HRH
The
Earl of Wessex KG, GCVO |
Maggie
Semple OBE, FCGI
(Chair of the Board)
Jon Bath
Victoria Bracey
The Hon Mary-Jo Jacobi
Caroline Jackson-Levy
Gillian Newson
Vanessa Vallely
Jeremy Walker
Paul Munden
(Company Secretary) |
Eddie Jarvis
Claire Roff
Becky Thorn
Melinda Woolford
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Jeremy was made an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List of 2010 for services to Young People and to Musical Theatre.
Jeremy founded The National Youth Music Theatre in 1976 and led it as Artistic Director for twenty-seven years till 2003. He has written over thirty pieces for the company, directed over forty, and has won seven Fringe First awards at the Edinburgh Festival.
The NYMT has played to universal acclaim worldwide. Among its many successes are the sell-out West End smash-hit, Bugsy Malone, at the Queens Theatre; The Dreaming (Howard Goodall’s musical version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at Covent Garden and across the world; Pendragon on Broadway (where it won The Critics Choice award); The Ragged Child (subsequently on BBC TV); The Kissing Dance (a musical version of She Stoops To Conquer); and many more.
Jeremy started his career at The National Theatre as actor and director. He was Associate Director at The Young Vic from 1975-8 before directing freelance for the English National Opera and Glyndebourne, amongst many others. He has directed all over the world, including shows in Sydney, Hong Kong, Toronto and on Broadway, and has worked on the casting of many films, including Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Sleepy Hollow and most recently Sweeney Todd.
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For NYMT: Musical Director – Sweeney Todd (2011) International Youth Arts Festival, The Rose, Kingston; Sweeney Todd (2010) Village Underground, London; Totally Over You (2009) Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue; All Above Board (2008) Bridewell Theatre, London; Whistle Down the Wind (2008) Greenwich Theatre. Vocal Coach – Fiddler on the Roof (2007) Bridewell Theatre, London.
Jeremy has been an Associate of NYMT since 2006. He is Director of Music at Westminster Under School and of the Westminster Boys’ Choir, whose appearances have included performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Barbican, the English Chamber Orchestra at the Cadogan Hall, at the Royal Festival Hall, the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall and in concert with Sir Thomas Allen and Julian Lloyd Webber. They have performed live on BBC Radio, have appeared on BBC, LWT and Channel 4 television, and have recorded theme music for two BBC television series. Under his direction, the Westminster Boys’ Choir has toured throughout Europe, in the U.S.A., Canada, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and China.
Jeremy is also founder-director of the acclaimed chamber choir, Voyces, and he directs annual choral courses at Dartington International Summer School. With the support of the British Council, and at the composer’s request, he co-directed John Gardner’s children’s opera, Bel and the Dragon, in the Manoel Theatre, Valletta and, the following year, a specially choreographed performance of Handel’s Messiah involving over one hundred young singers and dancers. He also collaborated with Joan Littlewood on the preparation of new performance material for The Theatre Group’s production, Oh! What a Lovely War. |
For NYMT: Director – Sweeney Todd (2011) International Youth Arts Festival, The Rose, Kingston; Movement Director – Sweeney Todd (2010) Village Underground, London.
Sarah directed and choreographed Pinkalicious at Waterloo East Theatre London last Christmas. It was listed in the Evening Standard as one of the top must-see family shows in London over Christmas and it will be returning to the same venue this year. She has been commissioned to write and direct a children’s pre-school show for Autumn 2011 at Waterloo East Theatre. Other directing includes Red Hot And Cole (Landor) The Kondos (Jermyn St ) and a huge community project at Southwark Cathedral for The Alice Label Aids foundation.
