Scott Gilmour & Claire McKenzie

Scott Gilmour & Claire McKenzie are the award-winning musical theatre writing partnership also known as Noisemaker. Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, they formed their company in 2012 to begin creating stories that bring folk together through music, song, humour and heart. Since they began writing together, the pair have created over 20 original works including: CEILIDH (Barbara Whitman Productions/Grove Entertainment); HI, MY NAME IS BEN (Goodspeed Musicals/NAMT); SCOTS (Edinburgh Fringe/54 Below/National Tour ’26); ATLANTIC: A SCOTTISH STORY (Edinburgh Fringe/Big Light Podcast Series – Winner of British Podcast Award); OOR WULLIE ( Selladoor Worldwide/Dundee Rep); MY LEFT/RIGHT FOOT (National Theatre of Scotland/Birds of Paradise – Winner of Edinburgh Fringe Herald Angel); LEGEND TRIPPERS (National Youth Music Theatre); THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER (Faena Theater, Miami); THE GIRL WHO (AMTP/Edinburgh Fringe); LITTLE RED AND THE WOLF; THE SNOW QUEEN and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Dundee Rep). Scott and Claire are alumni of the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove; The American Musical Theatre Project at Northwestern University; Walt Disney Imagineering/NMI New Voices Award; and are Cultural Ambassadors for The American Scottish Foundation. Upcoming projects include: THE SNOW GOOSE, Noisemaker’s adaptation of Paul Gallico’s novella, will receive it’s world premiere this year at Goodspeed Musicals. CEILIDH will open in the UK as part of Alan Cumming’s inaugural season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland, before heading to London/UK national tour. And PORTER, a new commission from Signature Theatre, VA, will begin development in collaboration with renowned NY theater ensemble Fiasco.