PRODUCTION
Producers Darren Bell and Cuffe & Taylor for Live Nation are proud to announce the return of the WhatsonStage Award-winning concert production of Love Never Dies directed by Shaun Kerrison, playing at the London Palladium on 16, 17 and 18 October 2026 for 5 performances.
THE PHANTOM RETURNS...
With a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Lloyd Webber, Slater, Ben Elton and Frederick Forsyth, this spectacular new musical reunites the masked Phantom with his only true love and musical protégée, the stunning beauty Christine Daaé. Love Never Dies is a roller-coaster ride of intrigue, obsession and romance – where little is as it first appears.
With Madame Giry’s help, the Phantom escaped the Paris mobs to build a glittering new empire in the new world. For ten long years The Phantom has hidden himself amongst the freaks and sideshows nursing his broken heart and yearning for his true love to return. And now…
Blinded by money and the bright lights of Coney – Christine, with Raoul and their son Gustave, is lured to America to perform one final time. But Christine soon discovers the true identity of the mysterious impresario who has tempted her across the Atlantic. As old wounds are reopened and forgotten memories unlocked – The Phantom sets out to prove that, indeed, Love Never Dies.
This concert production comes as Phantom of the Opera celebrates its 40th year in London’s West End, marking four extraordinary decades at His Majesty’s Theatre. Phantom of the Opera is widely considered one of the world’s most beautiful and spectacular musicals. Since 1986, the global phenomenon has played to over 160 million people in 217 cities, 58 territories and 23 languages.
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Principal Cast
Jamie
Muscato
The Phantom
Jamie Muscato’s theatre credits include Dexter in One Day (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh), Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (London Coliseum), Anatole in Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 (The Donmar Warehouse - Olivier Award nominee for Best Actor in a Musical), Christian in Moulin Rouge! (Piccadilly Theatre), Guy in Once (London Palladium), Enjolras in Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre), Tony in West Side Story (Leicester Curve), JD in Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Other Palace - 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards nominee for Best Actor in a Musical), Story Edward in Big Fish (The Other Palace), Ben in Lazarus (Kings Cross Theatre), George Jacob Holyoake in A Subject of Scandal and Concern (Finborough Theatre), Jake in Stay Awake Jake (The Vaults), Joe in Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre), Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Welsh National Opera), Nathan in House of Mirrors and Hearts (Arcola Theatre), Eddie in Dogfight (National Theatre), Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre), Love Story (Duchess Theatre), Jean Prouvaire in Les Misérables (25th Anniversary tour), Spring Awakening (Novello, Lyric Hammersmith). His TV and film credits include What We Wished We Could Be (Slick Films), Chemistry of Death (Paramount+), The Undeclared War (Channel 4, Peacock), Pistol (FX Network), The Colour of Spring (Winterlight Productions), The Trial of Christine Keeler (BBC), The Nun (New Line Cinema, Warner Bros), Cilla (ITV), Les Misérables (Working Title Films).
Celinde
Schoenmaker
Christine Daaé
Celinde Schoenmaker’s theatre credits include playing the original Sarah Brown in Nick Hytner's Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre. Other West End roles include Fantine in Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre and Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre. She has also starred in Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Light in the Piazza for LA Opera and Southbank Centre, Marry Me a Little for The Barn Theatre, Love Story in The Netherlands and Jesus Christ Superstar In Concert at Theatre Orb, Tokyo. Film credits include Renate Blauel in Rocketman, Hong Kong Love Story, Matriarch and The Modelizer. TV credits include: Crookhaven (BBC), Truth & Conviction (Angel Studios), Our House (Red Planet Pictures) and Red Light (Man Up Film).
George
Blagden
Raoul
Currently, George is starring as Valentin in The Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Curve Theatre, Leicester. George starred as Athelstan in the series Vikings for three seasons. Success led to a spin-off, Vikings: Athelstan's Journal. George also led Versailles as King Louis XIV and starred in the series Black Mirror; his episode, "Hang the DJ", was nominated for a BAFTA. George started his career by playing the revolutionary Grantaire in Tom Hooper's movie-musical adaptation of Les Misérables. On stage, George starred in Company directed by Marianne Elliott and in Tartuffe at The Theatre Royal Haymarket with Paul Anderson. He played the lead in Jamie Lloyd's The Pitchfork Disney.
