In September, DreamArts' production of 'Carnival' (book by GRAHAM WHITLOCK [BML librettist/ lyricist] and DreamArts members, music and lyrics by Wayne Roberts [non-member] and DreamArts members) had runs at both the Cockpit Theatre and the Tabernacle in London. It had an additional performance in October in the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House.
RUTH CARTER (BML librettist) wrote the book for 'Steps', a forty minute musical, with music and lyrics by Jennifer Green (non-member), which was performed at the Waterloo East theatre.
DAVID JAMES was invited to speak on a panel on musicals at the Royal Shakespeare Festival in Stratford upon Avon with Jeanie O'Hare (commissioning dramaturg for the RSC) and Dennis Kelly (librettist for 'Matilda').
'Butcher: The Irresistible Fall and Inimitable Rise of Fred Barnes, Birmingham's Musical Star' by CARL MILLER (BML librettist/ lyricist), with music by CHRIS ASH (BML composer), had a rehearsed reading at the Birmingham Rep in October.
