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vidal & salvia
musical theatre writing team
ABOUT
WHAT WE DO
We create original songs, scripts, and stories for musicals and screen, crafting emotionally engaging narratives with strong commercial appeal.
We direct musicals and stage productions, shaping powerful performances and bringing stories to life with a clear artistic vision.
We offer dynamic masterclasses on musical writing and audition preparation, equipping performers and creators with practical tools and industry insight.
Coaching performers in the studio to refine interpretation, intention and emotion, in service of story and screen (film, TV, animation).
A key bridge between music and acting, delivering authentic, compelling performances.
THE STORY OF THE DUET
Nothing predestined Ludovic-Alexandre and Julien to such a career as they met when they were studying engineering at Ecole Centrale Paris.
They have been working together as a musical theatre writing team for more that 15 years. They started their collaboration with the creation of two epic musicals: in 2005, Revolution, an original creation which takes place during the French Revolution, and in 2006, The Man Who Laughs (L’Homme Qui Rit), an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s famous novel. Both shows were presented (respectively in 2007 and 2008) during Paris Musicals Festival.
Their third musical creation, The Prince & The Pauper (Le Prince et Le Pauvre), won the Marius Award for the Best Family Musical in 2008 in Paris. After more than 200 performances in France, the show is presented at the Next Wave Festival of New Musicals in Montreal (Audience’s Choice Award Winner) in 2011 and the New York Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2012 (winning 1 award among 5 nominations – notably for Outstanding Music & Lyrics).
With books by Anthony Michineau, the pair presented Rapunzel, the Musical (Raiponce et le Prince Aventurier) at Espace Pierre Cardin in October 2014 (transferred to Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin in October 2015) and Matches, The Musical (La Petite Fille Aux Allumettes) at Théâtre du Palais-Royal in February 2015 (transferring to Théâtre du Gymnase in October 2015), before its first French tour. Both shows recieved Molières awards nominations (French equivalent of the Tony Awards) in 2016.
Then, in 2017, their musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer) opened at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris. It received a Molières Awards nomination in 2019. It also received 11 nominations at Trophées de la Comédie Musicale Awards (a record for a French Original Show for this ceremony) in 2018, winning Best Original Score, Best Family Musical and Audience’s Choice Award. The same year, Ludovic-Alexandre and Julien presented A Foreign Field (presently in development in the UK) at the Fortune Theatre in London.
In 2019, Matches, the Musical started its first Chinese. And in 2020, their new show, Around the World in 80 Days (Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours) opened at the Théâtre Mogador. It received a Molières Awards nomination the same year.
In 2020, they join the pool of screenwriters for the new animated series Living with Dad, broadcasted on the TV Channel M6 in 2023.
In 2022, they write the song for the Parc Asterix Christmas Parade Le Père Noel Rêve de Potion.
They are also the writers of C’est Du Délire! – The First Gaulish Musical that opened in March 2024 at the Panoramix Theater (Parc Astérix), for which Julien is also the director.
In 2025, their song La Poupée Monte Le Son, performed by Laura Thorn represented Luxembourg in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. The same year they present their new pop musical, World’s Greatest Lover at the pleasance Theater in Edinburgh during the festival. The show is actually in development for further steps.
Ludovic-Alexandre and Julien also have several new projects in progress: original creations such as Ave Maria (co-written with Matthieu D’Aurey), Ron For America (co-written with Anthony Michineau), Laide! (Co-written with Elodie Menant) or Two, as well as adaptations of several movies and books into musicals, notably Scrooge! adapted from Dicken’s A Christmas Carol (book by Anthony Michineau).
Ludovic-Alexandre VIDAL
ADAPTATOR & AUTHOR
In addition to their work together with Julien, Ludovic-Alexandre co-wrote the books for Mistinguett, Reine des Années Folles (Mistinguett, Queen of the Roaring Twenties) at the Casino de Paris (with François Chouquet and Jacques Pessis), and the shows of world-renowned magician Alain Choquette Drôlement Magique (Amusingly Magic) at the Théâtre de la Gaité Montparnasse in Paris and La Mémoire du Temps (The Memory of Time), which toured Quebec and was performed at the Théâtre le Palace in Paris.
As a French adapter, he wrote the French adaptations of Legally Blonde, Oklahoma!, Jekyll & Hyde, and Little Shop of Horrors. He also wrote the French lyrics for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Théâtre Marigny, Madagascar at the Théâtre du Gymnase and Shrek at the Folies Bergère. For Stage Entertainment, he wrote the French adaptations of the books of Sister Act, Beauty and the Beast, and Tanz der Vampire at the Théâtre Mogador. He also co-adapted Cats (with Nicolas Nebot) at this venue. Together, they adapted Dirty Dancing and The Bodyguard at the Palais des Sports.
His theme park credits include the Parc Astérix shows Brakkor: L’Affrontement (Brakkor: The Confrontation) and their new night show opening in 2026. Ludovic-Alexandre also wrote several shows for Disneyland Paris, including The Disney Junior Dream Factory (with Matt Hoverman), Alice and the Queen of Hearts, Disney: Tales of Magic (with Sara Wordsworth) (the new night castle show at Disneyland Park), as well as Minnie’s Dream Factory and Disney Cascade of Lights (the new night show at Disney Adventure World) which both opened in 2026.
Julien SALVIA
PERFORMER, COMPOSER, DIRECTOR & MUSICAL DIRECTOR
In addition to his creative work, Julien has also been working as a musical theater performer.
He played the roles of Alceste in Coups de Foudre (Loves at first sight), Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd, Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables, Motel Kamzoil in A Fiddler on a Roof, Tom Trainor in No no Nanette, Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady, Fred in Scooby-Doo and the Ghost Pirates, Pinocchio in Shrek, the Musical, Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde, Sethi in Kid Manoir 2, Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd and Chick Clarks in Wonderful Town, the Prince Adventurer in Raiponce et le Prince Aventurier and joined the casts of Frozen – Sing-A-Long, Forest of Enchantment, Let’s Sing Christmas, and The Disney Junior Dream Factory for Disneyland Paris. More recently, he played Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles at the Opera of Nice as well as Tony in West Side Story.
As a director, Julien staged the first Parisian production of The Prince and the Pauper, as well as a production in Canada. In 2024, he directed C’est du Délire!, the first musical ever produced at Parc Astérix.
As a musical director, he supervised the French original productions of these works, as well as the production of the original cast recordings of their shows.
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