Plays to feature in Other Palace repertoire alongside musicals as Paul Taylor-Mills steps down as artistic director

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Leading independent producer Paul Taylor-Mills has taken on the new role of affiliate producer at The Other Palace following his two-year tenure as artistic director of the former St. James Theatre.

The producer whose credits include the London premieres of In The Heights and Carrie: The Musical will mark his debut as The Other Palace’s new associate producer with Heathers The Musical which transfers to the Main House following its workshop presentation in The Studio.

Announcing the change of role, Taylor-Mills who initially joined Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group in 2016 to work on the programming for the then newly acquired St. James Theatre, said: “I’ve had the most wonderful couple of years working with Andrew and the team at Really Useful Theatre and the Really Useful Group and establishing The Other Palace as one of the most important and dynamic venues in London for the new musical theatre scene.

“After spending the last couple of months being able to get my hands dirty on the producing of Heathers The Musical, I’ve reminded myself that this is where I get really excited and am keen to be able to focus my attentions on more of my independent projects.

“I’m incredibly proud of the work the team and I have created at The Other Palace, so will continue to be involved as an affiliate producer. With this in mind I’m looking forward to producing shows here in the future including Heathers The Musical this month and Murder For Two at Christmas.”

In a move that indicates a departure from The Other Palace’s original stated aim to focus specifically on musical theatre, award-winning producer Chris Harper (War Horse) has been brought in as director of programming with a brief to expand the variety of shows presented at the venue.

While insisting that musical theatre will always be the beating heart of The Other Palace, the venue’s management has stated “it will now be welcoming plays into the main house”.

Angela Thomas

Tickets for Heathers The Musical are available HERE.