Courtney
Stapleton
Meg Giry
Training: ArtsEd, London. Theatre includes: Steph in Pride (National Theatre); Sydney/Alice in Love Can and Kelly in The Mad Ones (The Other Palace); Blast in SuperYou (Leicester Curve); Belle in Beauty And The Beast (West End and UK Tour), Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre); Six (Arts Theatre); Les Misérables (Queens Theatre); Bat Out of Hell (Dominion Theatre) and Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre). Other credits include: Love Never Dies in Concert (The Palladium); The Throwaways (The Other Palace); Kerry Ellis Live at The Palladium and The Olivier Awards. Follow Courtney @CourtneyJStapes
Mazz
Murray
Madame Giry
Mazz most recently played the role of Donna Sheridan in MAMMA MIA! in the West End.
Previously, she played Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Don Black’s smash hit Sunset Boulevard at the Royal Albert Hall and at Alexandra Palace Theatre in London to huge critical acclaim, and she was also a part of The Show Must Go On which was recorded live for Sky Arts.
Mazz made her theatre debut playing Patsy Cline in The Roy Orbison Story and has starred in many West End and UK productions, including Mama Morton in Chicago (Phoenix Theatre), Tanya in MAMMA MIA! (Novello), A Girl Called Dusty, Rent, Smokey Joe’s Café, Fame, Only the Lonely, Boogie Nights and Pippin. One of Mazz’s most notable roles was with rock supergroup Queen in their musical We Will Rock You, starring as Killer Queen for nine years in the West End. She was also part of The Greatest Show (London Palladium).
Mazz led the MAMMA MIA! company in the closing act of Her Majesty’s Platinum Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace. This is believed to have been the last live performance ever for the Queen.
Film credits include: MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again, Santa Claus: The Movie and Hope & Glory.
Television credits include: Footballers’ Wives, The Bill, EastEnders, The Man from Auntie, Eye Spy and The Quest. Most recently she appeared as a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race (BBC Three) and in MAMMA MIA! I Have A Dream (ITV), and filmed for Series 4 of Strike (BBC One).
A project she undertook during the pandemic was a new theatre cookbook named And 5, 6, 7, EAT which she created alongside The Theatre Cafe with a portion of proceeds going towards the charity Acting for Others.
Concerts include: Mazz Murray: The Music of Dusty Springfield (Adelphi Theatre), Moonlight (Eventim Apollo), Sea Witch (Theatre Royal Drury Lane). She was also a guest star in Il Divo’s “A Musical Affair” tour across Russia and Scandinavia in 2015.
Music recordings include: Sweet Charity, Chicago and Fiddler on the Roof. She is part of the rock group Woman – in 2020 they hit number 1 in the rock charts with their single I’m A Woman which they recorded with the legendary Brian May in aid of breast and ovarian cancer charities. The band also toured with Earth Wind and Fire and Billy Ocean.
Podcasts: Narrator/Busker in The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas (Matt Lucas).
Featured Company
Holly
James
Fleck
Training: The Urdang Academy, London.
Theatre includes: Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain (China Tour); Cassie in A Chorus Line (Japan Tour); Arabia in Moulin Rouge! (Original Broadway Cast); Hamilton (Original Chicago Cast); Christine / Dance Captain in American Psycho (Original Broadway Cast and Almeida Theatre); Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center); Matador in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (London); Assistant Dance Captain / Cast in The Bodyguard (Original Cast, Adelphi Theatre); Kiss Me, Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre); Pippin (Menier Chocolate Factory); Featured Singer on Michael Ball's Heroes Tour; Shoes (Peacock Theatre); Swing in Hair (Broadway Transfer to Gielgud Theatre); Tiger Lily in Peter Pan (Leicester Curve Theatre); Demeter in Cats (Stadium Tour); Carmen Diaz in Fame (UK Tour); Peaches/Dynamite in Hairspray (Original West End Cast, Shaftesbury Theatre); Swing / Dance Captain in Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre); Joule in Starlight Express (UK Tour); Featured Dancer in The Genius of Ray Charles (Theatre Royal Haymarket).
Filmography includes: Lena in Cupertino (CBS); Carolyn Holmes in Elsbeth (CBS); Aphrodite in The Folly of Paris (Gorgoness Films).
Other works include: Choreography for The Gorillaz (2018 World Tour); Featured Vocalist on "I'm in Heaven" by Jason Nevins feat. Holly James; "Touch It" (ranked #3 on the US Club Chart); "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake.
