More Shows By MMD Associates...
by the company, including MMD Associate Zach Dunbar
Camden People's Theatre
Tue 6 - Sun 11 May 2008
Dance meets fringe theatre. Live electro-acoustic sounds, images and movements fuse in this twenty-first century exploration of the tragic chorus. Bits of the Oedipus story mix in with modern themes about mad cows, infection and redemption - it will melt in your mind!
During the last few decades innovative productions of Greek tragedy have acknowledged the leading influence of dance. Increasingly found in fringe theatres (The Gate, Soho Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre), dance-based productions propose innovative approaches to the interrelationship of performance space, sound, text and movement. Box Office 08700 600 100 (24 hours). Special offer to MMD Associates of tickets at £6 (half price), good for 6-8 May. Just ring up ticket bookings and say ‘MootheCows’.
During the last few decades innovative productions of Greek tragedy have acknowledged the leading influence of dance. Increasingly found in fringe theatres (The Gate, Soho Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre), dance-based productions propose innovative approaches to the interrelationship of performance space, sound, text and movement. Box Office 08700 600 100 (24 hours). Special offer to MMD Associates of tickets at £6 (half price), good for 6-8 May. Just ring up ticket bookings and say ‘MootheCows’.
by MMD Associate Robert Barham
London Mission, 19 Thayer Street, London, W1U 2QJ
Sat 10 May 2008, 3pm
Do the Psalms have any relevance to our modern , everyday living? Through music and drama this highly popular 90 minute performance shows that they still do. Your chance to catch this emotional roller coaster performance before its 2008 Edinburgh Festival outing. Admission Free. (Retiring collection for Breakthrough Breast Cancer)
by MMD Associate Alexander Bermange and Wolfgang Adenberg
Amphitheater Schloss Park Phillipsruhe, Hanau, Frankfurt, Germany
10 May - 20 Jul 2008
A new musical based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name.
book, music and lyrics by MMD Associate Philip Godfrey
Greenwich Playhouse, London
Wed 14 May - Sun 8 Jun 2008
Inspired by the memoirs of the legendary lover, this new musical offers snapshots of his extraordinary life and affairs, as 11 actors and 3 musicians romp through 18th-century Europe bringing over 30 characters to the tiny stage at Greenwich Playhouse. Box office 020 8858 9256
book, music and lyrics by MMD Associate Michael Dresser
Parlure Spiegeltent, The Green at St Peter’s, Brighton
Mon 19 – Sun 25 May 2008
Join Marilyn, Norma Jeane and Zelda Zonk, their alter ego, as together they relive their memories of the most famous life and death in movies, revealing the innocence, ambition and flaws behind the myth. | book online
songs by MMD Associates, names tba
Nash Room, ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
Sat 24 May 2008, 2pm
As part of the Accidental Festival, an afternoon of dynamic new musical theatre writing from Mercury Musical Developments Associates. Featuring songs by:
- Michael Bruce
- Corin Buckridge, Roberto Trippini and Clive Burton
- Mark Bunyan
- Darren Deeks and Tim Saward
- Shrubshall and Free
by MMD Associates Julian Woolford and Richard John
Kings Theatre, 338 High Street, Chatham, Kent
Wed 28, Thu 29 and Sat 31 May 2008, 7.30pm and Fri 30 May, 2pm
The first youth theatre production of this recently
published musical.
songs by MMD Associates, names tba
Trafalgar Studios, London
Sun 1 Jun 2008, 3.30pm
Compèred by Sally Ann Triplett. Judged by Barry Burnett, Kim Criswell, Edward Seckerson, Gareth Valentine and George Stiles & Anthony Drewe.
Musical theatre students from performing arts courses all over Britain will perform one song by Stephen Sondheim and one new musical theatre song by writers from Mercury Musical Developments in a competition to be named best performer.
Performers can win the Stanley Salver and prize of £1,000 plus a part in Fly With The Stars, a charity gala at the London Palladium.
The writers of the new songs featured will compete to win the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Award of £500
Tickets: £22.00, concessions £20.00 (plus £3 fee per booking)
Call 0870 0606632 or book online.
Musical theatre students from performing arts courses all over Britain will perform one song by Stephen Sondheim and one new musical theatre song by writers from Mercury Musical Developments in a competition to be named best performer.
Performers can win the Stanley Salver and prize of £1,000 plus a part in Fly With The Stars, a charity gala at the London Palladium.
The writers of the new songs featured will compete to win the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Award of £500
Tickets: £22.00, concessions £20.00 (plus £3 fee per booking)
Call 0870 0606632 or book online.
book, music and lyrics by MMD Associate Ivo Mosley
Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
16 – 21 Jun 2008
Two ten-minute musicals by Ivo Mosley form part of a bill of performances by Rose Bruford actor/musician students, alonside short plays by Gregory Motton and Robert Holman. In The London Women's Buskers Orchestra Meet for Rehearsal the orchestra is continually interrupted by chaos from inside and outside as a group of musicians meets to make music against the odds.