Other choreography credits include; Stepping out, Its Never Too Late and A Chorus Of Disapproval (Mill At Sonning) An Evening of Sondheim at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Side by Side by Sondheim (Far East Tour) Midsummer Night’s Dream (Propeller Tour) Monty And Mirabella (Eagle Rock TV) Spaghetti Opera (Opera On The Run) Black Slap And Sequins (Landor). She has has worked extensively as an actress in theatre, TV and radio. Theatre includes the UK première of Songs for a New World (Bridewell) Alice in Wonderland (RSC) Dreaming (The Queens Theatre) Animal Crackers (Lyric, Shaftesbury Ave) Grease (Dominion and Cambridge) Of Thee I Sing (Bridewell) Tracy Beaker (Hackney Empire) The Magic Flute for Music Theatre London (Donmar Warehouse) The Bar (Drill House) La Traviata also for Music Theatre London (Drill Hall) Beauty and the Beards (Kings Head) Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Stripper (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch). Regional work includes: British première of Whenever for Alan Ayckbourn (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) Don Juan (West Yorkshire Playhouse) The Marriage of Figaro (New Vic, Stoke) Company and Putting it Together (Manchester Library Theatre) Hayfever, Out Of Order (Southwold Summer Theatre). TV includes: Eastenders (BBC) NHS! (Paramount Comedy) Models Required (YTV) Chucklevision (BBC) Trail of Guilt (BBC) Barbara (Carlton) and Not Quite at the Opera (MTL). Radio includes The Constant Nymph, We’ll be Right Back, Oliver Twist (BBC) and various Loose Ends R4.
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Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (Sir John Mills Scholarship)
For NYMT: Movement Director – Workshop Production of Mark Ravenhill’s Totally Over You (2009) Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue; The Hired Man (2009) Hull Truck Theatre & Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA and All Above Board (2008) Bridewell Theatre, London. Actor – Oklahoma! (2002-3) national tour & West End; Creation (1999 & 2001) Aberdeen International Music Festival & Edinburgh Fringe; Into The Woods (2000) Oxford Playhouse, Cardiff New Theatre & West End.
Other theatre work includes (as choreographer) Earthquakes in London; James & the Giant Peach; West Side Story; Bugsy Malone; The Walpole Orange; Cabaret; (as performer) Salad Days, Riverside Studios & Bristol Old Vic; Crazy for You, Kilworth House Theatre; Roman Holiday, West End Workshop; Peter Pan, Milton Keynes Theatre, Betwixt, Gala Concert at the Ambassadors; Oklahoma!, Kilworth House Theatre; Macbeth, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Royal Albert Hall, national tour, Sadler’s Wells & Opera Lille; Alice in Wonderland, Birmingham Rep; Honda Civic choir commercial. |
Michael trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and previously worked as a Musical Director in Ireland at venues including Belfast’s Waterfront Hall and the BBC. Working as a freelance Musical Director and Composer. Michael was most recently musical director of the critically acclaimed production of Jason Robert Brown’s Parade at Southwark Playhouse. Prior to that he was musical director of Who Ate All The Pies at the Tristan Bates theatre, Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi at the Union Theatre and Cinderella at the Capitol Theatre. Other recent credits include: Six Ways and Falsettoland at Jermyn Street Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Nina and Shaz, Privates on Parade, My Favourite Year, Nunsense, Jason Robert Brown Song Cycles, A…My Name is Alice, Performing Arts and Musical Theatre Showcases. Assisting Credits include A New Brain and The Flight of the Lawnchair Man and Time of our Freedom by Conor Mitchell. The founder of Eight, an eight part a cappella choral harmony group, Michael has created work for a private function for Sir Paul McCartney. Performance credits include Bill Kenwrights production of Cabaret and Into the Woods. He was also répétiteur for Rufus Wainwright’s World premiere of Prima Donna at Manchester Palace Theatre.
Michael has recently composed and debuted his first original piece, Six Ways – A New Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before transferring Off-West End to Jermyn Street Theatre, London. He won Best New Score at the NSDF Awards 2009. Michael also works as a vocal coach and accompanist. |
Tom Bullard trained at King’s College, Cambridge, and studies with Russell Smythe. He was a Britten-Pears Young Artist in 2010 and was selected to compete in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition 2011.
Tom spent eight years with the Swingle Singers, the last four as Musical Director. Under his direction the group toured worldwide, working with some of the world's finest orchestras and conductors. His own arrangements have been recorded on a number of the group's albums, published under the group's own label, and have proved popular with choirs and ensembles worldwide, leading to a Contemporary A-Cappella Recording Award (Best Jazz Song - The Lady is a Tramp).
