CAST
CREATIVES
& Debbie O’BrienCASTING DIRECTORS
Theatre credits: Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage (Dominion Theatre); Diesel in West Side Story (Leicester Curve); Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (UK Tour); Matthew Bourne’s Lord Of The Flies (Theatre Royal, Plymouth).
Television credits: Doctors (BBC).
Michael is very excited to be returning to the show where he made his professional debut and is grateful to his family, friends and agents for their constant love and support.
Instagram: @michaeloreilly._
Training: Kira trained as an actress, dancer and singer at the acclaimed Tiffany Theatre College England, where she was a winner of the prestigious Stage Scholarship.
Theatre includes: Baby in Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (UK and European Tours); Iris Kelly in Fame (London). Other theatre credits include: Snow White; Cinderella; Peter Pan for No.1 Pantomimes for the UK's leading pantomime producer (Grand Opera House, Belfast).
Television includes: the lead role of Vicky in Penny on Mars (streaming now on Disney Plus); Mimy in School Hacks (The Walt Disney Company Italia); and dancer for Ellie Goulding’s performance on Children in Need (BBC).
Kira is excited to be returning to the West End with a show that is very special to her. She would like to dedicate these performances to those who have supported her journey and to those who are now watching from above.
Charlotte trained professionally at Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Kathy Selden in Singin’ In The Rain (Sadlers Wells London and UK & International tour); Alex Owens in Flashdance (International Tour); Tina Sparkle in Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre London, The West Yorkshire Playhouse and The Princess of Wales Theatre Toronto); Dale Tremont in Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre London and UK Tour); Penny Johnson in Dirty Dancing (First-ever National Tour, West End revival at The Piccadilly Theatre London and the original German production in Berlin); Margot in Legally Blonde (Deaugu Opera House, Korea); Bombalurina in CATS (European Tour); Patty Simcox and also understudying/playing Sandy in Grease (UK Tour); The Golden Age Of Dance (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Fly With The Stars (London Palladium) and Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (Aldwych Theatre, London).
Other credits include; Strictly Come Dancing (BBC); Len Goodman’s For the Love of Fred Astaire (ITV); The Royal Variety Performance (ITV); All Star Musicals (ITV); Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) and Children in Need (BBC).
Training: The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and The National Youth Theatre
West End Theatre includes: The Best Man (Playhouse); A Little Night Music (Garrick); Marat/Sade (Playhouse); Les Misérables (Palace); The Sound of Music (Palladium); Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (Dominion Theatre); The Mousetrap (St Martins); The Merry Widow (Peacock).
Other Theatre Includes: Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (Original UK tour); Les Miserable (Original UK Tour); Pete Townsend’s The Iron Man (Young Vic, World Premier); Into the Woods (Scottish Premier, The Byre); The Honest Lawyer (The Globe); Flare Path (UK tour); She Stoops to Conquer (Northern Stage/Newcastle Playhouse); A Slice of Saturday Night (Lincoln Theatre Royal); The Merry Widow (UK Tour); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Royal Nottingham); Private Lives (Theatre Royal, Winchester); Jane Eyre (UK tour); Engaged (Perth Rep); King Lear (Albany Empire); Romeo and Juliet (Simply Shakespeare); Corpse (Frinton Rep); The Merchant of Venice (UK tour); HMS Pinafore (Covent Garden Festival); Ladies of the Corridor (Finborough); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Clwyd); Murder with Love (Windsor Theatre Royal); A Tale of Two Cities (Birmingham Alexandra/Theatre Royal Windsor); God of Carnage, Deadlock and Rebecca (Vienna’s English Theatre).
Film Includes: The Holiday (Sony Columbia); The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (Warner Bros).
Television and Radio Includes: Dr Gilbert in Hex 2 (Sky); Hubert Bland in An Awfully Big Adventure (BBC), Michael Ventris in A Very English Genius (BBC), Reverend Hunt in The Elgin Marbles (BBC); Charlie in Oh You Pretty Things (BBC Radio 4).
Theatre Credits: Local Hero (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Last Ship Tour USA and Canada and Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage UK Tour (Karl Sydow); Clybourne Park (Rapture Theatre); Coriolanus (RSC); Pygmalion (Oldham Coliseum); Abigail’s Party (Curve Theatre); This Is Ceilidh (Speigltent Edinburgh & London); A Bunch of Amateurs (Watermill Theatre, Newbury); Peribanez (Young Vic Theatre, London); Oh What A Lovely War! (The National Theatre, The Roundhouse); Hay Fever (Oldham Coliseum); Taking Steps (Oldham Coliseum); Celaine (Hampstead Theatre); Private Lives (Oldham Coliseum, Harrogate Theatre); Sadly Solo Joe (Greenwich Theatre); After Mrs Rochester (Duke of Yorks Theatre, London); What Every Woman Knows and Candida (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); Othello (Watermill Theatre and Tour of Japan); A Midsummer Nights Dream (English Shakespeare Company); When We Are Married (Savoy Theatre, London) T’is Pity She’s A Whore (Derby Playhouse); The Hypochondriac (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (The Strand Theatre, London).
Television Credits: Romantic Getaway (Ranga Bee for Sky); Love In Scotland ( Heehaw); Black Earth Rising (BBC/Netflix); Coronation Street (ITV); Doctors (BBC); Londongrad (Wind Catcher); Endeavour III (Mammoth Screen); EastEnders (BBC); Holby City (BBC); The Commander: Abduction (La Plante Productions); Midsommer Murders (Bentley Productions); The Bill (Talkback Thames); Little Miss Jocelyn (Ch4); Monarch of The Glen (Ecosse); Casualty (BBC); Bugs (Carnival Films); Clare in the Community (Tiger Aspect); Ultimate Force (Bentley Productions); Taggart (STV); Dr Finlay (STV); Head Over Heels (Carnival Films).
Radio and Recording Credits: The Eyes of the Soul (BBC Radio 4); The First Person (BBC Radio 4); The Child (BBC Radio 4); Into Exile (BBC Radio 4): Brigadoon (EMI).
Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BA (Hons) Acting
Theatre Credits: Jovie in Elf The Musical (The Dominion Theatre), Marie in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5: The Musical (Savoy Theatre), Charlotte Skelton in Twist and Turn (The Other Palace), Millennials (The Other Palace), Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Lisa Houseman in Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (UK & Ireland Tour), Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5: The Musical (UK & Ireland Tour), Euydice in Antigone (Belsize Park Arts Festival)
Film and TV Credits: Doctors (BBC), New Tricks (BBC).
