SimG Productions Release A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO, Featuring Moore and Perry, May 15

By: Apr. 30, 2012
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On May 14th 2012 Independent label SimG Records is to release the Original Cast Recording of A SONG CYCLE FOR SOHO, a writing project created for Mercury Musical Development members to practise the craft of songwriting, and have a showcase presented at London's Soho Theatre.

With a book by Andrew Brinded, musical direction from Tony Winner Sarah Travis, directed & co-created by Simon Greiff; the cast album features 16 original songs from 24 writers including award winners Stiles & Drewe, Stuart Matthew Price, Tim Suttton and Richard Thomas, to the next generation Brunger&Cleary and Barnaby Race, to established writers Craig Adams, Alexander S. Bermange, Hamilton&Pearse, Dougal Irvine and more; sung by four leading West End actors: Michael Cantwell (Les Miserables), James Gillan (Wicked), Claire Moore (London Road) and Niamh Perry (Love Never Dies).

Proceeds from sales go directly to Mercury Musical Developments to help fund future projects.

Reviews:

"thoroughly entertaining, musical revue … the accompaniment on the piano by musical director Sarah Travis and
guitarist John Gregson is sublime … hope for the future of British musical theatre." Paul Vale, The Stage

"beautifully assembled by director Simon Greiff & MD Sarah Travis with book by Andrew Brinded, is a beacon of
hope … a seriously talented quartet of Cantwell, Gillan, Moore & Perry give heft and class." Mark Shenton

"songs that blend seamlessly to form a coherent whole in a narrative, voiced, coloured and vivified by four
established West End musical theatre performers … Lyrics are a revelation - witty, clever, the opposite of dumbed-
down … you don't have to be a Soho-ite - or even a Londoner - to love it: love it, you will."
Anita Butler, British Theatre Guide

"A set of edgy tunes that cleverly evoke both the grittiness of Soho and the humanity of its denizens."
Andy Propst, TheaterMania

Track listing:

1. SATURDAY NIGHT IN… by Tim Sutton
2. DOES ANYBODY KNOW MY NAME? by Christopher Hamilton & Susannah Pearse
3. THE BALLAD OF THE HORSLEY BROTHERS by Dougal Irvine
4. SELF RESPECT by Christopher Ash & Carl Miller
5. BURN OLD ST JAMES by Craig Adams & David McAlmont
6. DO NOT LINGER by Rebecca Applin & Susannah Pearse
7. OLD COMPTON STREET by Alexander Rudd & Jenifer Toksvig
8. I WISH, I WISH by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
9. FADE TO BLACK by Douglas Hodge
10. MUMMY KNOWS BETTER by Barnaby Race
11. IT'S HARD TO BE AN ARTIST by Alexander S. Bermange
12. SWEET SIXTEEN by Richard Thomas & Alethea Wiles
13. TELL YOU by Andrew Brinded
14. IT'S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED by Scott Dean & Richard Hughes
15. HEY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE by Pippa Cleary & Jake Brunger
16. IF NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME by Stuart Matthew Price
17. SATURDAY NIGHT IN… (Reprise) by Tim Sutton

Pre-orders are be available now at http://bit.ly/SohoSongCycleCD

Downloads available now on iTunes and all major sites

www.Simgproductions.com



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