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Jason Donovan came into our lives in the late 1980s as Scott Robinson in the hit Australian series, Neighbours. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, he had several chart hits, and his album Ten Good Reasons was the best-selling UK album of 1989. His hits included ‘Too Many Broken Hearts’, ‘Especially For You’ (with Kylie Minogue), and of course, ‘Any Dream Will Do’. Since then, he has rarely been away from the stage or screen.
Jason’s record-breaking run in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the early 1990s preceded his performance as Frank N Furter in the 25th Anniversary Production of The Rocky Horror Show, then Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, The King’s Speech, Million Dollar Quartet and Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds. In December 2019 he was called home to Australia to appear as the charismatic and cunning celebrity lawyer, Billy Flynn in Chicago. Jason’s recent TV credits also include ITV’s Dial M for Middlesbrough and Dave’s Meet the Richardsons.
In the spring of 2022, Jason performed ‘Any Dream Will Do’ outside the gates of Buckingham Palace as part of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Over the summers of 2022 and 2023, he completed two consecutive runs as the Teen Angel in Grease in the West End.
In 2022, along with Kylie Minogue, he rejoined the cast of Neighbours one final time as Scott Robinson. In 2023, Jason donned his fishnets and heels to reprise his role as Frank N Furter for the 50th Anniversary of the production in Australia performing for audiences in both Sydney and Melbourne to critical acclaim. Starting February 2025, Jason will embark on his next solo music tour, the ‘DOIN’ FINE’ tour which will span locations across the UK and Ireland.
Joe McElderry has been non-stop ever since he burst on to the scene in 2009 as the baby faced winner of The X Factor.
The South Shields-born singer quickly stormed into the UK charts with his debut album Wide Awake, before discovering a new sound during his winning stint on ITV show Popstar to Operastar in 2011.
He honed his classical crooning in follow-up albums, Classic and Classic Christmas before returning to his pop roots with fourth offering Here’s What I Believe.
Not content with just two reality contest wins to his name, Joe braved sub-zero temperatures to claim victory on the first series of Channel 4’s The Jump in 2014.
Joe’s been a regular on the stage too, receiving rave reviews for his portrayals of the titular roles in The Who’s rock opera Tommy and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as well as a leading role in Club Tropicana: The Musical.
His passion for performing led to the release of his fifth studio album, Saturday Night at the Movies, which saw him cover a string of classic hits from the silver screen.
He’s continued to hit up the studio since, dropping singles Baby Had Your Fun, I Am an Army and latest offering L.O.V.E.
Joe’s toured the UK relentlessly for more than a decade, and is famed for his interactive shows and impromptu ‘Jukebox Joe’ audience requests.
Following a number of successful tours, including Set Your Soul Alive, Evolution and Northern Light, Joe paid homage to the late, great George Michael in 2022 with his Freedom tour.
He’d been lucky enough to perform with the iconic singer during his time on X Factor.
Returning to his own concerts last year with his Celebrate The Music tour, Joe delivered an eclectic mix of pop, rock, and musical theatre classics like only he can.
And this year, Joe is heading back out on the road with his Classic Collection Live in Concert shows, which will treat fans to the kind of show-stopping numbers he has become known for.
He’ll end the year with his fourth starring stint in the prestigious Newcastle Theatre Royal pantomime – this time in The Little Mermaid.
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As an actor, Matt Slack has performed in the West End and makes regular appearances in both TV and film. His TV and Film credits include Bergerac; Damsel (Netflix); FBI International; Casualty (BBC); EastEnders (BBC); Doctors (BBC); The Musketeers (BBC); Law and Order UK (ITV); The Raven; The Fall of the Krays; The Monster; Obsessions: Dark Secrets (Discovery Channel); Dr Xargle (CITV).
Matt’s theatre credits include Boogie Nights: The 70s Musical (UK Tour and the Artscape Theatre); Blood Brothers (Phoenix Theatre, UK & Ireland tour); Hot Flush: The Comedy Musical (UK Tour); Social Notwork (Rada Studios, Camden Fringe); Mrs Henderson Presents (Royal Alexandra Theatre); Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical (The Hall for Cornwall); The Addams Family Musical (UK & Ireland tour).
This year marks Matt’s 24th year in pantomime, and he is recognised as one of the country’s leading pantomime comics, having won Best Comic and Best Song Sheet at the Great British Pantomime Awards. Last year, Matt won Best Comic for a second time for his performance as Jake Trot in Jack and the Beanstalk. His previous Hippodrome appearances include Oddjob in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Silly Billy in Jack and the Beanstalk, Wishee Washee in Aladdin, Idle Jack in Dick Whittington, Buttons in Cinderella, Mr Smee in Peter Pan, Muddles in Snow White, Ringo the Ringmaster in Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Dick in Dick Whittington.
