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Delighted to announce publication of Youth Versions of both Stuff And Nonsense The Musical and Stuff And Nonsense At Christmas. New versions fully workshopped over the Summer/Autumn 2023. Our first new materials for 2024 with many more projects due for completion soon. Watch this space. Check out our Portfolio pages to download script and musicContinue reading “Youth Versions Of Stuff And Nonsense Available Now!”

After a long wait (and several disappointments from other authors’ agents who will currently remain nameless!!!) we have been granted a 6 months ‘Artistic Licence’ to adapt much-loved book of folk tales into series of mini-musicals. These are designed to be another ‘combine and perform’ series to allow for creative teams to design their ownContinue reading “Excellent News At Last – Granted ‘Artistic Licence’”

Newly-revised and self-published, ‘It’s Our World Too!’ is now available for performance. An eco-musical with an important message about climate-change and human impact on biodiversity and living creatures. we’re pleased to invite intrest from schools and theatre groups who want to perform it. Email earwormmusicals@gmail.com with your request or go to our contact page.

As part of a ‘By Us For Us‘ development’ opportunity for members of Thornbury Musical Theatre Group (TMTG) we ran a series of 3 creative workshops followed by a reading performance on stage of our revised Stuff And Nonsense The Musical. Thanks for Keith, Peter, Donna, Mel, Julia, Jen, Mike and Angie for putting soContinue reading “Reading Performance Of Stuff And Nonsense”

Fantastic couple of days working with the best sound engineer – Ian Gregorig – to render down audio tracks from our ‘Edward Lear’s Nonsense Poems For Performance‘ studio recordings. Learnt a lot, laughed a lot, put the world to rights and ended up with an excellent set of balanced recordings. The Jumblies will very excitedContinue reading “The Audacity Of It”

Hooray, set myself the deadline of self-publishing latest musical, ‘Danny, The Champion Of The World‘ by Christmas, and, made it with a day to spare! A special word of thanks to Adam Elms who again provided invaluable feedback as script consultant. If Adam’s happy with it, so am I! In a form fit to shareContinue reading “Beating My Christmas Deadline”

Into the studio last weekend for recording solos and duets for both our musicals ‘Stuff And Nonsense The Musical’ and ‘Stuff And Nonsense At Christmas‘. Great fun and a very successful start. Thankyou tumbly Jumblies! On now with rehearsing all the Jumbly Chorus sections. Amazing commitment from everyone to produce characterful recordings in difficult circumstances.Continue reading “Jumblies Into The Studio …”

So pleased you’ve managed to find us and want to know more about the musicals available for performance from earwormmusicals.com I hope you can find plenty here that you find of interest. If you can’t find what you’re looking for then please contact me and I’ll get back to you as quickly as I can.

Delighted to post that ‘The Selfish Giant – A Musical’ has had a substantial revision and is self-published today. It’s got more giants than ever, wider range of emotions and some fantastic new songs.

Available now, our favourite Christmas version of Stuff and Nonsense, adapted for radio by John Mills. Five 30-minute episodes full of great songs and Christmassy Jumblies to entertain all ages. A celebration of the work of Edward Lear including the well-known Owl and The Pussycat, The Jumblies, The Pobble Who Has No Toes, The DongContinue reading “Stuff And Nonsense On The Radio – Five Episodes for Christmas”