Mid Kent college play Parenthood by Peter and Emily Moody showing at Iris Theatre in Covent Garden

A musical mother and father are taking their show to a West End stage.

Peter and Emily Moody from Walderslade, will see their comedic, all-singing, all-dancing script performed on Friday, May 3.

Called Parenthood, it is the first musical the married couple have written and it was first performed at MidKent College, Gillingham, in November. But now, the Moodys are looking forward to seeing their story come to life within one of the biggest theatre districts in the world.

The audience will see multiple parents’ journey from the moment of conception through to school, dealing with teenagers, an empty nest and grandparenting.

Mr Moody said: “Having children who are at the end of school and one five year old means we’ve experienced most things.

“It is based on experiences but it is nothing too specific - hopefully our friends and family will still talk to us after they’ve seen it!"

It was favourable reviews from the MidKent performance that helped them get to the West End and next Friday's date at the Iris Theatre in Covent Garden.

After the show at the college lots of theatre-goers tweeted and posted on Facebook favourable reviews, and its reputation grew.

Then Mr Moody entered a competition called the Xmas Factor in December. He wrote a Christmas song called Drifting, which he and his wife Emily performed in the final.

That competition was run in conjunction with the Iris Theatre which consequently approached the Moodys and said they liked to help first-time writers and offered their performance a slot.

Between them Mr and Mrs Moody have three children. Mr Moody has a 17-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old son from a previous relationship. He and Emily have a five-year-old son called Tommy.

The Moodys are both very musical - Mr Moody is a private music tutor and Mrs Moody is an amateur dramatics lover.

Mr Moody said: “There are lots of funny bits. It is supposed to be about the hard parts of parenting and then poking a laugh at them.

“People said they laughed and cried - there are some parts that are very sentimental."