Sinatra The Musical
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★★★★★
Slick, sexy, and spectacular…”
BrumHour
It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. As Frank Sinatra’s career suddenly skyrockets, he struggles with balancing the love of his wife, Nancy, against the demands and temptations of being the most popular singer in America. But when he begins a torrid affair with movie goddess Ava Gardner, his records stop selling and the press turns against him, sending his career into a tailspin. Driven by his devotion to his family, Sinatra employs his peerless artistry and dogged determination to stage the greatest comeback in showbiz history.
★★★★★
Bursting with glamour and glitz”
WhatsOnLive
This latest Rep production is brought to the stage by a world class creative team including writer and two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (What’s New Pussycat? and Memphis) and Olivier Award-winner and three-time Tony Award-winner, Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes and The Pajama Game).
The first show of its kind to explore Frank’s life off stage and on, discover stories you don’t yet know, alongside songs you love, in this world premiere musical about his renowned life and enduring legacy.
★★★★★
It’s so good it’s off the scale”
Bromsgrove Standard
Presented by
Birmingham Rep in association with Universal Music Group Theatrical and Frank Sinatra Enterprises
Written by
Joe DiPietro
Directed & Choreographed by
Kathleen Marshall
Price
Tickets from £20
Age Guideline
13+
Content Advice
Please note, this production contains some strong language and sensitive content.
Running Time
Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes including an interval
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Captioned: Thu 26 Oct, 7.30pm (captioned by Cara Lawless)
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Production photography
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Photography Credit: Manuel Harlan
Rehearsal photos...
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos by Manuel Harlan
Photos by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos by Manuel Harlan
Photos by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Photos taken by Manuel Harlan
Workshop photos...
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
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Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Photos taken by Ellie Kurttz
Starring
Matt Doyle
Matt Doyle won the 2022 Tony Award for ‘Best Featured Actor in a Musical’ for his performance as ‘Jamie’ in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, for which he also won Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and received a Drama League Award nomination.
His Broadway credits also include Tony-winning Musicals The Book of Mormon (in the lead role of ‘Elder Price’) and Spring Awakening; ‘Best Play’ winner War Horse; and the revival of the beloved musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie.
He most recently starred in the world premiere of the Huey Lewis musical The Heart of Rock & Roll at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego; and played ‘Melchoir’ in the national tour of Spring Awakening.
His Off Broadway and regional credits also include Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Clockwork Orange, Brooklynite, Giant, Jasper in Deadland, and most recently Little Shop of Horrors.
Onscreen, he has appeared on CBS’s The Code, the original Gossip Girl, and can also be seen in the indie feature Private Romeo, and the short film, The Albatross Cafe.
Matt has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, at symphonies across the country, and continues to headline a sold-out solo show throughout New York City and beyond.
Ana Villafañe
Ana Villafañe has just finished leading her first feature film playing the title role in Castro’s Daughter opposite James Franco, directed by Miguel Bardem (2024).
Broadway: She made her Broadway debut originating the role of Gloria Estefan in the Tony nominated hit musical On Your Feet from 2014-2017 (Theatre World Award, Drama League Award). In 2021, Villafañe returned to Broadway for the industry re-opening, starring as Roxie Hart in Chicago.
Off-Broadway: Ana appeared as Nina Rosario in the Kennedy Center’s 2018 production of In the Heights by Lin Manuel Miranda. Made her Off-Broadway debut in MCC’s critically acclaimed Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties by Jen Silverman, earning her second Drama League Award in 2019.
Select Television credits: Best known as ‘Dr. Valentina Castro’ on hit medical drama New Amsterdam (Netflix/NBC), and ‘KT’ on Younger from executive producer Darren Star (Paramount+).
Named one of the New York Times’ “30 under 30” and honoured by NHMC for trailblazing Latin representation in entertainment.
@anavillafaneofficial
Phoebe Panaretos
Phoebe made international headlines after being handpicked by Baz Luhrmann to play the lead role of Fran in the world premiere musical adaptation of Strictly Ballroom The Musical directed by Luhrmann. She was nominated for both a Helpmann and Green Room Award for Best Female In A Musical for the role.
Theatre credits include: Fantastic Mr.Fox (Sydney Theatre Company); Zorro (Charing Cross Theatre); Cake (MT Fest); Strictly Ballroom (World Premier); Lazarus (The Production Company); Singin’ In The Rain (The Production Company); American Idiot (Shake and Stir); Dream Lover (Gordon Frost Organisation).
Television and Film credits include: Greatest Days (Pathe Productions); Mr & Mrs Murder (Freemantle Media).
Maddy Ambus
Stage credits include: Vanessa and 1st Cover Fran in Strictly Ballroom: The Musical (UK Tour); Bombalurina in Cats (International Tour) and West Side Story (Ljubljana Festival, Slovenia).
TV credits include: The Sister Boniface Mysteries (BBC).
Training: Arts Educational Schools, London.
Lindsay Atherton
Lindsay studied at the Dance School of Scotland and the Arts Educational Schools London.
Theatre Credits include: Understudied and played Katherine Plumber in Newsies (Troubadour Theatre); Associate Choreographer on Fisherman’s Friend’s (Tour); Co-Choreographer on The Rocky Horror Show (European Tour); Associate Choreographer on Berlin Berlin (European Tour); South Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre); Ensemble & Dance Captain in Berlin Berlin (European Tour); Vivian/ Ensemble in Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Young Carlotta in Follies (National Theatre); Ensemble/1st cover Alex in Flashdance (International Tour;) Tammy/ 1st Cover Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (UK Tour); Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); 1st Cover Rumpleteazer/Jemima in Cats (London Palladium/Blackpool Winter Gardens); Zelda Zanders in Singin’ In The Rain (Upstairs At The Gatehouse); Golda Linska in Korczak (Rose Theatre, Kingston).
Other Credits Include: Post H (Short Film-Bloody Hands Production); the 2013 Olivier Awards (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Kerry Ellis In Concert (London Palladium); Friday Night Is Music Night (BBC Radio 2).
