Today I’m writing from the rehearsal studio of Red Ladder Theatre Company, where I’m currently working as Assistant Director on Boff Whalley’s new musical We’re Not Going Back. The show charts a year in the lives of three women during the miners strike of 1984/85 and incorporates a folk-influenced score, scheduled for a UK tour […]
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I had the pleasure earlier this month of spending time in the company of some of the frontrunners of contemporary British musical theatre. This week I’ll be discussing my conversations with Andy Barnes, Executive Producer of Perfect Pitch, which is ‘the UK’s leading development network for musical theatre.’ They are perhaps best known for co-producing […]
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When we talk about theatre in the UK, we can broadly split the action into two categories: that which is happening in London, and that which is happening regionally. Referring specifically to musical theatre, there are quite a few reasons (mainly money-related) as to why the capital produces the vast majority of the British contribution […]
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Truth be told, the presence of new American writing on the UK musical theatre scene is a fairly scarce one. Although the West End is currently loaded to capacity with American imports, the grassroots material, or at least small-scale and less commercial, seems to hardly get a look in. Although I’m sure there are exceptions […]
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I’ll keep the formal introduction brief… Hello. My name is Jamie. You can read more about me here. This post is the first in a series which I’m writing for the Green Room blog over the coming months entitled ‘Across the Pond,’ which aims to discuss the landscape of contemporary musical theatre in the UK. […]
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