BUCHAN & BARNE
Jim has written music for films including The Unseen (2017), Worth (2021) and The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica (2021). He won the London Chamber Orchestra’s young composer competition, and Best Original Score at the 2018 HorrorHaus Film Festival. He lives in the West Country.
Kit’s poems have appeared in Clinic, The White Review, Magma and The Best British Poetry. He was commended in the 2015 Poetry London competition and nominated for the inaugural Jerwood poetry fellowship. He lives in the Midlands, where he works as a conservation journalist.
Their first musical, The Season, won the 2018 Stiles & Drewe mentorship award, the Stage Debut Award 2020 and was premiered in November 2019 at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton and the New Wolsey, Ipswich.
Kit’s poems have appeared in Clinic, The White Review, Magma and The Best British Poetry. He was commended in the 2015 Poetry London competition and nominated for the inaugural Jerwood poetry fellowship. He lives in the Midlands, where he works as a conservation journalist.
Their first musical, The Season, won the 2018 Stiles & Drewe mentorship award, the Stage Debut Award 2020 and was premiered in November 2019 at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton and the New Wolsey, Ipswich.
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