Recordings: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Original Cast Recording), Magic At The Musicals (Magic Radio from the Royal Albert Hall), Zoovolution (Walt Disney)
Workshops: Pink Floyd - The Wall (Working Title), Beaches (Arden Entertainment)
Instagram: @georginaecastle
Twitter: @georgina_castle
Training: Performance Preparation Academy, Guildford
Theatre includes: Feuilly/Joly/Cover Marius & Grantaire in Les Misérables (UK & Ireland Tour & Sondheim Theatre, West End); Joly/Cover Marius in Les Misérables All Star Concert (Sondheim Theatre, West End); Elder Cross/Davis in The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre, West End); Nathan Leopold in Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story (Edinburgh Fringe & Bridge House, London); It’s a Wonderful Life – A Radio Play (Bridge House); Aladdin in Aladdin (Aylesbury Waterside Theatre); Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk (Leeds Carriageworks Theatre); Dandini in Cinderella (Bridlington Spa Theatre).
Workshops: The Legends of Notre Dame (London Theatre Workshops)
Television: The Royal, ITV
Concerts include: Transatlantic: Jonathan Reid Gealt (2013) & Jonathan Reid Gealt: Whatever I Want It To Be (2015) West End Reverse; West End Men; The Platform LD; Blame Canada; Sunday In The Arts & West End Old & New.
In 2017 Danny Reached the Live Finals of BBC1's Let it Shine, performing alongside Take That, Danni Minogue and Melanie C.
Training: Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Theatre includes: Tito Suarez in Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (UK Tour and Dominion); Britney in We Will Rock You (Dominion); Judah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Palladium); John in Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Coricopat and Mr Mistoffelees in Cats (New London); Four- Eyed Moe in Five Guys Named Moe (Lyric); Steven in Seeing the Light (Roundhouse); Children of Eden (Prince Edward); King (Piccadilly); Soloist in Wayne Sleep and Company (Dominion and UK tour); JT in Oh What a Night (UK tour); T Bone and understudy Joe in Carmen Jones- The Musical and Actor/Dancer in the English National Opera productions of Orpheus in the Underworld, Faust, Don Carlos and Aida.
Other work includes: Production singer for Costa Cruise Lines; choreographer for Celebrity Cruises and writer and creator of the musical HellSing.
www.hellsingproductions.com
Training: The Lodge School of Dance, and Bird College (Most Artistic Gentleman).
Theatre credits include Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain (Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto); Dialect Coach in Singin’ in the Rain (Sadler’s Wells, Japan, UK Tour); Gypsy (Royal Exchange, Manchester); The Choir of Man (Australian tour); Jersey Boys (international tour); Remembering Fred (London Palladium/UK tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Singin’ in the Rain (Kilworth House); Seussical (West End/Hong Kong); The Sound of Music (London Palladium); The King and I (UK tour); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium); Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet (Royal Opera House); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Dominion).
Television credits include: All Star Musicals (ITV), Quiz (ITV); D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes (BBC One) and Cadbury’s Smashables (commercial).
Film credits include: Pinocchio (Disney), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Warner Bros) and Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix). Alastair is also a founding member of leading UK tap company Old Kent Road. Alastair would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support
Michael's theatre credits include: Max Kellerman in Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (Dominion & Piccadilly Theatre, London & UK Tour/Germany); Follies (National Theatre); The Sound of Music (UK Tour); The Braille Legacy (London’s Charing Cross Theatre); Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew; Eric Birling in An Inspector Calls; The Dancing Master in Jeremy Sam's translation of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme called A Fool and his Money also Mack and Mabel, Piaf and Godspel (Nottingham Playhouse). The title role in Mr Cinders; Fabrizio in Mistress of the Inn; Bobby in The Boyfriend and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream (York Theatre Royal); The Card, for Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Jeremy Sams (Watermill, Newbury).
Two seasons at the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park playing Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew, and a tap dancing crooner in A Connecticut Yankee.
Other West End: Happy as a Sandbag; And Then There Were None; and Giles Ralston in the 43rd year of The Mousetrap.
Also: Moon Landing (Derby Playhouse); Promises, Promises (Sheffield Crucible); and Alfie (Watford Palace).
UK tours of The Marquise playing Father Clement and The King and I playing Captain Orton and Sir Edward Ramsey. He received a Manchester Evening News Best Actor nomination for playing nine characters in Second From Last in the Sackrace.
Film and TV includes: Funeral For An Assassin; Angels; Barlow; How's Your Father; Secret Army; Survivors; The Mixer and Westbeach; and a tribute to Noel Gay entitled Remember The Lambeth Walk.
Michael is a panto veteran – having appeared in over 14 productions!
Trained/Studies: Nottingham Playhouse Youth theatre and Goldsmiths University.
Growing up singing in church Lydia Sterling developed a passion for singing and performing at an early age. Lydia began her training with The Nottingham Playhouse Youth Theatre with whom she performed Woyzeck and Enron on both the Playhouse main stage and at the York Theatre Festival.
Theatre Credits include: Romeo & Juliet (York theatre festival), Woyzceck (Nottingham Playhouse), Enron (Nottingham Playhouse), Godspell (Create theatre), TINA! - The Rock Legend (German tour).
TV & Film Credits include: Pay It Forward London (commercial), Joy (short film).
Lydia is so excited to be making her west end debut in the hit show Dirty Dancing which is for her a dream come true!
Previous Dirty Dancing Credits:
UK tours 2012, 2016/17 & 2021
Theatre credits include:
Camelot (Apollo Victoria); Mr Cinders (Fortune); Brigadoon (Victoria Palace); Damn Yankees (Adelphi); Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych); Of Thee I Sing (Bridewell); Witches of Eastwick (Drury Lane & Prince of Wales); The Human Comedy (Young Vic); Sunset Boulevard (Germany & UK Tour); My Fair Lady (Buxton); Calamity Jane (UK Tour); High Society (UK Tour); Scrooge (UK Tour); Me & My Girl (UK Tour); Oklahoma (Kilworth House); Fame (UK Tour); It's A Wonderful Life (Ipswich); West Side Story (UK tour); Little Women (Hope Mill theatre); Flashdance (South Korea tour); Kinky Boots (Norwegian Cruise Line);The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour); Mrs Warren's Profession (Hamburg); A Christmas Carol (Shelley Theatre, Boscombe); Candida (Hamburg); Aladdin (Milton Keynes); Snow White (Hull); Little Mermaid (Hereford); Jack and the Beanstalk (Garrick theatre Lichfield).
