“If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s this: everybody hates bankers.”
Bank of Dave: The Musical is a home-grown, brand-new British musical – bursting with northern grit, laugh-out-loud humour and what Dave himself calls “the best songs in any musical ever.”
This feel-good show tells the true-ish story of Dave Fishwick: Burnley born and bred, and no ordinary man. A self-made millionaire, Dave spent years helping local people and small businesses when hard-nosed banks turned them away. Frustrated by the system, he has an idea…set up his own bank and put the profits straight back into his community.
With posh but principled lawyer Hugh at his side, Dave swaps Burnley for London to take on the banking bigwigs and fight for a fairer deal. But will the fat cats of the City make way for Dave’s dreams?
Starring Sam Lupton (Only Fools and Horses, Wicked) as Dave Fishwick, Hayley Tamaddon (Emmerdale, Coronation Street) as Nicky, Lucca Chadwick-Patel (Mean Girls, Mamma Mia!) as Hugh; Claire Moore (Miss Saigon, A Christmas Carol the Musical) as Maureen and Lauryn Redding (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) as Alex.
From Sunday Times bestseller to Netflix’s #1 UK film, Dave’s inspiring underdog story now bursts onto the stage as a laugh-out-loud British musical packed with heart, humour and cracking new music.
“The humour of The Full Monty with the spirit of Billy Elliot, but with a few more ba*tard bankers, and an unlikely hero from Burnley!”
– Dave Fishwick
CAST
Sam Lupton is originally from Durham and trained at the Manchester School of Theatre.
Theatre credits include: ‘Del Boy’ in Only Fools and Horses (UK Tour), ‘Herbert Pocket’ in Great Expectations (Mercury Theatre Colchester), ‘Boq’ in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre, West End), ‘Seymour’ in Little Shop of Horrors (UK Tour, 2016), ‘Jamie’ in The Last Five Years (Bolton Albert Halls), ‘Princeton’ and ‘Rod’ in Avenue Q (UK Tour, 2012), ‘U/S Emelius Browne’ in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK Tour), ‘Guy’ in My Night with Reg (Less Is More Theatre), ‘Bruce’ in Beyond Therapy (UK Tour); ‘Harry Robinson’ in The Ladykillers (New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Salisbury Playhouse, ‘Wilfred Crompton’ in Spring and Port Wine (Oldham Coliseum), ‘Greg’ in Single Sex and ‘Gena Hamlet’ in Galka Motalka (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), ‘Harry’ in Love on the Dole and ‘Young Collector’ in A Streetcar Named Desire (Bolton Octagon).
Television includes: ‘Robert Jenrick’ in This England (Sky Atlantic), as well as appearances on The Late Late Show (RTÉ) and Ireland: AM(TV3).
Radio includes: ‘Nino Sarratore’ in My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name (BBC Radio 4), and various characters in National Velvet (BBC Radio 4).
Sam made his directorial debut with How to Curse at London’s Etcetera Theatre. He has also written and performed two one-man shows, Seance: Live and How to Be Dumped: A Sort of Magic Show, at venues in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2023).
A member of The Magic Circle, Sam has recently designed illusions for Uncanny: I Know What I Saw (UK Tour, 2023–2024), Jack and the Beanstalk (Theatre Royal Stratford East, Christmas 2023), and Village Idiot (Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2023).
Instagram: @thesamlupton
Website: www.samlupton.com
Hayley Tamaddon is a beloved British actress and performer whose diverse and dynamic career spans television, theatre, film, and live entertainment. Known for her warmth, wit, and extraordinary talent, Hayley has captivated audiences across the UK for over 30 years.
A familiar face to millions, Hayley first gained widespread recognition on the small screen as Delilah Dingle in ITV’s long-running soap Emmerdale, where she quickly became a fan favourite. Her popularity soared even further when she joined the cast of Coronation Street, playing Andrea Beckett, a role that showcased her dramatic range and comic timing.
Hayley’s television work includes an impressive array of credits. She has played roles in acclaimed dramas and popular series such as Waterloo Road, The Royal Today, Where The Heart Is, The Royal, Shameless, Odd Squad, and Jimmy McGovern’s Accused. She featured in the ITV drama Unforgotten, adding to her growing list of critically praised roles.
On the big screen, Hayley starred in the acclaimed British comedy Eaten by Lions, alongside Asim Chaudhry and Johnny Vegas. Written by Jason Wingard and David Isaac, the heartwarming and hilarious film was screened in cinemas across the UK and later broadcast on Sky and the BBC. It received critical acclaim and won several awards, with Hayley’s performance praised for its warmth and natural comedic touch.
In 2010, Hayley charmed the nation when she took to the ice as a contestant on ITV’s hit reality competition Dancing on Ice. Paired with her childhood friend and professional skater Dan Whiston, the duo skated their way into viewers’ hearts with their joyful routines and infectious chemistry. Their show-stopping performance to “Jai Ho” became iconic, and the pair went on tour with ice legends Torvill and Dean, performing the routine live in arenas across the UK. Their success earned them a place in Dancing on Ice: Champion of Champions, further cementing their status as audience favourites.
The stage, however, is where Hayley’s career began. A gifted musical theatre performer, she has played leading roles in some of the UK’s best-loved productions, both in the West End and on national tours. Her theatrical highlights include: Lisa in Mamma Mia! (West End), Trish in Boogie Nights (UK Tour), Fame (West End/UK Tour), Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK Tour), Roxie Hart in Chicago (UK Tour), The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (UK Tour), Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour), Diana Morales in A Chorus Line (Sheffield Crucible), and Frenchy in Grease (UK Tour). She also starred as Miss Hedge in the West End and touring productions of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, showcasing her powerful vocals and comedic brilliance.
Hayley is also a writer and in 2023, she was selected as one of four winners of the UKTV and Female Pilot Club Writers’ Initiative, a prestigious honour recognising new female voices in comedy.
Training: Guildford School Of Acting
Theatre credits include: Mean Girls (Savoy Theatre), My Beautiful Laundrette (Curve/National Tour), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Millennials (The Other Palace), Legally Blonde (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Broken Wings (Charing Cross Theatre), The Magician’s Elephant (RSC), Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse).
Concerts include: Sondheim On Sondheim (Alexandra Palace), Jerry Herman Gala, Sondheim, The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Carousel: In Concert (Cadogan Hall), In Pieces (Turbine Theatre).