Twitter: @linzathy
Greg Bernstein
Training: Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre: Harry in A Monster Calls (UK tour and The Kennedy Centre, Washington DC ); Peter Pan (National Theatre); The American Clock (The Old Vic); 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Mary Poppins (UK tour); Barnum (UK tour); South Pacific (Kilworth House); Noah Gellman in Caroline, or Change (National Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium).
Feature film: Wonka (Warner Bros. Pictures).
Television: Jimmy Nixon in Casualty (BBC).
Commercial: Morrisons Christmas; Amazon Echo; Walkers.
Dawn Buckland
Dawn has just wrapped on the new Disney Plus/ Apple TV series “A Thousand Blows” for Apple TV, Due for release 2024
Film & TV work include: Miss Bow Sweets in Christmas on Mistletoe Farm, playing the role of Miss Bow (Netflix) Released Christmas 2022. Jackie in Taking Care of Business (Short Film) Wonka (Warner Bros); Greatest Days (Elysian Film Group) both due for release in 2023; Mamma Mia 2 ‘Here We Go Again’ (Universal Pictures); Beauty and the Beast (Disney Pictures) and Mrs Hudson in Victoria (ITV).
Theatre credits include: Paula/Marina in Rehab – the Musical (Playground Theatre); Polly Parker in Nativity – The Musical (Apollo Theatre, Hammersmith); Nurse Ratched in Cuckoo’s Nest (Battersea Arts Centre); Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre); Mrs Sowerberry in Oliver (Tour); Miss Bell in Fame (Aldwych Theatre); Miss Grano in Peggy Sue Got Married (Shaftsbury Theatre); La Cava (Victoria Palace & Piccadilly Theatres); Ashley/Dinah and Pearl in Starlight Express (Apollo Victoria Theatre) and Sue Jeager in South Pacific (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield). Player Pippin (Bridewell Theatre)
Choreographer/Directing work includes: A Thousand Blows (Disney UK/Apple TV); Peter Pan & Pirates of Penzance (Savoy Theatre); Fame (Aldwych Theatre) Danger Mouse Live and Mr Potato Head for (Bourne Leisure/Butlins); Only You Can Save Mankind (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Associate Choreographer for BBC2 Our Dancing Town; Associate Choreographer Offenenbachs Orphee Aux Enfers (Royal Academy Opera)
Samara Casteallo
Samara trained at CPA Studios.
West End Credits Include: Niece in AT LAST, IT’S SUMMER (London Palladium); Ikette, cover/played Tina Turner & Alline Bullock in TINA TURNER THE MUSICAL (Aldwych Theatre); Ensemble cover Mother Bear In GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS (The London Palladium); Ensemble in DREAMGIRLS (Original London Cast, Savoy Theatre).
Theatre Credits Include: Nikki, cover/played Jackie Brown & Butterfly in TARANTINO LIVE (Riverside Studios); Tinkerbell in THE PANTOMIME ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN (Manchester Opera House); Ensemble, cover Mrs Wormwood & Mrs Phelps in MATILDA THE MUSICAL (UK Tour); Wrench, cover/played Pearl in STARLIGHT EXPRESS (Bochum, Germany); Little Inez in HAIRSPRAY (Leicester Curve); Little Red in MOTHER GOOSE (Hackney Empire); Tiger Lilly in PETER PAN (Lyceum Theatre, Crewe).
Workshops Include: Ensemble in SWEET CHARITY (Stephen Mear); Ensemble in CRAZY FOR YOU (Stephen Mear).
TV & Film Credits Include: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2; Royal Variety show – Matilda The musical; Dancer for Helen Fischer Live Germany.
Other Credits Include: Backing vocals for the Scissor Sisters, ‘Take Your Mama’ (The Brit Awards 2005); Backing vocals for Tarique Woodling (The Indigo O2).
Twitter: Samara_Cass
Represented by Michelle Blair Management
Helen Colby
Helen trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and was awarded The Dame Judi Dench Scholarship. She is the creator of comedy vocal trio The Dots, who made the semi finals of Britain’s Got Talent 2022.
Theatre credits include: Little Joan in Robin Hood (White Rock Hastings), Mrs Hopkins in My Fair Lady (Teatro Massimo Sicily), The Dots Chaotic Comedy Cabaret (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Lynn/Marg in Confetti and Chaos (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), The (M)Other Life (Workshop), Spite in Beauty and the Beast (Salisbury Playhouse), Mrs Hopkins in My Fair Lady (Teatro San Carlo Naples), The Dots Cabaret (Viking Cruises), Mrs Pratchett in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Lead Vocalist (The Brick Lane Music Hall), Baguette in Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Royal Wakefield), Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (Beck Theatre Hayes), Baroness Elberfeld/Heidi Schweiger in The Sound of Music (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Anna in The House of Mirrors and Hearts (Perfect Pitch Workshop), Dance Captain/Swing in Sweeney Todd (Adelphi West End), Fairy Godmother/Wicked Stepmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tabard), Baroness Elberfeld in The Sound of Music (No. 1 Tour), Sister Mary Emmebert in Sister Act (Original Cast – London Palladium), News Revue (Canal Cafe Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival), On That Note and Side by Side by Sondheim (The Tobacco Factory)
Film, TV and Voice Over credits include: The Dark Universe by Alex Blasdel Voiceover (Guardian), The Nail Salon by Natalie Tambini, Audiobook Narrator (RNIB), The Dots Britain’s Got Talent Semi Finals 2022 (ITV), The Game by Linda Calvey, Audiobook Narrator (Red Apple Creative), Ultimate Hard Men by Kate Kray, Audiobook Narrator (Bonnier Books), Gypsy Jane by Jane Lee, Audiobook Narrator (RNIB), Baker in Aldi Olympics 2021, Kevlatek Voice Over (Outpost), The First Day We Met by Jo Lovett, Audiobook Narrator (Audio2020) Toxic by Jacqui Rose, Audiobook Narrator (RNIB), Irene in Call The Midwife Christmas Special 2017 (Neal Street Productions), Policewoman in The Chase (Vodafone), Company in Consider Yourself, Dir. Vadim Jean (BBC Films/Gold Circle and The MOB Film Company), Company in London Road Dir. Rufus Norris (Cuba Pictures), Sweeney Todd London Cast Recording, Sister Act Original Cast Recording, The Paul O’Grady Show, This Morning, GMTV, The Royal Variety Performance filmed at The Opera House Theatre Blackpool.
