Longlist of 15 new musicals announced for CHAMBER MUSICAL PROJECT

A longlist of 15 musicals has been announced for Katy Lipson and Adam Lenson’s Chamber Musical Project, which will commission an original piece.

It is hoped this will be an annual offering after receiving 200 entries this year, with each writing team submitting a pitch and a sample of previous work.

The musicals included in the longlist are: Detached by Christina Bloom; Bitter/Sweet by Cordelia O’Driscoll; At The Centre by Emelie Odukwe & Lily Vincent-Frankland; Echoes by Freya Smith & Jack Williams; How To Save The World by Guy Woolf & Isla Van Trich; Harder Baby by Tommy Antonio & Robert Casey; Clickbait by Hilmi Jaidin; Elizabeth Holmes: How To Bleed Dry in Silicon Valley by Jen Green & Caroline Wigmore; Earth, Eddie and The Upside Down Tree by Leo Munby & Annabel Mutale Reed; Enthusiastically, Yes! by Michelle Payne & Craig Webb; Thanks I’m Cured by Natalie Pound, Sam Young and Sam Hoppen; Letting Go by Jonathan O’Neill & Isaac Savage; Treehouse by P Burton-Morgan and Robin Simões da Silva; Escape Room by Sarah-Louise Young, Richard Link and Paul Chronnell; and Open Mic 1803 by Eden Tredwell.

Each longlisted entry will receive a nominal fee of £250 to take their original pitch and idea further to a demo and synopsis with one entry receiving a writing commission of up to £6000, which will be funded by these two independent organisations.