PACKHAM & KEALY

We're Clare Packham and Fintan Kealy, and we've been writing musicals together since 2017. We aim to create genre-bending work that expands the perceived boundaries of musical theatre.

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In 2025, we were the recipients of the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Writing Team Placement, which we undertook at the British Youth Music Theatre. During our residency, we developed a new show entitled 'The Cottingley Fairies', which premiered at Birmingham Hippodrome in 2026.

Our work includes 'FLITCH', a musical about the Great Dunmow Flitch Trials, 'It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Madge', a solo show about Margaret Cavendish, where performance art meets experimental musical theatre and 'Killing Time in Darkminster', an irreverent dark comedy where Hot Fuzz meets Adrian Mole.

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