Workshops include: Danny the Champion of the World, The Jungle Book, Martin Guerre, Billy, My Beautiful Laundrette, The Witches, Little Bits Of Light.
Instagram: @luccachadwickpatel_
X: @luccac_p
Lauryn is an actor, writer, and composer.
As a writer and composer, she was selected to join the BBC Studios Writers’ Academy and currently has work in development for both television and theatre.
Theatre credits include: Coven (Kiln Theatre), Standing at the Sky’s Edge (Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End), Bloody Elle (Lyric Theatre, West End / Soho Theatre / Traverse Theatre / Royal Exchange Manchester), The Worst Witch (Vaudeville Theatre, West End), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, The Hired Man (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), 71 Coltman Street, Oliver Twist (Hull Truck), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Twelfth Night (Wilton’s Music Hall), The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare’s Globe / UK Tour), Seagulls (Bolton Octagon), Educating Rita (UK Tour), Treasure Island (New Vic), Bread and Roses, Up ‘N’ Under, Oh! What a Lovely War, Dreamers (Oldham Coliseum), Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain (Garrick Theatre, West End / Sydney Opera House & Australia / Asia Tour), Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians & Ruthless Romans (UK Tour), Horrible Christmas (The Lowry), Frankenstein (Salisbury Playhouse), Romeo & Juliet (Watermill Theatre), The Winter’s Tale, She Stoops to Conquer, An August Bank Holiday Lark (Northern Broadsides), Alice’s Adventures Underground (The Vaults), The Wind in the Willows (Leeds Playhouse), Tall Tales (Theatr Clwyd)
Screen credits include: Smoggie Queens (BBC Three), The Midwich Cuckoos (Sky), Doctors, EastEnders, Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show (BBC), Emmerdale (ITV).
Claire was born and raised in Bolton, the daughter of jazz pianist Geoff Moore. She studied singing with local teacher Margaret Lindsay before training at the Royal Northern College of Music with Joseph Ward.
Claire first worked with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman in the original UK production of Little Shop of Horrors at the (Comedy Theatre, now the Harold Pinter Theatre), where she understudied the role of Audrey, taking over from Ellen Greene after the first six months of the run. It was her first leading role in the West End and she was the first non-American to play the part. She also played Mrs Fezziwig in the Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens 2004 film of A Christmas Carol. Claire was in the original companies of The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre, now His Majesty’s) playing Christine and Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) originating the role of Ellen.
Other notable West End roles include: Nimue in Camelot (Apollo Victoria), Fantine in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre), Nancy in Oliver! (London Palladium), Anna Leonowens in The King and I (London Palladium), Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables (Queens Theatre).
For the National Theatre: Hattie Walker in Follies (Olivier Theatre), June/Carole and various roles in London Road (Cottesloe* and Olivier Theatres), Ensemble in The Duchess of Malfi (Lyttelton Theatre), Felicity in The Real Inspector Hound (Olivier Theatre), multi roles in The Critic (Olivier Theatre), Anya in The Cherry Orchard (Cottesloe, *now Dorfman Theatre).
Recent West End roles include: Babs in The Great British Bake Off, the Musical (Noel Coward Theatre), Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Felicia in The Witches of Eastwick, Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre)
Claire played Chris in the musical of Calendar Girls (Grand Theatre Leeds and The Lowry) and she was nominated for an Olivier Award when the show transferred to the West End (Phoenix Theatre).
She also regularly performs in cabaret, and is much in demand as a vocal coach for theatre, TV and conservatoires.
Notable theatre credits include: Acorn Antiques (Hope Mill Theatre/Manchester Opera House & Shaftesbury Theatre London), Calamity Jane (UK Tour), Into The Woods (Theatre Royal Bath), The Dresser (UK Tour), Curtains (UK Tour & Wyndhams Theatre), Shrek (UK Tour), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour), Eugenius (London Palladium), Mrs Henderson Presents (Theatre Royal Bath & Noël Coward Theatre London), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Arts Theatre), White Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Kangaroo, Elvis, Viking, Graham Chapman in Monty Python Live (O2 Arena), Waterbabies (Leicester Curve), Spamalot (Playhouse Theatre), Privates on Parade (Brighton Theatre Royal), Kiss Me, Kate (Old Vic & Chichester Festival Theatre), Crazy For You (Regents Park Open Air Theatre & Novello Theatre London), Spamalot (UK & International Tour), All Male The Pirates of Penzance (Union Theatre & Wiltons Music Hall).
Directing: Co-director: Shrek (UK Tour), Club Tropicana (UK Tour). Associate Director: Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (UK Tour).
Pantomime: The Spirit of Bow Bells in Dick Whittington, The Governess in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Larry the Lion Tamer in Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Theatre Royal, Plymouth), Assistant Director, co-writer and Dandini, Cinderella (Bristol Hippodrome), Dandini, Cinderella (Manchester Opera House), King Rat, Dick Whittington (Manchester Opera House), Starkey, Peter Pan (Brighton Theatre Royal), Abanazar, Aladdin (Leamington Spa).
Radio credits: ‘John Cleese Presents…..’ BBC Radio Four
Writing Credits Include: Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Aladdin, Mother Goose, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, Cinderella.
Samuel had the great honour of giving a speech and collecting the Lifetime Achievement Award for comedy on behalf of Monty Python at the British Comedy Awards on Channel Four
Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre Credits Include: After The Act (Royal Court, New Diorama), The March (Hooked Theatre)
Training Credits Include: Brutus in Julius Ceasar, Richard III, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Oresteia.
Theatre credits include: The Sound of Music (Curve Theatre, Leicester), Macbeth (The Grange Theatre) Julius Caesar (UK Tour), Aladdin (Fairfield Halls, Croydon), In Dreams (Leeds Playhouse and Toronto), The Wizard of Oz (Leicester Curve), Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward, West End), Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre), Moll Flanders (Colchester Mercury Theatre), Legally Blonde (UK and Ireland Tour), Richard III (Leicester Curve), Mamma Mia! (UK Tour), A Streetcar Named Desire (Leicester Curve), The Lion King (UK and Ireland Tour), We’re Going On A Bear Hunt (UK Tour and Hong Kong), The Prince Of The Pagodas (Royal Opera House), Sleeping Beauty (Bournemouth Pavilion), Mr Stink (UK Tour), The Comedy of Errors (Oddsocks, UK and Hungary), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK and Ireland Tour), Snow White (Prince of Wales, Cannock), Twelfth Night (Bloomsbury Theatre), The Gruffalo (Duchess, Criterion and UK tour), Cinderella (Malvern Theatre), The Tempest (Young Shakespeare Company), Stuart Little (UK Tour), Jack and The Beanstalk (Wyvern Theatre, Swindon). Workshops include: My Beautiful Laundrette and An Officer and a Gentleman.
