WRITER & COMPOSER
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
The writers of Theo In Between: Jordan Li-Smith and Gareth Mattey (Left to Right). Photo by Miriam Pancheva.

Theo In Between
A new musical
Music and Lyrics by Jordan Li-Smith
Book and Lyrics by Gareth Mattey
It’s 1999 and the quaint Northern town of Dulberry prepares to deliver their best Harvest Festival yet, but Theo is focused on something else: will finding their absent father help them understand what it means to be a ‘man’?
Stuck in between the expectations of the town, their friends, and their Mum, Theo sets out to find their place in the world and work out who they are, and who they want to be. With a 90s-inspired classical-contemporary score, Theo In Between is a musical theatre coming of age celebration of gender identity, found community, and anyone who has ever felt a little bit in between.
Theo In Between will have its first presentation in August 2025 in Leeds, produced by the British Youth Music Theatre.