Clare Walters writes: #ZoologicalSociety the concept album is released online today. Recorded by 13 musicians, eight chorus singers and a host of musical theatre stars, it’s a series of funny and resonant, definitely adult, very human stories of animals in a zoo. Writer, composer, actor and comedian VIKKI STONE, who wrote the album, explained to […]
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Concept album for new digital musical #ZoologicalSociety
Northampton’s Royal & Derngate is releasing a star-packed concept album for new digital musical #ZoologicalSociety on Friday 27 March 2020 (the release was originally planned to coincide with a live concert performance at BEAM 2020). Written by multi award-winners Vikki Stone and Katie Mulgrew, #ZoologicalSociety is the first in a series of original music commissions […]
Look out for BEAM2020 shows on social media on World Theatre Day
Artists involved in the 41 new musicals selected to be showcased at BEAM2020 at Royal & Derngate, Northampton are being invited to share content from their shows on social media between midday and 2pm tomorrow (27 March 2020). Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network, the organisers of the prestigious biennial industry showcase which was […]
BEAM 2020 line-up of new musicals
Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network have announced the 41 new musicals selected to be showcased at BEAM2020 at Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 26 March and 27 March 2020. The musicals chosen to feature as 25-minute extracts at the leading showcase for new British musical theatre writing are: Black Power Desk by Urielle […]
Paul Taylor-Mills announces new musical theatre festival – MT Fest UK – for The Other Palace in 2019
Paul Taylor-Mills has revealed details of a festival of new musical theatre at The Other Palace planned for early next year. The leading independent producer who followed his two-year tenure as artistic director of the popular London venue by taking on the role of affiliate producer has unveiled plans for MT Fest UK, a showcase […]
MMD & MTN announce the BEAM Follow-Spot Programme to help regional musical theatre writers
Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) and Musical Theatre Network (MTN) have launched a new regional initiative designed to support emerging musical theatre writers. The BEAM Follow-Spot Programme is a year-long scheme aimed at providing sustained development support for writers launched in partnership with the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Announcing the project […]
BEAM 2018 – shining a light on talent with 58 new British musicals in development
Musical Theatre Review’s Tina Foote previews BEAM 2018, the Biennial Industry Showcase for New British Musical Theatre Writing, running from 1-2 March at London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East. This weekend Everybody’s Talking About Jamie won Best New Musical in the WhatsOnStage Awards after a successful transfer from the Sheffield Crucible to the West End, now happily […]
