Martha Geelan

JANE The Musical Workshop Set For Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2025

The new British musical JANE will premiere with public workshop performances that offer a first look of Act 1 at The Other Palace Studio. Learn more here!

Crossroads Live Celebrates Record-Breaking Year
by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2024

This year, Crossroads Live, one of the largest producers of commercial theatre worldwide, presented over 800 weeks of theatre (almost double last year's number) with 39 standalone productions, in addition to 23 pantomimes.

BYMT Reveals New Music Theatre Award Winner
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2024

Eden Tredwell has been announced as the winner of the New Music Theatre Award (NMTA) at BYMT's end of year Let It Snow! event at Shoreditch Town Hall on Sunday 1 December.

Cast Set For THE SHARK IS BROKEN UK and Ireland Tour
by Stephi Wild - Nov 26, 2024

Casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of The Shark Is Broken, the behind- the-scenes West End and Broadway hit comedy about the making of the movie Jaws.

Review: BABIES A NEW (BORN) MUSICAL, The Other Palace
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 13, 2024

Real life is looming right after the end of Year 11. Entrusted with a robotic newborn, a group of students need to survive a week in their new roles as parents while their GCSEs get closer and closer. The school is trying to teach them responsibility and warn off any unwanted pregnancies - but the teens already have too much on their plates. The new arrivals, though only plastic infant simulators, blow up their routines: lies are uncovered, relationships shatter, and friendships blossom. The complicated inner lives of modern teenagers are dissected in a jolly musical romp that’s surprisingly touching underneath all the fun and games.

Photos: First Look at BABIES at The Other Palace
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2024

All new photos have been released from Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical at The Other Palace until 14 July 2024. Check out the photos here!

Guest Blog: I'm Really Proud of the Score': Composer Jack Godfrey on Establishing Characters and Emotions in New (Born) Musical BABIES
by Guest Author - May 27, 2024

When I started composing the score, I really wanted to find a musical language with which to establish the world of these nine teenage characters.

Photo/Video: First Look at the Cast of New British Musical BABIES
by Stephi Wild - May 8, 2024

New photos and video have been released today for Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical which will play a strictly limited 6-week season at The Other Palace from 31 May – 14 July 2024.

HEARTSTOPPER's Bradley Riches Will Star in New Musical BABIES at The Other Palace
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2024

Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical, will play a strictly limited 6-week season at The Other Palace from 31 May – 14 July 2024. Learn more about the show here!

Photos: First Look at BABIES at the Shaftesbury Theatre; Final Performance Tonight
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 12, 2023

Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey (42 Balloons, This Is A Love Story) and directed by Martha Geelan (who makes her debut as a musical book writer) is currently premiering at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The final staged concert performances will take place tonight, November 12. Check out photos from the concert here!

Guest Blog: 'The Future for Musical Theatre Writing is Bright': Producer James Lane on Developing New British Musicals and His Exciting New Show BABIES
by Guest Author - Oct 27, 2023

It’s a particularly interesting moment in time for new musical theatre writing, and more specifically, British new musical theatre writing. The future for musical theatre writing is bright’ Producer James Lane discusses developing new British musicals and the exciting new show Babies?

Cast Set For Concert Production of New Musical BABIES
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2023

Crossroads Live and theatre development company Indigo Productions have revealed the casting for Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey (42 Balloons, This Is A Love Story) and directed by Martha Geelan (who makes her debut as a musical book writer).

BYMT's New Music Theatre Award Open for Applications
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2023

Applications are now open for British Youth Music Theatre's 2024 New Music Theatre Award.

Concert Performances of New Musical BABIES Come to the Lyric Theatre in November
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2023

Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey and the show’s director Martha Geelan, will play three staged concert performances at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 10th, 11th and 12th November 2023.  Learn more about the musical and find out how to get tickets here!

Coventry Local Daniel Krikler to Appear in THE BOOK THIEF at The Belgrade In September
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 11, 2023

The full cast for the musical stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Book Thief has been announced, which includes Coventry local Daniel Krikler as 'Max Vandenburg'.

Full Cast Revealed For New Musical THE BOOK THIEF
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2023

The full cast has been announced for the stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Book Thief, with a book by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald and music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson.

British Youth Music Theatre Announces Winner of New Music Theatre Award 2023
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2022

British Youth Music Theatre, in partnership with The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, has announced Lewis Cornay as the winner of the New Music Theatre Award 2023.

BYMT's New Music Theatre Award Opens For Applications
by Stephi Wild - Oct 19, 2022

British Youth Music Theatre, in partnership with The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, has announced the applications are now open for the 2023 New Music Theatre Award. The award seeks to find and support exciting new voices in UK Music Theatre, giving them a platform to develop a brand-new piece to full production with the young people of the BYMT company.

THE SHARK IS BROKEN Will Premiere at The Royal Alexandra Theatre in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2022

The Shark is Broken - one of the most successful plays of the 2021-22 London season - will launch the new Mirvish Theatre season in Toronto. The comedy, which received  both critical and audience acclaim when it ran at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End, will have its North American premiere at the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre, September 25 to November 6, 2022.

Photos: First Look at IDENTICAL, Based on THE PARENT TRAP
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2022

Destined for the West End, it will open at Nottingham Playhouse 26 July – 14 August 2022, then transfer to Salford’s The Lowry 19 August – 3 September 2022. Get a first look at the production in the photos here!