MADE IN LDN to Return to The Cockpit This Sunday

Sunday, April 10th, marks the return of Interval Productions' MADE IN LDN season, which launched at The Cockpit last month. On the second Sunday of every month, Interval Productions' Creative Director Tori Allen-Martin will present an evening of brand new British Musical Theatre writing supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Featured composers this month are Dominic Powell, a BRIT School and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama alumnus, who will be showcasing work from his new musical Cases, and 2015 Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Finalist Laura Kaye Thompson, composer and co-writer of Poppies, which played Edinburgh Fringe last year and makes its London debut this year.

Interval Productions will also be sharing an excerpt from their multi-award nominated musical Another Way, which they have since re-developed and updated. Andrew Hawley, who played Simon in BBC One's primetime police drama series Cuffs, will appear as 'Oliver', whilst Ewa Jenson (No More Dead Girls- Theatre503, Hope- Liverpool Royal Court) appears as Carrie. The piece will be soundtracked by a live band led by Musical Director Aaron Williams (Session musician for Craig David, One Direction, Nicole Scherzinger), with vocals from Tori Allen-Martin (Hair - European Tour, Backing Vocalist for Eliza And The Bear and Idris Elba's miMandela album) and The Voice Season One finalist Vince Kidd. Another Way will be directed by Jamie Jackson (Wink - Theatre503, Offie Nominated Best Director 2015, The Natives: A Musical -Old Vic Workshop).

Explaining her decision to launch MADE IN LDN, Interval's founder and Creative Director Tori Allen-Martin said, "We wanted to create a collaborative environment where artists can thrive, and we are especially interested in work that sounds modern and commercial and that is set in the UK today. A lot of musical theatre fits a mould, and we're interested in seeing work that defies that. It's all tick boxes nowadays, but so few of us in 2016 fit into one, simple box. We want to find honest, raw, work that represents all shades, shapes, sizes and sexualities. We still have a long way to go ourselves but we're on the right path now and we want to invite some more likeminded individuals along for the ride. I'm so grateful to the Arts Council for backing this and also to the Cockpit who have always championed new work and offered us the platform to put on ours. I wish more venues and schemes would do the same, but I hope this venture will open some doors and shine a light on some of the incredible and diverse talent we have in this country, both on and off stage, particularly talent that might not look, act or sound like everybody or everything else."

Show dates will be - Sunday 10th April, Sunday 8th May, Sunday 12th June all at 5pm with tickets priced at £10 early bird and £15 standard/on the door and available now at www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/made_in_ldn. All performances take place at The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London, NW8 8EH. Visit www.thecockpit.org.uk or call 02072582925 for more information. Visit www.madeinldn.net for more about the show.

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