Nic
Greenshields
Squelch
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre Credits Include: Fleshcreep in Jack and The Beanstalk (Cliffs Pavillion, Southend); Ugly Sister in Cinderella (Cliffs Pavilion, Southend); Javert in Les Miserable 40th anniversary special finale performance (Cameron Mackintosh Productions) The Wizard of Oz (International Tour); Love Never Dies (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Les Misérables (International Tour); Les Misérables – the Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre); Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Savoy/Phoenix Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); The Phantom of the Opera (His Majesty’s Theatre); Into the Woods (Royal Opera House); Wonderful Town (Royal Exchange); The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre); Les Misérables (Palace/Queens Theatre); Lautrec (Shaftesbury Theatre); Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Oklahoma (UK Tour); Beauty and the Beast (International Tour); Cats (International Tour); Only You Can Save Mankind (Soho Theatre); Anything Goes (Kilworth); My Fair Lady (Kilworth); Annie (Edinburgh); Whistle Down the Wind (Edinburgh); Merrily We Roll Along (Epsom); Hamlet (Ilford); Sweeney Todd (Epsom); Dick Whittington (Bromley); Aladdin (Windsor); Cinderella (Wolverhampton)
Directing Credits: Resident Director for School of Rock (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Assistant Director for The Railway Children (Kings Cross Theatre); Assistant Resident Director for Guys and Dolls (Phoenix Theatre); and Director for Stars in the Round (Royal Albert Hall)
Film and Television Credits: Cilla (ITV); Subculture (Berserk Films); De-Lovely (Paramount); The Royal Variety Performance (BBC); The Brit Awards (ITV); The Olivier Awards (ITV); Blue Peter (BBC); Live From the London Palladium (BBC); and Children in Need (BBC)
Recordings: The Beautiful Game; Les Misérables – the Movie; Love Never Dies Concept Album
Concerts: Les Misérables 25th Anniversary at the O2; The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall; Stars of the West End International
Charles
Brunton
Gangle
Training: ArtsEd
Charles made his theatrical debut at the age of nine in the musical production of Nine (Royal Festival Hall), playing opposite Jonathan Pryce. As a child actor he went on to appear in Oliver! (London Palladium - Original 1994 Cast).
Most notably Charles originated the lead role of Emelius Browne in the World premiere of Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK tour), and played Miss Trunchbull in the RSC's Matilda in the West End and on Broadway.
His other theatre credits include: Dr Gangle in Love Never Dies (Adelphi Theatre), Lumière in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour); Chess (Royal Albert Hall), Gordon Shakespeare in Nativity! (Hammersmith Apollo), Roger De Bris in The Producers (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (European Tour), Casper in 101 Dalmatians (UK Tour), Carol in Miss Atomic Bomb (The Other Palace), Topper in Scrooge (UK Tour), Horace Hardwick in Top Hat (Kilworth House), Mrs Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Canadian Production), Eddie/Dr Scott in The Rocky Horror Show (World Tour) and Jack & The Beanstalk (London Palladium).
On screen: Charles was the Head Judge on Brillanti Musicals, Mark in award-winning feature film A Call to Spy (Netflix), The South Bank Show (ITV), Hot Pursuits (BBC), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV).
Soundtracks include: Chess, Oliver!, Nine and 101 Dalmatians
Ensemble
Christian
Knight
Ensemble
Christian Knight is a dynamic performer and emerging choreographer whose work spans the West End, UK tours and major workshop development.
He is currently Associate Choreographer on the UK tours of Rock ’n’ Roll Man (choreography by Stephanie Klemons) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (choreography by Joanna Goodwin).
His West End experience includes serving as Dance Captain on Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) and Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre), as well as appearing in the original West End company of The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre), also featuring on the cast recording.
Further theatre highlights include: Brigadoon (Dance Captain/Ensemble, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); An Officer and a Gentleman (Associate Choreographer, UK Tour); Romeo & Juliet (Ensemble, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures).
Workshops include: American Psycho (Almeida Theatre); Midnight (Sadler’s Wells East); Cats (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre).
Commercial and screen credits include: The British Fashion Awards (Billy Porter x Richard Quinn); London Fashion Week (Richard Quinn); Rhythm of Life (NHS); Anasa O’Neill (music video); and Taking the Next Step (BBC/CBBC).
Training: Addict Dance Academy.
Georgia Joan
Clements
Ensemble
Georgia trained at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating summer 2025. She has recently finished in Les Demoiselles De Rochefort as Onstage Swing & Cover Josette, Judith, Esther (Theatre Du Lido Paris).
During her training, her credits include: Ensemble in the World Premiere of A Knight's Tale (Manchester Opera House), Princess Jill in Jack and the Beanstalk (Crossroads), Swing in Sandi Toksvig and the QI Elves (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Gypsy (Manchester Opera House), Sleeping Beauty (The Gordon Craig Theatre).
Georgia was also winner of the Lawrence Olivier Bursary for her final year of training.