Tom is currently Musical Director of The Allegri Singers and teaches Singing at Westminster Under School and St Paul's School for Boys.
Solo projects include the baritone solo in Steve Reich's opera The Cave, in Strasbourg and Dresden, the baritone solo in Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light with the LSO at the Barbican, a concert of Haydn and Mozart songs at the Lille Opera for Le Concert d'Astrée and solo performances with The City Waites for a BBC4 documentary on the painter William Dobson. On stage, his roles include Max in Demon Lover for the Grimeborn Festival, Dandini in Rossini's La Cenerentola and Figaro in The Barber of Seville, both for OperaUp Close, Peter Ivanov in Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann for Opera South, the Soldier in Tom Wiggall's opera, Alban, for Alban Opera, Smirnov in The Bear for Minotaur Music Theatre, Piquillo in La Périchole for Opera South, Macheath in The Beggar’s Opera, Adonis in Venus and Adonis and leading roles in HMS Pinafore, Ruddigore and The Sorceror. He is also an accomplished Musical Theatre performer, with appearances including Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd, Doody in Grease, and Lancelot du Lac in Camelot. |

Candida Caldicot has a music degree from Cambridge University where she was also awarded a University Instrumental Award for piano playing. Her recent credits include Jet Set Go! (Jermyn Street Theatre), Cinderella (New Wimbledon Theatre), All Bob's Women (Arts Theatre, London), Holoray Holiday (Arcola Theatre, London), The Marilyn Monroe Show (Brighton Spiegeltent), Hey Jack (Arcola Theatre), Princess Ida (Minack Theatre), South Pacific (ADC Theatre), Me and My Girl (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Yeomen of the Guard (Cambridge Arts Theatre), The Cabaret of Menace (Edinburgh Fringe), Wetmarsh College (Edinburgh Fringe).
She has also played keyboard for The Sound of Music (London Palladium) and was rehearsal pianist for La Cage Aux Folles (Playhouse) and Rue Magique (King's Head). She also works as a repertoire coach at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has a particular interest in new musicals and has worked with Mercury Musical Developments on workshops and showcases as well as full scale productions.
Candida has musically directed Rockin' The Rose, Heaven Sent (Workshop) and Manhattan Melodies In The West End for Hidden Talent Productions. |
Chris is currently appearing in Legally Blonde as Grandmaster Chad / Dewey / Kyle. He trained at Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show (European Tour) directed by Sam Buntrock; Jay St John in The Black & White Ball (Kings Head Theatre); Bobby Van Husen in The Boyfriend and Dick Trevor in Lady Be Good (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (National Tour); Chess (International Tour); Chicago (Adelphi Theatre) in which he understudied and played Billy Flynn; Tonight’s The Night (Victoria Palace Theatre), in which he understudied and played Rocky on numerous occasions; Grease (Scandinavian Tour).
Television includes: Doctors (BBC); Omid (BBC); Hotel Babylon (Carnival Films) and My Hero (BBC). Chris has recently finished playing the role of Steve Lomas in Richard O’Brien’s new musical The Stripper (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch and UK Tour). |
Currently starring as the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, Tiffany studied at the Arts Educational School in Tring. She made her stage debut aged 11 in The Nutcracker with The English National Ballet and performed with NYMT at the Edinburgh Festival in productions of Annie and Poppy.
At 19 she played Judy Turner in the touring production of A Chorus Line. She then went to Germany to perform Sunset Boulevard. Returning to England, she joined the cast of Chicago playing Mona and understudied and performed the role of Roxie Hart. She was also a member of the final cast of Cats at The New London Theatre. She joined The Grange Park Opera in productions of La Traviata and Anything Goes and then played Margie in Follies at The Royal Festival Hall.
Tiffany played the role of Dolores Reynolds in Babe’s In Arms at the International Festival of Musical Theatre in Cardiff before returning to Chicago at the Adelphi, this time as Velma Kelly. She sang in the concert A Night Of A Thousand Voices at The Royal Albert Hall, in honour of Trevor Nunn, and the Royal Gala opening of the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. She has worked with Kevin Kline in a workshop of his latest film about Cole Porter, called De-Lovely and has recently performed her own cabaret show. Other theatre includes: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, NT; Dick Whittington, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne; Holiday Snap on tour; Dames At Sea, Lincoln & Guildford; Jack & The Beanstalk, Devonshire Park; Times Up, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford; the UK Tour of Tonight's The Night, Imagine This (Workshop), The Truth About Men, King’s Head, London, the award winning production of Eurobeat at the Edinburgh Festival, Godspell UK Tour, Chess at Royal Albert Hall and Run For Your Wife UK Tour.
