As part of MMD’s Lionel Bart Memorial Masterclass series, we are thrilled to announce a masterclass with Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer Stephen Flaherty on Wednesday 16th July. Stephen’s outstanding body of work includes Ragtime, Once on this Island, Seussical and Anastasia.

Four selected MMD members will present a song they have written and receive feedback from Stephen. Later the floor will be open for a general Q&A and with the chance to ask Stephen your questions.

Don’t miss this very special opportunity to learn from one of the most celebrated composers in contemporary theatre.

If you would like to present a song you may indicate this on the booking form, and we will be in touch if you are selected. Please note, songs must be played/performed live, with no recorded tracks. A keyboard will be provided.

Wednesday 16th July
7.00-9.00pm
Old Diorama Studios, London NW1 3FE

Tickets are free for MMD members, £20 for non-members and £15 for MTN members. Advance booking is essential.

STEPHEN FLAHERTY  is the composer of the Broadway musicals  Ragtime  (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Awards, two Grammy nominations),  Seussical  (Grammy, Drama Desk nominations),  Once on This Island  (Tony nomination, Olivier Award, Best Musical) and  Rocky.  Additional Broadway includes  Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life  (original songs) and Neil Simon’s  Proposals  (incidental music). Stephen has also written four musicals at Lincoln Center Theatre:  The Glorious Ones  (OCC, Drama Desk nominations),  Dessa Rose  (OCC, Drama Desk nominations),  A Man of No Importance  (OCC, Best Musical, Drama Desk nomination) and  My Favorite Year.  Other theater includes  In Your Arms  (Old Globe),  Little Dancer  (Kennedy Center),  Lucky Stiff  (Playwrights Horizons) and  Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein  (Chicago’s Jefferson Award, Best New Musical). Film includes  Anastasia  (two Academy Award and two Golden Globe nominations), the documentary  After The Storm  and  Lucky Stiff.  Mr. Flaherty’s concert music has premiered at the Hollywood Bowl, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim Museum and Symphony Space.

Together with writing partner Lynn Ahrens, Ahrens and Flaherty are considered the foremost theatrical writing team of their generation. They serve on Council for the Dramatists Guild of America and co-founded the DGF Fellows Program for Emerging Writers. They are four-time Grammy nominees, recipients of the Oscar Hammerstein Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2015 Ahrens and Flaherty were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.