Television credits include: Jordan Cooper in Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Books That Made Britain and Inside Out (both BBC).
Film credits include: Alex in The Moor (Bulldog Film), Clayton Kendall in Cyberlante (Raya Films) and Dick Mann in Art is Dead (Inky Blue Productions).
Mark has performed at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Olivier awards, and has recorded numerous audiobooks.
Twitter/Instagram: @bigfatpeach
Training: Actor-Musicianship at Rose Bruford College.
Theatre credits include: Hadestown (Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam), If/Then (Savoy Theatre), With All Our Hearts (Adelphi Theatre), SuperYou (Lyric Theatre), The Prince (Southwark Playhouse), Carousel (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Sweet Charity (Donmar Warehouse), A Christmas Carol (Nottingham Playhouse), The Cost of Living (National Theatre Wales), Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (The Other Room Cardiff), Five Foot Twelve (King’s Head Theatre), Three Minute Heroes (Belgrade Theatre).
TV credits include: Bridgerton (Netflix), Toré (Netflix), Dead Hot (Quay Street Productions), The Watch (BBC Studios), Don’t Forget The Driver (Sister Pictures), The Romanoffs (Amazon).
Film credits include: T Blockers, Divine Intervention (LFS), Goodnight Ladies (Wendyvision), Misnomer (Aella Jordan-Edge), The Isle Tide Hotel (Wales Interactive).
Joni has contributed music to numerous projects, concerts and workshops across her career, as a vocalist, violinist, arranger and composer.
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Theatre includes: The Sound of Music (Curve Theatre), Grease (Kilworth House), Les Miserablès (Sondheim Theatre), Standing at The Sky’s Edge (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Miss Saigon (Sheffield Crucible), Cinderella (Newark Palace Theatre), Hairspray (RCCL), Aladdin (Cork Opera House), Aliens Love Underpants (UK Tour & Underbelly Festival), The Wizard of Oz (Cork Opera House), Annie (Cork Opera House), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Cork Opera House), Cinderella (Cork Opera House), Cole (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Criterion Theatre), Hello Again (The Hope Theatre), Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Frinton Rep), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hull New Theatre), Spend Spend Spend (Union Theatre), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Theatre Royal Newcastle), Billy (The Union Theatre), I Love You Because (Jermyn Street Theatre). Peter Pan (Buxton Opera House).
Recordings: Ushers: The Front of House Musical.
Workshops: Polly, Goin’ Hollywood, B*ST*RDS, Martin Guerre (The Old Vic) and Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Adam is represented by Brewis Scott Associates and is thrilled to be joining the cast of Bank of Dave. He would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support
Training: Italia Conti Academy
Credits Include: Jane in Reception: The Wedding Present Musical (Slung Low at The Warehouse In Holbeck); Cinderella in Cinderella (Theatre Royal Wakefield); Jan the Sweet in Yeast Nation (Southwark Playhouse); Regina the Rat in Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal Wakefield) with a nomination from the Pantomime Awards 2023 for UK Best Villain; Soho Songs (Crazy Coqs); Fairy Dawn in Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal Wakefield); Anne in In The Time of Dragons (Edge Theatre, Manchester)
Composer of The Girl Who Saved the Sea with Beansprout Theatre Company.
Rosie is originally from Liverpool and trained at Trinity College of Music, London.
Theatre includes: Maggie Jones in 42nd Street (Kilworth House Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Leeds Playhouse) Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera (West End/UK Tour); Dolly in One Man, Two Guvnors (Derby Theatre); Odyssey, Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime (Jermyn Street Theatre); Candide (Maida Vale Singers/Royal Festival Hall); Grimms’ Fairy Tales (Guildford Shakespeare Company); Do I Hear A Waltz (Park Theatre); Sister Act, My Fair Lady, Me And My Girl, Pirates Of Penzance (all Kilworth House Theatre); Brave New World (European Tour); Romeo and Juliet (China Tour); A Christmas Carol (European Tour); Brunch (Tete a Tete Opera Festival); Hard Day’s Night (New Vic); Into The Woods (Greenwich Theatre); The Sorcerer, The Mikado, Iolanthe, HMS Pinafore, Aladdin, Trial By Jury, Buttons: A Cinderella Story (Charles Court Opera).
Recent Concerts Include: Why We Love Steve Brown – West End Concert (Savoy); MIMMA, Italy (Teatro Verdi, Trieste); MIMMA, London (BBC Concert Orchestra) and Spectrum (London Contemporary Orchestra).
From 2005 to 2010, Rosie was the lead vocalist with London Breakbeat Orchestra, the UK’s first EDM 32 piece orchestra who were championed by the late Annie Nightingale on her Radio 1 live Maida Vale sessions. Rosie is currently collaborating with composer/producer, Dan Samsa, on an EP to be released in late 2025 after providing vocals on his recent album, CONTOURS, which premiered on the Radio 6 Music Gilles Peterson show.
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include; Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music (Curve Theatre, Leicester), Colonel Pickering in My Fair lady (Curve Theatre, Leicester), Mr Bumble in Oliver (Leeds Playhouse), Admiral Von Schreiber in The Sound of Music (Chichester Festival Theatre), Big Davey in Billy Elliot (Curve Theatre, Leicester), Rev Tooker in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Leicester Curve & Uk Tour), Emperor in Aladdin (Colchester Mercury Theatre), Ensemble/U/S Mr Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre), Barman in Choir of Man (Live from London Recording), Johnny Harman in Curtains (Wyndham’s Theatre & UK Tour), Padre in Man of La Mancha (London Coliseum, ENO), Kevin in Cereal Café (Workshop – The Other Palace), Marcel in Aspects of Love (Southwark Playhouse & Hope Theatre Manchester), Gregory Bateson in Dialetikon (Park Theatre), Neville Craven in The Secret Garden (The Barn Theatre), Snug the Joiner in A Midsummer Nights Dream (New Wolsey), Abdul Karim in The Queen and I (Arcola Theatre), You and Me, Here We Are (Birmingham Eastside Projects), Marcel in Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Uncle/Mr Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham (West End Workshop), Debesh in Between Empires (Edinburgh Festival), Porthos/Milady in The Three Musketeers (Barbershopera), Charles the Wrestler/Amiens in As You Like It (Southwark Playhouse).
