Billy Nomates, has written the original soundtrack for Mary and the Hyenas, a major new play exploring the life of the 18th century feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft. The Soundtrack can be listened to in full HERE. The play premieres at Hull Truck Theatre from 7th February to 1st March and then transfers to Wilton’s Music Hall in London from 18th to 29th March, with an all female cast, writing and directing team.
The original soundtrack features eleven brand new songs, with all music written by Billy Nomates with lyrics by Billy and the playwright, Maureen Lennon. This is the first new music since her critically acclaimed 2023 album, CACTI which won her support from luminaries such as Iggy Pop, Florence Welsh and Steve Albini.
Speaking of the play, Billy Nomates aka Tor Maries said: “I didn’t know about Mary Wollstonecraft. It seems history rarely embraces pioneering women. Her story is a compelling one. A true trailblazer, but a human being, ahead of her 1800s environment. I wanted to bring the music into the last few decades, a contemporary place, not wholly defined by now. An attitude and feeling that resonates across time and ages.”
Widely regarded as the mother of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was a moral and political philosopher whose analysis of the condition of women in modern society retains much of its original radicalism. She worked as a schoolteacher, a governess and as a translator for a London publisher. Her first published book Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) foreshadowed her later work on the place of women in society, titled A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), which as its core is a plea for equality in the education of men and women. The Vindication is widely regarded as the founding document of modern feminism. In 1797 she married the philosopher, William Godwin. She died days after the birth of their daughter, Mary Shelley.
Listen to the Mary and the Hyenas soundtrack HERE, and watch this space for more new music from Billy Nomates coming soon

Mary and the Hyenas track list:
How’d You Grow A Girl
Utopian Dreams
We Are The Men
Vindication Of The Lives Of Women
Strong Woman
Run Wild
Little Patience
First Of A New Genus
Fuckboy
Falling For You
Find Your Tribe
Photo Credit: Tom Skipp
