The Other Palace announces extensions of musicals and new writing partnership
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The Other Palace have announced extensions of new musical Millennials and Heathers the Musical, plus a new writing partnership.
Millennials will extend for a further 4 weeks of performances over the summer, due to finish on 4 September, whilst Heathers will continue until 19 February 2023.
Millennials is written and composed by Elliot Clay, with direction by Hannah Benson, arrangements, sound production and musical supervision by Auburn Jam, choreography by Tinovimbanashe Sibanda, design and lighting design by Andrew Exeter and costume styling by Rory Mcnerney.
Heathers has a book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe and is based on one of the greatest cult teen films of all time, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. The production is directed by Andy Fickman, with choreography by Thriller Live’s Gary Lloyd, designs by David Shields, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound by Dan Samson.
A sing-along performance of Heathers has also been announced on the evening of 18 January, for a singing & dress-up extravaganza!
Casting for the production extensions is to be announced.
In addition, the Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust (Masterclass) and The Other Palace will jointly host a programme of events to support young writers in August 2022. This will include writing workshops for 16-18 year olds and a scratch night of new writing.
New Writing Month is an addition to Masterclass’ well-established programme of support for young writers, which includes year-round Script Sessions and the biennial writing competition, Pitch Your Play. All events will take place at The Other Palace.
Programme Director at Masterclass Clare Annamalai said: “We’re so pleased to be working with The Other Palace, where the team really understand and appreciate the work we do to support young aspiring and early-career creatives. It is particularly exciting to bring some of our youngest members into this lively space, to hear and help develop their ideas.”
Artistic Director at The Other Palace Paul Taylor-Mills said: “Millennials started its life at my initiative, MTFestUK and it is brilliant to see that this platform is providing the necessary route to allow musicals to move into fully produced shows. This is one of four new shows to be launched from the festival.”
Producer Bill Kenwright said: “It was always my intention to celebrate The Other Palace as a home for new musicals when I bought it. But, right now, the question is, what do you do with a sell-out hit musical like Heathers in the meantime? There’s never a sensible time to take off any musical that is breaking box office records, playing to capacity and receiving delirious standing ovations, but right now with our industry in the situation it is in and so many shows struggling, it would be almost perverse.
We're delighted to continue to present exciting new work in our studio, supporting the next generation of writers with the Haymarket, and will hopefully continue to fill both theatres with the vibrant audiences that are embracing the building right now.”
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