New Work

If you look at the productions that most schools put on, you will find that most of them are the recognisable, well-known, tried-and-trusted musicals that have been around for many years. I do therefore feel quite fortunate that after I wrote a brand-new musical comedy called Meant To Be, I was able to produce it at the school where I work. My resources were extremely limited, perhaps because the administration were not convinced that this was a venture worth putting school resources into (unlike, say, a production of Oliver or Guys and Dolls). In the end though, the musical was a great success and all the kids' hard work resulted in a fantastic show, which, incidentally, was the first musical the school has ever produced that actually turned a profit! So there is hope for new works, but it's definitely hard work for new scripts to get noticed. http://home.iprimus.com.au/spiroandgeorgina/meanttobe.htm