Making a Musical: The Future of British Musical Theatre

In Redcliffe, Bristol William is feeling the pressure to find a wife whilst also being the breadwinner to his family. His mothers nagging doesn't help. When he meets Richard, he unlocks a world he had never dared to explore before and it’s clear there is no going back. Based on the true events of William Critchard and Richard Arnold in 1753, Redcliffe is an epic tale of forbidden love during the persecution people faced for hundreds of years.Featuring songs ‘Pressure Pot’ performed by Jordan Luke Gage and Rebecca Lock and ‘Hurricane’ performed by Rebecca Lock, recorded live at MTFestUK 2024, Turbine Theatre.Jordan Luke Gage (he/him) Book, Music & LyricsJordan most recently originated the role of Clyde Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (Arts Theatre/Garrick). Prior to this he originated the role of Romeo in the Olivier Award winning &Juliet at The Shaftesbury Theatre. His other West End credits include Strat in Bat Out Of Hell at The Dominion Theatre and JD in Heathers at Theatre Royal Haymarket. His television credits include Prince James The Royal Kill List (Sky), Adrian Barber in Cilla (ITV), and Luc in Cucumber (Channel 4). Jordan plays guitar and writes music and this is his first musical writing project. @jordanlukegageFollow Redcliffe: @redcliffemusicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 5 Making a Musical: The Future of British Musical Theatre Podcast LineupMaking a Musical podcast returns for Season 5 with an exciting lineup! Each episode will feature music and exclusive interviews with the writers and creatives of new musicals at varying stages of development. Episodes to be released from 22 April 2024.Avalon The Old Legend, A New Musical Music & Lyrics by Callum Shannon.Avalon follows the classic tale of the tragic destiny of soon-to-be King Arthur and his half-sister Morgan, through the lens of our wizardly charismatic narrator, Merlin.Becoming NancyBook by Elliot Davis. Music by George Stiles. Lyrics by Anthony Drewe.Additional Music & Lyrics by Elliot Davis, Terry Ronald & George Stiles.Based on the novel by Terry Ronald.It's 1979 and David Starr is unquestionably one of the smartest, most talented sixth-formers in East Dulwich – to his surprise, he’s been given the female lead in the school play which sends shockwaves through David’s small town.FANGIRLS Book, Music and Lyrics by Yve Blake. Meet Edna: she’s 14, she’s a misfit, and she’s in love with Harry. There’s just one problem: Harry’s in the world’s biggest boy band and doesn’t know she exists. Exactly how far is she prepared to go in the name of love?Feral MonsterWritten by Bethan Marlow. Composed by Nicola T. Chang.Commissioned and produced by National Theatre Wales.A banging new musical about an unremarkable teenager. With a soundtrack mashing up grime, R&B, soul, pop and rap, the show follows Jax and her noisy, opinionated brain as they navigate love, identity, class and family. Pied PiperConceived by Conrad Murray (Writer) & Lara TaylorA brand new hip-hop musical. It’s the eve of the mayoral election, and the kids of Hamelin aren’t happy. The authorities have imposed a music ban, and there’s a serious rat problem. But can the mysterious rat catcher in town help?REDCLIFFEWritten by Jordan Luke Gage.Based on the true events of William Critchard and Richard Arnold in 1753, Redcliffe is an epic tale of forbidden love in spite of the persecution people faced for hundreds of years. The Night our Parents DisappearedBook & lyrics by Andy Room. Composed by Oli Rew.Jaz’ parents have vanished. Now, with the help of teenage inventor Melanie, she must work out where they’ve gone and how to get them back. And what’s going on with those ninja teddy bears.We’ll Have Nun of ItBook by Rosie Dart. Music, Lyrics and Book by Finola Southgate.It’s 1967 – against this new era, four friends navigate life at St Anne’s Convent School. But as opinions collide and feelings towards one another shift, the group’s final year doesn’t play out as planned.Why the Whales CameBooks & Lyrics by Nikki Racklin. Composed by Bella Barlow. Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo.In the shadow of WW1, the insular residents of Bryher are terrified of the solitary ‘Birdman’. It takes the innocence of youth, to blow apart the fear and superstition that threaten to destroy the community, lifting a long-standing curse in the process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A one-woman musical about the highs and lows of a life devoted to creating art. Our story follows Marie-Berthe Cazin, a Parisian ceramist in her mid 40s, as she prepares her house for the visit of Henrietta Tirman; renowned artist and her estranged best friend. As she does so, she begins to reminisce, and dream about what could have been.Featuring songs 'Talent’ performed by Alex Young and ‘Spark’ performed by Danielle Steers, live at The Other Palace.Jack Miles (he/him) Music & Lyrics/ProducerJack is a composer/lyricist with a Master's degree in Musical Theatre Writing from Goldsmiths. He is an associate artist of Profugo Arts, as well as an Iris Theatre Platform Artist. His shows include: St. Anne Comes Home (Actors Church), The Problem with Fletcher Mott (Drayton Arms), Adeline (Cockpit Theatre). @jackhasthisnowRebecca Simmonds (she/her) Book & Lyrics/Producer Rebecca holds a master’s degree in musical theatre composition from Goldsmiths, University of London, is a Selladoor New Writers Programme alumni and a part of the Book, Music & Lyrics Advance Group. She has previously directed and produced a number of Edinburgh fringe productions with Bedlam Theatre, EUSOG & For the Fans Productions and is currently developing a new show, “The Sesh” with writer and composer Rob Gathercole. @beccalouisesimmondsFollow With In Clay: @inclaymusicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 women join a local songwriting group called The Circle to make music but end up making connections that change their lives.Featuring songs 'Drown Without Water’ performed by Poppy Morgan and ‘Let the Women Eat’ performed by Sharon Rose.Rachel Walker Mason (she/her) Music & LyricsA GRAMMY considered artist, finalist in Stiles and Drewe Best New Song 2023, recipient of a British Citizen Award for contribution to the arts, multi-award-winning musician, Woman Of The Year 2020, executive member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame and mental health ambassador. Rachel is mixed white and Asian, bisexual and disabled. Twitter: @rachwalkermason, Instagram: @rachelwalkermasonEloise Hodder (she/her) Book Actor, director, interdisciplinary performer and educator. Worked as the director/creator of Trapped (Donmar and Endeavour), received the Jack Petchey Youth Community Project Award for Delicate Rose tour and nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Gannin’ Yem. Eloise has been an Education Associate for the Donmar, Bush Theatre and Michael Grandage Theatre Company. Twitter: @eloiseHH, Instagram: @eloisehodderofficialFollow The Circle: Instagram: @thecirclemusicalTwitter: @circle_musicalTiktok: @thecircle.musicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Past and present intertwine in this new folk musical about the history, bravery, and sacrifices of our lifeboat communities. Witnesses to a tragedy in 1886, Charles and Marion Macara unite to support a town in grief, inspiring a nationwide movement set to forever change the tide of fundraising. Current day crew member, Shannon, balances her new family responsibilities with an inherited sense of duty to honour the legacy of family members past. In two hundred years, the same question remains - how far will you go to save a stranger?Featuring songs 'With Courage’ and ‘Grace’ performed by Jonathan Charles, Mary Erskine, Philippa Hogg, and Dyd Wynford.Jon Hare (he/him) Writer & ComposerJon's other musicals include Never Again, inspired by true events from WWI, and Charming, an 80s jukebox show set in a bankrupt kingdom 25 years after the failed marriage of Prince Charming and Cinderella. In 2021 he recorded a demo album for his Christmas family musical, The First Chris Moose, at Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, with MD Dan Glover. Jon has been a freelance Production and Stage Manager for over fifteen years, working at National Theatre, Young Vic, Roundhouse, Windsor Castle, and others. He also works as a freelance consultant to international lyricists, specialising in helping those for whom English is not their first language. @horatiohareSteph Weller (she/her) Producer Steph is an Old Vic 12 trained and Stage One supported producer, and is in-house producer for Reading Rep. Via her company PlayWell Productions, commissions and credits include the plays Live To Tell: (a Proposal for) The Madonna Musical, Very Special Guest Star, Clown Sex, and I Ain’t Dumb, and musicals Black Power Desk, Lesbian Pirates! and With Courage. China Plate is supporting Steph through the ongoing development of her new musicals via their Dark Room scheme. @stephweller @playwellprodsFollow With Courage: @withcourageshowFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Haywood is a woman in her 70s who, despite growing up as an incredibly accomplished pianist and moving from Australia to London to study, found herself in an abusive and controlling marriage, unable to exercise any control over her own life. Now, with the recent death of her husband, and through a friendship with her younger neighbour, Emily, Alice refinds her purpose, and goes on a journey to rediscover herself. At the end of the play, Alice finally exorcises the ghost of her husband