Current Projects
I am currently based in Manchester and working across the UK as a Freelance Producer.
NB: I am migrating over to a new website - feel free to follow my socials or drop me a direct email for the most up to date information on all of my projects!
Coming Out Of My Cage (And I've Been Doing Just Fine)
Mr Brightside hasn’t left the UK charts in 18 years. How did it end up like this? It was only a hit, it was only a hit. An interactive investigation with karaoke, lip syncing and absolute bangers.
Previously:
2024 Pleasance London Main Stage
2023 Tour - Mercury Theatre Colchester, Chichester Showroom, Taunton Brewhouse, Town & Gown Cambridge, Stafford Gatehouse, The Place Bedford, Wardrobe Theatre Bristol, Castleford Queens Mill, Hull Truck, The Lowry, Staincross Village Hall, The Gate Bells Isle, Nonsuch Nottingham, Bradford Playhouse
2022 Edinburgh Fringe SOLD OUT run - Underbelly
Recommended by The Guardian and named one of ‘Three of the Best’ shows to watch by Time Out
‘Irresistibly gleeful’ - The Guardian
‘A promising company’ - The Stage
‘A must-see’ - The Independent
‘A word-of-mouth hit’ - BBC Radio Scotland
‘I will remember rushing the stage to dance with my fellow audience members for the rest of my life’ - Playbill
Dear Young Monster
Created by Pete Machale, Directed by Sammy Glover, Produced by Jess Donn (with support from Bristol Old Vic)
“A jolt, a shock, the whizz of something crackling through me, surging through my veins, my body awakening, THE HUM OF SOMETHING JUST BENEATH MY SKIN BUZZING TO LIFE FINALLY, FINALLY!”
Struggling at the beginning of his medical transition, a young trans man has dropped out of university and returned to his quiet hometown.
His friends are away, the locals are becoming increasingly hostile, his body is transforming before his very eyes into someone he doesn’t quite recognise yet and it’s all becoming too much… Until he catches a midnight screening of Frankenstein.
At last, when he looks into the monsters big, dead, sad eyes, staring down at him from the screen, he feels seen.
Dear Young Monster is Pete MacHale’s debut solo show, pulling apart fear, otherness, and what it means to embrace being the monster that the world keeps telling you that you are.
A truly important piece of theatre
★ ★ ★ ★
deserves to be seen by the widest audience possible
If you are interested in programming Dear Young Monster throughout 2025-2026, please get in touch.
R&D
I am currently working on numerous shows behind the scenes that aren’t quite full productions yet… they are all waiting for their time in the spotlight. But soon!
If you would like to discuss supporting a show in development, or how to be involved in an R&D, please get in touch.
