Award-winning musical writing team @katemarlais + @alexdeboo | book, music, lyrics TOGETHER coz ONE MIND | look out for: In Marrakech + Robyn & Laura
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Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
This chapter discusses a whole host of amazing womxn including @shainataub @georgiastitt @KateAlexCompose Linda Twine, Liz Swados, Ana Paula Villar, Jeanine Tesori & more #MusicalTheatre @UoL_MT
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Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
'I specifically remember doing an arrangement of Silent Noon... the type of vocal harmony we found together is now a trademark of our work.' - Alex Young (Music, 2005)
Read the story of theatre writers @Alexdeboo and @katemarlais 👇
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#ForeverKings🦁
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
'We were best mates from day one and immediately thrust ourselves into a deliciously impish rebellion.' - Kate Marlais (Music, 2005).
We spoke to award-winning theatre writers @Alexdeboo & @KateMarlais about their time at King's 👇
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#ForeverKings🦁
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
Then, as now, a special place.
#ForeverKings🦁
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Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
We are thrilled to have just won ‘Best New Musical’ at the 2023 @olivierawards. Congratulations to the hundreds of people who helped bring this show to the stage, and to all of tonight’s other nominees. ✨
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
p.s.
Re. the joke I was TRYING to tell @alexdeboo in the rain at the night bus stop in my hood. She quite frankly didn’t deserve the time and effort i put in.
Well. Here it is in print to haunt her forever.
Everyone please tell her this joke whenever you see her.
To celebrate World Theatre Day we bring you the story of @Alexdeboo and @KateMarlais, an award-winning theatre writing team who met studying music. We spoke to them about their careers & their time at @KingsCollegeLon 👇
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#ForeverKings🦁 #WorldTheatreDay
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
The Story of Two Silly Olds
To celebrate World Theatre Day we bring you the story of @Alexdeboo and @KateMarlais, an award-winning theatre writing team who met studying music. We spoke to them about their careers & their time at @KingsCollegeLon 👇
loom.ly/5JpQXhU
#ForeverKings🦁 #WorldTheatreDay
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
herro! @alexdeboo & i are looking to connect with:
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• LGBTQIA+ artists
~~~who are~~~
• into depicting queer love
• zine-style
• hand-drawn (rather than digital)
• UK based
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
If this is you, please say hello n drop us a link!
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
listen if u wanna 🎧👇🏼songs wot @alexdeboo & I wrote, originally sung by @SoozUK & Kristin Lidström - and now featured on @ABRSM syllabus x
Very cool that 2 of our songs have been included in the @ABRSM syllabus for Singing For Musical Theatre. Both songs are from our first musical HERE, which we wrote when we were babies.
Details below…👇🏼
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
woo woo we gone n got some of our songs in the @ABRSM syllabus, which is kinda cool @KateAlexCompose 🎵🎵🎵
Full details of the new @ABRSM syllabus here: nl.abrsm.org/media/66882/sfm… Many songs by contemporary British writers including @MusicDJC @EamonnODwyer @sjpearse @jakeandpippa @katemarlais @alexdeboo
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
And here’s the original thread from @MercuryMusicals:
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
Here’s @megmcgrady thread on it: xitter.cf/megmcgrady/status/1601…
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Here’s @sarahjoymid thread on it:
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Here’s my thread on it:
Hi internet. Oof, okay.
So, with the support of the amazing @MercuryMusicals & alongside my indefatigable collaborators @sarahjoymid & @megmcgrady, we have collated these utterly depressing stats for 2022, showing HUGE gender imbalance within creative teams in the industry.
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Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
Myself, @sarahjoymid & @megmcgrady compiled these stats with the support of @MercuryMusicals
Feat. stats include:
In 2022, 83% of composers for musical theatre across the U.K. were male.
83%.
Read it again.
Three quarters of all credited writers in UK theatre were male in 2022, according to new research supported by @MercuryMusicals bit.ly/3W21lXn
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Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
Hi internet. Oof, okay.
So, with the support of the amazing @MercuryMusicals & alongside my indefatigable collaborators @sarahjoymid & @megmcgrady, we have collated these utterly depressing stats for 2022, showing HUGE gender imbalance within creative teams in the industry.
1/7
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
this is sad news… hoping the buyers respect THE ART or i’m coming for them @CharlieWestenra @alexdeboo @warnercbrown
Art pioneer Kurt Schwitters’ Lake District retreat to be sold for development | Modernism | The Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
“…a musical that sounds like nothing but itself. More of those, please.”
Yes please. Exactly this.
Those musicals are being created right now. Perhaps you could also write an article about them? My inbox is open for all the MT intel @eggsbened
The Band’s Visit @DonmarWarehouse is like nothing you’ve ever heard before, says David Benedict (@eggsbened), which reminds him why musicals need to be more original bit.ly/3Cq3Qeb
Kate + Alex Compose retweeted
two girls one err mind @alexdeboo
