After a successful run at Perform in the Park in 2023, Mermaids & Pirates is coming to the West End this July. Join us for a sun-soaked Caribbean adventure!
Mermaids & Pirates is a one-hour musical designed for the whole family, packed full of catchy songs, energetic dancing and larger-than-life characters.
Photos from the 2023 production of Mermaids & Pirates.
Tuesday 21st July - 11am
Wednesday 22nd July - 11.30am & 2pm
Thursday 23rd July - 11am
Friday 24th July - 11.30am & 2pm
Saturday 25th July - 11am
Sunday 26th July - 11am & 2pm
To book 10 or more tickets, call 020 7255 9120 and receive our 10% group booking discount.
Run time: 1 hour
Suitable for ages 3+
St. Martin's Theatre
West Street
London
WC2H 9NZ
When Long Gone Silver and his bumbling pirates discover Treasure Island, they're not expecting Marina and her super-cool mermaids. Chaos ensues and, when The Sacred Coconut disappears, it's down to singing parrot Rita Conchita and her friends to save the day.
Mermaids & Pirates features a shipload of unforgettable characters, including the Seasick Pirate, a crazy castaway and Isla, Queen of the Island. Packed with calypso-infused songs, salsa-styled choreography and plenty of comic surprises, this one-hour musical celebrates teamwork, courage and the magic of the Caribbean.
Ensemble/Swing
Training: Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.
Credits: Aladdin (Redgrave Theatre, Bristol), Kinky Boots: The Musical in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Sleeping Beauty (Greenwich Theatre), Peter Pan (De Montfort Hall, Leicester), The Wizard of Oz (Cork Opera House), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Greenwich Theatre), Crossroads: A Night of the Blues (Iris Theatre), The King and I (National Concert Hall, Dublin), Badya New World commercial (Egypt only), Bent (Audible/Naked Productions).
Blackbeard and Castaway
Training: Northumbria University (Performance)
Credits: Come From Away (Cunard Cruise Lines), Earnest..? (UK Tour), Blippi's Wonderful World Tour (Arena Tour), Come What May (UK Tour), The Wind in the Willows (UK Tour), The Polar Express (Immersive), Jack and the Beanstalk (Pantomime), Cinderella (Pantomime), The Wizard of Oz (Pantomime).
Myrtle
Training: Leeds Conservatoire
Credits whilst training: Alice by Heart, Grease, 9 to 5, Urinetown
Mermaids & Pirates marks Esmee's professional debut.
Long Gone Silver
Training: Manchester School of Theatre
Credits: Beauty and the Beast (Fairfield Halls/UKP), Jack and the Beanstalk (Bournemouth Pavilion/UKP), Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook (The Anvil/UKP), The Night Our Parents Disappeared (The Other Palace/The Lowry), Cinderella (Theatre Royal Bath/UKP), Chimney Thustards and Other People I Made Up (Canal Cafe Theatre), Honk! The Musical (UK Tour), NewsRevue (The Pleasance, Edinburgh), Oh Yes It Is! - The Improvised Pantomime (Palace Theatre, Southend), Shakespeare for Breakfast (C Theatre/Canal Cafe Theatre), Twelfth Night (Leicester Square Theatre).
Marina
Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Credits: Midnight in the Toyshop (West End), Magical Merlin (West End), Resident 'Baddie' at the Towngate Theatre for the past 20 years (Pantomime). Le Grand Meulnes (Radio), The Turn of the Screw (Bristol Old Vic Theatre), Big Bruvva The Musical (Upstairs at the Gatehouse and Edinburgh Fringe), Mermaids & Pirates, The Dream (Perform in the Park Children?s Theatre Festival), Jo (TV USA), Just in Time (Short Film), Silent Witness (TV), Bear Behaving Badly (TV), Living It (TV), Eastenders (TV), Doctors (TV), Call the Midwife (TV), Hullraisers (TV).
Squealer and Rita Conchita
Training: Originally from Malta, Paolo later graduated from MPAA in London with a First-Class Honours degree in Performing Arts.
