Rebecca Applin. Rebecca studied Music at Cambridge University, followed by Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music, and has been composing for theatre, dance, radio and screen ever since. She was the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer Award holder at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, and the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. She has written many musicals including Jabberwocky (originally written for YMT) which was highly commended in the S&S Award; The 45th Marvellous Chatterley Village Fete which is licensed by Perfect Pitch; and together with Kate Ferguson and Susannah Pearse, Rebecca won a commission from the George Bernard Shaw estate to adapt The Devil's Disciple into a musical. Rebecca has worked on theatre projects with Youth Music Theatre and with the International Schools Theatre Association, and community projects include the centenary celebration Milestones at Watford Palace Theatre. She has worked on projects for BBC Learning Zones with GamelabUK, two of which were nominated for BAFTA awards, and a commission for an album JAM made up of educational songs for young people with additional needs from the Welsh Assembly. She has also written for Radio 5 Live drama amidst other projects with media production company Made in Manchester.