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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 »

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 »

Meet Us At Our New Home

Join us at our new home: Birmingham Hippodrome! We're excited to invite you to our first event at Birmingham Hippodrome - a free informal meet and greet with the MMD team.... Read more »