The Other Palace and Mercury Musical Developments present MUSICAL BITES, a ‘tasting menu’ of exciting musicals in development. Served at 1.30pm every other Wednesday, 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.
LINE-UP
1 May – Three Kinds of Normal
Book & Music: Charlie-Jo Simpson
Director: Liberty Clark
Performers: Lana Fowler-Burtwell, Charlie-Jo Simpson, Sam Ellyatt, Pandora Seymour
After an encounter with a man-made black hole, Cassie stumbles into a dystopian future, in which genetically mutated Shephers have control over Defects. Dreaming of reaching home, Cassie and her newfound friends discover their world is at threat, and Cassie may be the answer to both its downfall, and survival.
15 May – YOU, ME & the rest of the world
Book, Music & Lyrics: Hollie Cassar
Director: Katherine Hare
Producer: Kai Wright
Performers: Karis Anderson, Daisy Ann Fletcher, Emma Hatton and Liam Tamne
When one simple decision has the power to change everything, what choice will you make? A story about free will and the repercussions of our actions, surrounding the complexities of modern relationships… We meet Poppy, Pearl and Hannah, and soon discover that YOU, ME & the rest of the world are inherently linked, and every choice has a consequence.
29 May – The Sesh
Writers: Rob Gathercole & Rebecca Simmonds
Five early-twenty-somethings living in a flatshare throw the wildest house party imaginable. Act One takes place the morning after where, with the help of the bizarre contents of their living room and a number of incriminating polaroids, the gang piece together what happened. Act Two shows what actually went down…
12 June – Raising Gays
Writers: Jordan Paul Clarke and Micha Mirto
The gayest show you’ve ever seen… without any gays in it. Raising Gays is a new musical inspired by interviews with parents of queer families, as they make mistakes of the campest nature, face ‘informative’ reddit threads, and of course, fight to unashamedly love their kids for who they are.