As a Director, Matt’s credits include Cinderella (New Theatre, Cardiff), Aladdin (New Theatre, Cardiff), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Richmond Theatre), and Cinderella (New Theatre, Cardiff). Matt started his career as a comedian. In 1995, the former Pontins Bluecoat turned professional after winning the major UK talent show Stairway to The Stars. The following year he won Best Comedy Act and outright winner of the Entertainer of the Year - Southwest Awards. He went on to headline at the Babbacombe Theatre in Torquay and starred in Comedy Bonanza at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool. Matt has also appeared at all the major holiday parks and cabaret venues across the UK
A two-time Drama Desk Award nominee, Bianco made her West End debut starring in Forbidden Broadway at the Vaudeville Theatre and was most recently seen as Glinda in The Wizard Of Oz at The London Palladium.
New York credits include Forbidden Broadway (Drama Desk Award nomination), Application Pending (Drama Desk Award nomination), The Marvelous Wonderettes, It Must Be Him, and Newsical the Musical. Other notable credits include Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly (Indianapolis Symphony), Maureen in Rent (Weston Playhouse), Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (Theatre Marigny – Paris, Winner Trophees De Le Comedie Musicale) and LV in the 30th Anniversary UK tour of The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice.
Television credits include ITV’s The Imitation Game, POP TV's sitcom Impress Me, Hallmark’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered, and frequent voice work for RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Bianco captured international acclaim as a YouTube sensation with her ‘diva’ impression videos gaining over 25 million views. She has performed on television programs such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Today Show, The Paul O’Grady Show and This Morning.
Christina has performed her critically acclaimed concerts to sold out crowds around the world, including two UK tours and extended runs in London (Charing Cross Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory), Spain, South Africa and Australia (Sydney Opera House).
She frequently tours with major US and Canadian symphonies and performs her solo symphony show under the direction of renowned Maestro Jack Everly. Her live album, Life Of The Party, is available on iTunes and all major streaming platforms.
Credits Include: Galileo in We Will Rock You (Sagres Campo Pequeno), Barrett in Titanic The Musical (UK Tour), Jean-Michel in Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre), Standby The Man in Whistle Down The Wind (Watermill Theatre), Tony in West Side Story (Danielle Tarento / Ljubljana Festival), Ensemble/1st Cover Moses/2nd Cover Ramses in The Prince Of Egypt – Original West End Cast (Dreamworks), Menino in Out Of Water 'CargasD'agua' (It Productions), 1st Cover Grantaire in Les Miserables (Queens Theatre), Alberto Beddini in Top Hat (ArtsEd) and Bobby in Cabaret (ArtsEd).
Concert Credits Include: Gino in MIMMA (Teatro Verdi Trieste & Cadogan Hall), The Music Of The Bee Gees (Kuala Lumpur Philharmonic Orchestra), Vocalist for Lea Salonga: Stage, Screen & Everything In Between (UK Tour) and Houdini in Side Show: in Concert (London Palladium).
Training: Tiffany Theatre College Credits
Include: Ensemble/Cover Eddie in Mamma Mia! (West End), Regent Seven Seas Splendor, Headliners Theatre Company (P&O Ventura), Ensemble in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Sunderland Empire).
Training: Italia Conti Associates Tunbridge Wells and Performers College
Theatre includes: Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre), Aladdin Das Musical (Stage Apollo Theatre), Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk (Crossroads Pantomimes).
Other credits: Sam Fender music video (London Alley), FA Cup Final (Mass movement).
Training: Arts Educational Schools
Theatre includes: Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tour), Assassins (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Other work includes: Doctor Zhivago (Concert, Lambert Jackson Productions); The Olivier Awards 2023 (ArtsEd Choir); Let’s Face The Music (Concert, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Training: Bird College, BA (Hons) Dance and Musical Theatre.
Theatre: Ensemble / Cover Broadway Ballet Dancer in Singin' in the Rain (Kilworth House Theatre), Elaine / 2nd Cover Patsy in Crazy for You (Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End and Chichester Festival Theatre) and Ensemble / 1st Cover Judy Haynes in White Christmas (UK Tour 2021 & 2022).
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Dirty Dancing (UK and International Tour) as Cover Baby, Cover Marjorie, OnStage Swing, Mamma Mia (UK and International tour) as Ensemble/Cover Lisa, Time Flies (EventimApollo), Dare to Dream, The Laine Show and Star Track (Epsom Playhouse), Robin Hood (Milton Keynes Theatre).
Television includes: BBC’s Big Night of Musicals (Manchester AO Arena).
Other work includes: DuSol Productions Contortion(Jewel in Piccadilly, Watford, Milton Keynes and The Platinum Suite Leicester).