Credits: Luke Castellan in The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical (UK Tour) and Aladdin in Aladdin (Palace Theatre, Mansfield & Northwich Memorial Court).
Jack
Training: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Credits: Emcee in Once the musical (International Tour), Vocalist in Samantha Barks Live at the Palladium (West End), Simon/Dance Captain in Jesus Christ Superstar (Frinton Summer theatre), Jack/Theseus/Puck/Dance Captain in Mermaids and Pirates/The Dream (Off West End) Frog Boy in Innocence, (Royal Opera House), Mike Wheeler in Stranger Sings (The Vaults), Man 1 in 35mm (Phoenix Arts Club).
Recording Credits: You and I - Ben Ward (Cast Recording) Go - Joseph Riley (Debut Single).
Mimi and Isla, Queen of the Island
Training: Temple University and Royal Academy of Music
Credits: Tina the Tina Turner Musical (UK Tour), Six the Musical (UK Tour), and Jack and the Beanstalk at Westlands Entertainment Venue.
Ensemble/Swing
Training: Lara trained at Italia Conti graduating in 2024
Credits: Starlight Express (London) 2024-2026 as cover Greaseball and Swing.
Credits while in training: Grease the Musical as Betty Rizzo 2023.
Writer & Director
About: Will co-founded Perform in 2000 and has since written over 50 original musicals for young people, including Cinderella Rocks, Hercules Beat, The Dream and The Magical Island.
Credits: Midnight in the Toyshop, Magical Merlin, Mermaids & Pirates, The Dream and Jungle Rumble.
Choreographer
About: Khiley is an exciting and innovative choreographer, committed to telling stories through movement. Fresh, exciting, with an unparalleled eye for detail, she works across every medium.
Credits: Magical Merlin (The Fortune Theatre), Legally Blonde (ArtsEd), Snow White (Leamington Spa, Imagine Theatre) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Hastings White Rock Theatre).
Musical Director
About: Originally from Swansea, Annemarie is an accomplished musical director, cabaret pianist and published composer/lyricist.
Credits: The first reimagined production of Rent outside of Broadway, the No 1 tour of Annie, Billie The Kid (West End), Shakespeare in the Squares, Crazy Coqs, Shrek, Oliver and The Wizard of Oz (Wycombe Swan), the award-winning short film musical J, three pantos for the Theatre Roya Bury St Edmunds, four musicals for YMT:UK, Elephant and Piggie's We Are In A Play (Perform in the Park), Magical Merlin and Midnight in the Toyshop (Perform Productions).
Original Designer
Tom's range of select credits include:
As Set and Costume Designer: The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe (West End/UK Tours/Leeds Playhouse), Draw Me Close (National Theatre/Young Vic/International), All Kinds of Limbo (National Theatre) Hansel & Gretel (Bergen National Opera), Summer in London (Theatre Royal Stratford East) Dear Liar, Ragdoll (Costume Design) (Jermyn Street Theatre). Flight, Les Mamelles De Tiresias, Gianni Schicci (RCS).
As Associate Designer: Wonder.land (National Theatre/M.I.F./Chatalet) Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci (Metropolitan Opera), The Tempest (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Pelléas et Mélisande (Scottish Opera), Girl from the North Country (Old Vic/Public Theatre/International).
As Assistant Designer: Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, Matilda & Ghost (Original West End Productions), Private Lives, Kiss Me Kate, The Wizard of Oz and Once.
Associate Designer
About: Jessica was born in Swansea, studied Drama and English with Education at Cambridge University, and now lives in Beaconsfield with her two (ex-Perform pupil!) children and her husband.
Credits: Blair on Broadway (Hen and Chickens), Blair on Broadway (Arts Theatre), Talent (upstairs at the Gatehouse) and The End of History (Tristan Bates Theatre).
Sound Designer
About: Tom has been a mixer and associate Sound Designer for countless West End and international productions. He has acted as 'Front of House' engineer for numerous live music artists and still regularly mixes concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
Credits: Jesus Christ Superstar (Watermill Theatre), Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour) The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (UK Tour), Sister Act (London International & UK Tour) and A Chorus Line (UK Tour).
