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SUMMARY:GenFest 2025: Writing For Musical Theatre With Darren Clark
DESCRIPTION:Darren Clark is a two-time Olivier Award winning composer and lyricist working in the theatre in the UK and internationally. Since beginning his professional career in 2012\, he has been commissioned to write music and lyrics for several national touring shows and his work has been heard in London’s West End\, at The Royal Shakespeare Company\, Off West End\, Off-Broadway and in many of the UK’s finest regional theatres. \nFollowing his days as an Otago University student in NZ performing in countless musicals and plays\, Darren left NZ for the UK to pursue a career as a songwriter in London town. Following several years on the singer/songwriter circuit and with his band Columbus Giant\, Darren began to write music & lyrics for the theatre. \nDarren has written the music and lyrics for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which one three Olivier awards in 2025 including Best New Musical and the Off-West End Award for Best Musical Production in 2024. Button is currently running at The Ambassadors Theatre on London’s West End. \nAlong with Rhys Jennings\, he is the inaugural recipient of the Music Theatre International Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Award and his songs have appeared as finalist in the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Competition on three separate occasions\, winning runner-up in 2015. He has been a finalist in the Iris Theatre XMas Factor Awards for the past three years\, winning the Iris Theatre Panel Award in 2014\, The Audience Runner Up Prize in 2015 and The Audience Award in 2016. His musicals have been licensed in the USA and Australia\, his work has been showcased in the national BEAM Showcase in London and NAMT in New York. \nDarren was a member of the BML Advanced Song writing Workshop\, a weekly development workshop for four years. He is also a member of the MMD Advanced Composer & Lyricist Lab where he continues to learn his craft. \nAs a teacher and workshop leader Darren has taught at some of the UK’s leading drama schools including The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama\, The Guildhall School of Music & Drama\, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance\, Chichester Conservatoire\, Leeds Conservatoire and Rose Bruford. \nHe is a founding member of Paper Balloon Theatre Company\, dedicated to making original theatre for\, with and by young audiences. Paper Balloon have now created several shows including Night Light at the Camden Fringe\, a UK tour of The Grumpiest Boy in the World by Finegan Kruckemeyer\, the utterly bonkers Christmas show Once Upon a Snowflake with the Moscow Puppet Theatre and most recently the original shanty story The Boy and the Mermaid. \nDarren is passionate about being part of an ethnically and culturally diverse theatrical future and aims to reflect this in the making of all his theatrical projects. He is the founder of New UK Musicals\, a project developed to help get the work of new musical theatre writers into the hands of performers through providing a platform for their sheet music. www.newukmusicals.co.uk \n\nPart of Genfest 2025\nDiscover the full line-up of performances\, workshops and artist one-to-one’s taking place across GenFest\, Sun 16 – Sat 22 November. Each event is part of our annual festival celebrating artist development and new work. \nView the GenFest Brochure Online here | Find out more about the full GenFest line up here
URL:https://www.discovernorthampton.co.uk/event/genfest-2025-writing-for-musical-theatre-with-darren-clark/
LOCATION:Royal and Derngate Theatre\, 19-21 Guildhall Road\, Northampton\, Northamptonshire\, NN1 1DP
CATEGORIES:Royal and Derngate,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Musical Theatre Network – Future Producers of Musicals in the Midlands networking event
DESCRIPTION:Are you (or could you be) a producer of musical theatre in the Midlands? \n\nDo you make live events happen\, perhaps as a creative yourself\, perhaps co-ordinating things for collaborators or your local community?\nAre you interested in finding out more about being a producer of musical theatre in the Midlands? And about opportunities to get involved locally with new musicals/music theatre?\nOr are you an early career producer of musical theatre or music in the Midlands and want to find out more about opportunities\, and meet some like-minded individuals?\n\nIf your answer to any of these questions is ‘yes’\, then we’d love to invite you to a free event hosted by Musical Theatre Network\, China Plate and Royal & Derngate. We will share some industry insights\, signpost relevant opportunities\, and give you the chance to meet other producers/future producers\, and discuss what would help you achieve your ambitions in this area.You don’t need to already be a producer. If musical theatre interests you\, and you’re someone who likes making things happen – come join us for a conversation! \n     \n[View the full GenFest Programme]