Edward, when she takes an axe to the grand piano he bought for her 40 years ago.Featuring songs 'Pulling Away’ and ‘A Piano Is’ performed by Susie McKenna.Tim Gilvin (he/him) Music & LyricsTim Gilvin is a composer lyricist whose projects include Stay Awake, Jake (S&S Award Winner 2014; VAULT Festival 2016; Southwark Playhouse 2020), Unfortunate (Edinburgh 2019; London 2022) and Help! We Are Still Alive (Seven Dials Playhouse 2022). He has worked as an accompanist, MD and orchestrator within musical theatre, and also works extensively in education. @tim_gilvinGrace Taylor (she/her) Book, Lyrics & Director Grace’s experience is as a musical theatre director and Music and Freedom is her first project as a writer. Current projects: associate director SIX The Musical (UK Productions, Hampton Court, Seoul, South Korea and Australian Tour); director for In Clay by Jack Miles and Rebecca Simmonds; director for a new version of The Hatpin by Peter Rutherford and James Millar; and director for Becoming Nigella by Emily Rose Simonds. @Gracetaylor_MTFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Usually avoid public bathrooms? Here's one you won't want to miss! This award-winning new musical follows four unlikely strangers who find themselves trapped together in a gender-neutral public toilet. With an hour to kill until maintenance arrives, the group navigates unexpected challenges, pungent opinions and some seriously sticky conversations.Featuring songs 'Minute by Minute’ and ‘Nervous Disposition’ performed by Kyla Stroud.Kyla Stroud (they/she) Composer, Book Writer, Associate Director & Co-producer Kyla is the founder of Stroud&Notes. Kyla has worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years as a professional singer-songwriter and events organiser. They previously won London’s Best Busker, went on to received a publishing deal with Kobalt Music, and supported artists Emeli Sande and Rhys Lewis. @iamlakyHannah Sands (they/them) Co-Producer, Performance Direction & Book Writer Hannah trained as a theatre director with Birkbeck Uni and the Manchester Royal Exchange. Most recently, they have been developing new musicals, working as Associate Director on a BLOODY ELLE: a gig musical (Fringe Festival Adelaide Winner; Whatsonstage nominee); and 42 BALLOONS (staged concert performances at the Vaudeville Theatre in Nov-22). @hannahsands6Natalie Stroud (she/her) Book Writer & Movement Director Natalie is a choreographer and movement director for stage and screen. She is resident choreographer for Modal Productions Group having choreographed numerous music videos and the TV series ‘That Was Then, This Is Now’. Her experience is complimented by professional performer credits such as the UK tour of ‘Seussical the Musical’, ‘Honk!’, ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’.@nataliestrouddanceOlivia Zacharia (she/her) Musical Director Olivia graduated from the University of Surrey in 2019 with a BMus (Hons) Music degree. She works predominantly as a Musical Director in London, but also works on creating transcriptions, arrangements, orchestrations; and frequents many audition rooms as an audition pianist.Follow Public - The Musical: @public_musicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the stand-ins behind the scenes at the Oscars – a group of actors who play the parts of the celebrities in camera rehearsals leading up to the big day. Hopping from the Dolby Theatre to LA’s bohemian coffee hotspots, this musical features a crew of loveable theatrical personalities who are living the life-adjacent to fame and asks, what does it really mean to "win"?Featuring songs ‘Hollywood Dream’ and ‘Closest I Get’ performed by Elliot Clay.Elliot Clay (he/him) Music & LyricsElliot Clay is a composer, lyricist and actor. His debut musical MILLENNIALS premiered at The Other Palace in summer 2022 and was nominated for the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West End Production. It is regularly played on Elaine Paige’s BBC Radio 2 programme and has twice been featured at West End Live in Trafalgar Square. As an actor he's played leading roles in the West End and internationally in The Mousetrap and Million Dollar Quartet. @elliotjclayHayley Doyle (she/her) BookBorn in Liverpool, Hayley made her West End debut in Mamma Mia! A short contract in Dubai turned into 7 years, where she launched her own theatre school, Hayley's Comet, and became a radio presenter on Dubai Eye. She landed a two-book deal with HarperCollins UK and her debut novel Never Saw You Coming was longlisted for The Guardian Not the Booker prize 2020. Hayley’s Comet is now a thriving theatre school in London. @hayleydollyFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer is over. GCSEs are looming. But Year 11s are only talking about one thing: babies. Not real ones... but