Training: Addict Dance Academy.
Theatre includes: The Crystalloids (Hull Truck Theatre).
Other work includes: Lipton’s Ice Tea - Tea Changes Everything 2024 Campaign.
Training: Guildford School of Acting (GSA)
Theatre includes: Ensemble in Cinderella (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Choir in West End Does: Christmas, Choir in West End Does: Hollywood.
Other work includes: Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (GSA), Ensemble in High Spirits (GSA).
Hugh is a Stoke-on-Trent born actor who is thrilled to represent his hometown on his first professional tour in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre credits include: Cover Jason Lancaster in Becoming Nancy (Birmingham Rep), Doctor/ Cover Rudolpho in Matilda The Musical (International Tour), Ensemble in White Christmas (UK Tour), Ensemble in Chess The Musical in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Ensemble in Carousel (Kilworth House Theatre), Pro Dancer/Cover Aladdin in Enchanted Production's Aladdin (Ipswich Regent Theatre).
Credits whilst training: 'Peter’ in the original production of The Lucky, Unlucky Ones (Laine Theatre Arts Studio Theatre), Vocalist in Stephen Brooker’s Musical Theatre Classics (Princes Hall Aldershot).
Stage Credits include: Ensemble / Cover Santiago and Christian in Moulin Rouge! (Piccadilly Theatre), Ensemble / Cover Kristoff and Pabbie in Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Ensemble in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Bernado in West Side Story (Estonian National Opera), Scooter in White Christmas (Curve Theatre), Ensemble in Guys and Dolls (Royal Albert Hall), Lord French in Me & My Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre), Jack Frost in The Snowman (London and UK Tour), Hortensio in Kiss Me Kate (Kilworth House), Carnival Boy / Ensemble in Carousel (London Coliseum), Jeter / Cover Ren and Chuck in Footloose (Stage Entertainment Milan National Theatre), Morris Delancey / Cover Jack Kelly in Newsies (Disney/Bags Entertainment Milan National Theatre).
Training: The Urdang Academy
Television Includes: The Brit Awards 2024, dancing for Becky Hill & Chase and Status. (ITV)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat marks Ellie’s professional theatre debut.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Dick in Dick Whittington (Broadway Theatre, Barking), Alternate Marty McFly and Dave McFly in Back to the Future (Adelphi Theatre), Dave McFly/us Marty McFly in Back to the Future (Manchester Opera House), Jonny Casino/us Danny in Grease (UK Tour), Ensemble in Sweet Charity (Donmar Warehouse), Ensemble in The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), Lewis U/ S Joe Casey in Our House (UK Tour), Featured Ensemble in The Braille Legacy (Charing Cross Theatre) Joe Pesci U/S Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys (Piccadilly Theatre), Pinocchio in Shrek (UK Tour), Dick in Dick Whittington (White Rock Theatre, Hastings), Ensemble in Anything Goes (Kilworth House), Ensemble U/S Pepper in Mamma Mia (Prince of Wales and Novello Theatre), Ensemble in 42nd Street Gala (London Palladium), Dance Captain U/S Dame in Sleeping Beauty (Civic Theatre, Chelmsford), Ensemble U/S Wishee Washee in Aladdin (Civic Theatre, Chelmsford), Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot (LTA Studio Theatre).
Oliver has recently graduated from Bird College and is excited to make his professional debut in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Credits while training include: David in Company, Olive’s Dad in Spelling Bee and Meno in Can’t Stop it.
Other credits include: Ensemble in The Secret Garden (Ambassador theatre) and Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening (The Spire).
Training: Bird College
Theatre includes: Ensemble and Donna Summer in Mrs Doubtfire (West End), Ensemble in The Nutquacker (Warner Bros. World, Abi Dhabi), Ensemble and Donna Summer in Mrs Doubtfire (Manchester and BBC Comic Relief), Ensemble and u/s Lisa in Mamma Mia! (Royal Caribbean), Dancer in Blue Planet (Royal Caribbean).
Siobhan started her professional training at the Brit School academy studying Dance and Singing Skills, to then extend her training on a three-year course at The Urdang Academy Dance and Musical Theatre.
Professional Credits: Ensemble/1st Cover La Chocolat in Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre, West End), Ensemble/1st Cover Casey Seeger and 2nd Cover Bunny in An Officer and a Gentleman (UK Tour), Ensemble/1st Cover Waitress and 2nd Cover Justice in Rock of Ages (UK Tour), Ensemble in Cages (Digital Musical Theatre & Interactive).
Commercial Credits: Tomorrow Morning (Movie, Nick Winston) and Kantar (online commercial)
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West End credits: Alternate Buddy in Elf the Musical (Dominion Theatre).