Lighting Designer
About: Mark's career as a lighting designer spans productions across the UK and internationally.
Credits: Noel and Gertie (Mayflower), Once (First National Tour), Tony! Tony Blair the Rock Opera (Harry Hill and Stephen Brown), Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Mast Mayflower Made); The Standard Short Long Drop (nominated for Offie Best Lighting Design- The Vanguard, Camden); Ken (Terry Johnson and Hampstead), House and Garden (Watermill Theatre) Clybourne Park (First National Tour), Return to the Forbidden Planet (25th Anniversary Tour), Don't Look Now (nominated for Offie Best Lighting Design - Queen's Theatre); Betty Blue Eyes (First National Tour); Michael Morpurgo's Butterfly Lion (Kenwright); Dell Computers Gala (Buenos Aires); The Full Monty, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Oliver!,(Bermuda City Hall); working with Willy Russell on Educating Rita, Breezeblock Park (Liverpool Playhouse) Shirley Valentine (Royal Court Liverpool); Pride and Prejudice, Farm Boy, The Hired Man, Kissing Sid James (New York E59) and numerous pantomimes for Evolution including winner of best pantomime 2025 - Snow White at Sheffield Lyceum.
Joint Costume Supervisor and Head of Wardrobe
About: David is currently the Head of Wardrobe on the Olivier Award-winning Titanique (Criterion).
For Perform: Midnight in the Toyshop (St Martin's), Perform in the Park (Coram's Fields).
As Costume Supervisor: Shakespeare Lives (Royal Shakespeare Company), A Twist of Lemmon (St James), Bonnie and Clyde (UK Tour Promo).
Other theatre credits include: Eduardo De Fillipo's Filumena (UK Tour), The National Theatre's Death of England: The Plays (Soho Place), Sunday Night at the Palladium (Palladium), original London production of Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical (Other Palace), Frank and Percy starring Sir Ian McKellen (Other Palace), The Way Old Friends Do (Criterion and UK Tour), The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne), Life of Pi (Wyndhams), Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella (Gillian Lynne), world premiere production of TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych), Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Apollo), Dick Whittington (Palladium), Labour of Love (Noel Coward), The Lion King (Lyceum).
TV and Film include: Death Of England: The Plays (NT Live), EastEnders (BBC), Bad Sisters (Apple), Pistol (FX), I Hate Suzy Too (Sky).
Joint Costume Supervisor and Head of Wardrobe
About: Currently working on the smash hit Olivier Award-winning musical TiTANiQUE at the Criterion Theatre as Deputy Head of Wardrobe.
Perform Credits include: Midnight in the Toyshop (St Martin's Theatre), Head of Wardrobe | Perform in the Park (Coram's Fields), Head of Wardrobe
Supervisor Credits Include: Disney's & Cameron Mackintosh Mary Poppins Musical (UK TOUR), Assistant Supervisor | Hadestown (Apollo), Assistant Supervisor | Sunset Boulevard (Savoy), Assistant Supervisor | Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Theatre 2020), Assistant Supervisor | Disney's Aladdin (Germany), Assistant | Disney's Beauty & the Beast (UK TOUR), Assistant | Wicked (Apollo Victoria), Assistant.
Other Theatre Credits Include: Mrs Doubtfire the Musical (Shaftesbury Theatre) | Mary Poppins the Musical (Prince Edward Theatre) | Dear Evan Hanson (Noel Coward Theatre) | Further than the Furthest Thing (Young Vic) | Disney's Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre) | Dreamgirls (The Savoy) | Showboat (Gillian Lynn Theatre) | Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre)
TV and Film Credits include: BBC Big Night of the Musicals (2024) | Wicked Little Letters (2023) | The Royal Variety Show (2019) | Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary (2016) | Disney's Aladdin the Musical Live (Unreleased).
Sing along with some of our favourite songs from the show. Toe-tapping tunes that capture the magic, mischief and adventure of the show!
