The Phase

By Morris and McGrady | VAULT Festival 2023

SYNOPSIS:

It’s 2014, Gay marriage has just been legalised in the UK, and Rowan and their LGBTQ+ bandmates want to sing it from the rooftops. But their all-girl Catholic secondary school has other ideas. Disbanded and reprimanded, the group has a choice: do they bow down, retreat, and let the school rules divide them? Or, through all the angsty mess of adolescence, do they unite and fight back to make a change?

The Phase is a coming of age story, filled with catchy pop and pop-punk songs that you won’t be able to get out of your head! A hugely exciting piece of new British musical theatre written by two upcoming, award-winning writers Zoe Morris and Meg McGrady.

CAST AND CREATIVES:

Book and Lyrics: Zoe Morris (She/Her) | Music and Additional Lyrics: Meg McGrady (They/Them) | Director: Izzy Rabey (She/They) | Musical Director: Amy Hsu (She/Her)
Assistant Director: Sofia Zaragoza (She/Her) | Orchestrations and Arrangements: Olivia Cole Wormald (She/Her), Laurence Stannard (He/Him), Jude Taylor (He/Him), George Strickland (He/Him)
Dramaturgy: Laura McGrady (She/Her) and Martha Geelan (She/Her) | Photography: Meg McGrady (They/Them) and Kate Hockenhull (She/Her)

Rowan: Ashley Goh (They/Them) | Aziza: Jocasta Almgill (She/Her)
Sage: Holly Ryan (She/Her) | Ava:Gracie McGonigal (She/Her)
Headteacher Voiceover: Robin Simões da Silva (He/They)

Guitar: Emily Ashberry (She/Her)
Bass: Alice McKenna (She/Her)
Drums: Isis Dunthorne (She/Her)

Produced by CHROMATIC Creative with Matt Powell (They/He/She), Meg McGrady (They/Them), and Tanya Truman (She/Her)

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