ABOUT US

leo&hyde are a musical theatre partnership, writing and producing new musicals. The company was set up in 2017 by composer Stephen Hyde and writer Leo Mercer. Since then, their work has been featured on Sky News, The Guardian, The i, The Sunday Times. 

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​In 2017, we debuted with our genre-bending mashup The Marriage of Kim K at the Arcola, before a fringe tour where it won Best Show at Birminghamfest and the John Beecher Award at the Buxton Fringe, and received a nomination for Best Fringe Show at the Manchester Theatre Awards. It garnered international attention on Sky News, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, The i, The Sunday Times and in many other publications. It was remounted in 2019 for a short run at the Lowry Theatre, followed by a Northern tour and performances at New Diorama Theatre.

In 2018, our second musical, the electronic rom-com GUY, premiered at Hope Mill Theatre and The Bunker, before transferring to The King’s Head Theatre, and touring February-March 2020.

Leo Mercer and Stephen Hyde met in 2014, whilst working independently on writing, directing and producing a wide range of productions. They combined forces with shared aims of creating truly 21st musical theatre, with an eye for real life characters and an ear for new sounds.

As a theatre producer,  Leo Mercer is supported by the Stage One Bursary. As musical theatre writers, Leo and Stephen are part of the Musical Theatre Network's BEAM Follow-Spot Writers Programme.
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So far our work includes the genre-bending mashup The Marriage of Kim K,  and, the electronic rom-com GUY, and the millenial pop-musical Queueue: A Coffee Shop Musical. Our interests include immersive theatre and VR; electronic music and sampling in musical theatre; and pop culture and sci-fi as subject matters.

Don't be shy connecting with us for whatever reasons:

• you want to enquire about performing our songs / shows;
• you have an idea you'd like to talk to us about / ask us to write a song for a specific purpose;
• you've seen something and want to tell us what you thought;
• you're simply interested in what we do.

Leo Mercer

Stephen Hyde

KEEPING UP WITH LEO&HYDE

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Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for regular updates. In addition, you can check out clips from our Kardashian-inspired web-series about being a writing duo from last year! Here's a trailer for Series 2, created by Ayup Productions. It told the dramatic backstory of our preparations for our national tour of The Marriage of Kim K (the background music is part of a demo from the musical).