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Loserville team to reunite for Barn Theatre’s virtual Elliot Davis concert

Busted’s James Bourne will re-unite (virtually) with his Loserville co-writer Elliot Davis this weekend for the third concert in the Barn Theatre’s new online series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Bourne will join an all-star line-up of West End favourites for the musical celebration of the work of the award-winning British composer […]

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Bourne and Davis musical Out There to play Union Theatre

The latest from the team behind the hit Loserville, the country-tinged Out There, will play the London’s Union Theatre later this month. An original tale from the writing partnership of Busted’s James Bourne and Elliot Davis will run from 21 September until 8 October. Directed by Michael Burgen, the cast includes Dave Willetts, Luke Street, […]

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Loserville – Union Theatre

Loserville continues at the Union Theatre, London until 20 December. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s 1971. High school students are looking for a way out of their quiet American town – dubbed Loserville – to a brighter more exciting future. For some, the future clearly lies with computers and the development of email which […]

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Loserville returns to the Union Theatre in December

Loserville, the musical co-written by Busted star James Bourne and Elliot Davis is returning to London’s Union Theatre this December. In the week it was announced that pop group Busted had re-formed, the 2009 musical based on Welcome to Loserville – the 2005 album by Bourne’s second group Son Of Dork – is revived by director Michael Burgen (Our […]

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Bourne and Davis Busted musical features in Youth Music Theatre 2016 season

Youth Music Theatre UK is looking for 300 talented young performers and musicians to join the YMT Company of 2016 and star in new musicals next summer. The 2016 season features the return of Busted star James Bourne and award-winning composer Elliot Davis with their third show in association with the YMT, Year 3000 – the Busted musical, […]

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Loserville – Union Theatre

Loserville continues at the Union Theatre, London until 21 March. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ James Bourne and Elliot Davis’ musical, originally performed by Youth Music Theatre UK before a West Yorkshire Playhouse production that briefly visited the West End in 2012, is one of the most musically accessible of recent British musicals. The Son of […]

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Loserville revived at the Union Theatre

Elliot Davis and James Bourne’s musical Loserville will be revived at London’s Union Theatre (25 February to 21 March), directed by Michael Burgen and featuring Any Dream Will Do finalist Lewis Bradley (Wicked, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Eddie. It’s 1971. Michael Dork may be a computer geek but he’s invented something that could change the world. He’s also discovered girls: a prospect (almost) as […]

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Collaborations – The Songs of Elliot Davis

On 23 September, SimG Records – the leading independent label devoted to new writers and artists – is to release Collaborations – The Songs of Elliot Davis. Collaborations brings together some of the best songwriters in the music industry with an array of performers currently working in the West End, and is sold in aid of the […]

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