NEW MUSICAL WORKSHOPS IN 2025

We're delighted to be working on eight new musicals this year as part of our series of New Musical Workshops. 

Most of these workshops are available only to those who take part through our audition workshop days. 

During our residential and non-residential workshops, our Young Company Members have the opportunity to work alongside composers, writers and our professional creatives in developing brand new music theatre, while at the same time further developing their own skills in acting, singing and dance.

Flip

Flip by Josh Bird and Giles Fernando 

Residential Easter Workshop | 11 – 16 April 2025 | Kent

A Karate Kid-meets-skateboarding punk musical, with a twist, about freeing yourself from judgment and living your fullest life.

Meet Sam, a teenage skateboarder with big dreams, inspired by real-life British Olympian Sky Brown. She’s taking on her headmistress mum, her bestie, and her own self-doubt to chase gold at the national championships. But here’s the flip – life doesn’t always go as planned. Flip twists expectations with an unforgettable story of ambition, resilience, and what it truly means to rise after you fall. This is the tale of someone who almost made it – if only they’d had the courage and persistence to push through. Packed with killer skaterpunk tunes, energy and heart, Flip is a ride you won’t want to miss.

Windsong

Windsong by Annabelle Lee Revak

Non-Residential May Half Term Workshop | 26 – 30 May 2025 | London

In the world of Windsong, Tales are traded between each town's Teller and the Wind - thus supplying firesides 'round the world with new stories. 'A song for a song, and a rhyme for a rhyme,' they all sing. But when Rory's village runs out of Tales, they are put in battle with the Wind. Will Rory learn how to talk to the Wind and Tell a Tale, before the blizzard comes and tears them all apart? Windsong is about the price of a story and what we will risk to Tell one. 

Every Day

Every Day by Nick Barstow and Martha Geelan, in association with DEM Productions

Non-Residential May Half Term Workshop | 26 – 30 May 2025 | London

‘What would it be like to be a person who grew up without gender, race, sexual orientation, parents, friends, and all of the other things we usually classify ourselves by, and, second, what would it be like to be in love with someone who changed every day – would it be possible?’  Author, David Levithan

Every Day is a new musical with a contemporary pop score for an ensemble cast. Every day ‘A’ wakes up in a different teenager’s body with no warning of where or who it will be. Exploring the inner thoughts and feelings of their host, A’s only goals in life are to not intervene and to give each host a good day. That is until they meet Rhiannon and suddenly their transitory world isn’t enough...

The Great Moon Hoax

The Great Moon Hoax by Tim Gilvin and Alex Kanefsky

Residential Summer Workshop | 27 July – 1 August 2025 | Kent

New York, 1835. In the fastest-growing city in the world, Frances Mitchell watches the skies from her bedroom at night, dreaming of the stars, comets and distant planets – but mostly – of seeing her brother again, swallowed by war. Her mother wants her to put away childish things and take her marriage proposals seriously, but when the city becomes abuzz with news from the Penny Press that life has been found on the moon, her imagination catches fire. As New York erupts at the incredible findings, Frances dares to dream… but is it better to believe a lie, when the truth hurts so much? 

Carmilla

Carmilla by Eden Tredwell

Residential Summer Workshop | 27 July – 1 August 2025 | Kent

Everyone has an ex they'd describe as a monster, right? In a remote all-girls college, isolated Laura is fascinated by her mysterious new classmate Carmilla. As romance develops between them, strange occurrences begin to threaten the school and the town, and Laura must confront Carmilla's true nature. Based on the 1872 novella, this is a modern grunge-pop-rock reimagining of the original vampire tale.

Stagshaw Fayre

Stagshaw Fayre by Kitty Morgan

Non-Residential Summer Workshop | 18 – 22 August 2025 | London

The magical, mysterious events of this ghostly love story occur during two heady hours at this year’s Stagshaw Country Fair. After some terrible events last summer, it’s the first time Wren’s friends have persuaded her to come out and party. Will Wren be able to enjoy the evening like a normal teenage girl, what will the fortune teller see in her stars, and will she ever get out of Stagshaw Fair alive? Remember, friends: don’t lose your head or wander off across the heath.

The Unstoppable Letty Pegg

The Unstoppable Letty Pegg by Helen Arney and James Hughes

Summer Residential Workshop | 10 – 15 August 2025 | Kent

Non-Residential October Workshop | 27 – 31 October 2025 | London

Take a stand with the Jiu Jitsu Suffragettes as they bring their fight to the stage! The Unstoppable Letty Pegg follows our 11-year-old heroine as she navigates her complicated family life amongst the highs and lows of chaotic Edwardian London. With a working-class policeman father and upper-class Suffragette mother, Lettice Pegg feels confused, unseen and powerless. Until she discovers the Jiu Jitsu Suffragettes of the Golden Square Dojo – and yes, they really did exist! Together they transform Lettice, but has she become unstoppable enough to save her family when danger strikes? Ichi, ni, san, GO! 

Mini: The Boy who Played with Fire

Mini: The Boy who Played with Fire by Ben Glasstone and Nikki Racklin 

Non-Residential October Workshop | 27 – 31 October 2025 | London

It’s 1975. Michael ‘Mini’ Cooper is an angel-faced 11-year-old with a stripey tank top and the gift of the gab. He’s also recently set fire to his family home and his local church. Locked away in a home for 'Maladjusted Children', Mini's irrepressible character attracts the attention of an up-and-coming documentary director, who makes him the focus of a ground breaking film. But is he a lost child, desperate to be heard, or a manipulative psychopath? This wild true story, with its glam-rock/punk-folk musical score, follows Mini as he fights for his life, armed only with his impish defiance.