By Kit Buchan and Jim Barne
Director – Tim Jackson
Producer – Tim Johanson Productions
Producer – Birmingham Hippodrome
Southwark Playhouse Borough (Little) 16-19 July 2025
Birmingham Hippodrome (Patrick’s Studio) 10-14 March 2026
Southwark Playhouse Borough (Large) 2-5 September 2026
When rock bottom hits, washed-up producer DOC makes one last gamble: change the sound, change the voice, change the game. He drops the track, and the result? It blows up. Suddenly, the world wants to know: Who is Mona Loser?
Inspired by Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ and set to a slick, high-energy pop score, this sharp, satirical musical follows an unsuspecting girl as she’s pushed into the spotlight to play the part of a viral sensation. But as the spotlight gets hotter and DOC lurks just out of frame, the question is: how high can Mona climb—and how far can she fall?
Mona Loser is a brand-new musical about fame, fakery, and the monster you didn’t mean to make.
The team behind the critically acclaimed ‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’ reunite to present an exclusive workshop performance of Mona Loser, a new musical by British writing duo Kit Buchan and Jim Barne, directed by Tim Jackson. This production is being developed through the New Musical Theatre Department at Birmingham Hippodrome.
The third workshop of Mona Loser will be presented at Southwark Playhouse 2-5 September 2026. £15 lottery is now available and tickets go on sale 23 June.