the plastic simulator dolls they’ve been given to keep alive for a whole entire week. With a blistering pop rock score, this brand new British musical follows nine students as they discover that becoming a parent means changing more than just nappies. Friendships are tested, dreams are questioned and the real meaning of responsibility rears its terrifying head.Featuring songs ‘Baby Baby Baby’ performed by Hannah Lowther, Grace Mouat, Courtney Bowman, Miracle Chance, Maddison Bulleyment, Aitch Wylie, Billy Nevers, James Hameed and Luke Bayer and ‘Hot Dad’ performed by Aitch Wylie, Billy Nevers, James Hameed and Luke Bayer.Jack Godfrey (he/him) Music & LyricsJack is an award-winning musical theatre composer and lyricist. Outside of Babies, his current projects include 42 Balloons (Book, Music and Lyrics; Staged Concert at the Vaudeville Theatre in November 2022) and This Is A Love Story (Music and Lyrics; Concert Performance at Dundee Rep in November 2021). @jjgodfreyyMartha Geelan (she/her) Book & Director Babies is Martha’s debut musical as a book writer. As a director, Martha has worked alongside Sir Trevor Nunn on multiple productions including the Olivier Award-winning Fiddler On The Roof, Identical and The Bridges of Madison County. Separately, Martha was the Associate Director for Olivier-nominated play, The Shark Is Broken which is currently running on Broadway. Other productions as Associate Director include Indecent, She Loves Me and The Lie at the Menier Chocolate Factory. This autumn on the directing team for new musical, The Book Thief, playing at Coventry Belgrade & Leicester Curve. @marthageelanFollow Babies: @babiesmusicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Based on the true story of George Mallory and his quest to conquer Mount Everest. Though lost to the mountain forever in 1924, later discoveries reignited the possibility that George may have succeeded after all - including a missing photo of his wife that he’d promised to leave at the top. From the north-west of England, to the heights of the Himalayas, Mallory On The Mountain follows George through a life of daring adventure.Featuring songs ‘Standing Tall’ performed by Alex Cosgriff and the 2021 workshop cast, and ‘Happy Life’ performed by Emma Clare Harvey.Ollie Mills (he/him) Writer / Director Ollie is a composer based in Manchester. As artistic director of Imaginality Productions, he is creating musicals which champion stories and artists with links to the North. Theatre work has included collaboration with Hope Mill Theatre, The Lowry, 53two, The New Vic, Oxford Playhouse, Headlong & Barbican. www.olliemillsmusic.com @olliemillsmusicFollow Mallory On The Mountain: @malloryonthemountainFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Long before Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, Hook and Wendy, Tinker Bell had a story of her own. Tinker Bell has fled Neverland which has been taken over by Hook and his Pirates and seeks refuge with the Kensington Garden Fairies, but new threats await her in this new world and Tinker Bell must use her talents to save her friends and find her way back home.Featuring songs ‘Things I’ve Done Wrong’ (working title) performed by Aimee Good and ‘Progress’ performed by Lauren Hendricks & Ryan Carey-Hills.Ryan Carey-Hills (he/him) Music & LyricsRyan has created scores for an all-female production of ‘Macbeth’ at the Chiswick Playhouse and Thorington Theatre; and for the play ‘ A Brief Moment and Never Again Since’ at Vaults Festival, which then transferred to Greenwich Theatre. As a songwriter and musician, he also works alongside Soul artist JoCee. @rcarey_hills / @careyhillshendricksLauren Hendricks (she/her) Book & LyricsLauren’s writing credits include a stage adaptation of Narnia in collaboration with the CS Lewis Estate; and a short film In Rümî’s Field, which received an honourable mention from Scriptwriters Co, and goes into filming production later this year. Completed screenplays include La Maupin; & Cockroach. @lauren_h088 / @careyhillshendricksAs a writing duo, Carey-Hills & Hendricks wrote ’”Nursery Crimes” back in 2009 - a comedy musical which was listed by the Evening Standard as one of the Top 10 New Musicals, and reached the semi-finals of the West End Producer competition. Carey-Hills & Hendricks are also known for their political satire and comedy songs on TikTok and have provided music for various advertising campaigns.Follow Tinker Bell: @tinkerbellmusicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Based on F Scott Fitzgerald's short story, this musical takes place in a sleepy fishing harbor on the north coast of Cornwall and tells the story of Benjamin Button, born as an old man in rather unusual circumstances. The story of this show reverberates around the singular message that we should make the