Other credits include: Elderly Gent in the high profile Orange commercial ‘The Gardener’ for Ibuleve - TV and poster; Grandfather in 'Very' Christmas commercial; Santa and Mr Monopoly for Invent in Dubai & Qatar.
Training: The Young Dancers Academy and Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Wicked (Original UK tour); Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); An American in Paris (Dominion); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly); Carousel (Regents Park) Wait for Me (Online), Gala for Grenfell.
Television includes: Bridgerton (Netflix); The Graham Norton Show (BBC); The Brit Awards, The Royal Variety Performance (ITV); Harry Potter Reunion; DANCE DANCE DANCE- contestant Winner (ITV)
Film includes: Ready Player One, Cats, Eurovision, Wonka, Disenchanted, Snow White, Apartment 7A.
Music videos include: Party Like a Russian (Robbie Williams); Heavy Entertainment Show (Robbie Williams); These Are The Special Times (Jonathan Antoine); Medicine (Lisa Canny); Again (Scott Alan)
Commercials: Wren Kitchens, Emma Matress, Domino’s
Training: Arts Educational Schools London
Credits: Marty in Grease (UK Tour), Heather Duke in Heathers (Other Palace), Sinead in But I'm A Cheerleader (The Turbine).
Stage Credits: Baby Louise/Ensemble in Gypsy (Quick Fantastic Productions); Lou Ann/First Cover Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray (London Coliseum); Ensemble/Cover Sheherazade in Aladdin (Crossroads Pantomimes); Amanda Thripp in Matilda (RSC);
Television/Film Credits: Barbie (Warners Bros); Love, Rosie (Constantin Film); In Secret (LD Entertainment); Doc Martin (ITV); Les Miserables (Barricade Productions Ltd); Five Go to Rehab (The Comic Strip); Frequencies (Britpack Fims).
Training: Urdang Academy
Theatre credits include: Swing in Rock of Ages (UK Tour); Ensemble/ Cover Princess Susan in Jack and the Beanstalk (Everyman Theatre Cheltenham), Dance Captain/Swing in Bare: A Pop Opera (The Vaults); Gloria u/s Alex Owens in Flashdance (UK Tour); Gladys Hotchkiss in The Pajama Game (The Pleasance Theatre), Ensemble in Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Television credits include: Dancing With The Stars Ireland, South Riding (BBC).
Callum spent two years at the famous Brit School before training for three years on a scholarship at Bird College.
Credits include: McDonalds Coffee commercial, vocalist in West End Unplugged (Interval Productions); vocalist in The Twelve Tenors (European tour); Napthali/understudy Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour); Ensemble in Evita (UK and European tour, Dominion and Phoenix Theatres, West End); Ensemble in Stephen Sondheim’s 85th Birthday Tribute Hey, Old Friends (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Ensemble in Beauty and the Beast (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford); Ensemble/understudy Peter and Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (European tour); Henri in a workshop performance of An Innocent Evening Of Drinking (Declan Bennett) and Ensemble/understudy Fred Casely in Chicago (UK and International tour).
Callum would like to thank everyone who has helped and inspired him along the way.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre Credits: Half A Sixpence (Kilworth House Theatre); Dance Captain in Jack and the Beanstalk (Cheltenham Everyman Theatre); Dance Captain in Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (UK Tour); Dance Captain in The Wedding Singer (Troubadour Theatre, Wembley Park); Robin Hood And The Merry Men (Qdos Entertainment); Dance Captain for Floating Festivals (Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas); Dance Captain in The Wedding Singer (Daegu International Music Festival, South Korea); Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Peter Pan (Qdos Entertainment); Dick McWhittington (Qdos Entertainment); West Side Story (UK Tour); Dance Captain for Julian Clary Live (Palace Theatre, West End); Peter Pan (Qdos Entertainment); Julian Clary Live – UK Tour (Shepard’s Bush Empire, London); Cinderalla (Qdos Entertainment).
Other credits: Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration (BBC & London Palladium); Mary Poppins Returns Premiere (BAFTA); Tui Internal Film (Y&R London); Quintessentially British (SkyNet TV - Asia); Magnifique (Red Velvet Cabaret); Creative/ Choreographic Assistant & Principle
Dancer for ‘Beyond Repair Dance’.
Training SLP College Leeds.
Theatre Includes: The Bodyguard European Tour Ensemble cover Stalker; Mamma Mia Royal Caribbean Sky/Eddie; Peter Pan UK Productions Pirate/Nitwit acrobat; Chicago The Musical UK Tour ensemble/Fred Casely.
Other credits include: Move It and Can You Dance alongside choreographers Stuart Hayes, Kirsty Sparks and Joelle Le Boutillier.
Joel Has modelled for wedding events
Commercial TV Urban Jungle
Joel is excited to join Dirty Dancing as ensemble first cover Johnny first cover Robbie.
Training: Performers College
Theatre: Seaweed in Hairspray (UK & Ireland Tour); Lola in Kinky Boots (Norwich Theatre Royal); Brian Holland & First Cover Stevie Wonder in Motown The Musical (UK & Ireland Tour Original Cast); Peter Pan (Kenneth Moore Theatre); Cinderella (Broxbourne Civic).
Television: BBC Blue Peter; Guest Mentor on BBC Strictly Come Dancing; Dre Beats Commercial.
Other Credits: NFL Opening Ceremony (Wembley Stadium); BBC Dance Proms (Royal Albert hall); Daisy Ball Charity Gala (Grosvenor Hotel) Guest Ent. Royal Caribbean Group.
Akeem is excited to be making his West End Debut in Dirty Dancing and would like to thank his family & friends for their love and support.
Charlotte trained at The Urdang Academy where she gained a First Class BA Hons in Musical Theatre.
Her theatre credits include: Onstage Swing/Dance Captain/Cover Liat in South Pacific (Sadlers Wells and UK Tour); Swing in Dirty Dancing- The Classic Story on Stage (Dominion Theatre); Dance Captain/Onstage Swing in Top Hat (The Mill at Sonning Theatre, 2021/22); Onstage Swing in South Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2021); Ensemble in Remembering The Oscars (U.K. Tour, 2020); Ensemble in Guys And Dolls (Sheffield Crucible Theatre, 2019/20); Featured Dancer in Rip It Up The 70’s (U.K. Tour, 2019); Onstage Swing in Bodyguard The Musical (U.K. Tour, 2019); Ensemble in Bodyguard Das Musical (Vienna, 2018/19); Liat in South Pacific In Concert (2018), Onstage Swing/Cover Cha Cha/Cover Frenchy/Cover Miss Lynch in Grease (U.K. Tour, 2017/18); Ensemble/Cover Ali in Mamma Mia! (Royal Caribbean, (2015/16).
