New musical Hot Mess to release cast album starring Danielle Steers & Tobias Turley

A cast album is being released for new British musical Hot Mess, starring Danielle Steers and Tobias Turley.

The show enjoyed an award-winning run this summer at the Edinburgh Fringe, and recently played to rave reviews at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London.

Hot Mess stars Danielle Steers (SIX The Musical, The Cher Show) as Earth, and Tobias Turley (Mamma Mia!) as Humanity – the universe’s most iconic couple!

The musical is from the award-winning writing duo behind 42 Balloons – Jack Godfrey (music and lyrics) and Ellie Coote (book).

The 13-track cast album is released today, Friday 12 December. Listen to Hot Mess here.

Brimming with the musical’s trademark wit, warmth and catchy pop bangers, the album promises to capture all of the energy and heart that made Hot Mess a must-see new musical of 2025.

In August, Ellie Coote and Jack Godfrey won won the prestigious Popcorn Writing Award 2025 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for Hot Mess.

Also in Edinburgh, Hot Mess won International Fringe Encore Series Edinburgh Prize at the The List Festival Awards 2025.

In the show, after a billion years of bad dates, Earth’s finally found the one… Humanity. Sparks fly. Wheat is harvested. Technology flourishes. But what begins as a passionate love affair between the universe’s most iconic couple quickly descends into a Hot Mess.

Hot Mess writers Jack Godfrey and Ellie Coote said in a statement: “We’re absolutely over the moon to be releasing the Original Cast Recording of Hot Mess. It’s been a joy to work with world-class collaborators Joe Beighton and Sam Featherstone to produce the record and capture the unbelievable vocal performances of Danielle Steers and Tobias Turley. After the incredible reaction to Hot Mess this year at the Edinburgh Fringe, in Birmingham and London, we can’t wait for more people to discover the love story of Earth and Humanity through this album. Whether you’re reliving the show or discovering it for the first time, the Hot Mess Cast Album is full of soaring duets, heart-thumping anthems and the emotional punch that has made the show a runaway hit.”

Hot Mess is the first production to transfer to London from Birmingham Hippodrome’s New Musical Theatre Department, and was commissioned by Vicky Graham Productions who co-produce in partnership with Aria Entertainment / TRW Production.

Directed by Ellie Coote, the wider creative team of Hot Mess included Paul Gatehouse (Sound Designer), Joe Beighton (Musical Supervisor and Co-orchestrator), Alexzandra Sarmiento (Movement Director), Shankho Chaudhuri (Set and Costume Designer), Ryan Joseph Stafford (Lighting Designer), Issie Osborne (Musical Director), Deirdre O’Halloran (Dramaturg), Lex Kaby (Intimacy Director), Charlie Smith (Associate Sound Designer), Caroline Mirfin (Costume Supervisor), James Ashfield (Producer), Vicky Graham for Vicky Graham Productions (Executive Producer), Finlay Carroll (Assistant Producer), Callie Barter (Stage One Trainee Producer), Emily Humphrys (Deputy Stage Manager), Christopher Ball and Emily Obasohan (Production Managers) and Pearson Casting CDG (Casting).

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Main photo: Hot Mess. Tobias Turley and Danielle Steers. Photo by Helen Murray