most of the time given to us. Featuring songs ‘When ‘Ere She Looked at Me’ performed by Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox, Anna Fordham, Philippa Hogg, Damien James, Ann Marcuson, Jack Quarton, Benedict Salter, Tonny Shim, Molly Osborne, and Jamie Parker and ‘The Moon and the Sea’ performed by Rebecca Bailey and Jethro Compton.Jethro Compton (he/him) Book & LyricsJethro is a Cornish writer, director and theatre producer. He began his theatre career in 2008 as the Producer and Co-Artistic Director of Belt Up Theatre, company in residence at York Theatre Royal. He worked on all Belt Up's productions between 2008 and 2012 including, The Tartuffe, The Trial, Outland, Macbeth and The Boy James. For his own company, Jethro has directed the following productions, The Bunker Trilogy and The Capone Trilogy, and his own writing, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Frontier Trilogy, Sirenia, Wolf's Blood. and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In 2010 he was awarded a bursary from Stage One to support his development as a commercial producer. Between 2011 and 2013 he was Associate Producer of Southwark Playhouse, London. In 2016 he became an Associate Artist of Hall for Cornwall.Darren Clark (he/him) Music & LyricsDarren is a composer & lyricist living in Maidstone in Kent. He has been writing musical theatre professionally for nearly 15 years. Amongst his many shows are the critically acclaimed musicals The Wicker Husband, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Day of the Living and The Coup Coup Club. Darren’s musical theatre writing has received numerous awards including the MTI Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Award, the PRS Open Composers Award and the Musical Theatre Executive Trust Award. Along with Rhys Jennings, his work has been selected to the NAMT Festival of New Musicals in New York, and The MTI Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Award. Four of Darren’s musical theatre projects have been featured in the UK’s premiere musical theatre festival BEAM. Darren is a passionate advocate for new musical theatre writing in the UK and is the founder of NEW UK MUSICALS, a community providing competitions, opportunities and a website which allows writers of new musical theatre to sell their songs to their fans.Follow The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: @benjaminbuttonmusicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An unfaithful adaptation of the Collodi classic Pinocchio with protagonist Geppetto at its heart, PIN takes a dystopian Tim Burtonesque look at a society defined by technology. With a score inspired by Little Shop of Horrors and Danny Elfman classics, PIN is a comical and heartfelt answer to our increasing isolation and a rallying cry for humanity to shine through.Featuring songs ‘Trust In Gravity’ performed by Louis Maskell & Celinde Schoenmaker and ‘What Do They Know’ performed by Miriam Nyarko & Flora Spencer Longhurst.Tommy Antonio (he/him) Book / LyricsTommy Antonio is a composer, bookwriter, lyricist, and multi instrumentalist working in musical theatre, film, and as a recording artist. He trained at Guildhall School Of Music and Drama. Tommy records as Shaker Neon with long time collaborator Dom James, and as Tenderland as a solo artist and producer. He is under commission by Roald Dahl Story Company to adapt one of their most beloved titles into a stage musical. PIN is Tommy’s first musical as bookwriter/lyricist.www.tommyantonio.com @tommyantonioMarc Teiler (he/him) ComposerMarc Teitler is an award-winning composer who works across contemporary dance, theatre and film. Recipient of the Guardian Innovation Award, Marc is the co-creator of the West End musical The Grinning Man which opened at the Bristol Old Vic and transferred to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios. Most recently, Marc created The Magician’s Elephant with Nancy Harris for the Royal Shakespeare Company which has its US premiere in 2024. Marc’s previous musicals with Nancy include The Red Shoes at the Gate, Dublin and Baddies at the Unicorn Theatre. Marc’s scores for plays include Dance Nation at the Almeida, Blood & Gifts at the National Theatre and The Secret Agent at the Young Vic. Marc is currently working on a sci-fi musical called Rescue Fantasy with Phil Porter.