S4, Ep7 Music and Freedom written by Tim Gilvin & Grace Taylor
11/27/23 • 44 min
Alice Haywood is a woman in her 70s who, despite growing up as an incredibly accomplished pianist and moving from Australia to London to study, found herself in an abusive and controlling marriage, unable to exercise any control over her own life. Now, with the recent death of her husband, and through a friendship with her younger neighbour, Emily, Alice refinds her purpose, and goes on a journey to rediscover herself. At the end of the play, Alice finally exorcises the ghost of her husband Edward, when she takes an axe to the grand piano he bought for her 40 years ago.
Featuring songs 'Pulling Away’ and ‘A Piano Is’ performed by Susie McKenna.
Tim Gilvin (he/him) Music & Lyrics
Tim Gilvin is a composer lyricist whose projects include Stay Awake, Jake (S&S Award Winner 2014; VAULT Festival 2016; Southwark Playhouse 2020), Unfortunate (Edinburgh 2019; London 2022) and Help! We Are Still Alive (Seven Dials Playhouse 2022). He has worked as an accompanist, MD and orchestrator within musical theatre, and also works extensively in education. @tim_gilvin
Grace Taylor (she/her) Book, Lyrics & Director
Grace’s experience is as a musical theatre director and Music and Freedom is her first project as a writer. Current projects: associate director SIX The Musical (UK Productions, Hampton Court, Seoul, South Korea and Australian Tour); director for In Clay by Jack Miles and Rebecca Simmonds; director for a new version of The Hatpin by Peter Rutherford and James Millar; and director for Becoming Nigella by Emily Rose Simonds. @Gracetaylor_MT
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Alice Haywood is a woman in her 70s who, despite growing up as an incredibly accomplished pianist and moving from Australia to London to study, found herself in an abusive and controlling marriage, unable to exercise any control over her own life. Now, with the recent death of her husband, and through a friendship with her younger neighbour, Emily, Alice refinds her purpose, and goes on a journey to rediscover herself. At the end of the play, Alice finally exorcises the ghost of her husband Edward, when she takes an axe to the grand piano he bought for her 40 years ago.
Featuring songs 'Pulling Away’ and ‘A Piano Is’ performed by Susie McKenna.
Tim Gilvin (he/him) Music & Lyrics
Tim Gilvin is a composer lyricist whose projects include Stay Awake, Jake (S&S Award Winner 2014; VAULT Festival 2016; Southwark Playhouse 2020), Unfortunate (Edinburgh 2019; London 2022) and Help! We Are Still Alive (Seven Dials Playhouse 2022). He has worked as an accompanist, MD and orchestrator within musical theatre, and also works extensively in education. @tim_gilvin
Grace Taylor (she/her) Book, Lyrics & Director
Grace’s experience is as a musical theatre director and Music and Freedom is her first project as a writer. Current projects: associate director SIX The Musical (UK Productions, Hampton Court, Seoul, South Korea and Australian Tour); director for In Clay by Jack Miles and Rebecca Simmonds; director for a new version of The Hatpin by Peter Rutherford and James Millar; and director for Becoming Nigella by Emily Rose Simonds. @Gracetaylor_MT
Follow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalace
Are you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/
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S4, Ep6 Public - The Musical written by Kyla Stroud, Hannah Sands, Natalie Stroud and Olivia Zacharia
Usually avoid public bathrooms? Here's one you won't want to miss! This award-winning new musical follows four unlikely strangers who find themselves trapped together in a gender-neutral public toilet. With an hour to kill until maintenance arrives, the group navigates unexpected challenges, pungent opinions and some seriously sticky conversations.
Featuring songs 'Minute by Minute’ and ‘Nervous Disposition’ performed by Kyla Stroud.
Kyla Stroud (they/she) Composer, Book Writer, Associate Director & Co-producer
Kyla is the founder of Stroud&Notes. Kyla has worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years as a professional singer-songwriter and events organiser. They previously won London’s Best Busker, went on to received a publishing deal with Kobalt Music, and supported artists Emeli Sande and Rhys Lewis. @iamlaky
Hannah Sands (they/them) Co-Producer, Performance Direction & Book Writer
Hannah trained as a theatre director with Birkbeck Uni and the Manchester Royal Exchange. Most recently, they have been developing new musicals, working as Associate Director on a BLOODY ELLE: a gig musical (Fringe Festival Adelaide Winner; Whatsonstage nominee); and 42 BALLOONS (staged concert performances at the Vaudeville Theatre in Nov-22). @hannahsands6
Natalie Stroud (she/her) Book Writer & Movement Director
Natalie is a choreographer and movement director for stage and screen. She is resident choreographer for Modal Productions Group having choreographed numerous music videos and the TV series ‘That Was Then, This Is Now’. Her experience is complimented by professional performer credits such as the UK tour of ‘Seussical the Musical’, ‘Honk!’, ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’.@nataliestrouddance
Olivia Zacharia (she/her) Musical Director
Olivia graduated from the University of Surrey in 2019 with a BMus (Hons) Music degree. She works predominantly as a Musical Director in London, but also works on creating transcriptions, arrangements, orchestrations; and frequents many audition rooms as an audition pianist.
Follow Public - The Musical: @public_musical
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S4, Ep8 With Courage written by Jon Hare
Past and present intertwine in this new folk musical about the history, bravery, and sacrifices of our lifeboat communities. Witnesses to a tragedy in 1886, Charles and Marion Macara unite to support a town in grief, inspiring a nationwide movement set to forever change the tide of fundraising. Current day crew member, Shannon, balances her new family responsibilities with an inherited sense of duty to honour the legacy of family members past. In two hundred years, the same question remains - how far will you go to save a stranger?
Featuring songs 'With Courage’ and ‘Grace’ performed by Jonathan Charles, Mary Erskine, Philippa Hogg, and Dyd Wynford.
Jon Hare (he/him) Writer & Composer
Jon's other musicals include Never Again, inspired by true events from WWI, and Charming, an 80s jukebox show set in a bankrupt kingdom 25 years after the failed marriage of Prince Charming and Cinderella. In 2021 he recorded a demo album for his Christmas family musical, The First Chris Moose, at Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, with MD Dan Glover. Jon has been a freelance Production and Stage Manager for over fifteen years, working at National Theatre, Young Vic, Roundhouse, Windsor Castle, and others. He also works as a freelance consultant to international lyricists, specialising in helping those for whom English is not their first language. @horatiohare
Steph Weller (she/her) Producer
Steph is an Old Vic 12 trained and Stage One supported producer, and is in-house producer for Reading Rep. Via her company PlayWell Productions, commissions and credits include the plays Live To Tell: (a Proposal for) The Madonna Musical, Very Special Guest Star, Clown Sex, and I Ain’t Dumb, and musicals Black Power Desk, Lesbian Pirates! and With Courage. China Plate is supporting Steph through the ongoing development of her new musicals via their Dark Room scheme. @stephweller @playwellprods
Follow With Courage: @withcourageshow
Follow The Other Palace: @TheOtherPalace
Are you writing a new musical in the UK? Consider submitting your show for the podcast: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/making-a-musical-podcast/
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