Gleanne
Purcell-Brown
Ensemble
Gleanne Purcell-Brown can currently be seen as Kate/Betsy in the West End production of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Prior to this, she appeared in the UK premiere of Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, followed by the new musical Saving Mozart at The Other Palace.
Her extensive theatre credits include The Book Thief in Concert (Prince Edward Theatre, West End); Play On! (Lyric Hammersmith & UK Tour); Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); The Big Life (Stratford East); Lily in The Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (Bolton Octagon, Theatre by the Lake & Stephen Joseph Theatre); Peggy in Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep); She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible); Curtains (West End & UK Tour); The Producers (Royal Exchange); and Spamalot (UK & International Tour).
On screen, Gleanne appears in Living (Amazon Prime).
Training: The Urdang Academy
Hollie Jane
Stephens
Ensemble
Hollie Jane Stephens is a performer and creative from South Yorkshire, and a graduate of Bird College.
She can currently be seen in The Producers at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End, following her recent leading role as Jodie in Kiss Me Quickstep at Derby Theatre.
Further stage credits include Austenland (Savoy Theatre, West End); Guys & Dolls (The Bridge Theatre); Strictly Ballroom (UK Tour); Chicago (UK Tour); and Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany).
Leslie Garcia
Bowman
Ensemble
Leslie is originally from New Zealand, and he is now based in London.
He has worked extensively across the UK and overseas for more than a decade.
THEATRE INCLUDES:
The Red Shoes (RSC,
Swan Theatre); Guys & Dolls (Bridge Theatre); Hamilton
(Original London Cast, Victoria Palace); Les Demoiselles de
Rochefort (Théâtre du Lido, Paris); Anything Goes, The Lion
The Witch & The Wardrobe (Shaw Festival, Canada); South
Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, UK
Tour); Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Concert (Cadogan
Hall); West Side Story (Royal Exchange); Thriller! Live (Lyric
Theatre); But I’m A Cheerleader (Turbine Theatre); The Wiz
(Asst. Choreographer, Hope Mill).
FILM & TV INCLUDES:
Christmas Karma
(2025); High Strung: Free Dance (2018); Hamilton at The
Queen’s Platinum Party at The Palace; BBC D-Day 80th
Anniversary; Saturday Night Takeaway.
Louis
Mackrodt
Ensemble
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Credits include: A Life in Four Seasons (Regents Park Open Air); Sleeping Beauty (London Palladium); Evita (London Palladium); Robin Hood (London Palladium); McOnie Company’s ‘The Artist’ (Theatre Royal, Plymouth); Hamilton (Victoria Palace); 42 Balloons (Vaudeville); Philharmonic: MJ (Great Festival House, Salzburg); Treason (London Palladium & UK Tour); Guys and Dolls (Theatre Marigny, Paris); The Producers (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Bhangra Nation (Birmingham Rep); Alonso in Lewis (The King’s Head & Edinburgh Festival); Time Flies (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Peter Pan (Churchill Theatre & Hull New Theatre).
TV & Commercial includes: Pride & Prejudice, Bridgeton, The Witcher (Netflix), National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals (BBC), Maersk’s Together All the Way Campaign (Copenhagen Film Company), Pixie Lott.
Cast Recording includes: Evita (2025 Revival featuring Rachel Zegler)
Workshops: Kennedy, Freaky Friday, The Red and the Black; The Witches of Eastwick; 42 Balloons; Babies; Assistant Choreographer - Icon A K Pop Musical
Sally
Frith
Ensemble
Theatre Credits Include: Evita (London Palladium); Chariots of Fire (Sheffield Crucible); Cabaret (KitKat Club); Pippin (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); CATS (International Tour); Legally Blonde (Curve, Leicester/ UK Tour); Spamalot (Mercury, Colchester); Spend Spend Spend (Union); Mamma Mia! (International Tour).
Television Credits Include: Emmerdale (ITV); Doctors (BBC).
Workshop Credits Include: Jekyll and Hyde (Old Vic).
Tommy
Wade-Smith
Ensemble
Training: Performers College
Theatre includes: Kiss of the Spider Woman (UK Tour); Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (Lido2 Paris); Mean Girls the Musical (Savoy Theatre, London); Annie the Musical (UK & Ireland Tour); Original West End Cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Piccadilly Theatre, London); The Book of Mormon (International Tour & Prince of Wales, London); We Will Rock You (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line); The 12 Tenors (Scandinavian Tour); Hooray for Hollywood (Chinese Tour); Puttin’ on the Ritz (UK Tour); and BBC Dance Proms (Royal Albert Hall).
