Hot Mess: A New Musical
★★★★★ “Brilliant one-liners and dazzling music” – The Guardian
★★★★★ “Gloriously quirky” – The Stage
★★★★★ “High energy and high success” – WhatsOnStage
★★★★★ “Utterly delightful” – London Theatre
★★★★ “Pure pop joy” – Financial Times
Winner of The List Festival Awards 2025
Winner of Popcorn 2025 Writing Award
Winner of The Scotsman Fringe First Award
Winner of Musical Theatre Review Best Musical Award
Vicky Graham Productions, Birmingham Hippodrome and Aria Entertainment with TRW Production and Pascal Ultee Productions present the Birmingham Hippodrome Production of HOT MESS: A New Musical.
The multi award-winning, 5-star new musical that took the Edinburgh Festival by storm lands in London for a strictly limited summer season.
After a billion years of bad dates, Earth has finally found the one… Humanity. Sparks fly. Seeds are sown. Ground is broken. But what begins as a passionate love affair between the universe’s most iconic couple quickly descends into a hot mess.
From the creators of 42 Balloons, Jack Godfrey and Ellie Coote, comes an original pop musical about love, hope, and the ultimate breakup.
Listen to the Original Cast Recording:
Vicky Graham Productions, Birmingham Hippodrome and Aria Entertainment with TRW Production and Pascal Ultee Productions present the Birmingham Hippodrome Production of HOT MESS: A New Musical.
After a billion years of bad dates, Earth has finally found the one… Humanity. Sparks fly. Seeds are sown. Ground is broken. But what begins as a passionate love affair between the universe’s most iconic couple quickly descends into a hot mess.
An original pop musical about love, hope, and the ultimate breakup.
Listen to the Original Cast Recording:
Winner of The List Festival Awards 2025
Winner of The Scotsman Fringe First Award
Winner of Popcorn 2025 Writing Award
Winner of Musical Theatre Review Best Musical Award
Selected for The Stage Fringe Five 2025
“The best musical at the Edinburgh Fringe” – The Guardian’s Best Theatre of 2025
Main House
13 June - 6 September
Performance times:
Tue – Sat – 7.30pm
Thu & Sat – 2.30pm
Sun – 3.00pm
Sun 14 Jun – 5.00pm
Ticket prices: £25 – £60
References to climate emergency and occasional swearing.
The main entrance, both our auditoriums and our bar are wheelchair accessible. We also have 2 accessible toilets. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system and a Radio Frequency system fitted in the auditorium and there are also hearing loops available at the Box Office. Please see our Accessibility Guidance and please feel free to contact our access team access@theotherpalace.co.uk should there be anything else we can do to make your visit more comfortable.
Gallery
Video
Cast
Band
Keys: Sara De Sanctis
Guitar: Leo Aram-Downs
Creative Team
Jack Godfrey
Music, Lyrics and Co-Orchestrations
Ellie Coote
Book and Direction
Joe Beighton
Music Supervisor and Co-Orchestrator
Alexzandra Sarmiento
Choreographer
Sara De Sanctis
Musical Director
Shankho Chaudhuri
Set Designer
Ryan Joseph Stafford
Lighting Designer
Paul Gatehouse
Audio Production & Sound Design
Sarah Mercadé
Costume Designer
Pearson Casting CDG
Casting Director
Deirdre O’Halloran
Dramaturg
Lex Kaby
Intimacy Coordinator
Lydia Cook
Associate Director
Taz Hoesli
Associate Choreographer
Phil Burke
Associate Lighting Designer
Charlie Smith
Associate Sound Designer
Richard Pomeroy
Associate Sound Designer
Ciéranne Kennedy-Bell
Costume Supervisor
James Anderton
Production Manager
Rosie Morgan
Company Stage Manager
Byron Ladd-Carr
Sound No.1
Produced by Vicky Graham Productions, Birmingham Hippodrome and Aria Entertainment
with TRW Production and Pascal Ultee Productions
This production continues to support the new writing development fund at The Other Palace. 50p from each ticket sold on all future productions in the main house, will be allocated to a ringfenced fund specifically to support the development of new writing and emerging playwrights.
Full details of the first open call and details on how to apply will be announced later this year. See for more information here.