Alastair Crosswell
Training: The Lodge School of Dance, & Bird College
Theatre credits include: Neil Kellerman in Dirty Dancing (Dominion); Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain (Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto); Dialect Coach in Singin’ in the Rain (Sadler’s Wells, Japan, UK Tour); Gypsy (Royal Exchange, Manchester); The Choir of Man (Australian tour); Jersey Boys (international tour); Remembering Fred (London Palladium/UK tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Singin’ in the Rain (Kilworth House); Seussical (West End/Hong Kong); The Sound of Music (London Palladium); The King and I (UK tour); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium); Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet (Royal Opera House); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Dominion).
Television credits include: All Star Musicals (ITV), Quiz (ITV); D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes (BBC One) and Cadbury’s Smashables (commercial).
Film credits include: Pinocchio (Disney), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Warner Bros) and Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix). Alastair is also a founding member of leading UK tap company Old Kent Road.
Alastair would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support
Frances Dee
Frances trained at Wirral Theatre School and Bird College.
Stage Credits include: Gretchen in Roman Holiday (Theatre Royal Bath); Demeter in Cats (International Tour); Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre); Francisca in West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre); Liz and u/s Roxie in Chicago (Phoenix Theatre); Ensemble in Eugenius (The Other Palace); Ensemble/u/s Billie in Our House (Immersion Theatre Company); Hunyak in Chicago (UK Tour); Swing in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre); Ensemble and 1st Cover Ali in Mamma Mia! (International Tour); Kristine in A Chorus Line (London Palladium).
Panto Credits include: Maid Marion in Robin Hood (White Rock Theatre); Beauty in Sleeping Beauty (The Beck Theatre Hayes); Ensemble in Jack & the Beanstalk (Hackney Empire).
Alex Gibson-Giorgio
Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney (Diploma of Musical Theatre) and at the Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne (Bachelor of Fine Arts – Musical Theatre).
Theatre credits include: Jeanne (Turbine Theatre); Zorro (Charing Cross Theatre); Sal in Rags (Park Theatre); Everything’s Coming Up Sondheim (Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne); Mitch in Yank! (Brisbane Powerhouse); Eddie in Mamma Mia! (Australian Tour); Ensemble and Understudy Jafar in Aladdin (Capitol Theatre, Sydney); Ensemble in Georgy Girl (Australian Tour) and Ensemble in Anything Goes (Opera Australia).
Film and TV credits include: Time Bandits (Paramount); One Day (Netflix); George in Not Quite Cricket (Superwisp Productions).
Recording credits include: Rags (2020 London Cast).
Ryesha Higgs
Training: The Ailey School, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre; Dance Theatre of Harlem
Theatre credits include: Ensemble in We Will Rock You (London Coliseum, West End), Ensemble in The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre, West End)
Television credits include: Britain’s Got Talent (ITV), Strictly Come Dancing (BBC), MTV European Music Awards (MTV), Asian MNET Music Awards (CJ ENM)
Stevie Hutchinson
Stevie‘s credits include; Sylvia (Old Vic), The Time Travelers Wife (Chester Storyhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park), Chess (ENO), Ghost (UK and Chinese Tour), Cats (London Palladium), Fings Aint Wot They Used T’Be (Stratford East), Oliver! (UK Tour), Billy Elliot (West End), Hairspray (West End), High School Musical (Hammersmith Apollo) and two pantomimes at the London Palladium.
Workshops include: Sylvia, Twentieth Century Boy and The Three Musketeers.
His screen work includes: The Sandman (Netflix) and Greatest Days (Elysian Films).
Tyler Orphé-Baker
Training: The BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology & the Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre includes: Ensemble in Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre, Ensemble in The Railway Children at King’s Cross Theatre, and played the Pub Bore in The Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre
Film includes: Make Me a King by UNLEYK Productions (for BMI Flare and the UK Jewish Film Festival)
Carl Patrick
Carl most recently played the role of Karpathy in the UK Tour of MY FAIR LADY which opened at London’s Coliseum in 2022.
Prior to this he played the role of Phil in the UK Premiere of ON YOUR FEET, the story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan also at The London Coliseum, and Billy Flynn in CHICAGO for Pitlochry Festival Theatre, after previously assuming the role of Roscoe Dexter in SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN for their Winter season.
Screen credits include Sky Art’s Urban Myth short PUBLIC ENEMY. Further credits include the UK Tour of Arthur Miller’s THE CRUCIBLE, Benny in GUYS AND DOLLS at the Savoy Theatre, West End, HELLO DOLLY and THE LADYKILLERS for Pitlochry and the role of Rory in SEX AND THE SUBURBS for The Royal Court, Liverpool. He has also played in AND THE RAIN FALLS DOWN for Fevered Sleep/Young Vic, OF MICE AND MEN at Watermill Newbur, Steve in LIAR LIAR at the Unicorn Theatre for Blanche McIntyre, Landlord in TWO, Henry in PRESENT LAUGHTER and Dafydd in A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL (as part of the 2013 rep season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre).
Lottie Power
Lottie Power recently graduated from Arts Ed. She is thrilled to be making her professional debut in Sinatra!
Credits whilst training: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Spongebob the Musical.
Vincent Riotta
Vincent trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1982, Honours Diploma, The Ronson , Vanbrugh and Patrick Crean prizes.
He has successfully pursued a career in acting, directing, writing and as an acting teacher, in three different countries; England, U.S.A and Italy.
As an actor; worked with Ridley Scott, (House of Gucci), Ron Howard (Rush) Christopher Nolan (Batman), Peter Greenaway (Goltzius), Zack Snyder (Justice League). Todd Field (Tar). Bill Holderman (Book Club 2). Audrey Wells (Under The Tuscan Sun).
Many years of Theatre credits range from Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Young Vic to Denny in A Steady Rain at the Ustinov in Bath.