@marcteitlermusic Natalie Abrahami (she/her) DirectorNatalie Abrahami is a theatre, opera and film director. Previous work includes: The Trials (Donmar Warehouse); Rusalka (Royal Opera House); Swive [Elizabeth] (Shakespeare’s Globe), and ANNA (National Theatre). Natalie was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill with Carrie Cracknell 2007-2012. Natalie went on to become an Associate Director at the Young Vic where she directed Juliet Stevenson in Happy Days and Wings, George Mackay in Ah, Wilderness! and Natalie Dormer in After Miss Julie. Other theatre and opera include: The Meeting (Chichester Festival Theatre), Machinal (Almeida), Queen Anne (Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre Royal Haymarket); How the Whale Became and Other Tales (Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House).www.natalieabrahami.co.uk @natalieabrahamiFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When The Lights Come Up written by Michaela Betts & Bea Holland: A dazzling place where magic is made and dreams come true. Anything is possible and everyone is welcome….or are they? Immersive club theatre that is funny, a little bitter-sweet, and almost entirely true.  A wry and real look at the allure of the bright lights and the bewildering price of fame.Featuring songs ‘When You Fall’ performed by Eloise May Davies and ‘Cloud Nine’ performed by Allyson Brown. Michaela Betts (she/her) Music & LyricsMichaela’s dramatic and haunting cinematic folk music has emerged from years of songwriting, theatre work, and perfecting her sound as a session singer and pianist. As well as recording two albums with art-pop band Theghostorchestra, she was the main vocalist on the feature film Slipstream and once taught Gina McKee to play the piano for BBC drama Mothertime. Born in Antwerp, and raised in a rambling house in Yorkshire, Michaela was the daughter of travelling folk musicians. Her father David F Betts was a singer/songwriter and TV composer while her Swedish mother’s stepdad was the writer Bengt Nerman, and his father the journalist Ture Nerman, a famous Swedish socialist who met Lenin in 1917. @mikbettsBea Holland (she/her) Book Bea is a theatre-maker, performer and writer. She studied English and Drama at The University of Hull and is an associate of National Youth Theatre. She has worked at theatres across the country including: Barbican, Unicorn Theatre, Orange Tree, National Theatre, Lowry, Battersea Arts Centre and Almeida. Her work spans from stand-up comedy at the Edin Fringe to Greek Tragedy on The Southbank and from puppeteering a mouse circus at Glastonbury to writing comedy for E4. Bea is a core member of The PappyShow team. She has performed in GIRLS, was an associate director on BOYS and facilitates workshops for The PappyShow. Most recently, she appeared in Mike Shepherd's CALVINO NIGHTS at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall. @hellobeahollandFollow When The Lights Come Up: @whenthelightscomeFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Train on Fire is a story about feminism's legacy, told through the lens of a woman erased from history. Kitty Marion, the woman in question, was a singer-turned suffragette at the height of the women's suffrage movement in 1900s London. Every actor in the show shares the role of Marion, passing the legacy (and the burden of it) between each other. We follow her path to radicalisation, and see just how far a woman will go to get her name in the history books.Featuring songs ‘Mad Woman’ and ‘Lullaby for the Burning Girl’ performed by Annabelle Lee Revak.Annabelle Lee Revak (she/her) Book / Music / LyricsAnnabelle is a composer, lyricist, playwright, music director, and pianist. Her musicals include Notes and Letters (book/music/lyrics, Underscore Theatre Co.), Starfall (book/music/lyrics; Music Institute Chicago), and Windsong (book/music/lyrics; Flatiron Arts). Other theatre credits include: Sylvia (Music Associate, Old Vic), The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair; Passing Ships (MD, University of Winchester), Something Blue; The Bone Harp; The Incredible 6,000-ft Ladder to Heaven; The Ballad of Lefty and Crabbe (MD, Chicago Musical Theatre Festival), [title of show]; Make Me Bad; High Fidelity (MD, Columbia College Chicago). BA Columbia College Chicago, MA University of Wolverhampton. www.annabelleleerevak.com @annabelleleerevakEllie Coote (she/her) DirectorEllie is a London-based director, dramaturg, writer and lyricist, specialising in new musical theatre. Most recently, she directed the world premiere of 42 Balloons by Jack Godfrey at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End. Other theatre includes: This Is A Love Story (book/additional lyrics, Dundee Rep), Mario: A Super Musical (director, Cockpit Theatre/Union Theatre), Bluff (director, for radio), Catch Me/The Limit (co-director, Central School of Speech and Drama), Andromeda Unchained (book/lyrics, The Ceiling Project) and Busk (director/dramaturg, Dare Festival). Ellie is also the co-founder of Chalk Musical Theatre Dramaturgy, and has worked with musical theatre artists from the US, Canada, Australia and Korea to develop their work. As a theatre maker, Ellie has worked across a variety of challenging new musical theatre projects, from gig theatre