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Musical Bites

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... Read more »

The School Musicals Company Masterclass

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 »

42 Balloons Day Out

The Lowry Pier 8, The Quays, Salford, United Kingdom

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 »

Dialogue Masterclass

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 »

Open Mic Night

Members

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 »

Felix Hagan Masterclass

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 next masterclass features Operation Mincemeat's co-writer Felix Hagan. Felix will discuss his work and career, answer your questions and will give constructive feedback on a few... Read more »

New Musical Theatre Meetup

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, Birmingham Hippodrome and Capital Theatres. Come and meet other musical theatre creatives, make connections, share experiences and find out about the work the host organisations... Read more »

Free

BEAM Pitching: How to Pitch Your Show

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 Wednesday 4th September from 7-9pm to hear from Matthew Eames (Head of Theatres, The Lowry), Kate Golledge (BEAM pitching feedback facilitator/director), Suzanne Gorman (writer/producer), James... Read more »

Free

Members Drop-In

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 opportunities, events and you'll have a chance to meet our new staff member Melody Sinclair-Marsh. This is a friendly and informal event - come along... Read more »

MMD Open Mic Night

Members

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 »