The Other Palace and Mercury Musical Developments present MUSICAL BITES, a ‘tasting menu’ of exciting musicals in development. Served at 1.30pm every other Wednesday, audiences can spend their lunch hour watching a reading of something brand new! Each week will feature a 45-minute excerpt with script-in-hand, from The Other Palace bar, and an opportunity to provide feedback... Read more »
Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network are delighted to announce details of the UK Musical Theatre Conference 2024, taking place at the Royal Court in London on Friday 12th April. This is the UK’s leading conference event considering the musical theatre sector and art form in the UK, produced biennially by the creators of BEAM -... Read more »
The School Musicals Company has teamed up with MMD to create a brand new commissioning opportunity for members of MMD! Open solely to members, The School Musicals Company will be commissioning a new musical for publication within its Secondary School collection. The musical should be appropriate for performance by children aged 11-16+ within schools and... Read more »
Salford day out! Join MTN/MMD members and staff to watch the much anticipated new musical 42 Balloons by MMD member Jack Godfrey and Ellie Coote. Taking place at MTN member The Lowry in Salford, join us and local artists for networking from 1:30pm onwards. After the 3pm matinee performance there will be a Q&A with... Read more »
John Sparks has kindly agreed to hold a free book-writing masterclass for a limited number of MMD members. The lecture examines dialogue samples from existing plays and their musical adaptations to introduce some of the short and long-term factors that affect a given character's diction in the moment as well as other practical factors including... Read more »
Are you looking for a collaborator for a project? Do you have a skill you could share and something you’d like to learn in return? Do you just want to find out what everyone else is working on? Join our online connections session! Each participant will have 1-2 minutes to tell us about yourself, your... Read more »
MMD is hosting another of its renowned Open Mic nights, which allows our members to share their work in a safe, relaxed and friendly environment. We encourage any MMD member to take to the stage and perform their pieces throughout the evening. Equally, members are free to bring a friend to perform the piece if... Read more »
We are delighted to announce the next Lionel Bart Memorial Masterclass, supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation. These masterclasses provide a fantastic opportunity to learn from distinguished industry practitioners. Our... Read more »
All writers, directors, producers and other creators of new musical theatre are invited to an informal meet-up event on Monday 12th August, jointly hosted by Mercury Musical Developments, Musical Theatre Network,... Read more »
With applications for BEAM Showcase 2025 now open, we’d like to invite you to a free event focusing on pitching your work to appear at BEAM2025. Join us online on... Read more »
MMD invite you to join us for a Members' drop in session. Drop in on Zoom on Monday 16th September between 9am and 10am, where we'll be discussing MMD's upcoming... Read more »
MMD is hosting another of its' renowned Open Mic nights, which allows our members to share their work in a safe, relaxed and friendly environment. We encourage any MMD member... Read more »
