Cameron Mackintosh Musical Theatre Writing Placement 2025
Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) and Musical Theatre Network (MTN) are delighted to announce the next Cameron Mackintosh Resident Writer placement...
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Stiles + Drewe and Mercury Musical Developments announce winner for the 2024 Best New Song Prize
The winner is Emma Vieceli with song ‘It Starts Small’ from the musical Unfolding. Stiles + Drewe and Mercury Musical...
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CAST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 2024 BEST NEW SONG PRIZE CONCERT
“A glorious celebration of original musical theatre writing… performed by a glittering cast… that reveals just how strong the art...
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Workshop presentation announced for the 2023-24 MTI Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award Winner
The Wife of Michael Cleary is a new musical written and composed by acclaimed folk artist Maz O’Connor. The first...
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Done is Perfect – a blog by Hannah Ost
I was making tea in a barn, in the middle of nowhere when I heard the news. A big, dusty,...
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Musical Bites Autumn Season 2024 Line-up Announced!
Our lunchtime series of new musical readings, Musical Bites, returns this Autumn! Presented with The Other Palace and MMD, every...
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2024 Best New Song Prize Finalists Announced
Mercury Musical Developments and Stiles + Drewe in partnership with Broadway Licensing Global are delighted to announce the finalists of...
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Being Resident Composer at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton – a blog by Dylan Townley
Dylan Townley reflects on his time as the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. You can read...
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The search for the UK’s most exciting new musicals to showcase at BEAM2025 has officially begun!
Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) and Musical Theatre Network (MTN) have announced the details of the nationwide search for the UK’s...
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Mercury Writers Barn – a blog by Keia Johnson
Take a city girl from Memphis, Tennessee, who’s never spent one day out even remotely close to a camping site...
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Musical Bites – Applications Open!
Applications are now open for our Autumn 2024 Musical Bites in partnership with The Other Palace. Musical Bites is a lunchtime...
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Ten years on from winning the Best New Song Prize – a blog by Tamar Broadbent
On the evening of the Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize, I was booked on a flight to Lithuania,...
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