New musical BABIES to open at The Other Palace

Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical, will play a strictly limited 6-week season at The Other Palace from 31 May – 14 July, it has been announced.

Casting for this fresh, heart-wrenching musical about identity, friendship and growing up includes Ashley Goh as Alex, Bradley Riches as Toby, Grace Towning (Cover Leah/Grace/Becky), Jaina Brock-Patel as Becky, Lauren Conroy as Jasmine, Lucy Carter as Lulu, Max Mulrenan as Ben, Morgan Philips (Alternate Toby, Cover Jacob/Ben), Nathan Johnston as Jacob, Rowan MacPherson (Cover Jasmine/Alex/Lulu), Viola Maisey as Grace, and Zoe Athena as Leah.

With music and lyrics by Jack Godfrey and a book by Martha Geelan, this fully realised production of Babies follows hot on the heels of their sell-out concert series in November 2023 at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. Four of the tracks from the infectious pop-rock score including: ‘Baby, Baby, Baby’, ‘Hot Dad’, ‘Someone Else’ and ‘Without Saying Goodbye’ are available to stream and have already been played over 100,000 times.

Writers Jack Godfrey and Martha Geelan said: “We feel very proud and excited to be part of the impressive wave of new musicals in the West End this year. Babies is about what it is to be young right now, what it is to be questioning the future, how it feels to try and get everything right. We hope it speaks to audiences of all ages; all lived experiences. We hope there’s something in there for everyone.”

The production features orchestrations, vocal arrangements & music supervision by Joe Beighton, choreography by Alexzandra Sarmiento, set and costumes by Jasmine Swan, sound by Paul Gatehouse, lighting by Will Hayman, musical direction by Lauren Hopkinson, and casting by Harry Blumenau CGD CDA.

“The year above got pregnant so we’re doing this instead!”

Summer is done. Year 11 is here. Being a child is out. Being a grown up is in. Time for more parties, more responsibility and, oh yeah…becoming a parent to a plastic robot baby simulator.

After a rise in pregnancies among the year above, the school’s sex education department are compelled to take action. Fuelled by a blistering pop-rock score, Babies follows nine classmates as they take on their most important school project yet: keeping a fake baby alive for an entire week. As the pressures of teenage life collide with the demands of parenting, the students are forced to ask themselves: what is it I really want? who is it I really want to be?

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