Bold, emotionally resonant and innovative theatre
Founded and led by producer Clare Formon, In Black Ink is a London-based production company that looks to move audiences, challenge convention and celebrate the transformative power of music and storytelling.
Don’t Forget
A musical inspired by real events, Don't Forget showcases the extraordinary power of music in evoking memories through a prophetic and deeply emotional narrative.
Don't Forget, set in London, tells the story of a musical love triangle across three decades. In the late '80s, Sean, a married PhD student, meets Frankie, a fiercely talented young singer, and enters a creative and emotional whirlwind that almost changes everything.
Thirty years later his wife, Helen, is driven to reopen an old door. When Frankie learns why, she discovers that a prophecy made many years before has come true. Will buried memories bring them peace or tear their lives apart?
Don't Forget inspires us all to live fully in the present and embrace the beauty of today.
Book & lyrics by Max Barton
Additional music: George Fenton
Don’t Forget is based on the life and music of Keith Ramon Cole
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The Team
Meet the team behind Don’t Forget.
Clare Formon
Lead Producer
As a board director at Freuds, Grey and Mellors Reay, with over 25 years in TV, advertising and PR, Clare has crafted impactful strategies across multiple brands and creative platforms including Amazon and the BBC. As a producer today, and having formerly produced at ITV and independent production companies, such as Mentorn Films, on shows including Blue Planet, Good Omens and Blind Date, she offers an experienced blend of creative vision and problem-solving.
Teenie Macleod
Assistant Producer
Teenie, a talented Musical Theatre Director and Producer, first assisted Clare on Amazon Prime’s surreal tour of Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens, culminating in an immersive performance in London’s West End. She is currently worldwide Associate Director to Rosie O’Donnell on her one woman play Common Knowledge.
Credits include: Indigo; Here You Come Again; Flowers for Mrs Harris; Animal; A Mountain for Elodie; Broken Wings; Little Women; Rags the Musical; Hansel and Gretel; An Evening with Neil Gaiman; Everything That Rises Must Dance; The Testing Ground; The Roaring Twenties; Balletic Bagatelle.
Jane Carter
Non-Executive Director
Jane Carter is President of Universal Production Music. During her illustrious career, she has held the role of General Manager for BBC Worldwide Music Publishing; Creative Director, BBC Music; and Head of Marketing for Warner Classics UK. She launched the BBC Late Junction record label and also set up her own live events production company. Involved personally in the story behind Don’t Forget, and with a passion for original music and women in music in particular, Jane is a driving force with Clare in bringing the show to the stage.
Jeremy Cowdrey
Producer
Mentor and former city exec with an illustrious career as partner at Cazenove & Co, Jeremy is especially known as a producer for his work on the film Summer in February, starring Dominic Cooper and Dan Stevens, and Desert Dancer featuring Freida Pinto.
Grounded in experience, shaped by real-world challenges and trusted by those who seek clarity, Jeremy unlocks potential and looks to inspire, nurture and ignite others to achieve.
Future Productions
In Black Ink has a number of musical productions in the pipeline, all original material and each representing a significant investment in creative development.
Mothers and Daughters
A vibrant, original musical for an all-female cast, celebrating the messy experience of growing up. With a modern, playful twist on the memories we all share, Mothers and Daughters is a funny, heartfelt celebration of where we’ve come from and the bittersweet lessons we carry with us.
Beowulf
No ordinary mythic fable, this is a high-voltage, full-throttle musical where gods roar and monsters thrash. Will Beowulf endure? Will love prevail? First unleashed in 1982, the musical remains timeless; its creators, perhaps a little less so. With a contemporary twist, expect the unexpected!
The Private Menagerie
Step into a spellbinding production where voice, puppetry and imaginative storytelling collide with the wild rhythms of the natural world. Playful, magical and full of wonder, this vibrant journey brings animals, landscapes and the environment to life. An enchanting experience inspiring audiences of all ages to protect the creatures and habitats we share.