Taylor Mac

A musical by theatre-maker Taylor Mac that traces 240 years of American history through popular song, staged at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Taylor Mac is the theatre-maker behind A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, a work that recounts American history over a span of 240 years. Rather than offering a neutral chronology, the piece presents a subjective account, drawing on ballads, anthems, disco and other styles to show how the country's stories have been sung and remembered.

The production is described as part concert and part performance art. Its staging relies on striking costumes, and it combines irreverent humour with passages of quiet emotion. A central concern is whose experiences are placed at the centre of the national narrative, and how audiences choose to listen to them.

The show is presented by Pomegranate Arts and Nature's Darlings and is staged at the Royal Festival Hall, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. Filed under musicals, it combines song, storytelling and theatre in a single evening, placing it across several forms rather than within one.