Other Theatre credits: Standby in Police Cops: The Musical (Edinburgh Fringe & Southwark Playhouse), Mr Poppy in Nativity! the Musical (The Birmingham Rep), Dustin in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany), Ensemble/On Stage Swing in Mythic (Charing Cross Theatre), Man 2 in Give My Regards To Broadway (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Playlist Performer (Carnival Cruise Line), Ensemble/Understudy Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (QDOS )and Featured Singer/Dancer in 120th Anniversary Performance (Theatre Royal, Wakefield).
TV credits: Featured Artist in NHS Commercial, Dancing Cleaner in T-MOBILE Commercial, Mr Poppy in Nativity the Musical for Blue Peter (BBC), Finalist in All Together Now (BBC); Dancer in Victoria (ITV) and Featured Dancer in The Voyager with Josh Garcia (NBC).
Concert credits: Ben Lancaster - Live At Zedel, Cut Before Curtain Up (Above the Stag) and A West End Christmas (MAD Trust).
Cast Recordings: MYTHIC – Original London Cast Recording.
Ben Lancaster’s original music is also available to buy and stream on all platforms.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Mamma Mia (Novello Theatre), Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre, London), Wicked (UK & Ireland Tour)
Training: Arts Educational School, The BRIT School and Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Cover Pepper / Ensemble in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre London, 2023-2024), Elmer in Disney’s Newsies (The Troubadour Theatre, 2023), Billy in Billy Elliot The Musical (Victoria Palace London, 2013-2015). Crossroads Pantomimes include: Aladdin 2021 (SEC Armadillo, Glasgow) and Jack & the Beanstalk 2022 (Alhambra Theatre, Bradford).
Other credits include: The BRIT Awards 2020 Dancer for Mabel (The O2 Arena), One Young World 2019 Performer (Royal Albert Hall), Commercial Model / Actor for Timberland – Nature Needs Heroes 2020.
Training: Wilkes Academy & Tap Attack
Theatre includes: Jack & the Beanstalk (Regent Theatre, Stoke).
Television includes: Little Big Shots (ITV), Blue Peter Children in Need Special (CBBC), Dance Passion (BBC).
Other work includes World Tap Champion with Team GB and tap dancer at London Cabaret Club.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Ensemble in Singin’ In The Rain (Kilworth House), Ensemble in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Lido2Paris, Paris), Prince Charming in Cinderella (Palace Theatre, Newark), Ensemble & Cover Maid Marion in Robin Hood (White RockTheatre, Hastings).
Screen credits include: Better Man (Partizan), Brighton (CK Films), Mapp and Lucia (BBC)
Charley is a 2022 graduate from Arts Educational Schools London and also trained at Nadine’s Dance Company.
Theatre credits include: Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre), Back To The Future (Adelphi Theatre), Little Bits of Light – Workshop (National Theatre).
Theatre whilst training includes: Lampito in Lysistrata Jones (Franny Ann Rafferty), Electric Skate in Spongebob Squarepants the Musical (John Brant) and Dot in Sondheim on Sondheim (Abigail Pickard and Michael Haslam).
Training: Bird College
Theatre: Cover Lisa Houseman and Penny Johnson in Dirty Dancing (UK and International Tour), Cover Marty and Rizzo in Grease (Royal Caribbean Cruises), Cover Maid Marion in Robin Hood (Nottingham Theatre Royal), Dick Whittington (Southampton Mayflower Theatre).
Other Work Includes: Dancer in Thursford Christmas Spectacular.
Training: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Theatre Credits: Kurt in Heathers (UK Tour), Ensemble Cover Sky / Eddie in Mamma Mia! (West End), Ensemble / Cover Link in Hairspray (RCCL), Ensemble / Cover Sky in Mamma Mia! (RCCL).
TIM RICE has worked in music, theatre and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession–musical theatre. Their first collaboration was based on the life of Dr. Thomas Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes Of Us. Their next three works together were much more successful – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita.
Tim has since worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess), and Stuart Brayson (From Here To Eternity). He also written with Freddie Mercury, Burt Bacharach and Rick Wakeman among others.
He has recently written and presented 50 weekly podcast chats (entitled Get Onto My Cloud) which are mercifully short (25 mins max) reminiscing about his years in music, theatre and film–playing hits and flops, out-takes and number ones.bpn.fm/getontomycloud In 2021 he and Peter Hobbs wrote Gee Seven for the Truro Cathedral Choir to coincide with the G7 economic summit invasion of Cornwall.