Among some of the actors he has worked with are; Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks, Hilary Swank, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Diane Lane, Antonio Banderas, Sofia Loren, Susan Sarandon, James Mason.
He also won the Best Actor Award at the Barcelona Film Festival.
TV career; BBC and ITV in the UK, RAI and MEDIASET in ITALY, Netflix and HBO in the USA.
He is currently working on the tv series ‘Those About To Die’ directed by Roland Emmerich, in the role of the Roman Senator, Leto, starring Anthony Hopkins.
As an acting teacher, he founded the Hollywood Blvd Acting School in Hollywood, and was its artistic director for four years.
He has taught acting courses at acting academies and film schools all over the UK, Italy and the USA.
He has directed many theatre plays and a feature length movie starring John Savage.
A full biography is available on IMDB.COM.
Spin
Training: Lorraine’s School of Dance, Gypsy Booth School of Dance & Alvin Ailey in New York City.
Theatre: Lead Dwarf in SNOW WHITE AND THE 7 DWARFS (Milton Keynes Theatre), Ensemble and 1st Buddy/Cliff u/s and 1st & 2nd Brit u/s in WE WILL ROCK YOU (UK Tour), Dandini in CINDERELLA (Hippodrome Theatre, Darlington), Tajh u/s Hud & Woof in HAIR (UK Tour), Sultan in DICK WHITTINGTON (Theatre Royal, Plymouth and The Swan, High Wycombe), Judah in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Kilworth House Theatre), Four Eyed Mole in 5 GUYS NAMED MOE (Edinburgh), Jose and 1st u/s Benny in IN THE HEIGHTS (Kings Cross Theatre), Joseph / Dance Captain in TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT (UK Tour), Ensemble in HELLO DOLLY (Leicester Curve), Assistant Dance Captain in HAIRSPRAY (UK Tour), Zeke in DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 (UK Tour), Tyrone Jackson in FAME (UK Tour), Swing and u/s Seaweed in HAIRSPRAY (Shaftesbury Theatre, West End), THE WEDDING SINGER (UK Tour), DADDY COOL (UK and International Tour) and Tyrone in FAME(Stage Entertainment) and Simon Zealot in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (STTA)
Film: Last Christmas Feat Role. The Batman – Vengence (D.C) , Antman 3 – INTO THE QUANTUMVERSE (Disney/Marvel) Body double, stand in QUAZ. The Flash (D.C), Pennyworth Season 3, Britania – Season 3, The Wicher (prequel) – Title sequence & Stand in. Andor (Disney Series). Death on the Nile.
Television: Choreographer for Universal Studios, (LA), BBC Blast, The Lenny Henry Show (BBC), Stars In Their Eyes (ITV), Brit Awards (ITV), X-Factor (ITV) VMA Awards (MTV), Olivier Awards and AK dance – Finlands Got Talent (Finland). Producer: When Music Meets Film – (The Pavilion). Fame (Co-Producer with OTTHP) Theatre Royal. In Time (TKSPIN Productions)
Other: The Lion King (Corporate), London Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Spin is also an experienced Choreographer and a regular Dance Teacher at Pineapple.
Further information: www.accessuk.agency or Instagram: Dominic Spin
John Stacey
John trained at The London Studio Centre.
West End theatre credits include: My Fair Lady (The Coliseum); Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); Stephen Ward (The Aldwych); My Fair Lady (Royal Albert Hall); Top Hat (The Aldwych); Lend me a Tenor (The Gielgud); Acorn Antiques the Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Anything Goes (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); My Fair Lady (RNT and Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Les Miserables (Palace Theatre); Hard Times the Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Saturday Night Fever (London Palladium); Guys and Dolls (RNT); Martin Guerre (Prince Edward); Cats (New London); Fiddler on the Roof (London Palladium)
Touring theatre includes: My Fair Lady; Mary Poppins; Barnum; Top Hat; Scrooge; Fame; Guys and Dolls; Mamma Mia; Saturday Night Fever; Grease; Pickwick; Fiddler on the Roof.
Regional theatre includes: Alice in Wonderland (Hazlitt, Maidstone); Pajama Game (Chichester); Lend Me a Tenor (Theatre Royal Plymouth); Me and My Girl (Sheffield Crucible); Hello Dolly (Regents Park); La Vie Parisienne (Iford Festival); Cinderella the Musical (Bristol Old Vic); A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, High Society (Regents Park); Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible); The Adventures of Mr Toad (The Watermill); Watership Down (Redgrave, Farnham)
John was involved in three episodes of The Crosswalk Musical for James Corden’s Late Late Show filmed in London and Paris and a live episode at Central Hall, Westminster. He has been included in a number of original cast recordings and a live filmed recording of Acorn Antiques the Musical for Victoria Wood. He appeared in the Victoria Wood Christmas Special 2009 for the BBC.
Amelia Katie Connor
Amelia is delighted to be joining the cast of Sinatra The Musical as Little Nancy!
Amelia lives with her family and adorable cockerpoo in Kidderminster. She has an unwavering love for dance and musical theatre and trains with J’s Dance Factory and Stagebox. In addition to dancing, singing and acting, Amelia is an excellent skier. She is always grateful for the support and encouragement she receives from her wonderful teachers, friends and family!
TRAINING: Stagebox
THEATRE: Oakmoor Child in Nativity! The Musical (Birmingham Rep)
Effie Gell
Effie is extremely excited and proud to be joining the cast of Sinatra The Musical.
Effie lives in Derbyshire with her family and trains in both Dance and Performing Arts at Hardy Alexandra Dance Company in Derby. At school Effie particularly enjoys Maths and Sports Education. Effie would like to thank her family and friends for their continued support
Credits include: Nativity! The Musical, Birmingham Rep.
Isla Granville
Isla is thrilled to be joining the cast of this incredible new production: Sinatra The Musical!
Isla lives with her family in Nottingham and loves all things Musical Theatre! She trains with Affinity Dance School and Stagebox, and would like to thank all her teachers for their encouragement, guidance and the opportunities they provide. Isla would also like to thank her family and friends for their continued support.
