The Circle Musical

Second day of @thecirclemusical rehearsals with the absolute dream team! #thecirclemusicalcast #thecirclemusical

Tune in to the @elainepaigeofficial show on @bbcradio2 now until 3pm BST to listen to the first play of @thecirclemusical ‘s @stilesanddreweofficial Best New Song 2023 winner Drown Without Water, performed by the amazing @iamreneelamb . The song was written by @ninassongs and me. Let me know what you think! #bestnewsong #bestnewsongprize2023 #elainepaige #elainepaigeonsunday #epos #thecirclemusical

Honoured to have @mizsaskia as part of the writing team for @thecirclemusical . She is a huge force for good for the Trans community, which here at The Circle is something that is very important to us. @mizsaskia and @rachelwalkermason wrote the song Love Me For Who I Am for The Circle, a song which is performed by our trans character Jessie. In the workshop performance Jessie will be performed by the amazing trans actress @kate__lankester . All are held, all are heard in The Circle. #transrights #transgender #transperformer🏳️‍⚧️ #transcharter #calledtolove

So excited to announce that we now have our @thecirclemusical website up and running, including our own shop where you can buy your own Circle merchandise! To go for all your Circle needs! #thecirclemusical #musicaltheatremerchandise

Introducing our amazing swing and dance captain Kimberley Beckett @_kim.becky . A little message from Kim: As a recent graduate from University Centre Weston, I’m very excited to be working alongside The cast and creatives of @thecirclemusical . I was also very fortunate to have been in the original workshop cast of The Circle and can’t wait to be a part of it again! Credits while in training include lead singer in ‘Around The World - Sweden Tour’, Clarisse in ‘The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical’ and Rosa Bud in ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’.

Due to popular demand the sheet music for our @stilesanddreweofficial Best New Song award-winning Drown Without Water is now available on @sheetmusicdirect . The link is in our bio. #sheetmusic #drownwithoutwater #thecirclemusical #rachelwalkermason

BIG GIANT NEWS!!!!! Drown Without Water from The Circle Musical is going to be played on @elainepaigeofficial show on @bbcradio2 on 30th June! The song will be on the show sometime between 1pm and 3pm and will also feature a little introduction by our script writer @eloisehodderofficial . The song has been performed by the amazing Queen @iamreneelamb from @sixthemusical recorded by @toby.hulbert , mixed and mastered by @barewallstudios and written by @ninassongs and me. Drown without water has also been released TODAY on all streaming platforms so if you’d like to hear it sooner than the 30th please go and stream it! /track/4VY6BomGVPnQaog5DytMFk?si=qtrsQI3lRHi8RGgeyTfp3Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0xgv1M3GkAF2QRG1Km3Z1O

Thank you @officialbroadwayworld ! #thecirclemusical #newmusicaltheatre #rachelwalkermasonsongwriter #eloisehodder

Thank you @westendbf for this! #thecirclemusical #thecirclemusicalcast

Massive @thecirclemusical news! Due to popular demand our gorgeous Queen @iamreneelamb has recorded our @stilesanddreweofficial Best New Song Prize winner Drown Without Water. You can pre-order it right now so you’ll get it the moment it’s released on 17th June. The pre-order link is in my bio. #preorder #drownwithoutwater #stilesanddrewe #stilesanddreweprize #bestnewsong #newmusicaltheatre #thecirclemusical #reneelamb #sixqueens #six

As the other half of the dream team we have @fintan_kealy as our amazing Musical Director! Fintan Kealy is a musical director and composer based in Essex. He is an Associate Artist of @pinchytheatre , a non-hierarchical artist collective who create live art across the country. In 2021/22 he held the position of Associate Musical Director for the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he was mentored by Wendy Gadian and funded by the Andrew Lloyd-Webber Foundation. His previous work as a musical director includes It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Madge (Wandsworth Arts Fringe, 53two, Electric Theatre Guildford), FLITCH (Charlie Hartill Award Finalist 2024, Leeds Conservatoire Workshop, BEAM2023), KISS (CSSD), Urinetown (ICtheatre), Godspell (ICtheatre), Pippin (ICtheatre), and Assistant MD for London Road (CSSD). He is one half of Packham & Kealy, who write genre-flouting new musical theatre. Their work includes It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad Madge, which won the award for “Standout Performer” at Wandsworth Arts Fringe, and was performed at 53two in Manchester, and the Electric Theatre Guildford where it was praised for its “technical wizardry” and described as “delightfully self-referential”. They are currently developing ‘FLITCH’, which was presented at BEAM2023, presented at a Claude-Michel Schonberg masterclass, workshopped with Leeds Conservatoire, and will be performed at the Great Dunmow Flitch Trials this July. They are working with BYMT this Summer to develop their new show Where there are Gaps, which explores the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree.

As our intrepid director we have the fabulous Clare Packham @claw.slackham . Clare Packham is a director and writer based in Essex. She is a co-founder of @pinchytheatre , a non-hierarchical artist collective who create live art across the country. She was previously a Resident Artist with Hypha Studios, where she put on numerous live events and created installations in a vaguely derelict three-storey Thomas Cook building. Her previous work as a director includes It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Madge (Wandsworth Arts Fringe, 53two, Electric Theatre Guildford), FLITCH (Charlie Hartill Award Finalist 2024, Leeds Conservatoire Workshop, BEAM2023), Mr Burns: A Post Electric Play (The Loco Klub), Associate Director for The Rhythmics (Southwark Playhouse), Associate Director & Producer of The End of the World (Edinburgh Fringe), Assistant Director for The Water Diviner’s Tale (Opera North), and Assistant Director for Clive Rowe for Aladdin (Hackney Empire). She is one half of Packham & Kealy, who write genre-flouting new musical theatre. Their work includes It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad Madge, which won the award for “Standout Performer” at Wandsworth Arts Fringe, and was performed at 53two in Manchester, and the Electric Theatre Guildford where it was praised for its “technical wizardry” and described as “delightfully self-referential”. They are currently developing ‘FLITCH’, which was presented at BEAM2023, presented at a Claude-Michel Schonberg masterclass, workshopped with Leeds Conservatoire, and will be performed at the Great Dunmow Flitch Trials this July. They are working with BYMT this Summer to develop their new show Where there are Gaps, which explores the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree.