastardly plan by enticing the knitted chickens away using a trail of frozen peas.

Iggy has provided both the voiceover for his character and vocals for his character’s song, Frozen Peas, one of six featured in the storyline, all produced by his guitarist Kevin Armstrong.

Angelica created the fantasy world of Squirrel Mountain some years ago to entertain her young son and filmed a first episode using a grocery box as a set. She was thrilled when Iggy Pop, who also has a global following for his BBC Radio 6 Music show Iggy Confidential and has appeared in numerous art house films, saw it and asked if he could appear in it – as himself. The star’s pet cockatoo Biggy Pop who has over 90,000 followers on Instagram also makes an appearance. “The script about hypnotising the chickens practically wrote itself,” she said.

Having been forced to stop touring due to Covid-19 restrictions, Iggy said: “Well at least we’ve got the chickens! Squirrel Mountain is my favourite thing!”

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Iggy to the Rescue will be streamed at 5pm on Saturday, October 17 on Squirrel Mountain’s website, YouTube channel and Vimeo.

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https://www.squirrelmountain.com/ https://vimeo.com/squirrelmountain

https://www.instagram.com/squirrelmountainshow

https://www.facebook.com/squirrelmountain/

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