Musical Theatre

Mercury Musical Developments and Stiles + Drewe announced the finalists for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize 2023. The twelve songs were selected by forty judges from 176 song applications. The grand final will take place at London's The Other Palace on Monday 13 November 2023, when West End stars will perform each of the songs, accompanied by a live band, and the overall winner of the £1000 prize will be chosen.

The finalists are:

• Ain't That So’ from T-Room...The Musical by Rosabella Gregory & Dina Gregory
• ‘Before I Move On’ from Bricks by Michael Henry, Emma Dennis Edwards & Darren Clark
• ‘Bio’ from Queerway by Geraint Owen
• ‘The Botanical Garden Gate’ from Game Theory by Rachel Bellman & Josh Bird
• ‘Drown Without Water’ from The Circle by Rachel Walker Mason & Nina Sundstrom
• ‘Height Lines’ from The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair by Jordan Li-Smith
• ‘Henry’ from Undertaking Betty by Richy Hughes & Luke Bateman
• ‘Stay’ from Stay by Jonathan O'Neill & Isaac Savage
• ‘Talent’ from In Clay by Rebecca Simmonds & Jack Miles
• ‘This Moment’ from FLIP by Josh Bird & Giles Fernando
• ‘Time Slows Down’ from Black Holes Like Donuts by Sam Norman & Eliza Randall
• ‘Unstoppable’ from The Unstoppable Letty Pegg by Helen Arney & James Hughes