TRAINING: Stagebox
THEATRE: Oakmoor Child in Nativity! The Musical (Birmingham Rep); Ballet Girl in Billy Elliot (Leicester Curve)
Creative Team
Kathleen Marshall
Kathleen Marshall is a nine-time Tony Award nominee, winning three times for Best Choreography for the Broadway revivals of Wonderful Town, The Pajama Game and Anything Goes.
She recently received an Olivier Award for her choreography of the West End production of Anything Goes. She has worked on more than twenty Broadway shows and she is the first woman who has directed a play, directed a musical and choreographed a musical on Broadway.
Off-Broadway and regional credits include for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Second Stage, Transport Group, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Old Globe, Long Wharf, Paper Mill, Hollywood Bowl, Boston Pops, Signature Theatre and St. Louis MUNY. Kathleen served as the Artistic Director for City Center Encores! for four seasons, during which time Encores! received a special Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre.
Her film and television credits include My Week with Marilyn (choreographer), Once Upon a Mattress, The Music Man (choreographer) and 2 Broke Girls. She has received three Drama Desk Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, an Emmy nomination, the Astaire Award, the George Abbott Award, the Smith College Medal (her alma mater), the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts and she has been named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania.
Joe DiPietro
Joe DiPietro has won two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and three Outer Critics Circle Awards.
He is happy to return to Birmingham Rep, where his Tom Jones musical, “What’s New, Pussycat?” recently premiered. His new play, Babbitt, starring Matthew Broderick, debuts in November at LaJolla Playhouse.
Some of his other shows include Memphis (2010 Tony Award for Best Musical); Nice Work If You Can Get It (10 Tony nominations); The Toxic Avenger (OCC Award – Best off-Broadway Musical); Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Off-Broadway Alliance Award – Best Musical) I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (the longest-running musical revue in off-Broadway history); as well as the much-produced comedies Clever Little Lies and Over the River and Through the Woods, among others. His musical Diana can be seen on Netflix and will make its UK premiere in a special concert presentation this December on the West End.
Set Designer
Peter McKintosh
Peter McKintosh
Peter is a Tony and Olivier-nominated designer, whose awards include Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for Crazy for You (Regent’s Park and West End).
Theatre includes: Orlando, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The Wind in the Willows, Guys and Dolls, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Night With Reg, Hay Fever, Fiddler on the Roof, Another Country, Entertaining Mr Sloane, The Dumb Waiter, Viva Forever!, Noises Off, Love Story, Donkeys’ Years, The Birthday Party, Butley (West End); Trouble in Butetown, St Nicholas, Measure for Measure, The York Realist, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Splendour, My Night With Reg, Luise Miller, Serenading Louie, Be Near Me, The Chalk Garden, John Gabriel Borkman, The Cryptogram, Boston Marriage (Donmar Warehouse); South Pacific (also Sadler’s Wells/UK tour), Shadowlands, The Deep Blue Sea, Guys and Dolls, Love Story (Chichester); Extinct, King Hedley II, After The End, Shining City (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Funny Girl, Guys and Dolls (Marigny, Paris); 42nd Street (Châtelet, Paris); The Winslow Boy (Old Vic and New York); The 39 Steps (London, New York and worldwide; Tony nominations for Best Scenic and Best Costume Design); Our Country’s Good, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Widowers’ Houses, Honk! (National Theatre); Alice In Wonderland, Pericles, King John, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Brand (RSC); Waste, Cloud Nine, Knot of the Heart, The Turn of the Screw, Romance, House of Games (Almeida); On The Town, The Sound Of Music, Hello, Dolly! (Regent’s Park).
Opera includes: Hansel and Gretel (Regent’s Park); The Handmaid’s Tale (Royal Danish & Canadian Operas, ENO); The Marriage Of Figaro (ENO).
Peter is a founding member of Freelancers Make Theatre Work.
Costume Designer
Jon Morrell
Jon Morrell
Jon studied at the Central School of Art and Design. Theatre credits include: Anything Goes (Barbican & UK tour); Richard III (Almeida Theatre); Top Hat (Olivier Award for Best Costume Design – Aldwych Theatre, UK tour, Japan); His Dark Materials (National Theatre). Opera credits include: La bohème (Glyndebourne); La Juive (Geneva); Un Ballo in Maschera (Den Norske Opera); Madama Butterfly (Graz Oper); Otello (Washington National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Teatro Real Madrid, ENO); Jenůfa (ENO, Santa Fe Opera); Georgiana (Buxton International Festival); Katya Kabanova (Liceu Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera); Rigoletto (Scottish Opera, New Zealand Opera); Peter Grimes (Oper Frankfurt); Partenope (ENO, San Francisco Opera, Opera Australia); Maometto II (Canadian Opera Company, Santa Fe Opera); La finta giardiniera (Santa Fe Opera); Tannhauser (ROH, Lyric Opera Chicago). Ballet credits include: Carmen, Undine (Oper Graz Ballet); Cinderella, Blixen, Queen of Spades (Royal Danish Ballet); Symphonic dances (ROH); Tipping Point (Joffrey Ballet); Fearful Symmetries (San Francisco Ballet).
Musical Supervisor
Gareth Valentine
Gareth Valentine
Valentine began his career in 1981 working alongside composers such as Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, John Kander, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Maury Yeston.
He has conducted the following West End musicals (all of which won Olivier Awards for Best Musical or Best Musical Revival): 42nd Street (Drury Lane), Kiss Me Kate (Victoria Palace), Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar Warehouse), Chicago (Adelphi Theatre), and City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse). He has most recently conducted My Fair Lady at The London Coliseum.
He has conducted for many international artists including: Barbara Cook, Eartha Kitt, Betty Buckley, Elaine Paige, Liza Minelli, Christopher Reeves, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Bryn Terfel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chita Rivera, Jerry Lewis, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Ian McKellen, Clarke Peters, and Victoria Wood.
Gareth’s Requiem has been performed at worldwide, and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London.
He was commissioned by The Old Vic to compose a new score for Aladdin starring Sir Ian McKellen as Twankey.
He composed the ballet Strictly Gershwin for English National Ballet which played at the Royal Albert Hall and a sellout UK tour with seasons in Tulsa and Queensland.