Screen includes: Wicked Movie
Workshops include: Maya, Misfits Together, Savage and The Queen and I.
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Training: Leeds Conservatoire.
Elliot played Justin in the original West End cast of Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! at the Ambassadors Theatre. Most recently, he appeared as Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet at Liverpool Everyman.
Other theatre credits include: Peevish in The Parent Agency (Storyhouse Chester), The Stock-Aitken Musical: I Should Be So Lucky (National Tour), Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun (Lavender Fields) and Of Mice and Men (Leeds Playhouse), directed by Iqbal Khan.
Concerts include: One on This Island (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End), Acorn Antiques: The Musical! (The Shaftesbury Theatre, West End and Manchester Opera House).
Alongside his performance work, Elliot is a director of Theatre North, an initiative dedicated to making theatre careers more accessible and sustainable for young people across the North of England.
Training: GSA
Currently living in Burnley, Althea is so excited to be taking on the role of Betty and Ensemble in The Bank of Dave the Musical and can’t wait to bring this incredible story to the stage!
Althea has recently appeared as Lucy Lollipop in Hope Mill Theatre’s staged concert production of Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques. She also played Ensemble and Cover Mum in David Baddiel’s The Parent Agency at Chester Storyhouse.
Other theatre credits include: Babette in Fire Raisers (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester), Franny Tuck in Robin Hood (New Theatre Royal Lincoln), Fairy Forget-Me-Not in Snow White (New Theatre Royal Lincoln), Storyteller/Angel/Mama in Anna Hibiscus’ Song (Sheffield Crucible & UK Tour), Mouse in The Gruffalo (Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry), Lauryn and other characters in CLASSIC! (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, Edinburgh Fringe & Cunard Cruises), Maid Marian in Robin Hood (The Dukes, Lancaster), Janet Smed and other characters in the original tour of The Smeds and The Smoos (UK Tour), The Gruffalo’s Child/Understudy Mouse in The Gruffalo’s Child (UK & International Tour and Kids Fest), Daisy Cow in Jack and The Beanstalk (Zoom Lockdown) Various Characters in NewsRevue (Canal Cafe Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival & The Arts Theatre, London), Nonkosi/Khadija/Ensemble in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Union Theatre, London), Zuma/Understudy Mayor Goodway in Paw Patrol: Race to the Rescue! (UK & International Arena Tour), Sparks the Elf in The Extraordinary Tale of Holly Christmas (The Lowry, Manchester), Betty in Princess Caraboo (Finborough Theatre, London).
Television Credits Include: Gabrielle in Odd Squad (CBBC), Pauline Henry in WACO UNTOLD: The British Stories (ITVX), Delivery Woman in Nights in with Ring (Ring for Channel 4).
Althea also featured as part of the Witch Choir in the Florence and The Machine music video of EVERYBODY SCREAM.
Training: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation).
Theatre Credits include: Clara in The Scouse Christmas Carol (Liverpool Royal Court Theatre), Button/ Understudy Danielle in 101 Dalmatians- The Musical (Hammersmith Apollo), Cilla Black in Red or Dead (Liverpool Royal Court Theatre), Miss Kat in Pinocchio (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
CREATIVES
Rob is a theatre-maker, writer and actor. They began working professionally in theatre aged nine, having spent most of their childhood forcing their family to help them put on shows in the living room.
Training: Sylvia Young Theatre School, University of Warwick and Royal Academy of Music.
Rob’s one-person show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) received critical and commercial acclaim at the Turbine Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival, spurring sell-out runs at Garrick Theatre and the Ambassadors in the West End, a UK tour and, most recently in New York at New York City Center. For their work on My Son’s a Queer, Rob won WhatsOnStage, Attitude and Stage Debut Awards and received an Olivier nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.
Their second solo show Rob Madge’s Regards to Broadway played to full houses at the Garrick Theatre.
Theatre credits include: Diva of Dreams in Sleeping Beauty (The London Palladium), Emcee in Cabaret (Playhouse Theatre), The Spirit of Sherwood in Robin Hood (The London Palladium), Alex in Buyer and Cellar (King’s Head and Theatre Royal, Plymouth), Tink in Peter Pan and Pat the Cow in Jack and the Beanstalk (The London Palladium), Millennials (The Other Palace), world premiere of Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK tour), Les Misérables (UK tour), Matilda the Musical (RSC), Gavroche in Les Misérables (25th Anniversary tour and Concert), Artful Dodger in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Macbeth (Gielgud), Michael Banks in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward).
TV credits include: The Armstrong and Miller Show, Poirot: Appointment with Death, Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, That Mitchell and Webb Look, The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Other writing includes: Bank of Dave (Curve Theatre), Charley’s Aunt (Watermill Theatre).
Further work includes: Hosting and writing With All Our Hearts, a gala celebrating 75 years of the NHS, at the Adelphi Theatre. Rob was named one of The Stage’s Rising Stars for 2024 and was on the The Stage 100 list for 2026.
Instagram: @robmadge02, X: @rob_madge_02 TikTok: @rob_madge_
Pippa Cleary is an award-winning composer, lyricist and songwriter. She is the first female British composer to have had three musicals produced in the West End, The Great British Bake Off Musical, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ and Olivier nominated My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?). Pippa wrote the first original opening number for the 2023 Olivier Awards, performed by Hannah Waddingham.
Other credits include: songs for the upcoming animated movie Journey to the Christmas Star, Regards to Broadway (Garrick Theatre), Treasure Island (Bristol Old Vic), Snow White & Me (Europe & US), Prodigy (The Other Palace), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BBC) and In The Willows (UK Tour).
She writes extensively for adverts and commercials, including the award-winning campaign Coinbase’s ‘Everything is Fine’ and Finish’s ‘I Love Doing Dishes’.
Pippa won the Times Christmas Carol Competition with ‘In the Snow’ and runs Pippa’s Poppets, her preschool music & drama business teaching little ones across London.
