Developing new musicals in Scotland.

A new residency for musical theatre writers, composers, and lyricists from the UK, India and the United States.

Presented by Cove Park and Dundee Rep Theatre in partnership with
Capital Theatres, Citizens Theatre, Macrobert Arts Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts – Mumbai, National Theatre of Scotland, Octopus Theatricals – New York City, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, and Traverse Theatre. Associate partners include A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, and Tron Theatre.

4 - 17 March 2024 at Cove Park

About the residency

An immersive and inspiring environment where established and emerging creators in musical theatre are free to connect, collaborate and create new work, unaffected by commissions or deadlines.

Cove Park is an international artists residency centre located on an outstanding 50-acre rural site overlooking Loch Long on Scotland’s west coast, just one hour north of Glasgow.

A total of 13 participants will take part in this 2-week international exchange residency to create and develop new ideas in musical theatre. The residency has been devised by Andrew Panton, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep and will include facilitated sessions with Jeanie O’Hare (formerly Director of New Work Development at The Public Theater), Donna Lynn Hilton, Artistic Director of Goodspeed Musicals and David Greig, Artistic Director of Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. The programme also includes networking opportunities and workshop sessions, in-person and digital, with industry professionals including producers, directors, and theatre practitioners – such as director John Doyle, Broadway producers Mara Isaacs and Rashad V. Chambers, and more.


Presented by

Cove Park

Capital Theatres

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

Macrobert Arts Centre

in partnership with

Citizens Theatre

National Theatre of Scotland

Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland

Dundee Rep

Associate Partners

A Play, A Pie and A Pint

Octopus Theatricals,
New York City

Tron Theatre

Image Credits:

A Play, A Pie and A Pint, photography by Mark Wild.
Cove Park - The Jacobs Building & Loch Long, photography by Tracey Bloxham/Inside Story Photography.
Cove Park - Taransay and Oak Pods, photography by Tracey Bloxham/Inside Story Photography.
Cove Park - The Jacobs Building, photography by Ruth Clark.
Dundee Rep, photography by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
National Theatre of Scotland, photography by Eoin Carey.
Octopus Theatricals, Re-opening Night of Hadestown on Broadway, photography by Emilio Madrid-Kuser.
Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland, photography by Sarah Darling
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Traverse Theatre, photography by Mihaela Bodlovic.
Tron Theatre, photography by John Johnston.

Traverse Theatre

Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh