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The Other Palace and Mercury Musical Developments present Musical Bites, a lunchtime series of readings that provide new musical theatre writers an opportunity to share a 45-min except of their work in progress in front of supportive audiences.
Applications for the Spring 2026 season will open on Tuesday 7th April and close on Monday 4th May at 23:59. For more information and to apply, click here!

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 and 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 and 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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