Orchestrators
Larry Blank
Larry Blank
Larry received Tony nominations for his Orchestrations on The Drowsy Chaperone,
White Christmas and for Catch Me If You Can, co-orchestrated with composer Marc
Shaiman. Larry also provided orchestrations for Holiday Inn, Honeymoon In Vegas, A
Christmas Story and The Producers (both for Broadway and the film). He’s also conducted numerous shows on Broadway and in Los Angeles.
Recent UK credits include 42nd Street, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Singin In The Rain, Mrs Henderson Presents, Guys And Dolls, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, City Of Angels, White Christmas, Fiddler On The Roof and Carousel. He is a regular contributor for Friday Night is Music Night for BBC Radio 2. Larry created the Theme music for the Olivier Awards as well as having worked as the Music Director/Conductor for many years.
Larry has orchestrated, arranged and conducted numerous films, four Academy Awards
shows and conducted and/or arranged for Marvin Hamlisch, Barbra Streisand, Betty
Buckley, Michael Crawford, Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook. He was the orchestrator
and conductor for FX/BBC’s Fosse Verdon and orchestrated and conducted Dolly Parton’s
Christmas On The Square for Netflix.
John Clayton
John Clayton
Bassist, Composer, Arranger and Producer, John Clayton is a busy man. He is a Grammy winner with nine additional nominations and has written and/or recorded with artists such as Milt Jackson, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gladys Knight, Queen Latifah, McCoy Tyner, YoYo Ma and Charles Aznavour, to name only a few.
John was the principal bassist in the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (The Netherlands) from 1980-1984. In 1986, John co-founded the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and rekindled The Clayton Brothers Quintet. In addition to his individual clinics and workshops, he also directs the educational components of Centrum, The Port Townsend Jazz Festival, and the Vail Jazz Workshop.
Arrangers
Ian Eisendrath
Ian Eisendrath
Ian Eisendrath is the Executive Music Producer for Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE (starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot), Hulu’s ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Season 3 (starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez), Apple Original Films’ SPIRITED (starring Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, and Octavia Spencer), Sony Animation’s KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, and Sony Pictures’ LYLE LYLE CROCODILE (starring Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem and Constance Wu).
Ian is also the Music Supervisor, Conductor, and Arranger for the critically acclaimed stage musical, COME FROM AWAY (Broadway, London, Australia, Toronto, North American Tour). Past credits include Music Supervisor and Conductor for A CHRISTMAS STORY (Broadway, North American Tour), and Music Supervisor and Arranger for DIANA (Broadway).
Other recent credits include Music Supervisor and Conductor for Fox’s A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE, Apple TV’s live capture of COME FROM AWAY, and Netflix’s live capture of DIANA, A TRUE MUSICAL STORY.
Ian produced the soundtracks for SPIRITED, LYLE LYLE CROCODILE, COME FROM AWAY, A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE and DIANA.
Gareth Valentine
Gareth Valentine
Valentine began his career in 1981 working alongside composers such as Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, John Kander, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Maury Yeston.
He has conducted the following West End musicals (all of which won Olivier Awards for Best Musical or Best Musical Revival): 42nd Street (Drury Lane), Kiss Me Kate (Victoria Palace), Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar Warehouse), Chicago (Adelphi Theatre), and City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse). He has most recently conducted My Fair Lady at The London Coliseum.
He has conducted for many international artists including: Barbara Cook, Eartha Kitt, Betty Buckley, Elaine Paige, Liza Minelli, Christopher Reeves, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Bryn Terfel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chita Rivera, Jerry Lewis, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Ian McKellen, Clarke Peters, and Victoria Wood.
Gareth’s Requiem has been performed at worldwide, and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London.
He was commissioned by The Old Vic to compose a new score for Aladdin starring Sir Ian McKellen as Twankey.
He composed the ballet Strictly Gershwin for English National Ballet which played at the Royal Albert Hall and a sellout UK tour with seasons in Tulsa and Queensland.
Dance Arranger
David Chase
David Chase
Lighting Designer
Tim Mitchell
Tim Mitchell
Tim is an Associate Artist for Royal Shakespeare Company and Chichester Festival Theatre and is a Fellow of Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
In 2015 he won a Knight of Illumination Award for Taken at Midnight (Chichester). He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Henry IV Part 1 and 2 (RSC), Green Room Award for Singin’ in the Rain (Australia) and Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Lyceum). In 2018 he was nominated for Best Lighting Design in the 53rd Fleur Du Cap Awards for King Kong and in 2020 for Kinky Boots (both Fugard Theatre).
For Birmingham Rep: Spitting Image: Idiots Assemble (& West End), The Play What I Wrote, Nativity! (also tour), The Snowman, The Exorcist.
Recent Theatre: Sister Act (UK Tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour); Upstart Crow (Gielgud Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Nashville Ballet).
Sound Desginer
Paul Groothuis
Paul Groothuis
Born in Holland, Paul studied Stage Management at Central School of Speech and Drama graduating in 1981.
Credits amongst others:
National Theatre: Anything Goes, His Dark Materials, My Fair Lady, Hamlet (1987, 2011), Candide, Oklahoma!, Oh, What a Lovely War!, A Little Night Music, Lady in the Dark, Guys and Dolls (1990); Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd, Carousel, Follies, Buried Child, All my Sons.
For Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures: Nutcracker, Highland Fling, Sleeping Beauty, Edward Scissorhands, Play Without Words, Red Shoes, Dorian Gray, The Carman, Romeo and Juliet, The Midnight Bell.
For Chichester Festival Theatre: Pajama Game, Private Lives, Neville’s Island, Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd, Mack and Mabel, The Young Chekhov’s, Damsel in Distress, Sweet Bird of Youth, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Kiss me Kate, Travels with my Aunt, Ros, Oklahoma!, South Pacific!, The Sound of Music.
For Hampstead Theatre: Loyalty, 55 Days, Chariots of Fire, Rabbit Hole, Good People, Cost Of Living, Filthy Business, I and You.