She has just finished another stint in Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre, Shout! at the Arts Theatre, and Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Theatre Royal Haymarket. |
Paul currently narrates a touring production of The Courtesan with Elizabeth Byrne, who plays a range of self-made women! At Jermyn Street theatre he performed part of the new epic poem of The History of Britain by Colin Wakefield. He has just completed another season in Southwold Summer Theatre, playing Blodwood in Far From the Madding Crowd and Heath in The Office, a prelude to hit comedy Rising Damp by Eric Chappell.
Paul trained at Rose Bruford in London. He played the title role in John Doyle's 25th Anniversary production of Stephen Sondheim's musical thriller Sweeney Todd, for which he received a 2005 Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. The show openedat the Watermill Theatre near Newbury in February 2004, then played at six locations on tour before transferring to London - first to the Trafalgar Studios, then the New Ambassadors Theatre, where it ran until February 2005.
Paul had previously worked with John Doyleat the Swan Theatre, Worcester in a season that included The Tale of Two Cities, in which he played both Carton and Darnay, and Trafford Tanzi in which he played Dean.
Other regional theatre includes productions at Southwold, Dundee, Edinburgh, Manchester, Ipswich, Leicester and Windsor. Parts played include Kayama in the European première of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures at the Manchester Library theatre, directed by Howard Lloyd Lewis. Dickie in The Winslow Boy, Max in The Real Thing, Constant in The Provok'd Wife, Richard in Crystal Clear, Jim in Masterpieces, Rooster in Annie, Mr Snow in Carousel, Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew, Orin in Little Shop of Horrors, and The Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie.
Paul has worked extensively with the Cherub Theatre Company in the Edinburgh Festival's award-winning production of Kafka's The Trial, which transferred to theYoung Vic, where he has also played Judas in Barabas and Palamon in The Two Noble Kinsmen. And he has toured extensively playing Peter in A Taste of Honey, Fag in The Rivals (with Irene Handl as Mrs Malaprop) and Sir Walter Whorehound in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (another Cherub Theatre Co production).
London theatre credits include seasons at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi at St George's Theatre, Shylock at the Lyric Studio in Hammersmith, First Whisper at the Old Red Lion, Nothing, No One, Forever at the Cockpit Theatre, Rochester in Jane Eyre, Jasper in Julian Slade's Nutmeg and Ginger at the Orange Tree, Richmond, and Antipholus in the 400th year anniversary production of The Comedy of Errors at Lincoln Inn Fields.
West End productions include the 1996 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at theLyceum, opening the run as a High Priest and ending the run as Pilate. The RSC production of Les Misérables (Paul sings in the Ensemble on both the 10th Anniversary Concert and the Complete Symphonic recordings). Ernst and then Cliff at the Strand Theatre in Gillian Lynn's production of Cabaret, Guy in the King's Head production of Mr Cinders (with Denis Lawson) at the Fortune Theatre, the King of France in Leonardo at the Strand.
TV/Radio credits include The Alchemist, The Innocents, Doctors, Casualty, The Bill, Down to Earth, Trial and Error, DCI McQuiston in Taggart, Bergerac, A Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse, Downtown Lagos, Coasting.
Paul is a Speech and Drama examiner for Trinity Guildhall, examining across the UK and Europe. |
As Musical Director, The Secret Garden (Birmingham Rep), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Bermuda), The White Guard (NT), Burnt By The Sun (NT), Feather Boy (NT Studio), Piaf (Vaudeville), Jerry Springer The Opera (UK Tour), Chicago (International Tour), The Master and Margarita (Chichester), Santa Claus and the Return of Jack Frost (Southampton Mayflower). As Associate MD, Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly), The Cherry Orchard (Old Vic), Theatre of Blood (NT), Bugsy Malone (Queens), and Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Savoy).