Workshops includes: Will Tuckett’s Nutcracker.
Television includes: The Royals and FA Cup Final Half Time Show.
The Creatives
Shaun
Kerrison
Director
Shaun recently directed Titanic the Musical at The Ogunquit Playhouse in the USA. Made in Dagenham, 10th Anniversary Concert at the London Palladium and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies in concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (Winner of WhatsOnStage Award for Best Concert or Event 2024). He directed and co-wrote the book for The Osmonds - a new musical on its UK national tour which was nominated for Best Musical and Best Regional Production at the 2023 WhatsOnStage Awards. He directed Brian Conley in A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre, London, Ken Ludwigs adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express in the USA (Best Director of a Play for the BroadwayWorld Awards) Boston, and The Best of the West End at the Royal Albert Hall. Imaginary a new musical at The Other Palace, Kiss Me Kate BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and broadcast on BBC2, My Fair Lady BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, The Gershwins' Of Thee I Sing at the Royal Festival Hall and Super Alice Smith at Trafalgar Studios.
Joanna
Goodwin
Choreographer
Joanna has recently choreographed the hotly anticipated revival of
The Kiss Of The Spiderwoman at Leicester Curve before
transferring to Bristol Old Vic and Mayflower, Southampton. Prior
to this, she choreographed
Les Demoiselles De Rochefort which is currently playing
at the Lido, Paris.
Further Choreography and Movement
Direction for stage includes: Extraordinary Women (Jermyn
Street Theatre); Kiss Me Quickstep (Derby Theatre);
My Fair Lady (Curve Leicester);
An Officer and A Gentleman (UK Tour);
The Cabinet Minister (Menier Chocolate Factory);
A View From The Bridge (Theatre Royal Haymarket);
Marie Curie (Charing Cross Theatre);
Pippin in Concert,
Love Never Dies in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane);
Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Crucible);
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical (Edinburgh Festival);
Gypsy (Alexandra Palace Theatre);
Sunset Boulevard (The Royal Albert Hall);
Just So (The Barn Theatre) &
Sondheim on Sondheim (Alexandra Palace Theatre).
Screen
choreography credits include: Black Mirror (Netflix);
The Performance Movie (Associate to Jared Grimes, Daniel
Finkelman Films); Strike – Troubled Blood (BBC/HBO);
Life After Life (BBC).
Simon
Lee
Musical Supervisor
Rebecca
Brower
Set & Costume Designer
Rebecca is an award-winning UK-based Production and Stage Designer working in theatre, live events, immersive theatre, and large-scale ceremonies. Immersive theatre credits include: The Paddington Bear Experience: London (Path Entertainment Group), Peaky Blinders: The Rise (Immersive Everywhere), Get the V: The Boys (Swamp Motel / Amazon Prime Video), Arcane (Secret Cinema US), and Doctor Who: Time Fracture (Immersive Everywhere, West End). Theatre credits include: Top G’s like Me (Royal & Derngate), Farewell Mr Haffman (Park Theatre), Bear Snores On (Regent’s Open Air Theatre, Dir: Cush Jumbo), Franknie Goes to Bollywood (Rifco & Southbank Centre), Evita & Love Never Dies (Fourth Wall Live), With Miami (AlUla Productions), Abigail’s Party (Watford Palace Theatre. Off West End Nomination, Best Set Design), Last King of Scotland (Sheffield, Crucible), Leave to Remain (Lyric Hammersmith), Hay Fever (Salisbury Playhouse), Preludes (Southwark Playhouse), Singin’ in the Rain (Gaiety Theatre), Glass Menagerie (Arcola. Off West End Nomination, Best Set Design), Treasure Island (Leicester Haymarket), Beautiful Thing (GDIF), All or Nothing (West End), The Dog Beneath the Skin (Jermyn Street Theatre), Raising Martha, 4000 Days (The Park Theatre), Project Polunin - Satori (London Coliseum), Pyar Actually (Rifco Arts UK Tour), A Lie of the Mind (Southwark Playhouse. Off West End Nomination, Best Set Design), Ray Cooney’s Out of Order (UK Tour), The Boys in the Band (West End), and Aladdin (New Wolsey Theatre). Ceremony and live event credits include: SXSW Film Festival Immersive Design (London), Rugby League World Cup Opening Ceremony 2021 (Newcastle), Aqua Terra Watch Launch (OMEGA), 007 James Bond Watch Launch (OMEGA), Black Friday Live 2022 (Amazon), The Opening Event for the London Borough of Culture 2020 (Wembley, Olympic Way), Opening Ceremony of The Great North Run (Newcastle 2018), Beautiful Thing, The House (GDIF), Heritage Flame Ceremony (Rio 2016 Paralympics), and a creative team collaborator on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Paul
