Gigglemug’s A Jaffa Cake Musical and Scouts! The Musical available to stream

Innovative theatre company Gigglemug hit shows – A Jaffa Cake Musical and Scouts! The Musical – are now available to stream online following their successful final tours in the summer.

Announcing the streaming of the productions on Lounges.TV, Gigglemug’s artistic director Sam Cochrane said: “I am thrilled that our two most successful productions will now find a new life online. We could only tour the shows to a handful of places, but now wherever you are in the world you’ll be able to watch Scouts! The Musical and A Jaffa Cake Musical from the comfort of your own home whenever you like! We were lucky enough to regularly sell out which meant that people often missed out on tickets, so it’s wonderful that those who missed the productions will now get to see them and those who enjoyed the shows before can watch them again!”

Following on from two sold-out seasons at London’s Palace Theatre, Scouts! The Musical embarked on a mini tour in June while A Jaffa Cake Musical played an encore run at the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Over 8,000 people saw the shows over the summer.

Created in partnership with The Scout Association, Scouts! The Musical features a book by Gigglemug’s artistic director Sam Cochrane and a score by former scout David Fallon. The heart-warming family-friendly musical set during the annual Scout Games is also directed by Cochrane with musical direction by Rob Gathercole.

Written and produced by Cochrane, A Jaffa Cake Musical has arrangements and musical direction by Rob Gathercole. The musical takes its inspiration from the 1991 tribunal which determined the true identity of a Jaffa Cake, is directed by Ali James.

Scouts! The Musical premiered at The Other Palace in 2023 before embarking on this year’s tour. The musical received a Standing Ovation Award and was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award, an Offie Award and four Fringe Theatre Awards. A Jaffa Cake Musical first appeared in workshop form in 2024 as part of MTFest.

With a reputation for partnering with different organisations to create family comedy musicals, Gigglemug also created the Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit Timpson: The Musical (winner of The Stage Edinburgh Award in 2018), the 2021 Fringe hit The Bean Spillers The Improvised Musical All About Gossip and the 2022 Fringe hit RuneSical.

Angela Thomas