Her film & TV credits include: Disenchanted (Walt Disney Productions); Princess Switch 3: Romancing The Star (Netflix, 2020/2021).
Charlotte is thrilled to be returning to Dirty Dancing and would like to dedicate her performance to her dad.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Grease, understudying Patty & Miss Lynch (Dominion Theatre); Cats (Taiwan Tour); Ensemble & Dance Captain in The Original London cast of The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre); Grease (Grand Theatre, Leeds); Dance Captain on Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Jemima/cover Victoria in Cats (International Tour); Dance Captain & understudy Lisa and Penny in Dirty Dancing (UK Tour); & Ich War Noch Niemals in New York (Stage Entertainment)
Sophia trained at The Hammond School and Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Choreographer on Saving Grace (Riverside Studios); Assistant Choreographer
on The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre and UK & Ireland tour); cover Penny in
Dirty Dancing (Dominion Theatre); Associate Choreographer to Gary Lloyd; Dancer in West End
Musical Celebration (Palace Theatre); Onstage Swing in Dirty Dancing (UK tour); Ensemble in
Christmas Spectacular (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Victoria the White Cat & Assistant Dance
Captain on Cats (UK & international tour); Ensemble in You Won’t Succeed on Broadway, if You
Don’t Have Any Jews (The Other Palace); Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal, Newcastle); Aladdin
(Hawth Theatre, Crawley); Peter Pan (Grand Theatre, Swansea).
Screen credits include: Dancer in Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
and Assistant Choreographer on Halifax (commercial).
Ben Middleton, originally from Dublin in Ireland, is a 2021 graduate from Artsed.
Credits include: Ensemble u/s Elder Price in Book Of Mormon (UK Tour).
Credits while training include: Pierce in Kipps – The New Half A Sixpence Musical (Artsed); Tumblebrutus in Cats (Artsed); Artsed Choir Soloist/Enjolras in Music of The Night (Royal Albert Hall); Artsed Choir Soloist in Chita Rivera Live in London (Cadogan Hall)
Further credits include: Street Chorus in Bernsteins Mass (The Royal Festival Hall); Bruce Bogtrotter in Matilda The Musical (Cambridge Theatre, West End).
Professional Training: Urdang Academy
Professional Credits:- ‘Dancer’ in Greatest Days - Take That Movie Musical (Coky Giedroyc/Drew McOnie); ‘Ensemble/Assistant Dance Captain/Acro Coach’ in Bring It On! (Guy Unsworth/Fabian Aloise); ‘Dancer’ in Jewels – Bridgerton (Tom Verica/Jack Murphy); ‘Ensemble Dancer’ in The Lion King West End – Disney Productions (Julie Taymor); Choreographer for Music Video Wiley: Sorry – SMB Productions (Shan Brown); ‘Ensemble Dancer’ in The Lion King West End – Disney Productions (Julie Taymor); ‘Ensemble’ in Andrew Lloyd Webber Gala – Midas Entertainment; ‘Featured Dancer’ in Saturday Night Fever 40th Anniversary – BBC Productions; ‘Featured Dancer/ Model’ in Sonia Stein Music Video – Marathon Artists; ‘Featured Dancer’ in Grenfield Tower West End Tribute Concert (Giles Terera / Danielle Tarento); ‘Dancer’ in ERYKA – Strike Co. (Dean Lee); ‘Ensemble / Understudy Captain Hook and Mr. Darling’ in Peter Pan (R.Marsden); ‘Featured Dancer’ in Lion King West End (Thea Burns) Ayden is delighted to be joining the cast of Dirty Dancing.
Theatre credits as Conductor and Musical Director in the UK include Local Hero (Chichester Festival Theatre); Dirty Dancing (Dominion Theatre & Piccadilly Theatre); The Last Ship (Northern Stage/UK tour, Toronto, USA tour); How The Grinch Stole Christmas (UK tour); Falsettos (The Other Palace); Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Associate Conductor, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Sinatra (London Palladium); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre); Desperately Seeking Susan (AMD, Novello Theatre); and numerous engagements in Australia and internationally.
Music Supervision includes Legally Blonde (UK tour and productions in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Vienna); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (UK tour); and Supervising Music Director for the West End and European/UK tours of Dirty Dancing.
Composition credits include: The Centre, The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, The Wind In The Willows (published by The Australian Script Centre); Old Mother Hubbard (Black Swan Press); The Legend of Snow White (Hayman Theatre, Australia); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Sevenoaks Playhouse); Deadly Game (Vienna’s English Theatre); Mrs Warren’s Profession, The Importance of Being Earnest (English Theatre of Hamburg); The Railway Children(published by Samuel French); The Teddy Bears Picnic (UK tour); Comrade Rockstar (SG Records).
Recordings include: Composer and producer for Comrade Rockstar (original cast album); composer and conductor for The Railway Children (original cast album); keyboards for Legally Blonde (West End cast recording); vocal arranger for Collabro Stars (Sony) and Collabro: Act 2 (Sony)
Television includes: The Grinch Live (NBC/Sky Arts)
Richard received honours degrees in music (piano performance) and music education from the University of Western Australia, winning numerous awards including the Creative Development Fellowship (Arts Council of Western Australia).
In addition to his work as a Musical Director, Richard is currently Head of Music at the East 15 Acting School (University of Essex).
Miles’ musical director and performance credits include: Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage (previous West End & national tours); Glitterball (national tour); Tales From Acorn Wood (national tour); Lillies On The Land (national tour); Justin’s Band with Justin Fletcher (West End & national tour); Song Of Singapore (West End & Chichester Festival Theatre); Return To The Forbidden Planet (West End & national tour); The Goon Show (national tour); Round The Horne (national tour); Hidden Spires’ Sawdust (The Old Fire Station, Oxford); Chichester Festival Theatre’s Grimm Tales (Cass Sculpture Park, Chichester); and Strangeface Theatre Company’s The Last Resort (tour to Iran).
Miles also works extensively as a live musician. Bands include the Los Palmas 6, the Simon Bates Big Band, and his own Speakeasy Revival Orchestra.
As a composer his work has included Laura Wall’s Goose, Julia Donaldson’s Tales From Acorn Wood, tours of Dear Zoo and Dear Santa, and ongoing work with Whistlestop Arts.
For more information, please visit www.milesrussell.co.uk
Morgan trained at Rose Bruford College.
This is Morgan’s professional debut.
Credits whilst training include: Working, Stoning Mary/Seven Jewish Children, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scenes From an Execution, and August: Osage County.
