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Duppy Quadrille
The ghost folklore of the Caribbean is amongst the world’s most terrifying. Picture, if you dare, the douen, an unbaptised child with no face, feet on backwards, who lures children out into the forest…
In 1977, schoolteacher Claudine is struggling to make a life for herself in Nottingham. Her father perished in a rail disaster in Jamaica twenty years earlier. She bonds with friends through ghost stories and folk songs, but some of the stories begin to seem all too real.
Duppy Quadrille weaves a tale of trauma, terror and redemption, as Claudine grapples, quite literally, with her demons.
Musical with scary themes. 12+
First draft
I am seeking a venue and/or independent producer to help develop Duppy Quadrille into a touring show for 26/27, and bring it to a diverse audience.
Contains frightening themes and images
Cast of 3
Band of 3
Meet the Writers
Tim Sutton
Tim has been a composer of music for theatre since 1997, writing for the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, The… Read more
Tim Sutton
Tim has been a composer of music for theatre since 1997, writing for the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Globe, Young Vic and commercial theatre, including in 2024 The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC) and a bilingual BSL/English production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Globe. Tim has written music and lyrics for musicals including The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse), To the Streets! (Book by Roy Williams), Restless Natives (Perth and touring 2025) and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (co-lyricist with Richy Hughes, Kenny Wax Productions) which will receive its premiere by the Royal Shakespeare Company in February 2026. He writes songs and music for BBC Radio Drama and Comedy, including Mother Courage and Her Children, The Now Show, Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz and Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar (Series 1-5). Tim is committed to the development of musical theatre writing. He is a facilitator for the Book, Music and Lyrics workshop (BML) since its inception in 2011, and teaches on the New Musical Theatre Lab at Birmingham Hippodrome.
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