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New Musical in Development
A musical about listening again
The Story
In a city where music is measured, promoted, and controlled, Rowan quietly archives the songs the system rejects.
When one forgotten melody escapes into the streets, it begins to spread from person to person — drawing a rising performer and the system’s creator into its wake.
As the city starts listening differently, they discover that the songs labelled “nothing” may hold the greatest magic of all.
The story’s central song — the moment a forgotten melody escapes the system and the city begins to listen.
Synopsis
Writer
Writer, composer and lyricist
Ian M. Wilson creates original musical theatre shaped by music, memory and identity, where performance can protect, distort, or reveal who we are.
His work focuses on the people behind the sound: who is heard, who is hidden, and who claims authorship, with projects in development with Adrian Grant Productions and Bill Elms Theatricals across the UK and US.
The Magic of Nothing explores what happens when the songs a system rejects begin to change the world outside it.
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Selected voice
A quiet archivist of rejected songs who believes they are only a listener — until one forgotten melody asks them to become a voice.
Rowan’s private world among the songs the system has left behind.