Gatehouse
Audio Production & Sound Designer
As Sound Designer: ‘MARY POPPINS’ (UK & International Tour), ‘WHY AM I SO SINGLE’ (Garrick Theatre, London), ‘SPRING AWAKENING 15th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT’ (Victoria Palace Theatre, London), ‘BABIES’ (The Other Palace, London), ’42 BALLOONS’ (Lowry Quays, Salford), ‘THE LITTLE BIG THINGS’ (@sohoplace, London), ‘MANDELA’ (Young Vic Theatre, London), ‘OLIVER!’ (Cameron Mackintosh / Hori-Pro – Japan Premiere), ‘RENT’ (Hope Mill Theatre Manchester), ‘SIX’ (Lyric Theatre – London), ‘SIX’ (Brooks Atkinson Theatre – New York), ‘SiX’ (Sydney Opera House & Australian Tour), Walt Disney Theatrical & Cameron Mackintosh’s ‘MARY POPPINS’ (Prince Edward Theatre London), ‘SiX’ (UK Tour 2019), ‘SiX’ (Arts Theatre London), ‘THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK’ (Cirkus Arena Stockholm), ‘AMÉLIE’ (Werk7 Munich), ‘BILLIONAIRE BOY’ (Nuffield Theatres Southampton), ‘SIX’ (UK Tour 2018), Walt Disney Theatrical & Cameron Mackintosh’s ‘MARY POPPINS’ (Zurich, Dubai).
As Associate Sound Designer: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White (London and Broadway),The Sound of Music (London,Toronto and UK tour), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Adelphi), Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria, Madrid Teatro Coliseum and UK tours), Zorro – The Musical (Garrick, Paris Folies Bergère), Scrooge – The Musical (UK tours), Der Schuh des Manitu (Theater des Westens – Berlin), Ich War Noch Niemals in New York(Operettenhaus, Hamburg & Coliseum, Stuttgart), Hair (The Gate),Whistle Down the Wind (Palace), Starlight Express (UK Tours),The Phantom of the Opera (London and Broadway sound re-designs, Hamburg, Paris), Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (Venetian), Sister Act –The Musical (London Palladium). The new Cameron Mackintosh 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables (International Tours, Madrid, US First National Tour, Spanish Tour) and Phantom Of The Opera (National Tour), Love Never Dies (Adelphi and Australia), Michael Grandage’s production of Evita (1st National US Tour), Miss Saigon (Netherlands, Japan). Half A Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre, Noel Coward Theatre – London).
Paul associate designed and mixed the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at The O2 Arena and the 25th Anniversary Production of Phantom Of The Opera at The Royal Albert Hall.
Tim
Deiling
Lighting Designer
Tim grew up in the USA and studied lighting design in London. He has shows currently running on Broadway, West End, and around the world. Theatre credits include: Six (Broadway/West End/Worldwide); Ride the Cyclone, Boiling Frogs (Southwark Playhouse); The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson Musical (UK Tour); Billie The Kid (West End); Life of Pi (UK & Ireland Tour); Here You Come Again (Leeds Playhouse/UK Tour); Oklahoma in Concert, Love Never Dies In Concert, Evita In Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Romeo und Julia, Ku’Damn 56, Ku’Damn59, Wir Sind Am Leben (Theater Des Westens, Berlin); Fack Ju Göthe (German Tour); 42 Balloons (Vaudeville Theatre); Chess, Anastasia, Kinky Boots (Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen); American Idiot (West End/International Tour); Knights of the Rose (West End); Miss Atomic Bomb (St James); Guys & Dolls, On The 20th Century (Guildhall); Dick Whittington, Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith); Vanities (Trafalgar Studios); The Mikado (UK Tour); Miracle on 34th Street (UK Tour); HMS Pinafore (Hackney Empire/UK Tour); Incognito (Bush Theatre); Fuck the Polar Bears (Bush Theatre); Loserville The Musical, Whistle Down The Wind, Pacific Overtures, Bare, Billy (Union Theatre); Good With People (59E59, NY); The 8th (Barbican); As Is (Finborough Theatre); Macbeth (Sprite Productions).
