Dougal Irvine, Creator Of DEPARTURE LOUNGE, To Release Debut Album

Independent label SimG Records is to release Dougal Irvine's debut album 'Acoustic Overtures: The Songs of Dougal Irvine' this Autumn. 

The long-awaited album features 12 previously unrecorded songs, specially selected from Dougal's catalogue of work, with guest vocals by leading West End performers.   

Dougal Irvine is an award winning new writer of British Musical Theatre. His first musical Departure Lounge has played New York, Chicago and London, and was nominated for Best Musical at the Whatsonstage Awards. His second musical In Touch played the Edinburgh Festival last year to five-star reviews, and is due for production in London early next year. He is the lyricist for Britain's Got Bhangra which begins a second UK tour this autumn prior to a West End run.

SimG Records is fast determining itself as the leading record label that supports rising theatre artists and musical artists in the UK, releasing the debut albums from West End performers Annalene Beechey, Stuart Matthew Price and the Helen Hayes award-winning Caroline Sheen, and more recently the cast recording of Beyond the Gate, a revue that showcases new work from new and rising British songwriters.     

'Acoustic Overtures' is part financed using WeFund – a fund raising platform for creatives. Incentives for making a pledge include a signed album, launch tickets, and even a personalised song!   www.wefund.com/project/acoustic-overtures-songs-dougal-irvine