Lizzie Bea (Hairspray, Heathers) singing our song 'Bottle It'. This was shortlisted for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song prize and featured in the concert on Sunday 5th July 2020. Watch the full concert at YouTube.com/stilesanddrewe. 

'Bottle It' is a song from ‘Tanya: A New Musical’, which follows the story of Tanya, who desperately wants to fit in with the other stereotypically fake-tanned, glam Essex girls. Due to her job as a bottler in a tanning factory, she has permanently stained hands which makes her paleness even more obvious. When she has to deliver a message to her crush, Brad, she puts on a face mask to hide her paleness and he only sees her super fake-tanned hands, causing him fall head over heels in love with her. Returning back to work she finds a love letter from Brad stuffed in one of the tan bottles and becomes extremely excited, dreaming about a future life with Brad, but having to repeatedly tell herself to calm down and ‘bottle’ her feelings, eventually worrying about what will happen when Brad finds out about her true self.

Bottle It (Performed by Lizzie Bea)

Louise Dearman singing our song 'Home' from the song cycle, 'Belongings'. This was shortlisted for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song prize and featured in the concert on Sunday 5th July 2020. Watch the full concert at YouTube.com/stilesanddrewe. 

This is the finalé in the show, and it sees a mother explaining to her daughter that home isn’t about where you grow up or how big a place is, but is about your relationship to it: If you fill a house with memories and people that you care about, it will feel as warm as your childhood home, and your family will always be there to guide you in your mind even after they’re gone.

Home (Performed by Louise Dearman)

Jessica Donnelly singing 'Starstruck', a stand-alone song originally written for 'On Hope: A Digital Song Cycle'. 

Curated by Matt Powell and Victoria Saxton, in association with The Other Palace, the online event was a trilogy of concerts that showcased and celebrated new musical theatre writing. You can watch all of the concerts at YouTube.com/theotherpalace.

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