Musical theatre writers from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA will perform new material in a live-streamed concert on 14 April 2020 at 7.30pm GMT (3.30pm EST).
Some of the biggest names currently working in the genre will join virtual forces for the second free global, multi-location SIGNAL ONLINE event.
Writers confirmed to perform new songs from ‘their homes to your home’ include:
- Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (UK – Six, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, West End and Broadway, Hot Gay Time Machine, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Trafalgar Studios)
- Andrew R. Butler (US – composer, book and lyrics of Drama Desk Award nominated and Lucille Lortel Award-winning musical Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future at Ars Nova)
- Maimuna Memon (UK – actress and songwriter, recently appeared in Ghost Quartet and Lazarus, composer of Electrolyte)
- Britta Johnson (Canada – composer of Life After, winner of six Dora Mavor Moore Awards)
- Nick Green and Kevin Wong (Canada – Recurring John: A Song Cycle)
- Bateman and Conley (UK – The Sorrows of Satan, Personality)
- Yve Blake (Australia – composer, book and lyrics for multi-award-winning new musical Fangirls, now being developed for TV)
- Christian Czornyj (UK – Stages: A Video Game Musical, Catch Me, Remember, Remember)
- Max Vernon (US – composer of The View UpStairs, off-Broadway, regional tours, Soho Theatre, London, KPOP at Ars Nova)
- Tim Gilvin (UK – Stay Awake, Jake)
- Meg and Laura McGrady (UK – Meg is a recent graduate of the BRIT School and is working on two new musicals)
- Jordan Clarke and Francesca Forristal (UK – Oddball, Musical Comedy Awards Finalist at VAULT Festival)
- Rebecca Brewer and Daisy Chute (UK – composers of new folk musical Coven)
- Sheep Soup (UK – The Leftovers, Mrs Green, associate artists at Curve Leicester)
Curated and hosted by leading London musical theatre director Adam Lenson (The Rink, Wasted, Superhero), the first live-streamed SIGNAL ONLINE took place on 26 May 2020 and was watched by thousands of people across the world.
The concert is free but viewers are encouraged to donate to the AMPLIFY fund with all proceeds going directly to writers of new musicals.
Angela Thomas
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