Dan was Assistant MD of The Drowsy Chaperone (Novello), Marguerite (Haymarket), Out Of This World (Chichester), Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour) Singin’ in the Rain (NT) and Honk! (UK Tour). Other MD credits Little Shop of Horrors (Landor), and Nine (Arts Ed).
Dan also worked on the original productions of Edward Scissorhands, The Car Man and Nutcracker! for Matthew Bourne, and Shoes for Stephen Mear.
Keyboard credits include Ragtime, The Secret Garden, Anything Goes, The Witches of Eastwick, Bombay Dreams, Mamma Mia, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Avenue Q, Joseph, The Sound of Music, Cats, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, La Cage Aux Folles, Oliver!, Carousel, Love Never Dies and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
Future plans include a new stage version of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie, Top Hat. |
For NYMT - Assistant Director - Sweeney Todd (2011) The Rose Theatre, Kingston.
David is currently appearing in Singing In The Rain at the Chichester Festival. He previously appeared at Chichester as Mac in 42nd Street (Festival Theatre) and Ziegfeld Tenor/Mr Renaldi in Funny Girl (Minerva Theatre).
National Theatre credits include Augustinian in Luther, Protean in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Production Tenor in Singin’ In the Rain (also WYP). West End credits Cats (New London Theatre); original cast of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre); Jake in Oklahoma! (National Theatre at the Lyceum Theatre).
Other theatre credits include Erik Litenaur in Grand Hotel and Bunker/Mr Spencer in Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar Warehouse); Mr Tumnus/Mr Beaver in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Duclos in Gigi, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Where’s Charlie? (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); The Naked Maid in Naked Boys Singing (King Head/Arts Theatre); Mike in the European Premiere of White Christmas (four seasons regionally); Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep); Eros in Orlando (Royal Opera House); Malcolm in Macbeth (Southwark Playhouse); Paris in Romeo and Juliet (Clwyd Theatr Cymru); Salty in Teechers (Eye Theatre); Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew (Stafford Castle); Beauty and the Beast (RSC); Verezzi in Zastrozzi (Cockpit Theatre London); Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance (Theatre on the Lake Bromley); Phil in Dancin’ in the Street (Oldham Coliseum); Harry in Puss in Boots (Newbury Corn Exchange). Workshops include Sitios (Royal Court Theatre), Merry Wives (RSC), Alfie (Palace Theatre Watford).
Television credits The Bill, The Gist.
David was Co-Writer/Co-Choreographer/Co-Performer for Monty and Mirabella (children’s TV pilot – RedShawWaters Productions); Assistant Choreographer to Adam Cooper’s Oliver Award nominated choreography on Grand Hotel (Donmar Warehouse); Choreographer for Romeo and Juliet (The Marlowe Society/Cambridge University), Do I Hear a Waltz (Landor Theatre) and Romeo and Juliet (Liverpool Playhouse). |
Malcolm has been a regular Musical Director for the RSC and on productions of The Wizard Of Oz (New Vic), Fiddler On The Roof (Aberystwyth), Company (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama), Singin' In The Rain (Aberystwyth) and Ben Hur (Bath Theatre Royal).
He was also Assistant MD on the UK tours of the Donmar's Guys & Dolls and Evita and keyboards on tours of Beauty & The Beast, Les Misérables, Grease, Cats and Aspects Of Love. |
Jodie was the first student of Musical Directing at Mountview Academy; prior to this she studied music at Edinburgh University, specialising in piano accompaniment, and as a youngster trained with NYMT, performing in Oklahoma! The Dreaming and Nos Vies En Roses.
