The concert is set to take place on the 12th October at The Other Palace.
Mercury Musical Developments and Stiles + Drewe, in partnership with Theatrical Rights Worldwide has announced the cast who will perform at this year’s Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize, celebrated in concert next month.
Hosted by Alex Young, this one-night-only gala concert showcases outstanding musical theatre writing talent, with twelve original songs from the musicals of tomorrow in
contention for the Best New Song prize. A panel of industry judges, including George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, prize co-sponsor Joanne Benjamin, and Jon Robyns, will award the prize for the winning song, with the winner receiving £1000 towards developing their work. An additional prize for Voice, Vision & Potential will be awarded.
Cast appearing in the Best New Song Prize concert include:
– Roshani Abbey (Operation Mincemeat, Hamilton)
– Jessica Aubrey (SIX, Wicked)
– Norman Bowman (Brigadoon, Mamma Mia!)
– Lewis Cornay (Pride, The SpongeBob Musical)
– Morgan Gregory (Hot Mess, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical)
– Ryan Kopel (Dear Evan Hansen, The Addams Family)
– Frances McNamee (The Last Ship, Ballad Lines)
– Christina Modestou (SIX, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World)
– Joel Montague (Elf the Musical, Hamilton)
– Cheeyang Ng (2024 Fred Ebb Award & Jonathan Larson Award recipient)
– Nia Stephen (SIX, & Juliet)
– Daniel Urch (Phantom Of The Opera)
– Alex Young (Operation Mincemeat, Fun Home)
Meanwhile, the songs in contention for the Best New Song Prize are:
‘A Sliver of Sunlight’ from Hyacinthus by Trevor K. Band
‘Be Your Own Man’ from Rising by Tom James McGrath & Amy Clare Tasker
‘Earth To Theo’ from Theo In Between by Jordan Li Smith & Gareth Mattey
‘Every Day’ from The Deep End by Paul Grady, Dom Patterson & Kate Peters
‘Father’ from Confessional by James Lark
‘First’ from Sally In The Woods by P Burton-Morgan & James Joshua Otto
‘In The Beginning’ from Legendary by Cheeyang Ng
‘Monster In The Mirror’ from Stigma by Jane Subachus
‘Paris Is Calling’ from Le Pètomane – The Musical by Tim Waters
‘Shadows’ from The Last Lost Boy by Jacob Attwooll & Kyla Stroud
‘Skylines’ from Elbow Deep by Elinor Peregrin
‘There’s More To Me’ from The Most Hated Family In America by Matt Bond & Aveev Issacson