Pippa is delighted to be working with Rob again on this project.
Nikolai is Artistic Director at Curve, Leicester, one of the UK’s leading regional theatres, described as ‘world class’ The Daily Telegraph and ‘a venue with a truly impressive musical pedigree’ The Times.
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Nikolai grew up in North Yorkshire and trained at Drama Centre London and at the Crucible, Sheffield. He has created work for many of the UK’s major producing theatres, touring houses and international venues. Nikolai has been director on attachment at the Sheffield Crucible, the Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre Studio and served as an Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse. In 2024, Nikolai was awarded an Honorary Doctor of the Arts by Leicester’s De Montfort University for his contribution to theatre in Leicester.
Recently at Curve, Nikolai directed brand new productions of Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach’s Legally Blonde (& UK Tour), The Sound of Music, Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s Kinky Boots (UK and Europe tours), Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line (also at Sadler’s Wells, on tour in Japan and UK tour), Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice’s Evita and The Wizard of Oz (also at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London Palladium and UK tour), the first new UK production of Lee Hall & Elton John’s Billy Elliot the Musical (winner Best Musical Production UK Theatre Awards and Best Regional Production WhatsOnStage Awards), described as a ‘masterpiece’ by The Times, and Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s Grease at London’s Dominion Theatre and extensive UK tours.
During lockdown, Nikolai directed Curve’s first digital streamed production, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s Sunset Boulevard, hailed as a ‘game-changer’ by The Telegraph. Nikolai has also directed a major revival of Bernstein, Sondheim and Laurents’ West Side Story, Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette (nominated for Best Regional Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2020), An Officer and a Gentleman – the Musical (and UK tours), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (also at the Dominion and on tour), the world-premiere of Dougal Irvine’s adaptation of Riaz Khan’s Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual (winner Best Stage Production Asian Media Awards), Sunset Boulevard (UK tour and winner Best Regional Production WhatsOnStage Awards), Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw (with Theatre Royal Bath), Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (with Birmingham Rep), the Broadway musical Spring Awakening (with NYMT), Legally Blonde (Opera Garnier, Monaco and Daegu Opera Festival, South Korea – Winner Best Musical – Daegu International Musical Festival Awards), Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s (and Haymarket Theatre, London and UK tour), Roald Dahl’s The Witches (with Rose Theatre Kingston, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong, Leeds Playhouse and UK tour), Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Shakespeare’s Richard III, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good and a performance to celebrate the reveal of the tomb of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral.
As Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse, he directed Orwell’s Animal Farm, a new Sherlock Holmes story (The Best Kept Secret by Mark Catley), Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (adapted by Bryony Lavery and Jason Carr), Louise Page’s Salonika and Amanda Whittington’s Bollywood Jane. At the Crucible Sheffield, Nikolai made his directorial debut with A Chorus Line (2003), later followed by productions of Sondheim’s Assassins and Shaffer’s Amadeus.
Nikolai has also directed acclaimed productions of Coward’s Hay Fever (Chichester Festival Theatre), Annie (Piccadilly Theatre, London, Toronto, South Africa and extensive UK tours), Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing (Arts Theatre, London), Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water (Stephen Joseph Scarborough), Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (English Touring Opera and Pegasus Opera), A Streetcar Named Desire and Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (Theatr Clwyd), The Jungle Book (Glasgow Citz), Barry Hine’s Kes and Ayckbourn’s Seasons Greetings (Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse), David Essex’s All the Fun of the Fair (UK tour), Coward’s final play A Song at Twilight, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Brecht’s The Good Person of Sichuan (all Mercury Theatre, Colchester), The Witches of Eastwick (UK tour), Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Chester Storyhouse), The Diary of Anne Frank (York Theatre Royal), Macbeth (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach (UK tour), Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends and Terry Johnson’s Dead Funny (Oldham Coliseum), Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Dickens’ Great Expectations (Palace Theatre Watford and ETT) and Boucicault’s London Assurance and Calamity Jane at the Watermill (2010 and UK tour 2025).
Ebony is the Associate Artistic Director of the Mconie Company.
Choreography credits include: Avenue Q (Shaftesbury Theatre), Sound of Music (Curve Theatre), Just for One Day (The Old Vic, Toronto, Shaftesbury Theatre).
Movement Director credits include: The Crucible (Shakespeare Globe), Bear Snores On (Regent Park Open air Theatre)
Associate Choreography credits include: Brigadoon ( Regents Park Open Air Theatre), The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth), The Witches (The National Theatre), La Cage Aux Folle, Carousel and On The Town (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida), This House (Minerva, Chichester) McOnie Company’s Jekyll and Hyde (Old Vic), The Lorax (Old Vic).
Associate Director/Choreographer credits include: The Wild Party (The Other Palace), Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith).
Film/ TV Associate Choreographer include: The Greatest Days- The Offical Take that Movie (Amazon Prime), The Witcher (Netflix)
Select performance credits include: The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Gypsy (Alexandra Palace), Guys and Dolls (Royal Albert Hall), Jekyll and Hyde (The Old Vic), The Lorax ( The Old Vic), Singin’ In The Rain (Palace Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre), Sweet Charity (Theatre Royal Haymarket and Menier Chocolate Factory), Sinatra (The London Palladium), Chicago (Adelphi), Beauty and the Beast (RSC), Matthew Bourne New Adventures- The Carman, Dorian Gray, Nutcracker and Edward Scissorhands ( Sadlers Wells).
TV & Film credits include: The Little Mermaid, Wonka, Beauty and the Beast.
Amy Jane Cook was the recipient of Best Design at the Wales Theatre Awards. She has also been nominated for Best Set Design at the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle awards (for Ride) and has been nominated for four Off West End Awards for Best Set Design.
Previous theatre credits include:
Boys from the Blackstuff (National Theatre, Garrick Theatre, West End and Liverpool Royal Court), Jellyfish (National Theatre, Bush Theatre), Ride (Southwark Playhouse, Charing Cross and The Old Globe (USA)), Private Lives (Bolton Octagon), There’s a Bear on My Chair (The Queen Elizabeth Hall), Tick Tick…Boom!, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Insignificance, Wave Me Goodbye, To Dream Again (Theatr Clywd), The Children, Lava (Nottingham Playhouse), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross), The Swell (Orange Tree Theatre), Protest (Northern Stage, Fuel), The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, The Importance of Being Earnest (Watermill Theatre, Newbury), Wolf Club (Hampstead Theatre), All My Sons (The Queens Theatre), Baskerville (Mercury Theatre Colchester), The Season (Royal & Derngate, New Wolsley and Ipswich), You Stupid Darkness (Plymouth Drum), Two of Us and Absurd Person Singular (Watford Palace), The Funeral Director (Southwark Playhouse), Our Blue Heaven, Never Lost At Home (New Wolsey), Not Talking (Arcola Theatre), Constellation Street (The Other Room), Insignificance (Langham Place (USA)).
