Patrons: David Babani Don Black Judi
Dench Maria Friedman Cameron Mackintosh Julia
McKenzie Paul Nicholas
Harold Prince Tim Rice
Jeremy Sams Stephen Sondheim Richard Stilgoe
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What Was On - 2007
MMD shows in 2007, listed in reverse order of closing date.
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Shakespeare 4 Kidz: Hamlet and The Tempest
by MMD Associate Julian Chenery
Touring UK Theatres
13 November 2007 - 15 April 2008
An acclaimed musical theatre version of The Tempest joins the current touring production of Shakespeare 4 Kidz Hamlet in early 2008. Click on the title for tour dates. | info
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The Hired Man
music by MMD Associate Howard Goodall
Touring UK Theatres
1 September 2007 - 31 March 2008
The Hired Man, arguably the finest new British musical of the last thirty years, acclaimed for its epic, nostalgic, funny book and rousing, romantic, award-winning score, is now available on tour in the UK for the very first time.
Set in rural Cumbria in the early years of the twentieth century, The Hired Man tells the timeless, moving story of a young married couple and their struggle to carve a living from the land, just as the traditional rhythms of English country life are being interrupted by the gathering storm of war in Europe – haunting, thrilling, stirring stuff.
From its base in the East Midlands, New Perspectives has earned a strong reputation in recent years for top quality small/middle scale touring theatre, with our work consistently praised by critics and audiences alike for its energy, imagination and theatrical flair. | info
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Peter Pan
music by MMD Associate George Stiles, lyrics by MMD Associate Anthony Drewe, book by Willis Hall
Birmingham Rep Birmingham UK
28 November 2007 - 19 January 2008
Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter, to a magical land of mermaids and fairies, where children can fly and adventures happen every day. But beware - danger is just around the corner: the dastardly captain Hook and his evil band of pirates are looking for a fight and Peter Pan is top of their list. | info
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Rough Music
book, music and lyrics by MMD Associate Sylvia Freedman
King's Head Theatre Upper Street, Islington London UK
4 December 2007 - 13 January 2008
Rough Music is an exciting new play with music and songs. It presents the engaging and dramatic story of Jessie, a young northern girl from a harsh and oppressive background who makes her way in the world through developing her talents as an entertainer. Along the way she encounters amongst others a succession of would-be lovers, a troupe of strolling players and a woman who passes as a man. Set in the late Victorian era, the play takes us into the the rich variety of forms of popular entertainment of the day: penny novelettes, popular songs, prototype stand-up comedians and melodrama. | info
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Jack and the Beanstalk
music by MMD Associate George Stiles, lyrics by MMD Associate Anthony Drewe, book by Jonathan Harvey
The Barbican Theatre London UK
1 December 2007 - 12 January 2008
London's favourite family pantomime is back! The Barbican's seasonal pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, is a festive feast of crazy costumes, super sets, flying fairies, ditzy dames, slapstick and silliness. This is the perfect festive treat and a Christmas show the whole of London can enjoy! | info
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Mary Poppins
with new songs by MMD Associates George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
Prince Edward Theatre London UK
1 December 2007 - 12 January 2008
Cameron Mackintosh's revival of the classic Disney/PL Travers musical, with new songs by MMD Founder-members George Stiles and Anthony Drewe | info
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101 Dalmatians
by Debbie Issitt, after Dodie Smith, with songs and music by MMD Associate Grant Olding
Royal Theatre Northampton UK
4 December 2007 - 6 January 2008
Join us for a tale of love, exciting adventure, adorable characters and, of course, everyone's favourite villain, Cruella De Vil, as we present this classic children's story for families this Christmas. | info
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Honk!