Christopher has been a professional Jazz Trombone player for 20 years playing in various bands and shows. He has played at Ealing, Cheltenham and Brecon jazz festivals and at established venues such as London’s Jazz Café, 606 Club, and Ronnie Scotts. Christopher’s passion is New Orleans jazz and he runs The Hornbrokers, an established 6 piece brass band. Check them out at www.thehornbrokers.com !
Christopher is also an established actor in Film/TV and Theatre. He trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and his West End Theatre Credits include: Mr Here in Be More Chill (Shaftesbury Theatre), Brian in Avenue Q (Noel Coward Theatre), Cover Joey/Billy in The Commitments (Palace Theatre) and Harold Novak in Motown the Musical (Shaftesbury Theatre).
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre includes: Chuck & Cover Willard & Ren in Footloose (UK Tour & Dubai); Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (UK Tour); Smudge in Forever Plaid (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Ensemble & 1st cover Schlomo & Nick in Fame the Musical (UK & International Tour, West End & Troubadour); Ensemble/G.I. & Cover Schultz in Miss Saigon (UK and Ireland tour); Anyone Can Whistle (Union Theatre) and Cinderella (White Rock Theatre).
Other credits include: Until We Meet Again, a music video for composer and cellist Martin Tillman and Glory Ride (Workshop - The Other Palace).
West End: Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage (Phoenix Theatre and The Dominion Theatre).
International: The Addams Family (Sao Paulo); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Milan, Madrid); Ghost (Madrid, Italy, Mexico City and National Spanish Tour); An American in Paris (Genoa Opera House); Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins* (Milan, Rome); Dirty Dancing* (Italy Mexico City, Spain, Belgium, UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Luxemburg, Monte Carlo, Austria); Disney's Newsies (Milan); West Side Story* (Florence Opera House); Sunset Boulevard* (Todi Festival); Sugar - Based on the screenplay Some Like It Hot (Italy); The Bodyguard* (Milan, Rome, Spain); Grease (Italy); Titanic - The Tale of A Dream* (Italy. Also Author and Composer); Disney's High School Musical (Italy); Annie* (Italy. Also Translator); Little Shop of Horrors* (Italy); Fame* (Italy. Also Translator); Flashdance (Italy); American Bar* (new play); 8 Times Academy Award Winner Alan Menken Piano Concert (Milan).
Workshops: Houdini (New York); Sugar (London): Newsies, Around the World in 80 Days, Notte prima degli esami (Milan).
Author and/or Composer: St. Valentine’s Night (Ernesto Calindri Award. Also Leading Man); Peter Pan; Dance Lessons.
As Performer: Cinderella (Prince Charming); Caffè Esperanto (Lead); Hello, Dolly!
TV: Musical Awards; Amici; Sister Act - The Casting.
Previously Artistic Director for Nazionale and Brancaccio Theatres for Stage Entertainment. Winner of the Garinei and Giovannini Award with mention by the Italian President as Best Italian Director for Musical Theatre in 2019.
* Also Co-Executive Producer
Austin hails from Southend on Sea, Essex and trained at Whitehall Performing Arts.
Since leaving college Austin has travelled the world as a performer in a variety of theatre, television and film in a career spanning 18 years. Shows include: the world-famous Moulin Rouge in Paris; Simply Ballroom; and the West End cast of Dirty Dancing - the Classic Story On Stage at the Piccadilly Theatre, Phoenix Theatre. He also choreographs for Tui Sensatori, creating shows for their luxury resorts around the globe.
Austin’s journey with Dirty Dancing began in 2012 where he joined the West End production at Piccadilly Theatre. He has since been involved in two European Tours, three UK and Ireland Tours and three West End runs, playing multiple roles including Johnny Castle. Most recently he choreographed the 2018 European Tour, 2021 UK & Ireland Tour and Dominion Theatre, West End run.
Theatre credits include: Disney’s Mary Poppins (Milan); Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (West End and international tour); West Side Story (Genova Opera House); The Bodyguard, Newsies, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Rent, Ghost the Musical, Frankenstein Jr., Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Gypsy, Flashdance ,Cenerentola, Happy Days, Cats, The Producers, Grease, Cabaret, Il Giorno Della Tartaruga, Stanno Suonando la Nostra Canzone, Promesse Promesse, A Chorus Line and High School Musical (all Milan/Rome Italian tours); Pinocchio (Seoul and New York); The Mission (Seoul); Rugantino (Italian tour and Broadway). Van Gogh; Don Giovanni; Amleto; XII Notte; Il Piacere dell'Onestà; Allegre Comari di Windsor; Costellazioni and Cyrano de Bergerac.
Dance credits include: La Valse and Immemoria (Teatro alla Scala); Serata Sacra and Il Lago dei Cigni(Maggio Musicale Fiorentino); Roberto Bolle & Friends (Italy and worldwide).
Opera credits include: Nabucco (Teatro Massimo di Palermo); Le Malentendu (Sferisterio Opera Festival); Il Viaggio a Reims (France Tour); Il Farnace (Maggio Musicale, Fiorentino) and Norma (Teatro Verdi di Sassari).
Other credits include: Fashion shows for Ermenegildo Zegna, Krizia, Dolce & Gabbana and il Gufo.
Valerio has been awarded the Italian Musical Theatre Oscar for Best Lighting Design for both Frankenstein Jr (2015) and Cabaret (2016).
Training: Sound Engineering at City and Islington College, London.
Theatre includes: Pretty Woman (Milan); Ghost (Italy National Tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Milan); Disney’s Mary Poppins (Milan and Rome); Singing in the Rain (Milan); A Chorus Line (Milan); West Side Story (Genova and Florence Opera House); An American in Paris (Genova Opera House); Flashdance (Milan); The Bodyguard (Italy and Spain); Footloose (Milan); Jersey Boys (Italy National Tour and Paris); Disney’s Newsies (Milan); Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage (Italy, UK, Mexico, Spain and Germany); Next to Normal; The Blues Legend; Some Like it Hot; Little Shop of Horrors (all Milan, Rome or Italian National Tours); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!; Sister Act; Saturday Night Fever (all as Head of Sound, Milan).
Workshop credits include: Legally Blonde; The Life; Hair; 9 to 5.
Concert credits include: Blue Note (Milan); and Andrea Bocelli: Live in Portofino.
Richard received honours degrees in music and music education from the University of Western Australia, winning numerous awards for performance and education, including the prestigious Creative Development Fellowship (Arts Council of Western Australia) .