Toby is a musical supervisor/director based in London.
Training: Trinity College of Music and Royal Academy of Music (DipRAM). Toby is also an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Toby is currently the Associate Musical Supervisor for the UK Tour of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and Associate Musical Director on Sally Wainwright drama Riot Women (BBC).
Other credits as Musical Supervisor include: Burlesque, The Musical (Westend), Oliver! (Leeds Playhouse), and the world premiere of Clueless The Musical (as associate supervisor).
Further Musical Director credits include: A Christmas Carol (Northern Stage), Alma Mater (Almeida Theatre), The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida Theatre), Rock Follies (Chichester Minerva Theatre), The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre), Calendar Girls (UK Tour), Sunshine On Leith (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium/UK Tour), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Wizard of Oz (Sheffield Crucible), Oliver! (UK Tour), Avenue Q (UK Tour), Little Shop of Horrors (Menier Chocolate Factory/UK Tour), and a series of symphonic concerts with Joss Stone.
Children’s Musical Director credits include: Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Associate Musical Director credits include: Little Shop of Horrors (Duke of York’s/Ambassadors).
Assistant Musical Director credits include: Les Miserables (Queens Theatre), This Is My Family (Sheffield Theatres), Mamma Mia! (International Tour).
Tom is a Grammy, Tony, Olivier and Drama Desk Award nominated orchestrator, arranger and music producer.
Training: Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Theatre credits include: Martin Guerre (The Old Vic), Burlesque the Musical (West End/Manchester), The Great British Bake Off Musical (West End/Cheltenham), Identical (Nottingham/Manchester), SIX (Broadway/Worldwide).
Associate orchestrator credits include: Funny Girl (Broadway/US tour/West End/UK tour), Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory), High Society (The Old Vic).
TV credits include: Charlotte’s Web (HBO Max).
Other credits include: Orchestrations for Alexis Ffrench and Marc Almond and Music department for Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds.
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Ben Cracknell is a multi-award-winning lighting designer and an Associate Artist at Curve, Leicester. He trained at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, where he was awarded a Fellowship in 2021.
West End credits include: Kinky Boots (London Coliseum), Clueless (Trafalgar Theatre), Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors(Menier Chocolate Factory), The Wizard of Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium), Heathers, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Grease (Dominion Theatre), The Drifters Girl, Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre), Annie (Piccadilly Theatre), The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noël Coward Theatre), and numerous London Palladium pantomimes including Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Snow White, Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Peter Pan and Jack & the Beanstalk.
Other UK highlights include: The Merry Widow (Glyndebourne), Beautiful, Sunset Boulevard, Legally Blonde, The Cher Show, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, Saturday Night Fever (UK tours), Billy Elliot (Curve), Merrily We Roll Along (Theatr Clwyd), The Importance of Being Earnest (Birmingham Rep), Sherlock Holmes(West Yorkshire Playhouse), African Snow (York Theatre Royal), and Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi (Liverpool Playhouse).
International work includes: Heathers (New York), Maria Theresia (Vienna), La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Lausanne / Bilbao Opera), Wicked (World Tour), Abenteuerland, Tommy and The Life (Germany), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Toronto and Australian Tour), We Will Rock You (International Tour), Chess (Japan and Toronto), and Dracula (Singapore).
For television, Ben has lit numerous broadcasts including The Olivier Awards (2011–2025).
He is a two-time Knight of Illumination Award winner for Best Lighting.
Instagram: @ben.cracknell.lighting
Over the past three decades Tom has designed, associated and mixed countless West End and international productions. He has acted as ‘Front of House’ engineer for numerous high profile music artists and still regularly mixes concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
Recent and notable Sound Design credits include: The Secret Garden, (York Theatre Royal) Ride The Cyclone (Southwark Elephant) Jesus Christ Superstar (Watermill Theatre), Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour) The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (UK Tour), Sister Act (London, International & UK Tour), A Chorus Line (UK & International Tour), Grease (London & UK Tour), The Drifters Girl (London & UK Tour), West Side Story (International Tour), Nativity! (London & UK Tour), Amelie (London & UK Tour).
Duncan is an Associate Artist of the Young Vic theatre. With all the theatres closed in 2020, Duncan started The Green Room Distillery, producing multi-award-winning gin and vodka, and partnering with entertainment charity BackupTech.
West End theatre credits include: Inside No.9 – Stage/Fright (Wyndham’s/UK Tour), Bank of Dave (Curve), The High Life (Scotland Tour), The Psychic (Theatre Royal, York), The Turn of The Screw (Royal Opera House), The Lightning Thief and Big Fish (The Other Palace), The Collaboration, Changing Destiny and Tree (Young Vic), Magic Goes Wrong (Vaudeville/Apollo/UK Tour), Labour of Love (Noël Coward), Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands, Beauty, Nutcracker!, The Red Shoes and Cinderella (Sadlers Wells/UK Tour), Robin Hood, Snow White & Cinderella (Palladium), Saint Joan, One Night in Miami…, Privacy, City Of Angels and Phyllida Lloyd’s Shakespeare Trilogy, Julius Caesar, Henry VI and The Tempest (Donmar Warehouse), The Real Thing, The Norman Conquests and All About My Mother (Old Vic), Bodyguard The Musical (Adelphi/UK tour), Urinetown (Apollo), Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal Drury Lane/UK Tour), Derren brown – Infamous (Palace/UK tour), Let It Be (Savoy/UK tour/Worldwide), All New People (Duke of York’s/UK tour), Frost/Nixon (Gielgud).
New York theatre credits include: The Collaboration (MTC – Friedman) Privacy (Public), The Jungle and The Tempest (St Ann’s Warehouse), Let It Be (St James), The Norman Conquests (Circle in the Square).