by MMD Associates George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
Watermill Theatre Newbury UK
28 November 2007 - 5 January 2008
Since it first hatched at The Watermill Theatre in 1993, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's musical has winged its way around the world in over 2,500 productions and in many different languages, winning multiple awards on its way, including the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical. Now the show returns to Bagnor with the original director and designer on board in an all-new actor musician version. | info
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Psalms
by MMD Associate Robert Barham
Priory Methodist Church Newnham Avenue MK41 9QJ Beford UK
24 November 2007 - 24 November 2007
What has been said by those who've seen it: "This is an excellent new musical , performed in a simple setting by just a few dedicated actors, singers and musicians, Of circumstances with which we are all too familiar, they give a very relevant interpretation of the Biblical Psalms as they apply to our own living experiences of frustration, joy, sadness, despair, celebration." | info
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All 4 One
music and lyrics by MMD Associate John Trent Wallace
Dun Mhuire Theatre Wexford Ireland
27 October 2007 - 2 November 2007
The Irish première of this swashbuckling musical. This dramatic story of a boy separated at birth from mother and twin brother captures the emotion. The excitement of a young man's aspirations to become a Musketeer at all costs captures the spirit. The reality of making life affecting choices inspired by love or loyalty captures the heart. | info
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Dracula - The Vampire Strikes Back
book and lyrics by MMD Associate Thos Ribbits, music and lyrics by MMD Associate Tim Saward
Oxford House Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green E2 6HG London UK
30 October 2007 - 1 November 2007
Dracula - The Vampire Strikes Back is a Halloween panto with a foot-tapping original vaudevillian score, suitable for all the family. Follow the adventures of Sapphi the vampire slayer as she tracks down the villainous Count, aided by friend Lucy Lastic, the useless Jonathan Harker, dame Coco Van Helsing and hindered by the incompetent Sheerluck Jones. Everything's at stake, so Count yourself in full-bloodedly | info
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Dracula - The Vampire Strikes Back
book and lyrics by MMD Associate Thos Ribbits, music and lyrics by MMD Associate Tim Saward
Teviot Neighbourhood Centre Wyvis Street, Poplar E14 6QD London UK
25 October 2007 - 27 October 2007
Dracula - The Vampire Strikes Back is a Halloween panto with a foot-tapping original vaudevillian score, suitable for all the family. Follow the adventures of Sapphi the vampire slayer as she tracks down the villainous Count, aided by friend Lucy Lastic, the useless Jonathan Harker, dame Coco Van Helsing and hindered by the incompetent Sheerluck Jones. Everything's at stake, so Count yourself in full-bloodedly | info
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Odette
book by Murray Woodfield, music by MMD Associate Alexander S. Bermange
Bridewell Theatre St. Bride's Lane London UK
2 October 2007 - 20 October 2007
Odette reveals the secret of Swan Lake, adding the unknown back-story to the familiar tale. It will re-open London's Bridewell Theatre, where it will preview on 2nd October, premiere on 3rd October, and then run until 20th October. The cast features an array of West End and international musical theatre talent, and the production is directed by Mark Leipacher and musically directed by Alexander S. Bermange. | info
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New Musicals at Goldsmiths
including Yiff! by MMD Associate Tim Saward
George Wood Theatre Goldsmiths College, New Cross London UK
26 September 2007 - 29 September 2007
Two bills of new musicals written as graduation pieces by students on the Goldsmiths MA in Musical Theatre. The double bill (Weds and Fri) features Nick Hutson's Just William and Kevin Richardson's and Ivo Mosley's London Stories. The triple bill (Thurs and Sat) features Justin Grize's Eggs and Islands, MMD associate Tim Saward's Yiff! and Heather Newton and Ernest Merry's Happyland. | info
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The Bacchae
music by MMD Associate Tim Sutton
Lyric Hammersmith London UK
5 September 2007 - 22 September 2007
Euripedes' savage play ‘The Bacchae'. Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland, and featuring Alan Cumming as the vengeful god, the production features a ten-strong chorus of West End performers, a three-piece band, and a gospel score by Tim Sutton. | info
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The Three Musketeers
music by MMD Associate George Stiles
North Shore Music Theatre Boston, MA USA
21 August 2007 - 9 September 2007
North Shore Music Theatre is proud to partner with the prestigious Chicago Shakespeare Theater to present the timeless coming-of-age story of young D'Artagnan as he joins forces with Athos, Aramis and Porthos to battle the malicious cardinal and save France. En garde! | info
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The Bacchae
music by MMD Associate Tim Sutton
Theatre Royal Glasgow UK
28 August 2007 - 1 September 2007
Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland, and featuring Alan Cumming as the vengeful god, the production features a ten-strong chorus of West End performers, a three-piece band, and a gospel score by Tim Sutton. | info
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Boys in the Buff
additional music by MMD Associates Cathy Shostak and BB Thorn
Pleasance One Edinburgh UK
1 August 2007 - 26 August 2007
Exciting new show from Faith Brown. | info
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Terry Pratchett's Mort
book and lyrics by MMD Associate Jenifer Toksvig
Manchester Library Theatre Manchester UK
17 August 2007 - 18 August 2007
A few weeks ago he was a normal – well, naïve – teenager working on his father's farm. Now Mort is apprenticed to Death, has fallen in love with a Princess who should be dead, and is trying to hold back an oncoming alternative reality.