As Music Director credits include: Sinatra (London Palladium), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre); Dirty Dancing (Piccadilly Theatre); Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre); Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello Theatre); Corrugation Road (Black Swan Theatre, Australian national tour); The Small Poppies (Company B, Australian national tour); 2 Pianos 4 Hands (StageWorks, Australian/New Zealand/ Hong Kong tour) and The Midnight Gang (Western Australian Symphony Orchestra/Spare Parts Theatre, Australia).
Richard continued his association with Legally Blonde as Music Supervisor for the UK National tour and productions in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Vienna, and was appointed Music Supervisor for the UK National Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Richard is currently a conductor of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
In collaboration with writer Julian Woolford, he has written musicals based on The Wind in the Willows, The Railway Children (published by Samuel French Ltd), additional music for the forthcoming release of Lionel Bart’s Twang!! (published by Josef Weinberger) and the original musical Comrade Rockstar.
Other theatrical compositions include The Centre, The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, The Legend of Snow White (Hayman Theatre, Australia); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Sevenoaks Playhouse); Deadly Game(Vienna’s English Theatre); Mrs Warren’s Profession, The Importance of Being Earnest (English Theatre of Hamburg) and the podcast musical Terminal Four Play (Theatre503).
Together with Julian Woolford and Andrew Niederman, Richard is currently developing a musical adaptation of The Devil’s Advocate. An album featuring the music of Comrade Rockstar is due for release in July 2016.
Australian based costume designer Jennifer Irwin’s career spans 40 years designing costumes for opera, drama, film and in particular dance & ballet.
Her commissions includes over 90 ballets (including Joffrey Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Universal Ballet of Korea, Royal New Zealand Ballet) as well as some of the largest scale spectacular productions ever staged in Australia including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the Official Ceremony marking the Centenary of Australian Federation and Francesca Zambellos’ production of’ West Side Story staged on Sydney Harbour.
Jennifers designs have been staged live in over 100 countries, over 290 cities including the Lincoln Centre NYC, City Centre NYC, Brooklyn Academy of Music NYC, The Kennedy Centre Washington, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London and many at the Sydney Opera House.
Notable acclaimed commissions include Opera Australia productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Widow and Madame Butterfly as well as the 30 year repertoire of Bangarra Dance Theatre.
She has been recognized for her contribution to Australian design with multiple Helpmann, Green Room and Australian Production Design nomination and Awards. ‘Service to Dance’ at the Australian Dance Awards and Best Costume Design at the AACTA Award, a Theatre Board Grant to study at La Scala Opera Milan, Italy (1984) and a Centenary Medal for ‘Service to the Arts’.
In 2004, Jennifer designed the costumes for the premiere production of ‘Dirty Dancing , the Classic Story on Stage
Valerio was born in Spoleto, city of the "Festival of the Two Worlds" where he began his professional career and developed a passion for light in all forms and expressions. Today Valerio has to his credit multiple experiences from Opera, Play, Ballet, Fashion & Architectural and a prolific collaboration with Musical productions in Italy and Worldwide.
In 2010 his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, for the ballet Immemoria and in 2014 his Broadway debut with the Italian production of Rugantino. He is also the lighting designer of the Musical Dirty Dancing and Ghost in the West End, UK and International Tour, Mexico and Australia.
Major theatre credits include: Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos; Due Foscari; Fidelio; Fledermaus (Maggio Musicale Fiore); Elisir D’Amore, Cenerentola, Flauto Magico, Barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro alla Scala); Fanciulla del (West Korea National Opera); Don Carlo (St.Gallen); Andrea Chenier (Modena, Toulon); Lucia di Lammermoor (Tenerife, Oviedo); Nabucco (Palermo); Idomeneo (Copenaghen); Le Malentendu (Sferisterio Opera Festival); Il Viaggio a Reims (Reims, Toulouse, Avignone, Marseille); Il Farnace (Florence); Fidelio, Fledermause (Maggio Musicale); Orfeo, Fille du Reggiment ( Cagliari); Hamlet (Saint Etienne).
Ballet includes: La Valse, Immemoria; Histoire de Manon; Giselle (Teatro alla Scala); Beethoven Immortal Love (Astana); Alice in Wonderland (Tallinn); Swan Lake (Florence).
Since 2014 he is technical supervisor and Lighting Designer of the Ballet Gala Roberto Bolle & Friends (Opera Rome, Arena Verona, Italian and International Tour).
Plays include: Van Gogh; Don Giovanni; Hamlet; XII Night; The Pleasure of Honest; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Cyrano de Bergerac; Constellations (National Theatre, Italy).
Musicals include: Dirty Dancing (West End); Kinky Boots (Madrid); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Milan); Ghost (Madrid, Milan, Mexico city); Mary Poppins (Milan/Rome); Dirty Dancing (UK & International tour); West Side Story (Genoa Opera House, Opera Florence); The Bodyguard; La Divina Commedia; Newsie;, American Idiot; Rent; Next To Normal; Dirty Dancing; Ghost; Frankenstein Jr; Priscilla; Gypsy; Cinderella; Happy Day; Cats; The Producers; Grease; Cabaret; Promise Promise; A Chorus Line; High School Musical (all Milan/Rome and Italian Tour); Pinocchio (Seoul & NYC); The Mission (Seoul); Flashdance (Stage Entertainment Italy); Rugantino (Rome, Milan and New York City).
Fashion shows include: Valentino; Ermenegildo Zegna; Krizia; Dolce and Gabban;, Il Gufo; Pal Zileri; Spyder; Neil Barret;, MM6; Capasa Milano; Elisabetta Franchi.
Awards include: Oscar Italiano Musical, Best Lighting Design 2015 (Frankenstein Jr) and 2016 (Cabaret).
Architectural & Retail: Resident lighting design for San Gottardo Church in Milano for Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo; resident lighting design for Dolce and Gabbana Retail Store in NYC-Soho
He was Associate Lighting Designer to the Teatro alla Scala from 2009 to 2018.
Since 2006 he teaches Lighting Design to the Accademia Teatro alla Scala.
Film & TV includes: Tomorrow Morning (Feature Film); A Family Affair (Feature Film); Mimi’s World (Channel 5 Milkshake), Waybuloo (CBeebies); Grandpa In My Pocket (CBeebies); Beast, Type, Song (Tate Britain); The Hermit (Sea Fox Films).