Tim founded his own cricket team in 1973, which has now played over 700 matches, and was President of MCC, founded in 1789, in 2002. He was appointed President of the London Library in 2017 in succession to Sir Tom Stoppard. He is a Trustee of Sunderland FC’s Foundation of Light and a Life Vice-President of the schools/cricket charity Chance to Shine. He crops up here and there in all branches of the media drawing on his extensive knowledge of the history of popular music since Elvis was a lad. He has won several awards, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed the scores of some of the world’s most famous musicals. From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) to Cinderella (2021) his work has been consistently seen on world stages. Before the covid pandemic hit, Lloyd Webber had shows continually running in the West End for 48 years and on Broadway for 41. When Sunset Boulevard joined School Of Rock, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera he equalled Rodgers and Hammerstein’s record of four shows running simultaneously on Broadway. He is one of the select group of artists with EGOT status, having received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
Lloyd Webber owns seven London theatres including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Over the past three years the latter has been completely restored and renovated at a cost of over £60 million. It is one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by a private theatre owner in recent times. His mantra that every penny of profit made from his theatres is ploughed back into the buildings has meant that considerable work has been undertaken across his theatre portfolio during the pandemic, including the complete re-modelling and re-seating of the Gillian Lynne.
Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of musical education and diversity in the arts. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation provides 30 performing arts scholarships every year for talented students with financial need and supports a range of projects such as the Music In Secondary School Trust and commissioning research into diversity in theatre.
Andrew Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997. To mark his 70th birthday, his best selling autobiography Unmasked was published by Harper Collins in March 2018.
Director: Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The London Palladium); Chess (English National Opera); Unmasked (The Other Palace); Miss Saigon (Broadway, West End, US tours, UK tours, Australia, Japan, Korea, Austria); School of Rock (Broadway, West End, US tour, UK tour, Australia, China and Korea); Les Misérables (West End, Broadway, US tours, UK tours, Australia, Japan, Korea and Spain); Jesus Christ Superstar (UK and Australian arena tour); The Phantom of the Opera (UK and US tours); Oliver! (UK tour).
He directed the 25th anniversary concert of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and the 25th anniversary concert of Les Misérables at the O2 in London, both of which were simultaneously broadcast in cinemas worldwide and subsequently released on DVD.
DVD credits: Jesus Christ Superstar (world arena tour); The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary concert (Royal Albert Hall) and Les Misérables (O2 Arena) and Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre).
Awards: Miss Saigon on Broadway (Tony nomination for Best Revival); Miss Saigon (UK – Manchester Evening News Award for Best Touring Musical, Korea – Best New Foreign Production and Best Ensemble in a Musical, and Australia – the Green Room Award for Best Director of a Musical) and Les Misérables (UK – Best Musical at the Manchester Evening News Awards).
JoAnn M. Hunter has 20 Broadway shows to her credit as a Choreographer, Associate Choreographer and Performer.
Choreography: Broadway – School Of Rock (Bdway, US Nat’t Tour and West End, Australia), Disaster, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Broadway Bound.
National Tour/Regional: Ever After (Alliance Theatre), World Premiers of August Rush with John Doyle, Beatsville by Glenn Slater, A Sign Of The Times by Bruce Vilanch, Harmony (Alliance/Ahmanson Theatre) by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, and Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes’ The Nutty Professor directed by Jerry Lewis. Pump Boys and Dinettes , Grease, Oliver, & Curtains all at (PMP), Nat’l tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. She has directed Debra Monk in her one woman show with special guest Ron Rifkin, Andrea Martin, Victor Garber, and David Hyde Pierce.
Assoc Broadway Choreographer – Spring Awakening, Curtains, The Wedding Singer, All Shook Up.
Up coming projects: UnMasked at PMP.
In development, Rock And Roll Refugee (Dir/Chor) The Story of Lady Rocker Genya Raven, Lourds Lane superhero rock musical SuperYou (Dir/Chor).
Recent credits: Wonderland (Nottingham Playhouse/Northern Stage. UK Theatre Award for Best Design); Violet, The Woman in White, Death Takes a Holiday (Set Design, Charing Cross Theatre); The Lady Vanishes, Rain Man (Bill Kenwright Ltd); Guys and Dolls (Royal Albert Hall); Rock of Ages, Fame! (UK Tours); Spamilton (Menier Chocolate Factory); Tell Me on a Sunday (Set Design, Majestic Theatre, Shanghai/RUG); Ruthless! (Arts Theatre); The Christmasaurus (Hammersmith Apollo); Top Hat (Set Design), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kilworth House); Tango Moderno (UK Tour); George’s Marvellous Medicine (Leicester Curve/UK Tour); Deathtrap (Salisbury Playhouse/UK Tour).
