An exhilarating two-day event showcasing the most exciting new musicals in development
As the largest gathering of the UK new musical theatre community, BEAM brings together producers, writers, composers, venues, investors, agents and development partners for two days of inspiring content. To date, over 35 musicals from previous BEAMs have gone on to be fully staged, including West End shows Operation Mincemeat and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).
BEAM is co-produced by Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network. For BEAM2025, we held 22 pitching days across the UK in autumn 2024, and 356 musicals were pitched to be part of the showcase. BEAM2025 featured 28 new musicals and 12 Artist Spotlight presentations, with an industry audience of over 350.
Pitching for BEAM2027 will take place in 2026. If you are a venue who would be interested in hosting a pitching day, please get in touch.
BEAM2025 supporters
Past BEAM shows include
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the significance that BEAM had on our careers. After our showcase we found ourselves in conversation with several theatres and producers, and as a result the show received its first productions at Royal & Derngate, Northampton, and New Wolsey, Ipswich, in 2019. We also secured an agent off the back of the event and subsequently won the Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Award – a monumental injection of energy which we might not have even applied for without the confidence and encouragement we derived from BEAM.
Jim Barne & Kit Buchan, writers of 'Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)'
Past BEAM Showcase Programmes
