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NEW MUSICALS

HYPER! An ADHD Musical

HYPER! An ADHD Musical is currently in development and created by Michelle Payne & EMY.P.

The show was one of 6 new musicals chosen for the Overture Scheme 2023 led by Burnt Lemon & The Re:Create Agency in partnership with The Other Palace, MAST Southampton, Sheffield Theatres, Hope Mill Manchester and Birmingham Hippodrome.

Creative Team

BOOK Michelle Payne

MUSIC & LYRICS EMY.P

HYPER! is currently shortlisted for the NYMT new musicals development scheme.​

If you'd like to talk to us about furthering HYPER!'s development we'd be delighted to hear from you

The OVERTURE Showcase - The Other Palace

 

CAST

Luke Bayer, Courtney Stapleton, Laura Baldwin

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Katy Richardson

ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Issie Osborne

ORCHESTRATIONS

Jen Green

VIDEOGRAPHY

Chewboy Productions

PERSONALITY HIRE

Personality Hire is a 70-minute one-woman musical about female ambition, authenticity and influencer

culture.

We meet aspiring business mogul, Alison Wallace; CEO of her own online wellbeing brand, on the eve of her

30th birthday in her local dive bar. A ‘chance’ meeting with a researcher from a reality TV business show

offers her a deal with the devil - to sign over her company to the show whilst maintaining her role as the

face of the brand in order to become the UK’s most famous business influencer.

She updates her fans on an exciting opportunity coming her way. Her productivity and follower

count is looking super healthy & ticking along. The follower count increases live on stage as the

show progresses. She is dropped into the intense process of the TV show, and we see her both in

real time and in the televised edit - answering questions with the question, divulging her life’s most

embarrassing moments and biggest wins so far.

As she approaches the final she’s lost sight of herself and her followers which sparks

online debate questioning Alison’s identity, values & voice.

This pop musical is a cautionary tale about authenticity, for young women with big

dreams, big goals and the desire to be your truest self.

​This solo show is currently in very early stages of development and is seeking partners to take it to the next level. If you'd like to be sent the pitch pack, please get in touch via my contact page.

GOOD ENOUGH MUMS CLUB

Good Enough Mums Club is a new British musical with accessibility at its core. The plot is about five mums as they navigate the challenges of motherhood while attempting to save their local community centre. The process included accessible working practice to accommodate an entire cast of mums and majority creative team who are parents.

Creative Team

MUSIC & LYRICS Verity Quade, Chris Passey

BOOK & LYRICS Emily Beecher

CO-DIRECTOR & DRAMATURGY Michelle Payne

CO-DIRECTOR Sarah Meadows

SET & COSTUME DESIGNER Libby Todd

MUSICAL DIRECTOR Debbi Clarke

CHOREOGRAPHER Natasha Harrison

LIGHTING DESIGNER Aaron Dootson

SOUND DESIGNER Chris Murray

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Meadhbh Lyons

CASTING DIRECTOR Ellie Collyer-Bristow

PRODUCTION MANAGER Jack Greenyer

STAGE MANAGER Lucy Morris

Cast

Amy Ross, Joanna Kirkland, Rebecca Bernice-Amissah, Jade Samuels & Belinda Woolaston.

MAN ENUFF

MAN ENUFF was commissioned by the Mind Over Matter organisation to explore grief, addiction and mental health. The organisation run spoken word and poetry events for people living with these issues.

This workshop was supported by Arts Council England, Theatre Peckham and Poetry Prescribed

Creative Team

BOOK & DIRECTOR Michelle Payne

MUSIC & LYRICS EMY.P

ADDITIONAL LYRICS Fisky

ASSOCIATE MUSICAL DIRECTOR Henry Brennan

PHOTGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY Rolta Films

Cast

Kaine Lawrence, Charlotte Payne, Gemma Salter, Jay Marsh & Ashley Runeckles

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ENTHUSIASTICALLY, YES

Enthusiastically, Yes was one of 10 finalists for the Adam Lenson Productions & Aria Entertainment Chamber Musical Competition. The show was written by Payne & Webb and was about sexual consent for teenagers set in a shit state school music room.

Creative Team

BOOK & DIRECTOR Michelle Payne

MUSIC & LYRICS Craig Webb

ORCHESTRATIONS Henry Brennan

Cast

Holly-Anne Hull, Haydn Cox, Charlotte Payne & Joseph Thompson Oubari

w: www.michelle-payne.co.uk
e: michelle-payne@live.com
Rep: Helen Mumby @ The Soho Agency

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