Adam Lenson

It's 1894 and as the bicycle is sweeping change across America, Annie Londonderry has a wager to settle: can a woman cycle across the world? 4 continents in 15 months: easy! Except she's only been on a bicycle twice.

Inspired by an incredible true story, Surfing the Holyland returns to the stage once more for Brighton Fringe 2023. Drawing on the universal experience of the outsider and the unique perspective of the Jewish convert, writer and performer Erin Hunter’s (Newsrevue, Canal Café Theatre; After the Tempest, Teatro Vivo) Popcorn/BBC New Writing Award-nominated Surfing the Holyland offers audiences a rare glimpse into Israeli culture and daily life. 

timelapse is a brand-new artist-led theatre company founded by Adam Lenson and Lia Buddle that makes form-disrupting, innovative and exhilarating music theatre inspired by identity, technology and catastrophe.

All new production photos have been released from the digital production of Catch Me, which will be available to stream from  7:30 PM Monday 21 November.

ALP Musicals presents a digital production of new British musical Catch Me, an intimate story that unflinchingly confronts the effects of neglected mental health.

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment has announced the casting for the world premiere of Claus The Musical which will run at The Lowry from 14 December 2022 – 8 January. The cast includes Georgie Buckland who will play Necile, Junior Delius (AK), Chris Draper (Will Knook), Jazz Evans (Awgwa), and more.

ALEX: You were playing Ben, you weren't playing Benjamin. That's a big distinction. In the writing of THE LION in various iterations of the show, you turned your life into various crafted anecdotes for the best dramatic effect for the story. There's always gonna be a slight level of making the story a little bit more compelling for an audience. What we did is we took what's on the page and built a character around it. So we built the character of Ben out of the script organically, with Max in the rehearsal room, rather than trying to recreate who Benjamin was. We created Ben off the page.

First Listen to Liv Andrusier singing the title track from the new musical Ride. Check out the full video!

The Fabulist Fox Sister, the online hit of 2020 is a lie, alive and in-person for the very first time.

The world premiere of the award-winning new musical ‘RIDE’is coming to Charing Cross Theatre 25 August - 17 September. It’s 1895 and Annie Londonderry has returned victorious to America, hailed as the first woman ever to cycle around the world. She’s pioneering, she’s plucky, and she’s pitching her story to the men who run the newspapers.

NEW UK MUSICALS has become the place to find fresh new musical theatre songs from a new generation of the UK's most exciting writers.

New Diorama announces 'The Knot': a week of fearless conversations about the future of independent theatre, 18-24 June at NDT Broadgate and online.

Folio, partnered with ETT (English Touring Theatre) and Pound Arts, announces a new Digital UK tour for Alys Metcalf's REEL LIFE beginning at The Pound Arts Centre in Corsham, before touring to Penzance, Crowcombe, Beverley, Dawlish and Burnham-on-Sea, with further dates for the rest of the year to be announced.

A musical about ADHD, a filthy restoration drama, and an interactive performance about zero hours contracts are just three of the more than thirty shows coming to Camden People’s Theatre as part of their much-loved Sprint Festival. 

Broadway's Rob Rokicki & Sarah Beth Pfeifer, the composer and star of The Lightning Thief will present a night of rock and roll and new musical theatre. They will be joined by guest stars Molly Lynch (The Last Five Years, Sunset Boulevard) and Jordan Castle (The Light and The Piazza, Cats).

Showstopping musical Vanara – The Legend is coming to London stages later this month with the incredible talent of stage and screen star Jacob Fowler in the leading role. Fowler will bring to life the enigmatic character of Mohr, a confident and loyal tribesman.

In this concert from Aria Entertainment and ALP Musicals, songs from 15 new musicals were showcased on the West End stage, proving that new writing in musical theatre has a lot to offer.

As disaster threatens to destroy the world they know, two tribes are locked in an age-old battle. One young woman must make a choice: protect the traditions of her people or challenge everything she has been taught. With total devastation bearing down on them, will the two tribes reunite before it's too late? 

I love musicals. People have said I am perhaps too evangelical, but it is because I believe it is the art form with the greatest disparity between its potential and its perception.

Breaking Into Song asks what audiences can do to stay open minded and what creatives can do to make new musicals better. Examining both sides of the divide, Adam Lenson asks how those who both love and hate musicals can further expand the possibilities of this widely misunderstood medium.