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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.

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Spring 2025 series

Deal of the Day

Book: Doug Quinn
Music: Adam O’Connor
Lyrics: Simon May

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Can’t Complain

Writer & Composer: Sam Easton
Creative Director: Madison French

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Dashing

Book & Lyrics: Will Jackson
Music & Lyrics: Matthew Floyd Jones

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Flyology

Music & Lyrics: Tamiko Dooley
Book & Lyrics: Cathy Farmer

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The Stop

Book: Emily Garsin
Music & Lyrics: Anna Shields

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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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