It's not going well, to be honest.
This adaptation of the Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett includes over forty fantastic young performers, a ten-foot tall anthropomorphic-personification puppet, a giant turtle, a sausage-in-a-bun salesman, a chorus of dancing assassins, some eggs and a ferret. | info
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McCool
music by MMD Associate Paul Boyd
An Grianan Theatre Donegal Ireland
13 August 2007 - 18 August 2007
Paul Boyd's hit 2002 musical McCool is back on stage in Belfast and Co. Donegal in a specially adapted version performed by the youth company of pbm's musical theatre training school. McCool tells the story of Irish mythological wild-child Finn McCool and his rise from abandoned baby to become Ireland's first superstar.
The show originally toured across Ireland in 2002 in a production by the Lyric Theatre Belfast in association with Big Telly Theatre Company. pbm, Ireland's leading producer of original musical theatre, is best known for professional productions in Ireland's main theatre venues, and the company's annual musical theatre training school has been running now for three years. pbm is delighted that the students of the school will, this year, be performing McCOOL – a rock and pop extravaganza that is ideally suited to young performers interested in dance and song. | info
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The Bacchae
music by MMD Associate Tim Sutton
King's Theatre Edinburgh UK
11 August 2007 - 18 August 2007
The opening production of this year's Edinburgh International Festival is Euripedes' savage play ‘The Bacchae'. Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland, and featuring Alan Cumming as the vengeful god, the production features a ten-strong chorus of West End performers, a three-piece band, and a gospel score by Tim Sutton. | info
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Stages 2007 Festival
including Tomorrow Morning by MMD Associate Laurence Mark Wythe
Theatre Building Chicago USA
10 August 2007 - 12 August 2007
Theatre Building Chicago will present the 14th annual STAGES 2007, a festival of eight new musicals in progress on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 10-12, 2007. Each new work will be performed twice in concert style formats. Including Tomorrow Morning with book, music and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe. | info
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McCool
music by MMD Associate Paul Boyd
The Grand Opera House Belfast UK
6 August 2007 - 11 August 2007
Paul Boyd's hit 2002 musical McCool is back on stage in Belfast and Co. Donegal in a specially adapted version performed by the youth company of pbm's musical theatre training school. McCool tells the story of Irish mythological wild-child Finn McCool and his rise from abandoned baby to become Ireland's first superstar.
The show originally toured across Ireland in 2002 in a production by the Lyric Theatre Belfast in association with Big Telly Theatre Company. pbm, Ireland's leading producer of original musical theatre, is best known for professional productions in Ireland's main theatre venues, and the company's annual musical theatre training school has been running now for three years. pbm is delighted that the students of the school will, this year, be performing McCOOL – a rock and pop extravaganza that is ideally suited to young performers interested in dance and song. | info
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The Car Man
music by MMD Associate Terry Davies after Georges Bizet
Sadler's Wells Theatre London UK
10 July 2007 - 5 August 2007
Bourne's dance re-imagining of Carmen. Also touring to Plymouth, Cardiff, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Bradford, Wimbledon, Stoke, Newcastle, Woking, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Salford and Birmingham between June 26 and November 17, 2007 | info
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Sherlock Gnome's Hound of the Baskervilles
book, music and lyrics by MMD Associates Shrubshall & Free
Ibstock Place School Roehampton Surrey UK
16 July 2007 - 20 July 2007
This is the first outing for Shrubshall & Free's new children's musical featuring the most famous tale of the most celebrated gentle-gnome detective from 221b Baker Street (Hounslow). | info
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Short & Curly
written by, and featuring, MMD Associate Sandi Toksvig
National Tour UK
22 May 2007 - 19 July 2007
Broadcaster/comedienne Sandi Toksvig and West End star Bonnie Langford have been friends for years and they have worked together many times. Both have presented their own one woman shows. Now, with more than 50 years' show business experience between them, they are starring together in the ultimate two woman show - Short & Curly, a night of comedy, songs, sketches, and revealing reminiscences. | info
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The Dream Dealer
book and lyrics by MMD Associate Marita Philips
Blackledge Theatre, Godolphin School Salisbury Wiltshire UK
4 July 2007 - 6 July 2007
