Crowd sourcing the story of British musical theatre 2010-2019
Sarah K. Whitfield and Clare Chandler have been working on an incomplete list of over 450 musicals which opened in the...
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The Other Palace and Mercury Musical Developments present Musical Bites, a lunchtime series of new musical readings.
Running since 2023, the initiative provides new musical theatre writers an opportunity to share a 45-min excerpt of their work-in-progress in front of supportive audiences.
Our Summer 2026 season will be announced shortly!
August 2025 series
Valhalla
Book, Music & Lyrics: Kitty Morgan
Ready To Wear
Writer & Composer: Rachel Garnet
Arranger: Robert Russel
PTA: The Musical
Book, Music & Lyrics: Amanda Alexander & Karen Fisher-Pollard
Music & Lyrics: Craig Mather
Musical Supervisor / Orchestrator & Arranger: Steve Moss
Legendary: The Myth of Creation
Music & Performer: Cheeyang Ng
Music Director: Yshani Perinpanayagam
Spring 2025 series
Deal of the Day
Book: Doug Quinn
Music: Adam O’Connor
Lyrics: Simon May
Can’t Complain
Writer & Composer: Sam Easton
Creative Director: Madison French
Dashing
Book & Lyrics: Will Jackson
Music & Lyrics: Matthew Floyd Jones
Flyology
Music & Lyrics: Tamiko Dooley
Book & Lyrics: Cathy Farmer
The Stop
Book: Emily Garsin
Music & Lyrics: Anna Shields
Autumn 2024 series
Portrait Unknown
Book & Lyrics: Tommy James Green
Music: Thomas Currie
Co-Creator & Producer: Kristie Winsen
Just Be(e)
Book, Music, Lyrics: Carlo Bosticco
Music, Arrangements: Matt Randall
Jilted
Creator/Writer: Lauryn Gaffney
Arranger/Musical Director: Ben Cooper
Instant Luv-noodles
Book: Tsukuri Miyano
Music: Nian Tong
Spring 2024 series
Cupids
Writer: Kate O’Conell-Lauder
Lyricist: Harry Baker
Composer: Rebecca Dale
The Planet Is _____
Writers & Performers: Natasha Pavey & Meg McGrady
Three Kinds of Normal
Book & Music: Charlie-Jo Simpson
Director: Liberty Clark
Performers: Lana Fowler-Burtwell, Charlie-Jo Simpson, Sam Ellyatt, Pandora Seymour
YOU, ME & the rest of the world
Book, Music & Lyrics: Hollie Cassar
Director: Katherine Hare
Producer: Kai Wright
The Sesh
Writers: Rob Gathercole & Rebecca Simmonds
Raising Gays
Writers: Jordan Paul Clarke & Micha Mirto
Autumn 2023 series
Candor
Based on the novel by Pam Bachorz
Book, Music & Lyrics: Sinead Hegarty
Additional Arrangements: Kevin Oliver Jones
Director: Rebeka Dio
Cast: Rhys Whitfield, Sinead Hegarty, Lewis Asquith, Ellie Birch
FLIP
Book, Music & Lyrics: Josh Bird & Giles Fernando
Director: Penny Gkritzapi
Cast: Amelia Walker, Jade Johnson and Julie Atherton
The Forty Elephants
Book & Lyrics: Sophie Boyce
Music: Einar Adalsteinsson
Cast: Ashlie Kenyon-Evason, Layla Armstrong-Hughes, Ryan Bennett, and Charlotte Webb
Chosen
Writing / Creative Team: Taiyo Yoshida & Dominic Varney
Cast: Julie Atherton, Georgina Scott, and Jonathan Bourne.
Bette and Joan and Baby Jane
Book: Tracy-Ann Oberman & Shaun McKenna
Music: James Cleeve
Lyrics: Nikki Racklin
Performers: Sophie-Louise Dann, Gillian Kirkpatrick & Jack Reitman
Ukulele Days
Writer: Amy Clare Tasker
Director: Nicky Allpress
Dramaturg: Tricity Vogue
Musical Director: Tom James McGrath
Cast: Anne-Marie Piazza, Joe da Costa, Toby Bradford, and Lata Nobes
Spring/Summer 2023 series
The Highwayman
Book, Music, Lyrics: Kitty Morgan
Producer: Adam Nichols, OVO Theatre
Cast: Adam Morris, Melissa O’Donnell, AJ Deane, Kitty Morgan
The Rise and Fall of Vinnie & Paul
Book, Music & Lyrics: Neil Bastian
Cast: Max Alexander-Taylor, Charlie McCullagh
GRIMM: The Musical
Book & Lyrics: Josh Kemp and Tom Ling
Music: Josh Kemp
Guitar: Josh Kemp
Cast: Tom Ling, Eleanor Cozens, Geddy Stringer, Alice Hoult
Becoming Nigella
Book, Music & Lyrics: Emily Rose Simons
Director: Grace Taylor
Musical Director: David Merriman
Cast: Tanya Truman & Natasha Karp
The Attic: Because a Woman Should Know Her Place
Book & Lyrics: Estee Stimler
Music: Yuval Havkin
Cast: Kaisa Hammarlund, Michael Vinsen, Jade Johnson, Claire Learie
Cliffs
Book, Lyrics & Music: Elan Butler
Associate Artists: Bullet Point Theatre
Cast: Lucinda Coyle, Bradley Luckett, Elan Butler, Rosie Weston
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