Freddie
Tapner
Musical Director
Production Team
Pete Kramer
Production ManagerPeter Barnett
Company Stage ManagerLeea Smith
Deputy Stage ManagerSarah-Jane Price
Casting DirectorA Royal Academy of Music trained practitioner, Sarah-Jane started her Casting career in 2016. Recipient of the 2025 Whatsonstage Award for Best Casting Direction for Olivier Nominated musical 'Why Am I So Single?'. Theatre includes: Why am I So Single? (Garrick Theatre); A Christmas Carol-ish (Soho Place); Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Europe); Invasive Species (The King’s Head); The Hijabi Monologues (The Bush Theatre); The Turning (New Musical Workshop); Midnight Cowboy (Southwark Playhouse); White Rabbit, Red Rabbit (The Bush Theatre); Madagascar (UK Tour International Tour); Pop Off, Michelangelo! (London and Edinburgh); For Tonight (Adelphi Theatre); Starry (Ameena Hamid Productions); Fame (London and UK Tour); Little Miss Sunshine (Arcola Theatre and UK Tour); Trompe L'oeil (The Other Palace); Bring it On (Royal Festival Hall); The Adding Machine (Finborough Theatre); Mr Men and Little Miss (Edinburgh / Underbelly); Frankenstein (UK Tour); Treasure Island (The Barn Theatre). Sarah-Jane also cast a retrospective season of work at The Bush Theatre and Immersion Theatre's inaugural and current season. She was interim Head of Casting at TED Entertainment working on MSC Cruises and TUI contracts and is Casting Consultant on concert productions of Evita, Love Never Dies, Bonnie and Clyde, The Light Princess, and more. Her most recent credits are La Bamba (International), Trompe L'Oeil (Manchester), Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Europe), Invasive Species (The King’s Head), A Christmas Carol-ish (Soho Place), Pop Off, Michelangelo! (London), Mayä the Musical (London Workshop), Something Rotten and Oklahoma! in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), We aren't Kids Anymore (The Savoy Theatre), Casting Director on Oxford Playhouse projects and Casting Associate on the brand new musical Burlesque in Manchester.
Buchanan PR
PR
Buchanan PR is a London-based arts PR agency specialising in
creating and managing PR campaigns for West End theatre,
touring productions in the UK and Europe and children’s
theatre. We are a driven and energetic group of young women
with 25 years experience between us. We have a wealth of
experience in working with celebrities and influencers and
pride ourselves in creating broadcast-led and digital PR
campaigns, maximizing the right exposure for our clients as
well as organizing and managing large-scale PR events to the
highest standard.
Buchanan PR was founded by
Director Alex Buchanan, formerly Head of PR for Amanda Malpass
PR where she worked for almost a decade. Alex has overseen and
supported original PR campaigns for major West End and London
productions including Magic Mike Live,
Back to the Future – The Musical, Grease,
The Prince of Egypt,
Bat Out of Hell – the Musical,
Elf the Musical, McQueen,
Project Polunin for Sergei Polunin,
The Girls, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,
Chicago (revival),
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance,
The Railway Children, Mamma Mia! The Party,
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole,
White Christmas, Sleepless,
The View Upstairs, Working,
The Rink as well as working on existing campaigns for
MAMMA MIA!, Jersey Boys and
Stomp.
Alex was also Head of Touring at
Amanda Malpass PR and has overseen the publicity on several
tours including The Band,
Calendar Girls the Musical, The Full Monty,
Brief Encounter, Grease,
Jersey Boys, The Addams Family,
Mandela Trilogy,
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and the 20th Anniversary
production of Rent.
Alex is joined by
publicists Sarah Wharton, Nirvana Chelvachandran and Natalie
Lyddon, and administrator Ginny Bootyman.
