  During 2015 and early 2016, the cultural application of Computational
Creativity research and practice took a big leap forward, with a project where
multiple computational systems were used to provide advice and material for a
new musical theatre production. Billed as the world's first 'computer
musical... conceived by computer and substantially crafted by computer', Beyond
The Fence was staged in the Arts Theatre in London's West End during February
and March of 2016. Various computational approaches to analytical and
generative sub-projects were used to bring about the musical, and these efforts
were recorded in two 1-hour documentary films made by Wingspan Productions,
which were aired on SkyArts under the title Computer Says Show. We provide
details here of the project conception and execution, including details of the
systems which took on some of the creative responsibility in writing the
musical, and the contributions they made. We also provide details of the impact
of the project, including a perspective from the two (human) writers with
overall control of the creative aspects the musical.
