SCOUTS! THE MUSICAL and A JAFFA CAKE MUSICAL available to stream online
Following their final performances this summer, multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre have made their two latest smash hit shows available to watch online: Scouts! The Musical, created in partnership with the Scouts, and A Jaffa Cake Musical, inspired by the 1991 court case which decided once and for all whether a Jaffa Cake is a cake or a biscuit!
Both productions received multiple sell-out runs, with over 8,000 people seeing the shows this summer alone.
Scouts! The Musical premiered at The Other Palace in 2023 before embarking on a tour earlier this year, and received a Standing Ovation Award as well as nominations for a WhatsOnStage Award, an Offie Award & four Fringe Theatre Awards. Meanwhile, A Jaffa Cake Musical first appeared in workshop form in 2024 as part of MTFest and went on to enjoy two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, where it accumulated well over 50 four and five star reviews.
Artistic Director of Gigglemug Theatre, Sam Cochrane, said: “I am thrilled that our two most successful productions will now find a new life online. We could only tour the shows to a handful of places, but now wherever you are in the world you’ll be able to watch Scouts! The Musical and A Jaffa Cake Musical from the comfort of your own home whenever you like! We were lucky enough to regularly sell out which meant that people often missed out on tickets, so it’s wonderful that those who missed the productions will now get to see them and those who enjoyed the shows before can watch them again!”
As ‘Gigglemug’ means someone who is always smiling, Gigglemug Theatre want to give their audiences a chance to do just that. Their debut show was the Edinburgh Fringe hit Timpson: The Musical (sponsored by everyone’s favourite high street shop, Timpson) which won The Stage Award. Their follow up show was the critically-acclaimed RuneSical, an interactive musical based on the BAFTA-winning online game RuneScape and supported by the game makers themselves.