Happy days! The Craft Of Writing – my favourite new podcast about making musical theatre – hosted by the effervescent Sam Hall has picked one of my songs for a special end-of-season episode. It’s from an old version of “Almost Astronauts” that I’m writing with Jenna Dyckhoff about women in the early years of the Space Race. You should listen to the whole podcast obviously, because it’s full of great songs and creative teams, but if you’re short of time you can skip through to 41 minutes to find “Wally Funk’s Race For Space” and a little bit about how the song came about… Click here to find your favourite way to listen.

In yet more news that can only be described as “absolutely batshit”, the title song from my musical based on Iszi Lawrence’s teenage jiu jitsu suffragette novel – The Unstoppable Letty Pegg – is up for the Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize 2023!!!

If last week’s news was huge, things have just got huge-er. Is that even a word? My co-writer on the show, James Hughes, and I are totally over the moon, not just to have made  it to the final, but also to be the same list as 11 others songs by 11 other beyond-brilliant songwriting teams. It’s literally a dream come true. 

If you want to join us and all the finalists in the celebration concert at The Other Palace on Monday 13th November, tickets are over here!