Declan Smith
Assistant Stage ManagerBen Turnbull
Assistant Stage ManagerMatt Baker
Assistant DirectorRachel Perry
Head of WardrobeSabika Asif
Head of Wigs, Hair and Make-upHUM Studios
Wigs DesignerJennie Quirk
Costume SupervisorAnnie Linfitt
Wardrobe AssistantChantal Short
Wardrobe AssistantKatie Balmforth
Props SupervisorMichael Fox
Lighting ProgrammerCharlie Smith
Associate Sound DesignerSimon France
Sound 1Francesca Pring
Sound 2Giles Deacon
Associate Musical DirectorJoe Baldwin
Assistant Musical Director and Chorus MasterNicola Rossiter
Orchestra ManagerStuart Andrews
Keyboard ProgrammerDan Turek
Chorus ManagerJoey Warne
ChaperoneProducers and General Management
Darren Bell
ProducerDarren Bell is a three-time winner and six-time nominee WhatsOnStage Award nominee, Darren has built a reputation for producing solo concerts and musicals in concert. His work as a published photographer brought him into the heart of the theatre world, and by 2015, he expanded his creative pursuits to producing. Specialising in showcasing Broadway and West End talent, Darren has produced concerts featuring Patti LuPone at the Coliseum, Audra McDonald at the Palladium, Chita Rivera, Jeremy Jordan, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Shoshana Bean, Hannah Waddingham, Cynthia Erivo, Alan Cumming, Ariana DeBose, Michael Ball, Kelli O’Hara, Alex Newell, Sharon D. Clarke, Laura Benanti, Matthew Morrison, and Jamie Muscat. Darren’s production credits include the critically acclaimed Bonnie & Clyde in Concert, starring Jeremy Jordan and live captured for future release, with its cinematic premiere scheduled for 2025. Something Rotten! (WhatsOnStage Award winner) starred Jason Manford, Evita (nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award) featured Auli’i Cravalho, Oklahoma! starred Phil Dunster, and the WhatsOnStage Award-winning production of Love Never Dies in concert starred Norm Lewis. Darren also produced Ariana DeBose’s solo show and six UK appearances by Jeremy Jordan over 9 years, both of which were nominated for WhatsOnStage Awards. In 2018, Darren presented Tori Amos’s musical The Light Princess to critical acclaim, bringing back Olivier Award nominee Rosalie Craig in the eponymous role for a special one-off concert. In 2019 and 2020, Darren produced Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Zorro The Musical with musical all-star casts, both playing to sold-out audiences.
Cuffe & Taylor
ProducerOne of the UK’s top 10 live music and event promoters, Cuffe & Taylor are experts in promotion, production, and event management. Offering exceptional experiences for artists and audiences like no other, they produce and promote major festivals, stadium tours, arena concerts and theatre shows across the UK and internationally. Cuffe & Taylor’s roster of artists is extensive and varied including Justin Timberlake, Noah Kahan, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Lewis Capaldi, Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Kylie, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Stereophonics, Lewis Capaldi, The Strokes, Kaiser Chiefs, Primal Scream, Sam Fender, Courteeners and Paul Weller. In 2017 Cuffe & Taylor became part of the Live Nation family and the following year they expanded with the addition of a theatre touring division founded by Ben Hatton. Joined by Sam Griffiths and re-branding as Arts & Entertainment, they have since filled theatres and arenas across the UK and internationally programming thousands of nights of entertainment ranging from live podcasts, screen-to-stage TV adaptations and musical theatre. From Bluey’s Big Play, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, The Cher Show, A Question Of Sport Live and James Martin Live, to the very popular tribute shows Whitney, Queen Of The Night and Tina – What’s Love Got To Do With It, as well as tours with West End and Broadway royalty Sarah Brightman, Jane McDonald and Lea Salonga, the Arts & Entertainment division continues to grow. The division is now multi-Olivier nominated and in 2023 Cuffe & Taylor won the Olivier Award, for Best Family Show, for their original production of Hey Duggee - The Live Theatre Show. Ben & Sam also produce the hit sold-out immersive experience The Traitors Live Experience in London’s Covent Garden.
Live Nation
ProducerLive Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com
QUBE Theatricals
General ManagerQUBE Theatricals is an executive producer and general management company at the forefront of live entertainment, specialising in concerts, musicals in concert, and theatre productions across the West End, national and international tours, and one-night-only events. Founded by Sam Quested and Darren Bell, QUBE combines over two decades of experience delivering award-winning musicals, world-class concerts, and landmark staged events. QUBE’s general management team has supported a remarkable array of productions, from the Savoy Theatre premiere of Burlesque the Musical to the Southwark Playhouse run of Midnight Cowboy: A New Musical, and the critically acclaimed Bonnie and Clyde at the Arts Theatre, Garrick Theatre, and on tour. Other highlights include Rock of Ages, Curtains, The Last Five Years, and The Wedding Singer in London/South Korea. They have also overseen, produced, and general managed staged concert productions such as Zorro!, Cinderella, Oklahoma! in Concert, Evita, Something Rotten! (WhatsOnStage Award winner), and Love Never Dies (WhatsOnStage Award winner). Alongside musicals, QUBEs leadership team is recognised as the foremost producer and general manager of major West End concert events at iconic venues including the London Palladium, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, The London Coliseum and Cadogan Hall. Our work has showcased stars including Audra McDonald, Ariana DeBose, Alan Cumming, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, Jeremy Jordan, Chita Rivera, Laura Benanti, Kelli O’Hara, Sierra Boggess, Patti LuPone, Cynthia Erivo, Tituss Burgess, Hannah Waddingham, and Michael Ball.