George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) have announced the finalists in the running for this year’s Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize.
Awarded on an annual basis to a member of MMD, the UK’s largest membership organisation dedicated to developing new musical theatre writing, the winner of this year’s award will be revealed at the end of a concert performance at London’s Hackney Empire on 10 September 2021. The concert will be live-streamed and available on demand via Stream.Theatre.
Chosen from 175 submissions, the 12 nominees are:
‘A Letter at a Time’ by Sam Norman and Eliza Randall from Lever
‘An Eden’ by Celia Cruwys-Finnigan and Lucy Keirl from Pigeons
‘Be Kind’ by Hilmi Jaidin from Employees Must Wash Hands
‘Everything to Me’ by Emily Rose Simons from The Funeral Lady
‘Infinity’ by Leo Mercer & Dan Mawson from Galileo: An A Capella Musical
‘In Places Like These’ by Vikki Stone from My Dog Has Fleas
‘Our Fight is Not Over (The Ballad of Lexa)’ by Flora Leo from Triangularity
‘Pulling the Strings’ by Louis Barabbas from Jocasta
‘The Choice’ by Adam Wachter from Home Free
‘The Road’ by Matthew Harvey from Now or Never
‘Those Stars’ by Eden Tredwell from Galaxy Train
‘Whatsername’ by Sophie Boyce and Fred Feeney from F You Future Alice
The 12 shortlisted songs will be showcased by West End performers during the celebration concert at the end of the hybrid live and online new musicals showcase BEAM2021. The artists will take to the stage of the Hackney Empire from 7.30pm with the event streaming live on stream.theatre.
The 2021 Best New Song will be chosen by the panel of industry experts including composer Stiles. The winning writer or writers will receive £1,000 towards the development of their work.
Angela Thomas
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