Other theatre credits include: The Fast Show Live! (UK tour), Alan Partridge – Stratagem (UK tour), The League of Gentlemen – Live Again! (UK tour), Staying Relevant (UK tour), John Bishop (UK tour), Nativity the Musical, One Love: The Bob Marley Musical and The Exorcist (Birmingham Rep), Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse – Legends! (UK tour).
International theatre credits include: Starlight Express, The Cher Show and Ghost (Germany), Super Freak – The Rick James Story and Jason’s Lyrics (US tour), Chess (Japan), An American in Paris (Austria), Bodyguard the Musical (Worldwide), Evita (International tour)
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Current credits include: Beetlejuice (Prince Edward Theatre), Kinky Boots (London Coliseum), Public: The Musical (Leicester Curve), Dirty Dancing (Capital Theatre), Legally Blonde (Leicester Curve/UK Tour).
Theatre credits include: Kinky Boots (Curve Theatre/UK Tour), Why Am I So Single? (Garrick Theatre),Your Lie in April (Harold Pinter Theatre), Burlesque (Savoy Theatre/Manchester Opera House/Glasgow Theatre Royal), The Hunchback of Notre Dame: In Concert (Prince Edward Theatre), In Pieces (The Other Palace), Babies (The Other Palace/Lyric Theatre), Rock & Roll Man (Salisbury Playhouse), Glorious! (Hope Mill Theatre), Fanny (Watermill Theatre/King’s Head Theatre), Ride The Cyclone, Beautiful Little Fool (Southwark Playhouse), Maiden Voyage, Scissorhandz (Southwark Playhouse), Unbelievable (Criterion Theatre), The SpongeBob Musical (Southbank Centre/UK Tour), Derren Brown’s Showman (Apollo Theatre), Evita (London Palladium. Children’s Casting), My Beautiful Laundrette (Curve Theatre/UK Tour), Death Note (London Palladium/Lyric Theatre), Dirty Dancing (Dominion Theatre/UK Tour), Treason (London Palladium/Alexandra Palace/UK Tour), Choir Of Man (USA Tour), Jack and the Beanstalk (Charing Cross Theatre), Starcrossed (Wilton’s Music Hall), Blippi: The Wonderful World Tour (Harold Pinter Theatre), Disruption, On The Ropes (Park Theatre), Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East), The Last Five Years, The Girl On The Train, Once, Private Lives, Million Dollar Quartet (Barn Theatre), Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith), American Idiot (Arts Theatre/UK Tour), Footloose (Peacock Theatre/UK Tour), Dark Sublime, Silk Road (Trafalgar Studios), Our House (UK Tour), One Man, Two Guvnors (Derby Theatre/Queens Theatre Hornchurch), Glory Ride, Soho Cinders, Mythic, The Knowledge (Charing Cross Theatre), Footballers’ Wives: The Musical (Assembly Rooms), concert productions of Wild About You, Chess, Treason (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
TV credits include: Prince Andrew: The Musical (ensemble casting), Derren Brown’s Showman.
Film credits include: Tomorrow Morning, A Family Affair, Beast/Type/Song, The Hermit.
Chris has worked across the industry for over twelve years at several theatres including Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Royal Shakespeare Company, and worked on numerous shows in the West End, regionally and on tour. Chris currently works as a Production Manager for Patrick Molony Ltd, and for the past four years has worked with Patrick on a number of productions.
Recent production management credits include: Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Leicester Curve), Operation Mincemeat (UK Tour), Mean Girls (UK Tour), When We Are Married, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Donmar), Wendy and Peter (Barbican Theatre), Dear Evan Hansen (UK and Asia Tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bridge Theatre), Muriel’s Wedding, Evita (Curve), Amaze (Criterion Theatre), The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Robin Hood, The Tempest (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Marvellous (@sohoplace).
Shows production managed by Patrick Molony Ltd include: Muriels Wedding, Evita, Wizard of Oz (Leicester Curve), Dear Evan Hansen (UK and Asia Tour), Hello Dolly (London Palladium), Burlesque, Mean Girls, Plaza Suite (Savoy Theatre), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo, Ahmanson Los Angeles & UK Tour), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour), The Drifters Girl (Garrick & UK Tour), Bodyguard (UK Tour), Wizard of Oz (Palladium & UK Tour), Get Up Stand Up (Lyric Theatre), Marvellous (@sohoplace), Fatal Attraction (UK Tour), Ain’t Too Proud (Prince Edward Theatre), Murder on the Orient Express (Chichester Festival Theatre & Theatre Royal Bath), Crazy for You (Chichester Festival Theatre & The Gillian Lynne Theatre), The Enfield Hauntings (Ambassadors Theatre), Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre & UK Tour).
Training: MFA Theatre Directing at Birkbeck, University of London.
Associate Director credits include: Legally Blonde (Curve Theatre; UK & Ireland Tour), The Sound of Music (Curve Theatre).
Assistant Director credits include: Muriel’s Wedding (Curve Theatre), Kinky Boots (Curve Theatre; UK & Ireland Tour), My Fair Lady (Curve Theatre), The Mountaintop (Curve Theatre, MAST Mayflower Studios, Theatre Royal Stratford East), Rent (ArtsEd), Made in Dagenham (ArtsEd), Chess (NYMT, Curve Theatre), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (NYMT, Manchester Cathedral).
Director (whilst studying) credits include: Echoes (Writer/Director, Edinburgh Fringe), An American in Paris (Oxford Playhouse).
James trained as an actor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Directing credits include: Greatest Days: The Official Take That Musical (P&O), The Unseen (Riverside Studios), Cinderella and Beauty & The Beast* (Swansea Grand Theatre, *Best Panto at the UK Pantomime Awards 2023), Jack & The Beanstalk (Venue Cymru), AmDram: A Musical Comedy (Leicester Curve), London Road (Arts Ed), Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Mountview), Little Women (Trinity Laban), Billy The Kid (NYMT), Anything Goes, Our House (Urdang).
Associate Director credits include: The Hunger Games On Stage (Troubadour Canary Wharf), Shirley Valentine (Duke of York’s Theatre), 2:22: A Ghost Story (Apollo Theatre), Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Charing Cross Theatre), Titanic The Musical (International Tour), Principles of Deception (Northampton Theatre Royal) and Disney’s Remember (Disney Cruises).
Assistant Director credits include: Calendar Girl’s The Musical (Phoenix Theatre, London), The Full Monty (two UK & Ireland tours), Jerry’s Girls (The Other Palace).