Other credits: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Novello Theatre. Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play); Othello, Lives in Art (Sheffield Crucible); The Last Tango (Phoenix Theatre/UK Tour); Forbidden Broadway (Vaudeville Theatre/Menier Chocolate Factory); Midnight Tango (Phoenix Theatre/Aldwych Theatre/UK Tours); The Life of the Party (TheatreWorks, California/Menier Chocolate Factory); Love Me Tender (UK Tour); Dance ’til Dawn (Aldwych Theatre/UK Tour); Our New Girl (Bush Theatre); Room on the Broom (Lyric Theatre/Garrick Theatre/World Tour); Flashdance (Shaftesbury Theatre); Sign of the Times (Duchess Theatre); Footloose (Playhouse Theatre/Novello Theatre/UK Tour/South Africa).
Ben is an Associate Artist of Curve in Leicester. He trained at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London where he was honoured to be awarded a Fellowship in 2021.
West End includes: Joseph and the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat (London Palladium); Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Inala (Peacock Theatre); Young Frankenstein (Garrick); Annie (Piccadilly); Panto land at The Palladium, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Snow White, Dick Whittington and Cinderella (London Palladium); Breakfast at Tiffanys (Theatre Royal Haymarket); All the Fun of the Fair (Garrick); Visiting Mr Green (Trafalgar Studios); Dancing in the Streets (Cambridge) and African Snow (Trafalgar Studios).
Regional and UK tours include: Sunset Boulevard & The Color Purple At Home (Streamed from Curve), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rough Crossing, Dracula, Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, La Cage Aux Folles (UK Tours); Love on the Links & Before the Party (Salisbury Playhouse); My Beautiful Laundrette, An Officer and a Gentleman, Sunset Boulevard, Beautiful Thing(Curve/UK tour); What the Butler Saw (Curve/Theatre Royal Bath); The Importance of Being Ernest (Birmingham Rep/Curve); Kiss Me Kate (WNO/Opera North), Saturday Night Fever (Theatre Royal, Bath/UK tour); The Tempest, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It (Stafford Shakespeare Festival); The Memory of Water (New Vic, Stoke); Our House (New Wolsey, Ipswich/UK tour); Sherlock Holmes, Angus Thongs and Even more Snogging (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Merrily We Roll Along (Theatre Clwyd).
International Includes: Chess (Tokyo & Osaka); La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Lausanne/Operade Oviedo); Romeo und Julia (Theater Trier); Annie and Chess (Toronto); The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Life, Strangers On A Train, Sweet Charity and Tommy (English Theatre, Frankfurt); Legally Blonde (South Korea); Inala (Sadlers Wells/International tour); Faust, 1984 (Altes Schauspielhaus, Stuttgart); Dracula (Singapore/Bangkok) and Voices of The Amazon.
Television includes: Quadrophenia, The Classic Brit Awards (Royal Albert Hall); The Olivier Awards 2011-2019 (2014 & 2019 Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting) (Royal Opera House and Royal Albert Hall); The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra (Royal Festival Hall) and Il Divo (Coliseum).
Sound Design Award highlights :Tony Award & Drama Desk Award for MJ: the Musical. Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Broadway World Award, Green Room Award, Dora Award, Craig Noel Award, and the WhatsOnStage Award for Come From Away, Olivier Award for Memphis, Olivier Award for Merrily We Roll Along, Tony nomination for Hell’s Kitchen, Tony nomination for& Juliet, Tony nomination for A Little Night Music, Tony nomination for End Of The Rainbow ,Olivier nomination for Back To The Future, Olivier nomination for Bat Out Of Hell, Olivier nomination for Top Hat, Olivier nomination for End Of The Rainbow, and Pro Sound Award for Sound Engineer of the Year.
Broadway highlights: Hell’s Kitchen, Tommy, Back To The Future,& Juliet, MJ: the Musical, Bad Cinderella, Diana, Summer, Come From Away, Bronx Tale, Spring Awakening, End Of The Rainbow, Bat Out Of Hell, Secret Garden and A Little Night Music.
West End highlights: The Devil Wears Prada, Starlight Express, MJ: the Musical, Just For One Day, Back to the Future, ALW’s Cinderella, Prince of Egypt,& Juliet, Come From Away, Bat Out Of Hell, Strictly Ballroom, 42nd Street, Wind in the Willows, Memphis, I Can’t Sing, In the Heights ,La Cage Aux Folles, ELF and Top Hat. International highlights: Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany), Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Worldwide), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Worldwide). Honorary doctorate from Salford University.