West End and UK Touring includes: Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre and UK Tour); Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show (Southbank and UK Tour); Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage (Phoenix Theatre / UK & Intl. Tour); The Choir Of Man (Arts Theatre and UK & USA Tours and Sydney Opera House); American Idiot (Arts Theatre and UK Tour); 20th Century Boy (UK Tour); Close to You (Criterion Theatre); Sinatra – A Man and His Music (London Palladium); Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Palace Theatre and UK Tour); Our House (UK Tour); Starlight Express (UK Tour); Knights of the Rose (Arts Theatre); Mum’s the Word (Albery and UK Tour); Once (UK Tour); Jackie – The Musical (UK Tour); Grease (Piccadilly, Victoria Palace and UK Tour); The Snowman (Peacock and UK Tour); Flashdance (Shaftesbury / UK Tour / Korean Tour); The King and I (Londn Palladium and UK Tour); Show Boat (Royal Albert Hall); Dancing in the Streets (Playhouse Theatre and UK Tour); The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas (The Savoy, Adelphi Theatre and UK Tour); Daisy Pulls It Off (Lyric Theatre); The Harder They Come (Barbican); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Palladium and UK Tour); Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Fame (UK Tour); Peter Pan and The Pirates of Penzance (Savoy); Smokey Joe’s Café (Prince of Wales and UK Tour); The Rocky Horror Show (Queen’s, Piccadilly, Duke of York’s, Victoria Palace and UK Tour); Doctor In the House (UK Tour); Mahabharata (UK Tour); Anything Goes (UK Tour); What a Feeling (UK Tour), A Chorus Line (UK Tour); A Tribute to the Blues Brothers (UK Tour).
Regional and international includes: The Man, The Music, The Show (Hugh Jackman World Arena Tour); Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep); Vanara, The Legend (Hackney Empire); Starlight Express (Bochum); Treason The Musical (Worldwide Launch); The Mozart Question, The Butterfly Lion, The Secret Garden (all The Barn Theatre, Cirencester); Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith); We’ll Live and Die in These Towns and Propaganda Swing (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry); The Sound Of Music (Trieste); I Was a Rat!(Birmingham Rep), Room and Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); Five Guys Named Moe (Udderbelly, Edinburgh); The BFG (Birmingham Rep); The Birds and the Bees, Midsummer Songs, It’s a Wonderful Life, Little Shop of Horrors, Blues in the Night and Laurel and Hardy (all New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Kinky Boots, Syd Norman’s Pour House (all for Norwegian Cruise Lines); Hairspray, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Me and My Girl, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Crazy For You and Oklahoma! (all Kilworth House); Amadeus (Wilton’s Music Hall); Romeo and Juliet; The Comedy of Errors; Merry Wives of Windsor; Twelfth Night; and Only You Can Save Mankind.
Children’s casting credits include: The King and I (UK Tour); Avalanche (Barbican); Waitress (UK Tour); Kinky Boots (Adelphi); The Bodyguard (Adelphi and UK Tour); Caroline, or Change (Playhouse, Hampstead and Chichester Festival Theatre); Annie (Piccadilly and UK Tour); Show Boat (New London); The Sound of Music (International Tour); and Medea (Gate).
Eleanor Bergstein is a novelist, screenwriter, producer and director. Her stories have been published in national magazines, ranging from Transatlantic Review to Redbook and Cosmopolitan. Her first novel, Advancing Paul Newman, about women and politics in the 1960’s, was published by the Viking Press, and her first movie script was It’s My Turn, starring Jill Clayburgh and Michael Douglas. Her second novel, Ex-Lover, about sexual obsession, was published by Random House. She has worked on a variety of film projects, including the final script revision of Sister Act. She then wrote and directed Let It Be Me, which starred Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Leslie Caron and Patrick Stewart.
Her most famous project was one of the most successful independent films of all time – Dirty Dancing. The unique continuing response to the story all around the world with its multiple viewings of the film, persuaded her that what audiences really wanted was a chance to be more physically involved in the story as it happened. This would of course mean that its ultimate form should be theatrical. This led her to reimagine Dirty Dancing as a stage event, one that combined dance and story and music in a new way. It was also her chance to write additional scenes not in the movie, which expand the characters, as well as add songs she had wanted for the movie and been unable to obtain.
Ms. Bergstein, through her company, Magic Hour Productions, is finishing a memoir and preparing a TV series based on her first novel, Advancing Paul Newman, about young women in politics, and working on a new stage musical set in London in the late 1960's.
In 2020, Karl Sydow produced Sting’s The Last Ship at The Ahmanson in LA and The Golden Gate in San Francisco and in 2019 at The Princess of Wales, Toronto, following a 2018 tour of the UK and Ireland.
Recent theatre includes Noises Off (Lyric, Hammersmith & Garrick West End), The Light In The Piazza (Royal Festival Hall/LA Opera/Lyric Opera of Chicago), Toast (West End/UK tour), Sweat (Gielgud West End) Evening Standard Award Best Play, Valued Friends (Rose Theatre, Kingston), Invisible Cities with 59 Productions (Manchester International Festival/Brisbane Festival, Australia), since 2018, Alan Ayckbourn’s The Divide with The Old Vic and Edinburgh International Festival, David Hare’s The Moderate Soprano at the Duke of York’s Theatre, and Sketching by James Graham at Wilton’s Music Hall, as well as Red Joan, a film featuring Dame Judi Dench which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Other work in the UK includes Paul Auster’s City of Glass with 59 Productions; Sinatra: The Man and His Music, directed by David Gilmore; Backbeat directed by David Leveaux; the centennial production of Under Milk Wood directed by Terry Hands; A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson featuring Trudie Styler, directed by Max Stafford-Clark; Triptych by Edna O’Brien; Ajax (Southwark Playhouse); The Line and Jenufa (Arcola) written by Timberlake Wertenbaker; Ring Round the Moon (The Playhouse, West End). Karl has produced Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage across the UK and around the world since 2004 (Aldwych/Piccadilly, West End/UK Tours/Germany/France/Italy/ Spain/Asia/Africa/Australia); the spectacular multimedia production Sinatra at the London Palladium, directed by David Leveaux with choreography by Stephen Mear; And Then There Were None with Tara Fitzgerald (Gielgud, West End); the London and Sydney productions of Dance of Death with Sir Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, and Owen Teale; Bea Arthur at the Savoy (Savoy, West End); Auntie and Me with Alan Davies and Margaret Tyzack (Wyndham’s, West End); Michael Moore, Live! (Roundhouse); the West End premiere of Noël Coward’s Semi-Monde; Kevin Elyot’s Mouth to Mouth with Lindsay Duncan and Michael Maloney (Albery, West End); David Mamet’s Speed- the-Plow with Mark Strong, Patrick Marber, and Kimberly Williams; Drummers by Simon Bennet and Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill (winner of the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer), both directed by Max Stafford-Clark for Out of Joint; Macbeth with Rufus Sewell (Queen’s, West End); A Swell Party—A Celebration of Cole Porter (Vaudeville, West End); Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good (Olivier Award for Best Play); Hysteria (Olivier Award for Best Comedy); and an adaptation of Sue Townsend’s novel The Queen and I, which was Out of Joint’s inaugural production. With Two’s Company; Staircase, A Day By The Sea, The Fifth Column, and Bodies (Southwark Playhouse), Go Bang Your Tambourine (Finborough).