James is also an author – his debut novel Not Good Enough was published by Muswell Press in July 2025.
Theatre credits include: Choreographer for Homo Alone (The Other Palace), Associate Choreographer for Avenue Q (Shaftesbury Theatre), Associate Choreographer for The Sound Of Music (Leicester Curve), Dance Captain and Swing in Brigadoon (Regents Park), Associate Director/Choreographer for Made In Dagenham (Pimlico Opera), Assistant Choreographer/Swing in Guys & Dolls (Bridge Theatre), Associate Director for Grease (Dominon Theatre), Associate Choreographer for What’s New Pussycat (Birmingham Rep), Big Deal in West Side Story (Leicester Curve), Eugene in Grease (UK Tour), Dance Captain Swing in Strictly Ballroom the Musical (Piccadilly Theatre), Dance Captain in Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park), Cagey Joe in Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith), Swing in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany).
Dale has toured extensively throughout the UK and internationally and has also been Resident on some of the largest shows in the West End.
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Art.
Associate Lighting Designer Credits include: Legally Blonde (UK Tour), Wicked (International Tour), Bodyguard The Musical (UK & Europe Tour), The little Dancer (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Peter Pan (Birmingham Hippodrome) Robin Hood (The London Palladium) The Little Mermaid (Newcastle Theatre Royal), I (UK Tour), Burlesque the Musical (Manchester Opera House), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour), My Beautiful Laundrette (UK Tour), The Wizard of Oz (UK Tour), The Drifters Girl (UK Tour), Crazy for You (Gillian Lynne Theatre), The Great British Bake off Musical (Noël Coward Theatre), Jack and The Beanstalk (The London Palladium), Cinderella (Belfast Grand Opera House), Mrs Doubtfire (Manchester Opera House), Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Sleepless (Wembley Park Theatre), Pretty Woman (Piccadilly Theatre & Savoy Theatre, UK Tour & Zurich), The Show Must Go On Live at The Place (The Palace Theatre London), & Juliet (Manchester Opera House & Shaftesbury Theatre), Bodyguard The Musical (UK tour & worldwide), Summer Holiday (UK tour) and West End Bares (Novello Theatre).
Assistant Lighting Designer credits include: Grease (UK Tour), Grease (Dominion Theatre).
Re-Lighter for Cinema credits include: An American In Paris (Dominion Theatre).
Lighting Designer credits include: I Still Get Excited When I See a Ladybird (Theatre503).
Training: Wimbledon College of Art.
Recent theatre credits include: The Ballad of Johnny and June (UK Tour), 13 going on 30 (Manchester Opera House), The Great Gatsby (London and Seoul), Tina the Musical (London, UK Tour, Australia Tour, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Madrid, Netherlands), Disney’s Aladdin (London, UK Tour, Europe and Seoul), Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Studios and UK Tours)
Theatre credits include: The Gondoliers & Pagliacci (ETO), Arcadia (Old Vic), Othello (Haymarket), Juniper Blood (Donmar), Disney’s Hercules (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Mrs Warren’s Profession (Garrick Theatre), Oedipus (Old Vic), The Devil Wears Prada (Dominion), Players King (Noel Coward & UK Tour), Aladdin (UK Tour), La Cage Aux Folles (Regents Park), The Pillowman (Duke of York), Disney’s Aida (Circustheatre Scheveningen), Mother Goose (Theatre Royal Brighton/Duke of Yorks), Local Hero (CFT), Marigold Hotel (UK Tour), Sister Act (UK Tour), Oklahoma (Young Vic), The Da Vinchi Code (UK Tour), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (UK Tour)
Training: The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Music Programming credits include: Legally Blonde (UK Tour), The Last Ship (International Tour), The Producers (Garrick Theatre), Top Hat (Chichester Festival Theatre, UK Tour), The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Theatre Royal Haymarket, Chichester Minerva Theatre), The Parent Agency (Chester Storyhouse).
Matthew is a musical director, orchestrator and copyist based in London.
Theatre credits include: As MD/Asst. MD Maritn Guerre (workshops, Old Vic), Miss Saigon (Sheffield Crucible), The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noel Coward), She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible), A Face In The Crowd (Young Vic), 50 First Dates (workshop), She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible), Jesus Christ Superstar (LAMDA), A Kiss for Cinderella (NYMT).
Orchestrator credits include: To Maury, With Love (concert – Drury Lane), 50 First Dates (Other Palace), Little Shop of Horrors (Sheffield Crucible). As associate: Burlesque (Savoy/Manchester), Charlotte’s Web (HBO Max), The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noel Coward)
Copyist credits include: Into The Woods* (Bridge Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof* (Barbican), Lord of the Rings* (Australia Tour), Fly Further than you Fall* (Southwark Elephant), Kiss Me Kate (Barbican), Wild About You* (Concert – Drury Lane), Starter for Ten* (Bristol Old Vic), Standing at the Sky’s Edge* (Crucible, NT, Gillian Lynne), Sylvia (Old Vic), Tammy Faye (Almeida).
*Denotes lead copyist
Niall is a professional Musical Director, Conductor and Pianist working in the UK and Internationally. He trained in Musical Direction and Coaching at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with a Master of Arts in 2023. Since graduating, he has enjoyed a varied career in the arts.
Recent Musical Director or Assistant Musical Director credits include: Make it Happen (National Theatre of Scotland), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS (International Tour), Carousel (Royal Academy of Music), Jesus Christ Superstar (Italia Conti), Make Me A Song (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama) and the 2023 & 2025 seasons of The Thursford Christmas Spectacular.
Music Associate or Music Preparer credits include: The Greatest Showman (Disney, Bristol Hippodrome), Fifty First Dates (The Other Palace), Oliver! (Chichester Festival Theatre & Gielgud Theatre), Pride [Workshop] (National Theatre), The Enormous Crocodile (Regent’s Park), and Fiddler on the Roof (Barbican).
Niall is an experienced audition and rehearsal pianist as well as an active repertoire coach for theatre students and graduates in London. Always keen to be working on new theatre, Niall worked as a Music Associate on the 2024 London workshops for the Broadway production of Tammy Faye and David Hunter’s musical, Stuck.
Based on the life story of Dave Fishwick (only with more singing)
Based on an original screenplay by Piers Ashworth
