MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWS COMPOSED BY MATT FINCH
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MISSRED
(formerly know as Freckles) A musical set in 1930s Devon. Follows the story of nine year old orphan, Anne, as she challenges the town with the colourful way she sees the world. The musical is written by Mel Lawman, and has music that ranges from beautiful ballads to some pounding rock beats. The Album was recorded at Real World Studios in Box, with a full cast and 6 piece band- you can hear the album here https://www.frecklesthemusical.co.uk/ |
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LAURA'S STAR
This beautiful 1 girl, 1 set, 1 star, 45 minute musical for children ran at the Mission Theatre in Bath for 1 week, packed to the rafters with kids in their Pyjamas! Music and Lyrics were written by Matt, based on the popular children's book. This video is an extract from the complete musical, and was performed by the amazing Maisie Carter. |
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THE FAME EFFECT
The Fame Effect was written by David Shopland when he was a student with Matt Finch. Although never completely finished, it's got some great tunes in it. This one, Smile for the Camera, is sung in this clip by Matt, but was performed in Wants.Needs.Dreams by Lewis Oatley (pictured) (extract from Wants.Needs.Dreams that includes some of the tunes from The Fame Effect can be watched here |
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FRAME BY FRAME
This was Matt's first musical, and was written with Adrian Millard. It was performed in Bath with a cast of 30 and a 40 peice orchestra, with two performances over 2 nights. This youtube clip is of the whole 2 hours show that was put on in the Forum. |
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WANTS. NEEDS. DREAMS
Wants.Needs.Dreams. was a show that connected all the characters in Matt's musicals, bookending the show with the title song that you can hear in the clip above. It included extracts from Frame By Frame, The Beauty House, Christmas Spirit, The Fame Effect and Laura's Star. The talented cast rehearsed over a short period of time and performed to a full house at the Rondo theatre. This is the title song sung by Matt and his wife, showing pictures from the show |
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Christmas Spirit is a musical play by Paul Toolan and Matt Finch. It has been performed in Bath, Leeds and Chepstow. The song featured in this clip is one of Matt's favourites. A song between an 11 year old girl, a fairy and her dad (father Christmas) |
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THE BEAUTY HOUSE
The Beauty House is an unfinished Musical Play written by Paul Toolan and Matt Finch. This song is called "Dust" - it's what we all end being at the end! |
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BILLY CHRISTMAS
Billy Christmas is another musical play written by author Paul Toolan. There are no videos of the performance that run for a week at the Ustinov Studio in Bath |
