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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
The first public workshop presentation of the 2023-24 Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Prize Winner. “Are you a witch or are you a fairy? Or are you the wife of Michael... Read more »
National Theatre Scotland are hosting a BEAM Pitching Day on Thursday 7th November, and would love to invite Scotland-based musical theatre creatives to join them for a drinks/networking event that... Read more »
