WHO?
Conor Neylon and Jackson Peele are a young passionate Australian Musical Theatre writing duo. They are determined individuals who have come together to create the kind of shows and stories they want to see on the Australian stage; stories that speak of problems and hardships, of people with things to say and music that sings of emotion and energy. Since fatefully meeting in Perth, Western Australia whilst studying at WAAPA, they have created four musicals, and collaborated together on multiple cabarets.
Their musical Beau Wants to Be A Billionaire has been workshopped by The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association and has been selected for a reading with The Home Grown Grassroots Initiative as well as a virtual read with Hope: New Works. They presented Kate, Gus & The Other Kids at FringeWorld 2019 and wrote the music and lyrics to the cabaret MAVIS (& Other Broken Objects).
They presented a sold out season of their musical The House on Fire at The Edge of the World at Theatre Works at the beginning of 2021. Their musical The Beep Test, has performed to sell-out crowds across the country. The work has won multiple awards including the award for ‘Best Performance Ensemble,’ for their 2022 sell-out Melbourne Fringe Season and most recently the Green Room Award for ‘Best New Australian Music Theatre Writing.’