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THEATRE

CHICAGO      Musical Director     (Phoenix Theatre, London)
      - Broadway World Award Nomination for Best Musical Direction
TEN - A DECADE OF DREAMS     Musical Director   (London Palladium)
PETER PAN       Musical Director    (Theatre Royal Newcastle - Qdos Entertainment)

MARY POPPINS       Musical Director   (National Tour - Disney / Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.)
BARNUM       Musical Director    (National Tour - Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. / Michael Harrison Entertainment Ltd.)
       - Broadway World Award Nomination for Best Musical Direction

THAT DAY WE SANG      Musical Director   (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
ONCE A CATHOLIC      Musical Director    (Tricycle London and Royal Court Liverpool)
LOST MUSICALS: NOEL COWARD'S WORDS AND MUSIC      Musical Director   (Sadler's Wells)
DEAR WORLD      Musical Director   (Charing Cross Theatre, European Premiere)
LONDON ROAD      Associate Musical Director   (National Theatre Cottesloe and Olivier, World Premiere)
THE TRUMPET-MAJOR      Musical Director   (Workshop, National Theatre Studio)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS       Musical Director    (Rose Theatre Kingston, UK Premiere)
CHICAGO      Musical Supervisor   (Paris, Stuttgart, Moscow, Seoul, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam)
                       Musical Director    (Adelphi and Cambridge Theatre, London)
CHICAGO  10TH ANNIVERSARY GALA      Musical Director  (Cambridge Theatre)
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA      Associate Musical Director    (National Theatre Lyttelton and Cambridge Theatre)
JUMPERS     Musical Director    (National Theatre, Lyttelton)
MY ONE AND ONLY       Musical Director    (Chichester Festival Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre)
LOST MUSICALS:  DUBARRY WAS A LADY     Associate Musical Director    (Her Majesty's)
ANYTHING GOES       Associate Musical Director    (National Theatre, Olivier)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG      Associate Musical Director    (Donmar Warehouse)
THE WOMAN IN WHITE      Keyboards    (Palace)
MARY POPPINS      Keyboards   (Prince Edward)
THE FULL MONTY      Keyboards    (Prince Of Wales)
KISS ME KATE       Keyboards    (Victoria Palace)
FOSSE       Keyboards    (Prince Of Wales)
NAPOLEON      Keyboards    (Shaftesbury)




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FILM

THE LEGEND OF 1900     Piano Coach/Advisor to Tim Roth    (Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, Composer Ennio Morricone. Medusa Films/Fine Line Features)
SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN     Piano Coach/Advisor to William McNamara    (Dir. John Hough, Composer Lalo Schifrin, Warner Bros.)
TALIESIN JONES  (AKA SMALL MIRACLES)      PIano Coach/Advisor to Ian Bannen   (Dir. Martin Duffy, Impact Entertainment)
STRICTLY SINATRA     Piano Coach/Advisor to Ian Bannen   (Dir. Peter Capaldi, Focus Features)
IMMORTAL BELOVED      Piano Coach/Advisor to Gary Oldman     (Dir. Bernard Rose, Icon Productions)








RECORDINGS

VALENTINE: REQUIEM    (TER Records)
LONDON ROAD     (NT Original Cast Recording)
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA     (NT Original Cast Recording, Sony)
ANYTHING GOES     (NT Cast Recording, First Night Records)








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