Theatre includes:
Cabaret (West End, Broadway), SIX (West End, Broadway, UK Tour), Mrs Doubtfire (West End, Manchester), Sister Act (West End, UK Tour), Miss Saigon (Crucible Theatre), Bed knobs & Broomsticks the Musical (UK Tour), Moulin Rouge! the Musical (West End, Associate), Elf the Musical (West End, Broadway), NOW! That’s What I Call A Musical (UK Tour), Here & Now (UK Tour), Evita (Curve Theatre), Medea (West End), Brokeback Mountain (West End), An Officer & a Gentleman (UK Tour), The Cher Show (UK Tour), The Osmonds: A New Musical (UK Tour), White Christmas (West End, UK Tour), The Palladium Panto: Jack & the Beanstalk (West End), The Palladium Panto: Peter Pan (West End), Copacabana (UK Tour), Curtains (West End, UK Tour), On Your Feet! (West End, UK Tour), Magic Goes Wrong (West End), What’s New Pussycat? (Birmingham Repertory), Gypsy (Alexandra Palace Theatre), Sunset Boulevard (Alexandra Palace Theatre, The Royal Albert Hall), Fairview (Young Vic), A Very Expensive Poison (Old Vic), The Way Back Home (ENO).
Television & Film includes:
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, James Bond: No Time to Die, A Haunting in Venice, Wicked, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, Disney’s Snow White, Paddington in Peru, Wicked Little Letter, Star Trek: Section 31, Venom3, A Very Royal Scandal, Marvel’s Loki, Spencer, Wonka, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Dr Who, Nosferatu, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Marvel’s Secret Invasion, My Policeman, Foe, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Death on the Nile, Cruella, ITV's Archie, Poor Things, Argylle, Ted Lasso, SAS Rogue Heroes, See How They Run, A Very British Scandal, Disney’s Willow, Hotel Portofino (S2), I Hate Suzie Too, Masters of the Air, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Bubble, The Last Voyage of Demeter, Men, Man vs Bee, Avenue 5, Bridgeton.
Oscar-nominated John Cameron created the orchestrations for the 1991 Palladium production of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He is best known for his orchestral score for every version of Les Misérables between 1979 and 2006 including the original Robert Hosse in production in 1980 through the RSC, Broadway, tour and concert versions, winning the New York Drama Desk Award for Orchestration in 1986 and the National Broadway Theatre Award in 2002. Other shows he has arranged include Honk, & Spend, Spend, Spend. Zorro The Musical which he co-composed with the Gipsy Kings was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2009.
As a composer, John’s 50+ movie scores Include the Oscar nominated score for A Touch of Class, the British classic Kes and the Emmy Nominated score for The Path to 9-11.
Songwriting hits include Agnetha Faltskog’s If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind. Concert works include the cantata Missa Celtica recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra and the choir of New College Oxford. Recording artists worked with include Jose Carreras, Donovan, Hot Chocolate and Heatwave.
In 2014, Nils’ Wonderful Adventure a musical in Mandarin Chinese, with music and original English lyrics by John, won a Golden Lion Award in China for Best Children’s Musical.
Post Pandemic, it’s great to see Joseph back on the stage, and like most of the music industry, John is looking forward to getting his other movie, TV and music theatre projects back on the rails!
Dr John Rigby is a conductor, musical supervisor and musicologist who initially studied orchestral conducting at the University of Huddersfield and the Royal Northern College of Music. He gained his PhD from Kings College London having researched the cultural resonances of Franz Lehár’s ‘Berlin’ operettas during the Weimar Republic. He also holds an honorary Doctor of Arts from Edge Hill University in recognition of his work in musical theatre and conducting.
West End credits include: An American in Paris (Dominion); Beautiful and Damned (Lyric); The Drowsy Chaperone (Novello); The King and I (Palladium); The Last Empress (Apollo, Hammersmith); Marguerite (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); Les Misérables (Palace and Queen’s Theatres); The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); The Pirates of Penzance (Savoy); The Producers (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); and Sinatra (Palladium).
As Musical Supervisor, he worked on the UK Tours of The Producers and The King and I; Cameron Mackintosh’s 25th Anniversary Tour of The Phantom of the Opera; the arena world tour of Jesus Christ Superstar; the new production of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre and School of Rock at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. Currently, he is Co Musical Supervisor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new Cinderella, also at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
Elsewhere, he has conducted Chess for English National Opera, Carmen Jones at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Madama Butterfly for Lyric Opera, Dublin, Carousel for Opera North and Die Fledermaus for Opera Holland Park, as well as enjoying regular concert engagements with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, the Hallé, the London Concert Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra.
John Rigby was nominated for Best Musical Direction for the 2019 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards and is delighted to be returning for this year’s revival.
As Director: Weimar Cabaret (Barbican London), Hairspray, Sweet Charity, Les Misérables and West Side Story (Pimlico Opera).
As Director/Choreographer: Anton & Erin Showtime, Dance Those Magical Musicals/Movies, From Broadway to Hollywood, Swing Time, Just Gotta Dance and That’s Entertainment (Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag, UK Tour), Anton and Erin’s Christmas Cracker (Royal Albert Hall).