In The London Women's Buskers Orchestra Meet the End of the World the whole of London is in a panic. The end of the world is quite possibly imminent, so what happens in the latest instalment of the London Women's Buskers Orchestra? Who will turn up? Have they nothing better to do? Does the world end?
cabaret by MMD Associate Mark Bunyan
Jermyn Street Theatre, 16b Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6ST
Sun 22 Jun, Sun 6 and 20 Jul, 7.30pm
Mark Bunyan in cabaret with his own songs and monologues. Box Office: 020 7287 2875
with new songs by MMD Associates George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
UK tour: Plymouth, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester, Cardiff
begins June 2008
featuring the work of MMD Associates George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London
Sun 6 Jul 2008, 7.30pm
Support our work into the future by coming to A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, staged in support of MMD.
This show celebrates 25 years of songwriting by the Olivier award-winning duo of musical theatre composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe, who were founder members, and are now Board Members, of MMD. The gala promises a terrific evening of entertainment: a rollercoaster ride through George and Anthony’s illustrious career in the company of the names that have played key roles in their success story to date, along with up and coming stars of the stage and an ensemble of sublimely talented young performers.
Olivier Award winners Joanna Riding, Clive Rowe and Leanne Jones are joined by TV favourites Helena Blackman and Daniel Boys, stars of Wicked James Gillan and Oliver Tompsett, much-loved Mary Poppins star Scarlett Strallen, Julie Atherton who originated the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q, Jerry Springer legend Alison Jiear and musical theatre stalwart Claire Moore to perform numbers from 'Just So', 'Peter Pan' 'Honk!' 'Mary Poppins' and an exclusive preview of their new show 'Soho Cinders'. George and Anthony will also make a guest appearance.
Tickets are available at all prices, starting at £20, but we hope that some of our friends will support us by buying VIP tickets at £100 each. Each ticket includes a Premium Stalls seat and a pass to the post-show party with the cast. Proceeds will go to fund our much-needed development work, nurturing the next generation of musical theatre writers.
A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe takes to the stage at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End for one night only on Sunday 6 July 2008.
Call the Box Office on 0844 412 4657 or click here to book your tickets online or email georgina@mercurymusicals.com to request VIP tickets.
This show celebrates 25 years of songwriting by the Olivier award-winning duo of musical theatre composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe, who were founder members, and are now Board Members, of MMD. The gala promises a terrific evening of entertainment: a rollercoaster ride through George and Anthony’s illustrious career in the company of the names that have played key roles in their success story to date, along with up and coming stars of the stage and an ensemble of sublimely talented young performers.
Olivier Award winners Joanna Riding, Clive Rowe and Leanne Jones are joined by TV favourites Helena Blackman and Daniel Boys, stars of Wicked James Gillan and Oliver Tompsett, much-loved Mary Poppins star Scarlett Strallen, Julie Atherton who originated the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q, Jerry Springer legend Alison Jiear and musical theatre stalwart Claire Moore to perform numbers from 'Just So', 'Peter Pan' 'Honk!' 'Mary Poppins' and an exclusive preview of their new show 'Soho Cinders'. George and Anthony will also make a guest appearance.
Tickets are available at all prices, starting at £20, but we hope that some of our friends will support us by buying VIP tickets at £100 each. Each ticket includes a Premium Stalls seat and a pass to the post-show party with the cast. Proceeds will go to fund our much-needed development work, nurturing the next generation of musical theatre writers.
A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe takes to the stage at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End for one night only on Sunday 6 July 2008.
Call the Box Office on 0844 412 4657 or click here to book your tickets online or email georgina@mercurymusicals.com to request VIP tickets.
The Trip
by MMD Associate Michael Gyngell
Brook Theatre, Chatham
Sat 12 Jul 2008
A new musical performed by students between ages 11-16. An unconnected group of school kids go missing whilst on a school trip. They soon realise they have one thing in common. Guilt.
book and lyrics by MMD Associates Darren Deeks and Tim Saward. Music by Tim Saward
George 2, George Square Theatres, Edinburgh
Mon 4 Aug 2008, 10.30am
A 10.30am reading of a work in progress by the team that delivered Yiff! last year. Our new show explores the friendship between a gay white boy and an Anglo-Bengali Muslim girl in the run up to her arranged betrothal and wedding. Or will there be a wedding? Two sets of cultural values cannot help but collide in this contemporary and emotionally engaging musical.
Heartbeat
Created by and original script by MMD Associate Tosin Otudeko. Written by MMD Associate Tosin Otudeko and Debo Oluwatuminu.
Coral Reef Hall, Lagos, Nigeria
Fri 8 Aug 2008
Heartbeat is a tale of faith, hope, and love and the triumph of these varying elements against the backdrop of tragedy, conflict and economic trials. It is a dramatic and musical journey set in modern day Nigeria that follows the decisions and pressures faced by a group of displaced teenagers as they struggle with their convictions and pursue their dreams. Heartbeat has a moving and memorable soundtrack that cuts across a range of genres (including classical, jazz and African contemporary) complementing the story’s dramatic journey and ambience.
by Rudyard Kipling, adapted for stage by Stuart Paterson. Music by MMD Associate BB Cooper, lyrics by Barb Jungr
National tour including Bloomsbury Theatre over Christmas and New Year
Autumn 2008
Third national tour of this musical originated under the aegis of MMD.
