The customers transform into musical zombies and join the baristas in song ('Cup of Poisoned Coffee'), chasing Paul and Emma out of the shop. The customers suddenly begin to cough and choke, whereupon the baristas reveal that they have poisoned the coffee. After discovering that they added 'a whole 'nother A section' to the choreography without her knowledge, she quits in exasperation.

Emma, not convinced, excuses herself to sing a tip song with her coworkers Zoey and Nora ('Cup of Roasted Coffee'). He arrives at Beanie's, where he confides in Emma that he is worried the world may have turned into a musical overnight. Scared by yet another incident of inexplicable singing, Paul runs out under the pretence of getting coffee. He gives excuses, thinking his boss Mr Davidson is unsatisfied with his work, but Davidson cuts him off, suddenly bursting into song to ask Paul about his objective in life ('What Do You Want, Paul?'). Just as Paul, horrified, begins to connect the dots, he is called into the boss's office. Charlotte expresses concern about her husband singing unusually well in the shower. Paul, deeply disturbed, arrives at work, where Bill complains that the performance of Mamma Mia was cancelled after a meteor hit the theatre. The singers recall their past lives and express their newfound happiness through song and dance ('La Dee Dah Dah Day'). The next morning, on his way to work, Paul encounters a group of singing and dancing people on the street, led by the Greenpeace girl he met the day before. Charlotte, although cheating on her husband with Ted, fears for Sam's safety Bill's daughter Alice takes refuge with her girlfriend Deb and a mysterious man, Professor Hidgens, reacts in awe and horror at his predictions coming to fruition. Their conversation is cut off by a rapidly approaching storm, which alarms townspeople all over Hatchetfield. As he leaves the coffee shop, he is accosted by an activist from Greenpeace, who tries to solicit a donation from him. Paul goes to the local coffee shop, Beanie's, where he befriends Emma Perkins, a cute barista who shares his hatred for musicals. Paul declines, stating that he would 'rather do anything' than go see a musical. Bill invites Paul to come to see a touring production of Mamma Mia! with him and his teenage daughter, Alice, with whom Bill feels he must make an effort to connect after his divorce with his wife. Charlotte has a phone conversation with her husband Sam, a police officer who dismisses her many attempts at affection. Paul's day begins like any other, as he works dutifully at a nondescript office job alongside his coworkers: obnoxious womanizer Ted, sweet but unstable Charlotte, and Paul's closest friend, sheepish Bill. History Act 1Ī group of singing zombies address the audience, setting the scene in the tiny town of Hatchetfield and introducing the main character, unremarkable everyman Paul Matthews. Between 750 and 900 million people live in dairy farming households. Throughout the world, more than six billion people consume milk and milk products. China and Russia were the world's largest importers of milk and milk products until 2016 when both countries became self-sufficient, contributing to a worldwide glut of milk. New Zealand, Germany and the Netherlands are the largest exporters of milk products. The ever-increasing rise in domestic demand for dairy products and a large demand-supply gap could lead to India being a net importer of dairy products in the future. India is the world's largest producer of milk, and is the leading exporter of skimmed milk powder, yet it exports few other milk products. Īs an agricultural product, milk, also called dairy milk, is extracted from farm animals during or soon after pregnancy. Dairy farms produced about 730 million tonnes of milk in 2011, from 260 million dairy cows. Interspecies consumption of milk is not uncommon, particularly among humans, many of whom consume the milk of other mammals.

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