New musical Hatched! releases album featuring West End performers

New musical Hatched! has released an album, timed to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 tomorrow, Saturday 8 March 2025.

Recorded by a West End cast, the soundtrack is now available for streaming, featuring twenty songs from the show.

Hatched! was originally written and recorded during the pandemic as an audio musical, and the songs were released in a nine-part audio series last summer, including Pink, Invisible and Talk To The Wing.

The show has a book and lyrics by Lydia Shaw (Camelot, London Palladium; Candide, Cadogan Hall), with music by Edward Court (The Phantom of the Opera, West End).

The cast of the album features Sophia Lewis (The Parent Agency, Storyhouse; The Great Gatsby, Immersive LDN), Lizzie Wofford (The Phantom of the Opera, West End; Oklahoma, West End), Gracie Lai (Your Lie in April, Harold Pinter Theatre; Bonnie & Clyde, Arts Theatre), Norma Atallah (Follies, National Theatre; In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre), James Hume (Kiss Me Kate, Barbican Theatre; Les Miserables, West End), Matt Slack (EastEnders; Blood Brothers, Phoenix Theatre/National Tour), Nicholas Mclean (Wicked, West End; The Book of Mormon, West End), and James Stirling (BBC Proms, The Royal Albert Hall).

Hatched! is an upbeat new musical exploring female empowerment, set on a mythical island where the female birds aren’t allowed to fly. Fallon and her friends set out to change the rules and make the island a fairer place for their new chicks who are about to hatch.

Writer Lydia Shaw said in a statement: “We created Hatched! to inspire and empower women and girls of all ages, while welcoming allies into the conversation. The songs are fun but meaningful—uplifting and upbeat while tackling real issues, with lyrics that feel like mantras of self-worth, strength and hope. It’s Matilda meets Six meets Suffs!”

Composer Edward Court said: “We’re thrilled to have an incredible lineup of seasoned West End performers lending their sensational vocals to the album. Hearing these characters come to life through such captivating performances is truly a joy.”

Listen to Hatched! here.

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Main photo: Hatched! Lydia Shaw & Edward Court. Photos via PR