A children's musical with an original story. Contemporary in every way but with a theme as old as the devil himself. Performed by kids, for kids and for anyone who has ever been young. The Dream Dealer arrives in town. Cool and charismatic, he sells Ice Dream to unsuspecting teens. But what does he take in return? And what is that glowing in his Jar...? | info
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The Happy Prince
music by MMD Associate David Perkins
The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford Surrey UK
28 June 2007 - 30 June 2007
The generosity of the Happy Prince and the courage of a swallow help to overcome the greed of a powerful mayor and we are shown that the most precious things in life are often the least obvious. | info
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Sing For Freedom
chorale finale by MMD Associate Tim Sutton
Holy Trinity Church Clapham London UK
29 June 2007 - 29 June 2007
A concert to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The evening, hosted by Paul Gambaccini, brings together child, youth, and adult choirs, gospel and classical music in a celebration of the human spirit. | info
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The Seven Ravens
music by MMD Associate Alexander S. Bermange
Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe Hanau Frankfurt Germany
15 June 2007 - 29 June 2007
The Seven Ravens presents a new version of the classic story of a girl's quest to find her seven brothers who have been metamorphosed into ravens by an evil curse. This reworking of the original tale has been designed to work on many levels and to thereby appeal in different ways to both children and adults. | info
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Psalms
by MMD Associate Robert Barham
Queesbury Methodist Church Beverly Drive, Edgware Middlesex UK
17 June 2007 - 17 June 2007
Do the Psalms have any relevance in today's world of technology, reality television, and celebrities? It is said that the whole of human life can found in these ancient songs, and even in today's world, there is a place for them. This 75 minute Music and Drama presentation gives people an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of the Psalms, and their relevance in our world today. | info
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Berlin
by MMD Associate Tim Spencer
The Grand Saloon, The Theatre Royal Drury Lane London UK
12 June 2007 - 12 June 2007
Tim Spencer's epic love story surrounding the times of the Berlin Wall, the despair of separation lasting years, resolving with the triumphant conclusion when the Wall was opened on 9 November 1989. | info
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New Musicals Maternity Ward: The Songs of Shrubshall and Free
by MMD Associates Shrubshall & Free
Tristan Bates Theatre, The Actors' Centre 1A Tower Street, Covent Garden London UK
10 June 2007 - 10 June 2007
Yes, it's back! Your chance to check out the latest in new musical theatre writing when writers ‘road test' excerpts from their new shows. The writers see what happens when the printed page comes to life in the hands of actors, so it's a chance for them to reassess and rewrite, or simply see what an audience thinks! And it's your chance to find out what's new, what's hot and enjoy some excellent talent! Do come along and see if you can spot the next West End hit! | info
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New Musicals Maternity Ward: Casanova
by MMD Associate Philip Godfrey
Tristan Bates Theatre, The Actors' Centre 1A Tower Street, Covent Garden London UK
10 June 2007 - 10 June 2007
See excerpts from three new musicals at different stages of their development, including MMD Associate Philip Godfrey's new show CASANOVA. Produced by Trilby Prodcutions. | info
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The Thing About Men
directed by MMD Associate Anthony Drewe
King's Head Theatre Upper Street, Islington London UK
30 April 2007 - 3 June 2007
Creative director, Tom, is cheating on his wife Lucy (with several women). Lucy is cheating on on her husband Tom (with Sebastian). Tom moves out and, in disguise, moves in with Sebastian. London premiere of the show that won 'Best Off-Broadway Musical' at the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Awards, and which Clive Barnes named as "the best show of the season". | info
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The Slide
book by MMD Associate Adrian Davis
The Phoenix Theatre Swindon UK
30 May 2007 - 2 June 2007
A fast moving contemporary story featuring 25 songs from the former band The Beautiful South. A story of Baddie, an alcoholic who returns to University and joins up with two new friends: Anthony who adores the ladies and Patrick who loves his studies. | info
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McCool
written by MMD Associate Paul Boyd
Armagh Northern Ireland
11 November 2007 - 13 May 2007
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Edward Scissorhands
with music by MMD Associate Terry Davies
USA National Tour (Seattle)
24 March 2007 - 13 May 2007
Dance version of the well-known Tim Burton film | info
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