The Other Palace and Mercury Musical Developments present MUSICAL BITES, a ‘tasting menu’ of exciting musicals in development. Served at 1.30pm every other week, audiences can spend their lunch hour watching a reading of something brand new!
Each week will feature a 45-minute excerpt with script-in-hand, from The Other Palace bar, and an opportunity to provide feedback to the writers. Do support new musicals in development as ticket revenue goes straight to the writers.
All tickets £5.
A selection of lunch options are also available from £5, for purchase on the day or to pre-order with your ticket.
Casts are subject to change.
LINE-UP
26 June – Flyology
Music & Lyrics: Tamiko Dooley
Book & Lyrics: Cathy Farmer
Cast: Megan Abbott as Ada Lovelace; Ashleigh Cassidy as Ethel Smyth; and Beth McKinnon as Emmeline Pankhurst
FLYOLOGY is a defiant new musical where Ada Lovelace, Ethel Smyth, and Emmeline Pankhurst wake in a future that’s deleted them. Trapped in a perfect system with no room for unruly women, they fight back — hacking the code, rewriting the rules, and singing a truth the future can’t erase.
Trigger Warnings: strong language and sexual innuendo.
Age Recommendation: 16+
10 July – The Stop
Book: Emily Garsin
Music & Lyrics: Anna Shields
When an underground train unexpectedly stops between stations, Jules panics. She’s not been on the tube since the traumatic event that killed her father twenty years ago and now she’s trapped. Who are the strangers sharing this encounter? Can they help Jules confront her past and move beyond this stop?