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Industry Night: Musical Theatre — The Music Industry Behind the Curtain
Musical theatre is one of the most collaborative and exciting industries within music—but it's also one that many musicians, singers, and creatives don't know much about.
This month, Industry Night is taking you behind the curtain for an evening all about musical theatre as a career in music.
Join us at London Bicycle Café for a conversation with Christine Gruenbauer, Producer at The Grand Theatre.
Christine works behind the scenes to bring professional productions to life, overseeing everything from production planning and budgets to creative teams, schedules, contracts, and the many moving pieces that turn a script and score into a live performance. She has also helped shape London's theatre community through her work with Allswell Productions, an independent musical theatre company dedicated to new and contemporary musicals.
We'll explore topics including:
-What a theatre producer actually does.
-How professional musicals are planned and produced.
-Auditions, rehearsals, and the journey to opening night.
-Music directors, vocal directors, pit musicians, composers, arrangers, and other music careers in theatre.
-Behind-the-scenes roles that keep productions running.
-How musicians and performers can break into musical theatre.
-Building a sustainable career in theatre and the performing arts.
-Following the conversation, there will be an audience Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask Christine your own questions about musical theatre, producing, auditions, and careers in the industry.
We'll close the evening with a performance from Stephan James Ingram.
Stephan is a London-based singer-songwriter, actor, and musical theatre performer whose music blends folk, soul, blues, and rich storytelling. His work moves between the theatre stage and the local music scene, making him the perfect artist to complement this month's conversation.
