We made a thing!
A bunch of brilliant, lovely musical theatre writers and performers came together to create the first few songs for a new project, based on zoologist Lucy Cooke‘s non-fiction book “B*TCH” about everything Darwin got wrong about the female of the species.
Then at Wooden Arrow‘s new material night “The Scratch” in October, we shared three songs we’ve been working on: Jenni Pinnock and Caitlyn Burt’s naked mole rat queen rap, Meg McGrady and Zoe Williams’ bone-crushing hyena anthem, and the lesbian co-parent albatross love song that I wrote with Lao Lee. Plus my blurbs in between that were dusted with dramaturgical goodness and and menopausal orca thoughts from Lexi Clare, Julie Clare (no relation) and Lucy Bell.
No, it wasn’t a cheese dream. Yes, it actually happened! Here’s the evidence, in photos taken by the brilliant Alex Brenner.
More updates on this next year, when we’ve got our heads round all the audience feedback, and are ready to bring the next version to you (naked mole rats and all…)