to radio musicals, and from adaptations to translations. @ellie_cooteLauren Hopkinson (she/her) Music DirectorLauren is a musical director, supervisor, arranger, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has worked in the West End, nationally and internationally. She has composed, arranged and performed a wide range of music across many different genres including musical theatre and a cappella vocal music. Lauren is passionate about creating and delivering outstanding creative musical experiences to audiences. Currently Associate UK Musical Supervisor of Six (Vaudeville, London), MD Train on Fire (MTFest, The Other Palace) Theatre credits include: Train on Fire (The Other Palace), Six (Vaudeville Theatre), Six (UK Tour), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Blood Brothers (UK Tour), Jesus Christ Superstar (Scandinavian Tour)  @laurenhopkinsonmusicFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kurt - 27, a musician, a poet and alive? Does every soul have the chance to be saved or is our destiny predetermined? Kurt may find that music holds the key as our band ‘The Fates’ plead with him on a melodic journey through his life. Arriving at a junction in time, Kurt confronts the fray in the thread of his very existence. Earth to Kurt is a moving and surprising look at the journey to the afterlife and the stories and people we leave behind.Featuring songs ‘Earth to Kurt’ and ‘Let Me Out’’ performed by Jolene Venzi, orchestrated by Pete Mills and George Clark with Esme Ashby (drums), Lara Katrina (bass), Jolene Venzi (rhythm), and George Clark (lead guitar and vocals).George Clark (he/him) Writer / Composer / Musical Director George managed family and studies as a young working-class dad on the BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre course. Having his little boy at 21, he learned what life is living by re-learning how to “play” - and now that is his aphorism. George composes and writes music for theatre, musically directing & looking deeply into every word/chord/beat/sound everything made is expertly performed. He has continued as a singer-songwriter under the guise of JEEBOJUNK (@jeebojunk) whilst developing his creative performance/practice for the theatre world, underground he has been sculpting his music and has been heard on BBC radio, BBC Introducing and BBC Essex. George writes songs for theatre to tell compelling stories with grit and development purpose his most recent work Earth to Kurt received four & five-star reviews, sell out shows with a future created on the horizon. Volume Club Theatre (@volume__club) was created to open up the music world to theatre. @georgeousclarkRicky Hunt (he/him) Writer / DirectorRicky had an interesting journey taking him from the stage to the page. Born in London to working class parents, Ricky strives to tell poignant, purposeful stories that champion LGBTQI+ and underrepresented voices. ​Ricky made his directing debut at Vault Festival 2023 Earth to Kurt the show received three 5 star reviews and show of the week nomination.​ @rickyjhuntJolene Venzi (she/they) Artistic Associate / Assistant Musical DirectorEnglish-Swiss actor-musician Jolene is a theatre maker with an appetite for making catalytic yet sensitive work. Being a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, they organically found their voice with singing and songwriting. Training on the Acting and Contemporary Theatre course at East 15 combined this natural ear for music with their passion for writing, directing and devising; specifically work that explores themes of gender identity and queerness. @jolenevenziFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Boy Who Sailed The Ocean in an Armchair written by Jordan Li-Smith, based on the novel by Lara Williamson: Becket Rumsey and his brother Billy are awoken in the middle of the night by their Dad and must leave everything behind, including their almost-mum Pearl. Whilst coming to terms with the fact that his real mum died before he had a chance to say goodbye to her too, he arms himself with an armchair of stories and one thousand paper cranes, determined to bring his family back together again.Featuring songs ‘Becket’s Birthday’ and ‘Height Lines’ performed by Jordan Li-Smith. Jordan Li-Smith (he/him) Book, Music and LyricsJordan Li-Smith is an award-winning musical director, conductor, writer and composer/lyricist. He made his West End debut conducting the Donmar Warehouse revival of City of Angels. His musical direction has been hailed as “impeccable” (The Stage), and once been described that he conducts “with a ferocity, an impassioned clarity, that reminds one of Leonard Bernstein” (Live Theatre UK). @JordanLi_SmithHannah Chissick (she/her) DirectorBen Ferguson (he/him) Musical Supervisor/OrchestratorSteve Kirkham (he/him) Movement DirectionFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JULIE The Musical written by Abey Bradbury: LGBTQ+ icon Julie D'Aubigny is down in history as one of the most chaotic characters to have ever lived - one of the first public figures to live as an openly bisexual woman, just some her adventures included seducing nuns, duelling multiple men at once, burning down convents, being bribed by Princes, innovating Opera - and this all before she turned 30.Featuring songs ‘Me Myself and I’ performed by Abey Bradbury (ft. Sam Kearney-Edwardes, Grant Cartwright & Sophie Coward) and ‘For the Love of God’ performed by Sophie Coward & Abey Bradbury (ft. Sam Kearney-Edwardes & Grant Cartwright).Abey Bradbury (They/She) Writer/Director Abey is a queer & neurodivergent Theatre Maker, Writer, Actor-Musician, Director & general theatre Jack-Of-All-Trades based in the North. Previously written and helped create music with Lamphouse Theatre (Wild Boy; Musical: The Musical Musical; Alan in Wonderland), Folly & Strings (Elysium), Motley-Minded Cobblers (The Elves & The Shoemaker), Cream-Faced Loons (Midsummer Night’s Dream; King John; The Complete Works Of Shakespeare* *But Just The Deaths (and the gory bits too!)) @abeybradburySam Kearney-Edwardes (They/Them) Actor-Musician Sam has been part of the development of JULIE The Musical and is going to be playing the role of Julie D'Aubigny in the 2023 tour.Follow JULIE The Musical: @julie_themusicalFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Woodhouse written by Kath Haling and Katharine Farmer: a musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma that explores what Jane would have said if she was here to say it now, with more freedom to show her characters as stronger and more independent with less of a need for them to seem naive.Featuring songs ‘Any Wonder’ and ‘Say It Again’ performed by Roshani Abbey and Oli Higginson.Kath Haling (she/her) Book / Music / LyricsKath is an Australian born musical theatre composer and playwright. Current and future projects include Sunshine (book, music & lyrics) currently in development with Perfect Pitch/Global Musicals. The Least We Could Do (playwright),directed by Katharine Farmer scheduled for a 3 week run at The Hope Theatre Islington in October 2023, Woodhouse (co-adaptation of book, music & lyrics) currently in development and Saving Helen, Georgia (music & lyrics) currently in development. Past projects include: ‘Until Then’ (music and lyrics) with Jack Reitman and Chris Jarosz; Hush (music & lyrics) with Leo Miles and Erico Montes, Benjamin Ella, Harry Churches & Giacomo Rover, In The Dark (music & lyrics) with Merryl Ansah, Ice Cream (playwright) finalist in Short & Sweet Festival Sydney. @kathhalingKatharine Farmer (she/her) Director / DramaturgKatharine Farmer is the Artistic Director of The Playwright’s Laboratory and has directed at venues such as Arcola Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, The Other Palace, Warwick Arts Centre, and The Theatre Chipping Norton and has three plays available to download on Digital Theatre. Most recently, Katharine’s production of Never Not Once at Park Theatre received 4 and 5 star reviews from national press such as The Guardian. Katharine also develops musicals, having recently directed the English-translation workshop of Korean musical Red Book. Previously, Katharine held an O-1 visa and was the Director of International Programming at Rubicon Theatre Company in California, during which time Katharine directed 8 productions, all of which were Critic’s Pick in The LA Times. @katharinefarmerFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wish List written by Charli Eglinton: the story of how a troubled, disillusioned boy learns to live...from a girl who’s going to die.Featuring songs ‘No-one Can Fix Me’ and ‘Turn the Page’ performed by Charli Eglinton.Charli Eglinton (she/her) Book / Music / LyricsCharli is a musical theatre writer (concept, book, music and lyrics) with a current slate of nine original musicals, including Saving Mozart currently in development for a UK premiere. She is also now part of the writing team of the highly anticipated new musical Treason premiering in full later this year. @charlieglinton @wishlistmusicalAndy & Wendy Barnes for Global Musicals & Perfect Pitch (he/him & she/her) Development ProducersGlobal Musicals is a UK-based production company delivering innovative, contemporary musical theatre, discovering and producing exciting shows that will appeal to a younger generation of theatre-goers. Andy and Wendy also founded and run PERFECT PITCH (non-profit), dedicated to supporting new British musicals in their early stages of development. @perfectpitchmusicalsFollow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalaceAre you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.