R&H Theatricals Europe Announces UK and European Licensing Available for THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF

R&H Theatricals Europe has announced that THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF, a new musical by The Baking Committee, is now available for professional and amateur licensing in the United Kingdom and Europe. Applications are being accepted immediately for performances beginning no sooner than August 2014.

"Anyone coming away from The Bakewell Bake Off not feeling a whole lot better than when he/she arrived has to be a serious case for treatment", wrote Jeremy Chapman for Musical Theatre Review. West End Wilma gave it 5***** and wrote that "The Bakewell Bake Off is flawless [...] Fresh new writing like this, by such young talent, deserves to be seen"

This show started as a college project at Guildford School of Acting (University of Surrey). Inspired by the great British tradition of village Bake Offs, eleven writers worked together to create this feel-good musical about cake! The success of the show's first run at the GSA led to a London engagement at the Waterloo East Theatre in August 2013. At the beginning of October 2013, having completed their training at GSA, the writers began their professional careers at the Landor Theatre, performing the musical they wrote.

About THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF: The small English village of Bakewell, Derbyshire is holding its annual baking competition, under the watchful eye of the chair of The Bakewell Baking Committee, Victoria Sponge. The eclectic group of contestants, including a local postman, a German transsexual and a nun, are each hoping that their baking skills will impress the judges. Judging the competition are the owners of the three village bakeries, each of whom claim to have the original recipe for the world-famous Bakewell Tart: Eton boy Hugh Dripp with his family's Almond Topped Bakewell Tart; sweet and innocent Susie Sunflower with her Bakewell Pudding recipe; and finally, Griselda Pratt-Dewhurst, head of the Parish Council, with her Iced Topped Cherry Bakewell. This feud has gone on for generations, but this year the Bakewell Baking Committee has received a letter from Professor Lesley Kugelhumpf of the European Union, explaining that there can no longer be three recipes for 'The Bakewell'. He decrees that a second round must be added to the competition, to resolve the matter once and for all. The ensuing combination of hilarious songs, baking disasters and even a little audience participation is guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

About the Authors: The Baking Committee was originally formed from a group of MA Musical Theatre students from Guildford School of Acting. They were tasked to write an original musical in just 3 weeks as a final project at the end of the course. As the show grew, a number of other creatives joined the team and aided the writing and re-writing process. The final committee consisted of: Cerys Alley, Tom Beynon, Kevin Michael Cripps, Will Ferris, Katherine Glover, Victoria Humphreys, Emily Jeffreys, Maura Matlak, James Moriarty, Nicole Tiffany Rushing, Alexandra Spalding, Tim Stuart, Kayleigh Thadani and Julian Woolford (Head of MA Musical Theatre, theatre director, producer and writer).

About R&H Theatricals Europe: R&H Theatricals Europe: Based in the London offices of Imagem UK, R&H Theatricals Europe represents the stage performance rights to over 100 musicals by more than 200 writers throughout the UK and Europe. These include works by Rodgers & Hammerstein (including OKLAHOMA!, SOUTH PACIFIC and THE SOUND OF MUSIC), Rodgers & Hart (PAL JOEY, BABES IN ARMS), and Kern & Hammerstein (SHOW BOAT), as well as musicals by Irving Berlin (ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, WHITE CHRISTMAS), Adam Guettel (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, FLOYD COLLINS), new British musicals (THE OTHER SCHOOL, THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF), ground-breaking works from Europe (Weill & Brecht's THE THREEPENNY OPERA), Broadway (IN THE HEIGHTS, [title of show], THE WILD PARTY), Off-Broadway (CARRIE, ORDINARY DAYS, ALTAR BOYZ), perennials such as ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and FOOTLOOSE, and the longest-running revues in the history of Broadway -- SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ -- and Off-Broadway -- I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. R&H Theatricals Europe is a member of the Imagem Music Group: www.rnh.com.

For more about the show, visit: http://www.rnh.com/show/349/The-Bakewell-Bake-Off.