Every Monday throughout 2023 I will be highlighting a different piece of music that I have either written or been closely involved with. And this week, prepare to consider the things you could have done differently because it’s… What’s it called? If I’d Known. What’s it from? My 2019 ragtime musical ‘It’s Not Really the …
I’ve got to the point now where I’ve played in a fair few musicals, however one that’s doing the rounds at the moment but had eluded me until recently was ‘The Addams Family’. This all changed last month though, when I got the chance to play Reed 2 for the show and find out what …
Every Monday throughout 2023 I will be highlighting a different piece of music that I have either written or been closely involved with. And this week, prepare to go to great lengths to safeguard your personal supply of meat because it’s… What’s it called? Steakout. What’s it from? ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’, …
Every Monday throughout 2023 I will be highlighting a different piece of music that I have either written or been closely involved with. And this week, prepare to get angry in four different ways because it’s… What’s it called? It’s Harder Than It Looks. What’s it from? My 2019 ragtime musical ‘It’s Not Really the …
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Yes I know it’s only November. I know we’ve only just had Hallowe’en. I know it’s only Bonfire Night today. But I’m going to start talking about Christmas, and if you’ve got a problem with that I have no sympathy whatsoever. Earlier this year I went down to the big city of London to play …
A couple of weeks ago I got to perform in my first musical since November 2019, in the form of ‘Shrek The Musical’ in Romiley, with NK Theatre Arts. Having been originally scheduled for March 2020 and since been postponed 3 times, it finally took to the stage at the end of September and was …
[13-minute read] Watch the full musical here: N.B.: For optimal listening pleasure, it is recommended you listen to the audio examples through a good pair of headphones. It may have escaped your notice (because I’ve been keeping very quiet about it) but there’s a new musical in town, and it’s really really great. …
O.K. guys, so here’s the thing, right… Not that long ago the BBC did a survey to find out the nation’s most favouritest of all time song from a musical. Sadly the respondents were unaware of ‘It’s Not Really the Apocalypse’ (available here) or ‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’ (watch it here), because …
It has recently entered my knowledge that Disney Theatrical are toying with the idea of putting on a new UK tour of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, beginning in the lusty month of May 2021. “Great Scot!” I screamed on reading the news. “It occurs to me that maybe (just maybe) they will be searching for …