As Choreographer/Movement Director: Come Walk With Me (Johnnie Walker Princess Street), Porgy and Bess (Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen), The King’s Speech (Wyndhams Theatre & UK Tour), Backbeat (Duke of York’s, London/Toronto/Los Angeles), Rigoletto (Opera Holland Park), Samson et Delila, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, Tosca and Dialogues des Carmelites (Grange Park Opera), Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre), Wuthering Heights (UK Tour), Marguerite (Haymarket Theatre, London and Japan), Kismet (English National Opera), The King and I (UK Tour), Nymph Errant (Minerva, Chichester) and The Vivien Ellis Awards (Her Majesty’s Theatre London).
As Associate/Resident Director: Les Misérables: The Staged Concert, Old Friends (Gielgud Theatre), Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium, UK Tour, Toronto, Australia), Chess (ENO), 42nd Street (Theatre du Châtelet Paris), She Loves Me (Chichester Festival Theatre), Madama Butterfly (Grange Park Opera) and Shoes (Saddler’s Wells/Peacock Theatre).
As Assistant/Resident Choreographer: Gypsy (Savoy Theatre, London), Oliver! (London Palladium), Cats (New London Theatre), Anything Goes (Royal National Theatre & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), On The Town(English National Opera & Theatre du Châtelet, Paris); Sinatra(London Palladium & UK Tour).
Mass Movement Choreography: Kynren (Season 1,2 & 3) Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (Opening Ceremony), London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Opening and Closing Ceremonies), Manchester2002 Commonwealth Games (Opening and Closing Ceremonies), Ajyal Youth Film Festival(Doha), The Big If (Hyde Park, London), United Arab Emirates 44th National Day Stadium Celebration (Abu Dhabi).
Thalia trained at the Waterfront Theatre College South Africa.
Creative Credits: Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium, UK Tour, North America), Resident Director on Cats 40th Anniversary Tour (South Korea), Resident Director on Peter Pan (London Palladium 2023).
As a Performer: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat London Revival (London Palladium), Cats (China, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines), Singin’ in the Rain (World Tour), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (New Zealand and South Africa) and The Little Mermaid (South Africa).
For Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, Bombay Dreams, The Woman in White, The Sound of Music, Love Never Dies, The Wizard of Oz, Stephen Ward, School of Rock, Cinderella.
Theatre also includes: Back to the Future, Waitress, Only Fools & Horses, Mamma Mia! (worldwide), Mamma Mia!The Party, Magic Mike Live, Matilda (Adult casting), 42nd Street, Bat Out of Hell, 5 Guys Named Moe, Sweet Charity (Donmar), Into the Woods, Local Hero, Groundhog Day, Jekyll& Hyde (Old Vic), Chicago, Shrek, Grease, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mrs Henderson Presents, Fat Friends, The Commitments (UK Tour), Man of La Mancha, Chess, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd (English National Opera), Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hello Dolly, Crazy for You (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Braille Legacy, The Woman in White, Harold and Maud, Violet (Charing Cross Theatre), My Fair Lady, Candide, 42nd Street, Singing in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate (Chatelet, Paris), The Beggars Opera (Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris) and Guys and Dolls (Theatre Marigny, Paris).
Film includes: Musical Ensemble Casting: Matilda, Greatest Days, Mamma Mia! Here we Go Again, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin, Mamma Mia! UK Dancer Casting: Mary Poppins Returns, Nine. Casting Director: The Phantom of the Opera.
Television includes: Sound of Music Live (2016BAFTA Award), Superstar, Over the Rainbow, I’d Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, How Do Solve A Problem like Maria, (2007 Emmy Award), Kombat Opera presents…(2008 Golden Rose Montreux Award), Hollyoaks and West End Star (TV3 Sweden).
David is also Vice President of Arts Educational, Associate Artist at Old Vic, Trustee Watermill Theatre Newbury, Trustee Council Dance and Musical Theatre.
Theatre: Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre and UK & International Tour), Back to the Future (Adelphi Theatre), Aspects of Love (Lyric Theatre), My Fair Lady (UK &Ireland Tour), Elf (Dominion), The Time Traveller’s Wife (Apollo Theatre and Storyhouse Chester), Cinderella (Gillian Lynne), Sinatra The Musical (Birmingham Rep), Starter For Ten (Bristol Old Vic) as Casting Associate and Children’s Casting Director for Grindrod Burton Casting. Amy is the Children’s Casting Director for MJ The Musical (Prince Edward Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Almeida Theatre), Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre) for Jessica Ronane Casting.
Film/TV: Hamnet Children’s Casting Associate (Working Title) for Nina Gold, Matilda The Musical Ensemble Casting (Netflix/ Working Title), Disenchanted Ensemble Dancer Casting (Disney), Zombies4UKCasting (Disney) for Grindrod Burton Casting.