URL:https://www.discovernorthampton.co.uk/event/musical-theatre-network-future-producers-of-musicals-in-the-midlands-networking-event/
LOCATION:Royal and Derngate Theatre\, 19-21 Guildhall Road\, Northampton\, Northamptonshire\, NN1 1DP
CATEGORIES:Royal and Derngate,Theatre
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal and Derngate":MAILTO:BoxOffice@royalandderngate.co.uk
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SUMMARY:GenFest 2025: Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends – by Jude Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends is a synth-pop musical about the true story of the persecution of gay sailors in 1980s America and the futile search for the elusive Dorothy who connected them all. \n\nIn 1980s America\, the Naval Investigative Service are intensively hunting down and discharging gay sailors in the US Navy at an unprecedented rate. But if they truly want to win their war on homosexuality\, they know that they must first defeat the one woman standing in their way: Dorothy. \nWho is Dorothy? What does Dorothy want? How can she possibly be friends with every gay sailor? Can she bring down the entire Navy\, and perhaps the country\, too? Only one man\, with a predictable secret of his own\, can stop her. \nPowered by an 80s synth pop score\, ‘Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends’ is a surreal musical comedy inspired by a lesser-known chapter of queer history. \n\nPart of Genfest 2025\nDiscover the full line-up of performances\, workshops and artist one-to-one’s taking place across GenFest\, Sun 16 – Sat 22 November. Each event is part of our annual festival celebrating artist development and new work. \nView the GenFest Brochure Online here | Find out more about the full GenFest line up here
URL:https://www.discovernorthampton.co.uk/event/genfest-2025-dorothy-and-her-very-many-friends-by-jude-taylor/
LOCATION:Royal and Derngate Theatre\, 19-21 Guildhall Road\, Northampton\, Northamptonshire\, NN1 1DP
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SUMMARY:Fawlty Towers
DESCRIPTION:The ‘Greatest British Sitcom of All Time’ (Radio Times) is back – this time on stage! \n50 years since it first graced our TV screens\, Fawlty Towers is now a brand-new stage play adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger. \nFresh from a sold-out West End season! This laugh-out-loud production was universally acclaimed by every London and national critic\, selling out every single performance during its record-breaking West End run. \nJoin Basil (Danny Bayne)\, the delightfully bumbling Major (Paul Nicholas) and Polly (Joanne Clifton) and an 18-strong cast as they bring to life all your favourite moments from the show’s unforgettable twelve episodes. With sharp wit\, chaos\, and calamity at every turn\, this is the comedy event of the year! \nSecure your tickets now and relive the madness of Fawlty Towers live on stage. It’s a staycation you’ll never forget!
URL:https://www.discovernorthampton.co.uk/event/fawlty-towers-2/2025-11-22/4/
LOCATION:Royal and Derngate Theatre\, 19-21 Guildhall Road\, Northampton\, Northamptonshire\, NN1 1DP
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SUMMARY:Josie Long: Now Is The Time Of Monsters
DESCRIPTION:A new show about extinct gigantic\, charismatic\, megafauna from 3-time Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominated Comedian\, and very good comedian Josie Long. \nIn these troubled times\, in this wicked world\, it can feel like apocalypse is everywhere but did you know 11\,000 years ago there were some really big armadillos? I’m talking about as big as a car. Really big. And they were vegetarian so don’t even worry about them. Also my daughter has a hamster and I’m not saying distract yourself from everything\, but I’m saying he’s also part of everything. \nJosie is back with a new show about discovery\, wonder\, extinction and how to walk through a landscape of monstrous disaster. There is also a good tip about silt\, guaranteed. \n????? The Skinny \n???? The Telegraph
URL:https://www.discovernorthampton.co.uk/event/josie-long-now-is-the-time-of-monsters/
LOCATION:Royal and Derngate Theatre\, 19-21 Guildhall Road\, Northampton\, Northamptonshire\, NN1 1DP
CATEGORIES:Royal and Derngate,Theatre
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