Recent credits as MD include: Hey Mr Composer (York Opera House); SLP Showcase (Criterion Theatre, London); Oklahoma! (SLP); Godspell (SLP); Anything Goes (Arts Ed), Diary of Me (Trafalgar Studios, London) and Cabaret (Mountview). As Assistant MD: Little Shop of Horrors (UK Tour); Mathilde (Vaudeville Theatre, London) and Titanic (Shaw Theatre, London). Recent credits as composer include: Flashmob and Aberfan, both for Youth Music Theatre UK. As audition pianist / accompanist she works nationwide, and regularly teaches singing and repertoire. |
For Theatre: La Bete (Sonia Friedman Productions), Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic Theatre), Noises Off (David Gilmour/Jeremy Sams), The Good Soul of Szechuan (Young Vic), Sunday in the Park with George (Wyndhams / Menier Chocolate Factory), Richard II (Ludlow Festival), The Dresser (Bath Theatre Royal / West End), Tales From The Vienna Woods (National Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (New Shakespeare Company), Oh, What a Lovely War! (New Shakespeare Company), Alice in Wonderland (Royal Shakespeare Company), Six Characters Loking For An Author (Young Vic), The Heiress (National Theatre), Send For Mr Plim (Battersea Arts Centre), Side By Side By Sondheim (Greenwich Theatre), Company (Donmar / Alberry Theatre).
Television includes The Sarah Jane Adventures, Emma, Doctors, Extras, Midsomer Murders, Casualty, The Bill, Eastenders, Grafters, Company, Castles, Prime Suspect and Growing Pains.
Film includes: The Knot, Sweeney Todd, Topsy Turvy,Bill The Kid & The Green Baize Vampire, 30 Years To Life.
Opera: La Traviata (Flora - Donmar Warehouse / Hamburg), The Marriage of Figaro (Susanna - Drill Hall / Hamburg), Don Giovanni (Zerlinna - Drill Hall / Hamburg)
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For NYMT: Choreographer - A Celebration of Young People in Performing Arts, Buckingham Palace.
Choreographer for: Juan Pablo Di Pace’s music video We Wanna Rock (2010); Katie Melua’s music videos A Happy Place & The Flood (2010); Florence Rawlings' music video Hard to Get (2009); Florence Rawlings (Artist) 2009 Management/Record Label: Dramatico; Katie Melua’s Music Video Two Bare Feet (2008). Assistant Choreographer for Salsa Commercial – Lighterlife (2008) Director: Mitch Walker. Fight Director & Fight Choreographer for West Side Story, Director: Andrew Macbean. Choreographer for London Calling (Questors Theatre, Ealing) Director: Amanda Redman. Choreographer for Element Soup (Questors Theatre, Ealing) Director: Amanda Redman Choreographer for Guiness Record Attempt for Gladrags - Stagecoach Theatre Arts (Twickenham).
Cristian was born in Santiago De Chile and was influenced by his South American roots. He moved to Sweden where he trained in Martial Arts and later trained and competed in Latin Ballroom Dance. He then trained in Musical Theatre and was soon cast in West Side Story. After graduating he appeared in Fame and worked throughout Europe dancing and acting in musicals, TV & film.
He came to London to join the cast of West Side Story and has since performed in musicals, TV, film, music videos and commercials all over the world.
Cristian now works as a Professional Choreographer and for Mike Batt's recording production company, Dramatico.
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For NYMT Peter played guitar in Bugsy Malone at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre and the Lyric Hammersmith in 1997. He now works as an MD and composer.
Peter was MD on the 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables. He has also written music for several productions at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds and is currently working on his first commission for a documentary, The Great Mafia Orange Squeeze.
Peter studied music and English at the University of Birmingham and trained on the musical director’s course at the Royal Academy of Music. His credits include: Musical supervisor: Departure Lounge (George Square, Edinburgh); The Diary of Me (Perfect Pitch Showcase,Trafalgar Studios); Close Your Eyes (debut album by Annalene Beechey). Musical Director: The Music Is the Hero (Players’ Theatre); Jekyll and Hyde (Beck Theatre, Hayes); The Pirates of Penzance (the Golden Hinde); Little Shop of Horrors (Derngate Theatre, Northampton); Blues Brothers…Live! (Birmingham Guild Theatre). Assistant musical director: Avenue Q (West End); They’re Playing Our Song (Menier Chocolate Factory); Fame (UK tour). Composer: Three Men in a Boat, Twelfth Night, A Night at the Theatre and Aladdin (all for Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds).
Peter was also assistant to Jason Robert Brown for Parade (Donmar Warehouse) and keyboard/pianist credits include: Wicked! (Apollo, Victoria); Fame (Shaftesbury) and The South Bank Show special on Viva la Diva (ITV). |
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