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Our Girls, Our Game, Birmingham Hippodrome, 2023. Produced and originally commissioned by BYMT. Music & lyric by Vikki Stone.
Director, Charlotte Westenra, choreography Jane McMurtrie 
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July 2021 - Gin Craze by April de Angelis and Lucy Rivers opens to rave reviews! Direction by Michael Oakely, arrangements and MD Tamara Saringer and dramaturgy by me. /www.royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/gin-craze/ June 2021 - Marriage a la Mode received a fabulous production at Chichester University, directed by the marvel that is Emma Kilbey, with M.D and orchestrations by Daniel Jarvis and choreography by Tosh Wanogho Maud. |
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November 2020 - 'The Godmother' - a 10 min short by me, performed by the exquisite Alix Dunmor and directed by the phenomenal Zoe Waterman.
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July 2020. West end star Zizzi Strallen (Mary Poppins) performs 'Juliet kind of love' from Marriage a la Mode. The song was one of 12 finalists for the 2020 Stiles+Drewe Best New Song Prize.
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I've fallen in love with writing monologues. Thanks to the wonderful Corona Virus Theatre club I've had a few filmed. Here you can watch Oliver Senton in 'The Handy Man' directed by Jane Moriarty. The actors are off book and have to perform the monologues live on twitter - this is the closest to real theatre as you'll get during covid times.
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During lock down I met producer/director Matt Powell over twitter. We had the same idea at the same time - to create an on-line song cycle. We co-created and curated an epic 3 part multi-media song cycle bringing together over 65 songwriters across the world, in partnership with The Other Palace. You can watch the whole show here.
Also check out 'Be My Superman' in part three - my ode to my love of all things super with music by maestro Chrish Ash here
Also check out 'Be My Superman' in part three - my ode to my love of all things super with music by maestro Chrish Ash here
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. July 2019 - Paul Castles and I were delighted to be asked by Adam Lenson to write a song for SIGNAL at the h club. We wrote a song for a brand new idea, a mash up of Chef's Table and King Lear. Our obsession with food continues. Performed by Wallis Hamilton Felton, Lottie Johnson and Georgina Rose Hanson. You can also watch 'The Recipe' sung by the divine Susie McKenna here:
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March 2018 - I've had the most incredible experience working with Big Finish Productions on the ATA Girl Radio Series which tells the real life story of the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary - i.e. bad ass female pilots who flew planes during WWII. I wrote episode two 'Dancing with a Spitfire' which will be available to download in April 2018. You can order here! www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/ata-girl-1776 or via Audible.
Update: ATA Girl has been nominated for a BBC Audio Award! Fingers crossed we win in our category....
Update: ATA Girl has been nominated for a BBC Audio Award! Fingers crossed we win in our category....
Me pretending I can sing - and wearing an outfit that matches the curtains. Cunning.
April 2017 - Lots of exciting news to share. On April 28th Paul Castles and I will do our first UK rehearsed reading of HEAD OF THE TABLE directed by the incredible Nicola Samer. Many thanks to the Old Vic Lab scheme for their support.
In May 2017 OPHELIA will have an outing in a theatre in Denmark (appropriate!) and we're incredibly excited to have won a slot at the PiTCH Festival in upstate New York. Read all about it here: https://fingerlakesmtf.com/the-pitch/week-2/fingerlakesmtf.com/the-pitch/week-2/
March 2015 - I am very excited to say that I am the permanent Executive Director of the fabulous Mercury Musical Developments (MMD). If you're not a member, join right now! We are planning a whole host of exciting workshop and developmental opportunities for Musical Theatre writers - so get involved.
December 2015 - MARRIAGE A LA MODE had a fabulous first outing at the London School of Musical Theatre, below are some pics. Watch this space for it's next appearance. Charles Miller and I are working on re-writes and starting a new exciting project.......
July 2014 - 'HEAD OF THE TABLE' shortlisted for the S&S New Musical Theatre Award!
Huge congratulations to the final winners.
June 2014 - Emerging Artists Cabaret at Crazy Coqs! Very over excited to have been asked to present (and um, sing) four of my songs, with music by Paul Castles and Julian Blackmore. Run by SimG Productions the event was a great success and it turns out I might have a future career as a stand-up comedienne! Thank you to all who took part.
May 2014 - Simon Green's 'So, this then is life' cabaret at Crazy Coqs.
Hugely honoured to have been asked to write the lyric for the opening song to this funny and moving cabaret. Music by the formidable David Shrubsole.
In May 2017 OPHELIA will have an outing in a theatre in Denmark (appropriate!) and we're incredibly excited to have won a slot at the PiTCH Festival in upstate New York. Read all about it here: https://fingerlakesmtf.com/the-pitch/week-2/fingerlakesmtf.com/the-pitch/week-2/
March 2015 - I am very excited to say that I am the permanent Executive Director of the fabulous Mercury Musical Developments (MMD). If you're not a member, join right now! We are planning a whole host of exciting workshop and developmental opportunities for Musical Theatre writers - so get involved.
December 2015 - MARRIAGE A LA MODE had a fabulous first outing at the London School of Musical Theatre, below are some pics. Watch this space for it's next appearance. Charles Miller and I are working on re-writes and starting a new exciting project.......
July 2014 - 'HEAD OF THE TABLE' shortlisted for the S&S New Musical Theatre Award!
Huge congratulations to the final winners.
June 2014 - Emerging Artists Cabaret at Crazy Coqs! Very over excited to have been asked to present (and um, sing) four of my songs, with music by Paul Castles and Julian Blackmore. Run by SimG Productions the event was a great success and it turns out I might have a future career as a stand-up comedienne! Thank you to all who took part.
May 2014 - Simon Green's 'So, this then is life' cabaret at Crazy Coqs.
Hugely honoured to have been asked to write the lyric for the opening song to this funny and moving cabaret. Music by the formidable David Shrubsole.
Marriage a la Mode - 2014
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The 'posh lot' from Marriage a la Mode - 2014
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Me with the cast!
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