Productions/Projects
Groundhog Day
Assistant Music Supervisor - Old Vic, March - August 2023. Composer: Tim Minchin, Music Supervisor/Orchestrator: Christopher Nightingale, Music Director: Alan Berry
Phil Connors is a pretty awful guy.
But when the cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the kooky annual Groundhog Day event in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, he finds himself caught in a time loop that sends him on a hilarious path to enlightenment and redemption.
The Tempest
RSC, RST - January - March 2023 - MD/Keyboard/Orchestrations
On a distant island a man waits.
Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they wake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.
Elf
The Dominion Theatre, West End. November to January, 2023 - Rehearsal Piano, Additional Orchestrations, Deputy Keyboard 2
Buddy Hobbs, a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santa Claus' bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. After discovering the baby, Santa and his elves decide to raise the child as an elf. Years later, Buddy finds out that he's actually a human being and, at Santa's prompting, heads off to New York City in search of his father, Walter Hobbs. MD: Alan Williams
A Christmas Carol
The Old Vic - November to January 2023 - Associate Conductor
Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne.
The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol fills the auditorium to the brim with mince pies, music and merriment. A unique staging immerses the audience in this uplifting story. Music by Christopher Nightingale, MD: Katharine Woolley
All's Well That Ends Well
RSC, RST - July - October 2022 - MD/Keyboard
Helena is convinced that she and image-conscious Bertram are ‘couple goals’. He’s not so sure. After engineering their betrothal, Helena will go to any length to realise her idealised version of romance. But do the ends always justify the means? Director Blanche McIntyre finds modern resonance in Shakespeare’s enduring dark comedy.
Much Ado About Nothing
Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, January - March 2022 - MD/Keyboard
Director Roy Alexander Weise (joint Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester) makes his RSC debut. Set designed by the award-winning Jemima Robinson, the production features costume designs by Melissa Simon-Hartman, who has designed for Beyoncé and Notting Hill Carnival, and an original score by Nigerian-born British guitarist and MOBO award-nominated musician Femi Temowo whose past collaborators include Amy Winehouse and The Roots.
Avenue Q & Little Shop of Horros
Old Joint Stock Pub Theatre, Birmingham, July - September 2021 - MD/Keyboard 1
The streets of New York are coming to the heart of Birmingham with two of Broadway's best-loved musicals. Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors will run back to back with the same cast performing both productions. This Summer Rep Season is produced by the same team who brought the Broadway World UK Award nominated The Full Monty to the Old Joint Stock Theatre in 2018.
The Boy in the Dress
RSC, RST - Nov. 2019 - March. 2020 - Associate Conductor/Associate Programmer/Additional Orchestrations
Dennis is 12 years old and his school football team’s star striker. But when Mum leaves home, life is tough. The only reminder Dennis has of Mum is a photo of her in a beautiful yellow dress. A dress rather like the one on the cover of Vogue on sale at Raj’s newsagents. And also a bit like the one that Lisa James, the coolest girl in the school, is sketching in her note book. What do you do if you like both football and dresses? And what will Mr Hawtrey the headteacher do when he discovers that his strict uniform code has been broken by a boy in a dress?
David Walliams’ heart-warming comedy is brought to the stage for the first time in a musical with all new songs from Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, script by former RSC playwright in residence Mark Ravenhill and in a production for all the family directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran.
Timon of Athens
RSC, Swan Theatre - Sep. 2018 - Feb. 2019 - MD/Keyboard/Programming
Timon has it all – money, influence, friends. Surely it can’t last?
When the money runs out, Timon soon finds her influence and friends have also gone. Left alone, she flees Athens to take refuge in the woods, cursing the city she once loved. Directed by Simon Godwin with Music by Michael Bruce.
The Full Monty
MYK Productions, OJS Theatre, Birmingham - July 2018 - Sept. 2018 - MD/Keyboard/Programming/Orchestral Adaptation
The Full Monty is a 10-time Tony Award nominated musical adaptation of the film of the same name. A group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo catch their wives enjoying a night out watching a touring company of Chippendales. Jealous, out of work and feeling emasculated, the men come up with a bold and unclothed way to make some quick cash. Desperate to make their show better than the Chippendales, Jerry declares that his group of misfits will go “The Full Monty”. As they prepare for the show, working through their fears, self-consciousness, and anxieties, they overcome their inner demons and in their camaraderie try to find the strength to “let it go”. Directed by Adam Lacey with Music by David Yazbek.
Matilda: The Musical
UK & Ireland Tour - March. 2018 - July. 2019 - Rehearsal Piano and RSC Education Project
Matilda The Musical is the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by the incomparable Roald Dahl.
With book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, Matilda The Musical is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
Winner of over 90 international awards, including 23 for Best Musical, Matilda continues to delight audiences in London, and is currently touring the UK & Ireland until August 2019.
Coriolanus
RSC, RST and Barbican - Sept. 2017 - Jan. 2018 - MD/Keyboard/Programming/Engraving
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. In this new city state struggling to find its feet, where the gap between rich and poor is widening every day, Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie. Directed by Angus Jackson with Music by Mira Calix.
Antony & Cleopatra
RSC, RST and Barbican - March. 2017 - Jan. 2018 - MD/Keyboard/Programming
Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Torn between love and duty, Antony’s military brilliance deserts him, and his passion leads the lovers to their tragic end. Directed by Iqbal Khan with Music by Laura Mvula.
Snow In Midsummer
RSC, Swan Theatre - Feb. 2017 - March 2017 - Keyboard 1/Engraving/Arranging/Programming
Playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig and director Justin Audibert (The Jew of Malta, 2015) worked to bring new life into this ancient story, haunted by centuries of retelling. Music by Ruth Chan.
The Seven Acts of Mercy
RSC, Swan Theatre - Oct. 2016 - January 2017 - MD/Keyboard/Engraving/Arranging/Programming
Playing out across a gap of 400 years, Anders Lustgarten’s visceral new play confronts the dangerous necessity of compassion, in a world where it is in short supply. Directed by RSC Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman for the Swan Theatre in 2016. Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge.