In North America, he has produced Broadway productions of The Seagull with Carey Mulligan, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Peter Sarsgaard, and American Buffalo with John Leguizamo, Backbeat directed by David Leveaux (Royal Alexandra, Toronto/Ahmanson, Los Angeles), international tours including The Last Confession with David Suchet, and Our Country’s Good the original Tony nominated Broadway production and the Out of Joint’s revival in the West End and Toronto.
Theatre credits include: Disney’s Mary Poppins (Milan); Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (West End and international tour); West Side Story (Genova Opera House); The Bodyguard, Newsies, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Rent, Ghost the Musical, Frankenstein Jr., Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Gypsy, Flashdance ,Cenerentola, Happy Days, Cats, The Producers, Grease, Cabaret, Il Giorno Della Tartaruga, Stanno Suonando la Nostra Canzone, Promesse Promesse, A Chorus Line and High School Musical (all Milan/Rome Italian tours); Pinocchio (Seoul and New York); The Mission (Seoul); Rugantino (Italian tour and Broadway). Van Gogh; Don Giovanni; Amleto; XII Notte; Il Piacere dell'Onestà; Allegre Comari di Windsor; Costellazioni and Cyrano de Bergerac.
Dance credits include: La Valse and Immemoria (Teatro alla Scala); Serata Sacra and Il Lago dei Cigni(Maggio Musicale Fiorentino); Roberto Bolle & Friends (Italy and worldwide).
Opera credits include: Nabucco (Teatro Massimo di Palermo); Le Malentendu (Sferisterio Opera Festival); Il Viaggio a Reims (France Tour); Il Farnace (Maggio Musicale, Fiorentino) and Norma (Teatro Verdi di Sassari).
Other credits include: Fashion shows for Ermenegildo Zegna, Krizia, Dolce & Gabbana and il Gufo.
Valerio has been awarded the Italian Musical Theatre Oscar for Best Lighting Design for both Frankenstein Jr (2015) and Cabaret (2016).
Training: Sound Engineering at City and Islington College, London.
Theatre includes: Pretty Woman (Milan); Ghost (Italy National Tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Milan); Disney’s Mary Poppins (Milan and Rome); Singing in the Rain (Milan); A Chorus Line (Milan); West Side Story (Genova and Florence Opera House); An American in Paris (Genova Opera House); Flashdance (Milan); The Bodyguard (Italy and Spain); Footloose (Milan); Jersey Boys (Italy National Tour and Paris); Disney’s Newsies (Milan); Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage (Italy, UK, Mexico, Spain and Germany); Next to Normal; The Blues Legend; Some Like it Hot; Little Shop of Horrors (all Milan, Rome or Italian National Tours); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!; Sister Act; Saturday Night Fever (all as Head of Sound, Milan).
Workshop credits include: Legally Blonde; The Life; Hair; 9 to 5.
Concert credits include: Blue Note (Milan); and Andrea Bocelli: Live in Portofino.
Richard received honours degrees in music and music education from the University of Western Australia, winning numerous awards for performance and education, including the prestigious Creative Development Fellowship (Arts Council of Western Australia) .
As Music Director credits include: Sinatra (London Palladium), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre); Dirty Dancing (Piccadilly Theatre); Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre); Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello Theatre); Corrugation Road (Black Swan Theatre, Australian national tour); The Small Poppies (Company B, Australian national tour); 2 Pianos 4 Hands (StageWorks, Australian/New Zealand/ Hong Kong tour) and The Midnight Gang (Western Australian Symphony Orchestra/Spare Parts Theatre, Australia).
Richard continued his association with Legally Blonde as Music Supervisor for the UK National tour and productions in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Vienna, and was appointed Music Supervisor for the UK National Tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Richard is currently a conductor of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
In collaboration with writer Julian Woolford, he has written musicals based on The Wind in the Willows, The Railway Children (published by Samuel French Ltd), additional music for the forthcoming release of Lionel Bart’s Twang!! (published by Josef Weinberger) and the original musical Comrade Rockstar.
Other theatrical compositions include The Centre, The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, The Legend of Snow White (Hayman Theatre, Australia); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Sevenoaks Playhouse); Deadly Game(Vienna’s English Theatre); Mrs Warren’s Profession, The Importance of Being Earnest (English Theatre of Hamburg) and the podcast musical Terminal Four Play (Theatre503).
Together with Julian Woolford and Andrew Niederman, Richard is currently developing a musical adaptation of The Devil’s Advocate. An album featuring the music of Comrade Rockstar is due for release in July 2016.
Australian based costume designer Jennifer Irwin’s career spans 40 years designing costumes for opera, drama, film and in particular dance & ballet.
Her commissions includes over 90 ballets (including Joffrey Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Universal Ballet of Korea, Royal New Zealand Ballet) as well as some of the largest scale spectacular productions ever staged in Australia including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the Official Ceremony marking the Centenary of Australian Federation and Francesca Zambellos’ production of’ West Side Story staged on Sydney Harbour.
Jennifers designs have been staged live in over 100 countries, over 290 cities including the Lincoln Centre NYC, City Centre NYC, Brooklyn Academy of Music NYC, The Kennedy Centre Washington, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London and many at the Sydney Opera House.
Notable acclaimed commissions include Opera Australia productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Widow and Madame Butterfly as well as the 30 year repertoire of Bangarra Dance Theatre.
She has been recognized for her contribution to Australian design with multiple Helpmann, Green Room and Australian Production Design nomination and Awards. ‘Service to Dance’ at the Australian Dance Awards and Best Costume Design at the AACTA Award, a Theatre Board Grant to study at La Scala Opera Milan, Italy (1984) and a Centenary Medal for ‘Service to the Arts’.
In 2004, Jennifer designed the costumes for the premiere production of ‘Dirty Dancing , the Classic Story on Stage
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
CookieLawInfoConsent | 1 year | Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
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_ga | session | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
_ga_LEBFMSQC83 | session | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
_gat_gtag_UA_57228194_22 | session | Set by Google to distinguish users. |
_gid | session | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |