Stay Another Song, devised the company

Young Vic Theatre

Production photo by Helen Murray

About

STAY ANOTHER SONG was a piece of devised music and dance theatre created with a cast of 31 teenagers from St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls and the London Nautical School for Boys. It was made in response to the Young Vic's main house show, IF YOU KISS ME, KISS ME, and was performed in the Maria Theatre at the Young Vic in 2016.

The stories told in STAY ANOTHER SONG all came from the cast members' and their parents' answers to questions about what music means to them and how it has influenced their lives. The cast worked together over the course of four months to develop material for the show, exploring their favourite musical memories; how music acts as a soundtrack to their daily lives; the ways in which music informs their identities; and how they relate to their parents through music. The wide variety of songs featured in STAY ANOTHER SONG reflected the range of their musical tastes and experiences.

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Creative Team

Director: Elayce Ismail
Musical Director: Matthew Floyd Jones
Dramaturg: Katharine Markwick
Choreographer: Nadia Sohawan
Set & Costume Designer: Emma Bailey
Lighting Designer: Andy Purves
Sound Designer: Giles Thomas
Assistant Director: Madeleine Kludje