Also
The King and I (Palladium/UK tour); Oliver! (Palladium, Drury Lane, UK Tour); Mary Poppins;
Marguerite (WestEnd and Tokyo); Acorn Antiques; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Sheffield/Westend/UK/US tour), The Height of the Storm (Westend and Broadway), A German Life (Bridge Theatre), Showboat (Sheffield/New London), The Band’s Visit (Donmar)
Paul is a Creative Associate with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures
Video Designer
Akhila Krishnan
Akhila Krishnan
Akhila trained at the Royal College of Art and the National Institute of Design in India. She was previously Senior Designer at 59 Productions.
Theatre includes Grenfell: In The Words of Survivors, Our Generation (National Theatre); Assassins (Chichester Festival Theatre); Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Pittsburgh CLO); Mandela, Chasing Hares (Young Vic); Come Fall In Love: The DDLJ Musical (Old Globe); What’s New Pussycat? (Birmingham Rep); The Two Character Play (Hampstead Theatre); Oliver Twist (Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon); While You Are Here (The Place/Dance East); Maggot Moon (Unicorn Theatre).
Opera includes The Handmaid’s Tale, The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie (ENO); Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wiener Staatsoper); The Wreckers (Glyndebourne); Samson et Dalila, The Knife of Dawn, Echoes at the Gate, 8bit (Royal Opera House).
Live Broadcast and Direction includes POD, Lifesongs (Guildhall).
Event design includes Sound of Colour (Arthouse Jersey); UpNext (National Theatre Fundraising Gala)
Wigs, Hair & Makeup Designer
Campbell Young
Campbell Young
Recent credits include:
West End/UK: Rock Follies, The Sound Of Music, 42nd Street, Groundhog Day, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, As You Like It, Good, Eureka Day, Into The Woods, Back To The Future, Cinderella, Anything Goes, Get Up Stand Up!, The Drifters Girl, Rosmersholm, All About Eve, Funny Girl, St. Joan, One Night in Miami, City of Angels, The Young Chekhov Trilogy, High Society, Gypsy, Guys & Dolls, The Bodyguard.
Broadway: Bad Cinderella, A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, The Devil Wears Prada (Chicago), Funny Girl, The Music Man, Carousel, Head Over Heels, Three Tall Women, Hello, Dolly!, Head Over Heels, The Crucible, Misery, Sylvia, A Delicate Balance, Les Miserables.
Broadway/West End: Leopoldstadt, To Kill A Mockingbird, Company, A Christmas Carol, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, The Ferryman, The Girl from the North Country, Farinelli and the King, Groundhog Day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Matilda, Ghost The Musical, Billy Elliot. Opera – Don Carlos, L’enfant et les sortileges (Bolshoi Opera Moscow); Anna Nicole (BAM)
Film and TV: The Guilded Age, Downton Abbey, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Awards: Drama Desk Award 2020 – Outstanding Wigs and Hair for TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
Website: https://www.cyassocs.com
Casting Director for Grindod Burton Casting
David Grindrod
David Grindrod
Theatre includes: Sinatra (The Rep), Mamma Mia! (Worldwide), Matilda, Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Time Travellers Wife, Grease, Greatest Days, Elf, Mamma Mia! The Party, Hairspray and all titles composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Film includes: Musical Ensemble casting: Greatest Days, Matilda, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!
UK Dance Casting: Mary Poppins Returns, Nine.
Casting Director: Phantom of the Opera.
Television includes: Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream, Sound of Music Live, Superstar, Over the Rainbow, I’d Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria.
David is also proud to be Associate Artist at the Old Vic Theatre, Vice President for Arts Educational School, Trustee Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Trustee Council of Dance and Musical Theatre, advisor to the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation for Scholarships.
Casting Co-Ordinator for GBC: Will Burry.
US Casting Directors
Jim Carnahan
Jim Carnahan
Jason Thinger
Jason Thinger
Associate Director
Stevan Mijailovic
Stevan Mijailovic
Stevan Henry Mijailovic is a Freelance Theatre Director originally from the West Midlands, now based in London. With over a decade of professional experience Directing and assisting on Regional, National and International stages, Stevan has recently added Large Scale Immersive performances to his repertoire as Creative Associate for Netflix’s Stranger Things Experience. Having a special interest in new writing, Stevan is very proud to be returning to the West Midlands with this original production.
Notable recent credits include: Associate Director for Cagney Top of the World (UK), Directing Intern Back to the Future the Musical (West End).
Director of Joyce (UK & UAE), Caddywhompus (NYC Fringe), Contact (Kiln Theatre) Attempts on Her Life (LSBU).
Associate Choreographer
Carol Lee Meadows
Carol Lee Meadows
Carol Lee Meadows has worked as performer and/or Associate Choreographer/Supervisor on the following…
West End: Anything Goes (Barbican), School of Rock, Kiss Me, Kate. Broadway: Kiss Me, Kate, Beauty and the Beast, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Christmas Carol, Meet Me In St. Louis.
US National Tours: Little Shop of Horrors, Doctor Dolittle, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.
NY Stage: Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular, Radio City’s Easter Spectacular, Carnival, Do Re Mi, Babes in Arms, ‘Lil Abner, Boys from Syracuse, Promises, Promises.
Film/TV/ Video: Beyond the Sea, Bullets over Broadway, Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal and most recently the Jonas Brother’s Waffle House.
Carol Lee is thrilled to once again be working with the incredible Kathleen Marshall and is most proud of her three dearest productions… Sasha, Xander and Sophie! 3
Musical Director
Mark Aspinall
Mark Aspinall
Credits include: The Curios Case Of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse) Anything Goes (Barbican/UK Tour), City of Angels (Garrick Theatre), & Juliet (Manchester Opera House), West Side Story, Guys and Dolls and Sweet Charity (Royal Exchange), The Band (UK Tour), Three Phantoms (Parisian Theatre), The Wicker Husband (Workshop), Travels With My Aunt (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Smallest Show On Earth (UK tour), Titanic (Princess of Wales, Toronto & Southwark Playhouse),
The Roles I’ll Never Play (St. James Theatre), Mack And Mabel (Southwark Playhouse), Cinderella (Cliffs Pavilion).
Musical Supervisor credits include: Titanic (Charing Cross Theatre, UK/International Tours).
Musical Supervisor & Orchestrator credits include: The Lord of The Rings (Southwark Playhouse) Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre).
Assistant Musical Director credits include: & Juliet (Manchester), City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre).
Keyboard and other credits include: Cats (The Movie), Stephen Ward (Aldwych Theatre), Composer, Multistory (RSC Workshop).
Associate Musical Director
Sam Young
Sam Young
Perhaps best known for his bold arrangements, Sam is a sought-after music director, arranger, orchestrator and pianist who was accepted onto the music courses at the University of Cambridge, Berklee College of Music and Royal Academy of Music, before graduating from the latter with distinction.
Very active both in theatre and on the concert scene, Sam regularly works with leading artists (including Ramin Karimloo, Hadley Fraser, Rob Houchen and Alice Fearn) and, this autumn, will be serving as arranger and orchestrator for Stephen Schwartz’s 75th birthday concert at the Lyric Theatre.
His work in theatre includes…
As Orchestrator: Mandela (Young Vic)
As Musical Director/Arranger: RIDE (Southwark Playhouse, Leicester Curve, Charing Cross Theatre), Lift (Southwark Playhouse), The Man in the Ceiling (Turbine Theatre)
As Associate Musical Director: Sinatra (Birmingham Rep), Mandela (Young Vic), White Christmas (UK Tour)
Lighting Associate
Guy Jones
Guy Jones
Guy has worked extensively as associate to Tim Mitchell on productions of Spitting Image Live (West End); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Leeds Playhouse/UK Tour); Singin’ in the Rain (UK tours/Tokyo/International tour/Moscow/Sadlers Wells/Toronto); I Pagliacci & mezzoCav (Iford Arts, Belcombe Court); Mame (Hope Mill Theatre); Pressure (Chichester Festival Theatre/UK tour/West End,Toronto); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour); Hobson’s Choice (West End); Guys and Dolls (Chichester Festival Theatre/West End/UK Tour); The Rehearsal (Minerva, Chichester); Goodnight Mister Tom (West End/UK Tours); Dirty Dancing (West End/UK tour/Germany/Australia/France/Italy); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (West End); Relative Values (West End); Yes, Prime Minister (UK Tours/West End).
Sound Associate
Ken Hampton
Ken Hampton
Video Associate & Programmer
Iain Melville Syme
Iain Melville Syme
Iain Melville Syme trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
He works across many mediums including theatre, installations, live events and ceremonies.
Selected work as Video Designer includes: Black Superhero (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court), Fitter (Soho Theatre, London), War of the Worlds (International Tour).
As Associate: Grenfell: in the words of survivors (National Theatre, London), An American in Paris (International Tour).
As Programmer: David Hockney: Bigger & Closer [not smaller & further away] (Lightroom London), Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre, London).
Orchestral Managers for BW Musicians
Andy Barnwell
Andy Barnwell
Current London productions: Cabaret, Moulin Rouge!, Frozen, Pretty Woman, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and Hamilton, and previously include: Aint’ Too Proud, Newsies, & Juliet, Get Up, Stand Up, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Anything Goes, Hairspray.
Current/recent regional/UK tours include: The Rocky Horror Show, The Commitments, Beauty and the Beast.
Orchestral Managers
Richard Weeden
Richard Weeden
Current/Recent London productions: ABBA Voyage, SIX, Brokeback Mountain, Once on this Island, La Cage Aux Folles.
Current/recent regional/UK tours include: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, SIX, Shrek, Famous Five, Hairspray, Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Production Management for Bakht Arkell Theatrical Services
Ben Arkell
Ben Arkell
Costume Supervision
Christina McGlynn
Christina McGlynn
Christina has worked extensively in Opera and was Head of Costume at English National Opera for over a decade.
Recent work includes: The Mirror & The Light (RSC & Playful); Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Rigoletto, La Boheme (ROH) The Excursions of Mr Broucek (Grange Park Opera & Opera Poznan) World Premieres – Marnie – Muhly (NY Met Opera), Thebans – Anderson (Bonn Opera) & Gaddafi: A Living Myth – Asian Dub Foundation; The Mask of Orpheus, Salome, La Traviata, The Queen of Spades, Otello, Katya Kabana, Partenope, Jenufa, La Boheme, Elixir of Love, La Amour de Lion, Rite of Spring, Bluebeard’s Castle, Aida, The Merry Widow, Rigoletto, The Magic Flute (ENO); The Return of Ulysses (Young Vic) Costume Designer – Don Giovanni (Opera Faber) Associate Costume Designer – Lost Highway (Young Vic).
Upcoming productions include: Lucia di Lammermoor (ROH) The Artist (TRP & Playful).
Prop Supervision
Propworks
Propworks
Led by Lizzie Frankl and Emma Banwell, Propworks is a team of artisans and stylists who source and make props for theatre and live events.
Theatre credits include: Aida (Circustheater, The Hague); Ain’t Too Proud (Prince Edward Theatre); Bonnie & Clyde (The Arts Theatre); Oklahoma! (Young Vic); West Side Story (World Tour); Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (UK Tour); 2:22 A Ghost Story (Noël Coward); Derren Brown – Showman (Apollo Theatre); The Ocean At The End Of The Lane (Duke Of York’s Theatre); Grease The Musical (Dominion Theatre); Sister Act The Musical (Hammersmith Apollo); Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour); Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Palladium Theatre); Singin’ In The Rain (Sadler’s Wells; Rossiya Theater, Moscow; The Orb, Tokyo); Pretty Woman (Piccadilly Theatre; Savoy Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican; US Tour); and numerous productions at Chichester Festival Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, The Old Vic, and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Dialect Coach
Jessica Hammett
Jessica Hammett
Credits include: Anything Goes (Barbican), The Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime), We Were The Lucky Ones (Disney+), Dune: The Sisterhood (HBO: Max), Lee (Focus Features), Wicked Little Letters (StudioCanal), The Promised Land (Revolution Films), The Essex Serpent (Apple TV), His Dark Materials (BBC/HBO), The Trick (BBC), Rebecca (Netflix/Working Title), The Duke (Pathe Productions), Last Night in Soho (Working Title).
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