Discover the Cast & Creative Team
Meet the incredibly talented cast who will be bringing FROZEN to life in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from April 2021!
Samantha Barks
Elsa
Samantha Barks
Place of Birth: Douglas, Isle of Man.
Training: ArtsEd.
Theatre: Chess (Umeda Arts Theater Main Hall / Tokyo International Forum Hall); Pretty Woman: The Musical (Chicago/Broadway); The Last Five Years (St James Theatre); Amelie (Berkeley Rep); City Of Angels (Donmar Warehouse); Chicago (Hollywood Bowl); 24 Hour Plays (Los Angeles); Oliver! (UK Tour); Les Misérables (Queens Theatre); Cabaret (Birmingham Rep Theatre).
Television: I’d Do Anything (BBC1); The Final Quest (ITV1).
Film: For Love Or Money; Bitter Harvest; Interlude in Prague; The Devil’s Harvest; The Christmas Candle; Jack and The Cuckoo-Clock Heart; Les Misérables.
Other: Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer (Les Misérables).
Twitter and Instagram @samanthabarks
Stephanie McKeon
Anna
Stephanie McKeon
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland.
Training: Trinity College, Dublin.
Theatre: The Commitments (Palace Theatre); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined (Criterion Theatre); What’s It All About?: Bacharach Reimagined (Menier Chocolate Factory); Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Gate Theatre, Dublin); Improbable Frequency (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin); The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle (Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh); Cinderella (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin); Anglo: The Musical (Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin / Olympia Theatre Dublin); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UK tour).
Television: Fair City (RTÉ); Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Film: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion; Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth.
Craig Gallivan
Olaf
Craig Gallivan
Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales
Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
Theatre: School Of Rock (New London/Gillian Lynne Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); Crime And Punishment (National Theatre); Days Of Significance (RSC at Tricycle Theatre); The Long And The Short And The Tall (Sheffield Lyceum); Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour); Oliver! (London Palladium)
Television: Stella (SKY One); Torchwood II (BBC One); Footballers’ Wives (ITV); Footballers’ Wives: Extra Time (ITV2); Care (BBC One)
Film: The Edge Of Love
Oliver Ormson
Hans
Oliver Ormson
Place of Birth: Warrington, England
Training: Liverpool Theatre School
Theatre: Back To The Future: The Musical (Manchester Opera House); High Fidelity (Turbine Theatre); Cats (Kilworth House); Nerds and The Protagonists (The Other Palace); The Addams Family (National and International tour); The Book Of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre); Hairspray (Aberystwyth Arts Centre)
Television: West Side Story (BBC Two)
Obioma Ugoala
Kristoff
Obioma Ugoala
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: Drama Centre London
Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing (International tour); Hamilton (Victoria Palace); Motown (Shaftesbury Theatre); Henry V and The Mouse And His Child (Royal Shakespeare Company); Holy Warriors and Anthony And Cleopatra (Globe Theatre); The Jungle Book and Crime And Punishment (Glasgow Citizens Theatre); Neighbors (Nuffield Theatre); The Physicists (Donmar Warehouse)
Television: Britannia (Sky); Miracle Workers: Dark Ages (TBS); Doctors (BBC One)
Film: Beauty And The Beast
Richard Frame
Weselton
Richard Frame
Place of Birth: Shrewsbury, England
Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Theatre: Wilderness (Hampstead Theatre); The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre); Blue Remembered Hills (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Comedy Of Errors, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice (Propeller International tour); London Assurance (National Theatre); I Love You Because (Landor Theatre); Absolute Beginners (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith); Me And My Girl (UK tour); Promises Promises (Sheffield Crucible); The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Our House (Cambridge Theatre); The Beggar’s Opera, A Chorus Of Disapproval and Sea Life (Bristol Old Vic Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Where’s Charley? (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
Television: Silent Witness (BBC One); EastEnders (BBC One); Outnumbered (BBC One); The Hollow Crown (BBC Two); Holby City (BBC One); MI High (CBBC); Kingdom (ITV); Family Affairs (Channel 5); Our House (BBC Three); Wire In The Blood (ITV); Hearts And Bones (BBC One); The Bill (BBC One); Hope And Glory (BBC One); The Brit Awards (ITV)
Film: London Road
Other: Richard provides the voice of ‘Mr. Sun’ in the new DreamWorks animation series Rhyme Time Town for Netflix.
Ashley Birchall
Sven
Ashley Birchall
Place of Birth: Bolton, England
Training: Phil Winston’s Theatreworks
Theatre: Wicked (Apollo Victoria); PetShop Boys: Inner Sanctum (Royal Opera House); Tommy (Greenwich Theatre / Winter Gardens Blackpool); Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); We Will Rock You (Germany); Oklahoma! and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House)
Television: X Factor (ITV)
Film: Mary Poppins Returns
Mikayla Jade
Sven
Mikayla Jade
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Australia
Training: Conroy Performing Arts College
Film: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil; Wonder Woman 1984; The Old Guard
Other: Mikayla is the first female performer to play the role of Sven and has previously performed across Australia and the UK as an equestrian based stunt performer. Mikayla was the youngest member of the Australian Outback Spectacular theatrical stunt show which she joined aged 15. Mikayla later toured internationally with equine circus Cavalia and in 2017 starred in her own solo touring show.
FROZEN marks Mikayla’s West End debut.
Jeremy Batt
Swing
Jeremy Batt
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: The Urdang Academy
Theatre: City Of Angels (Garrick Theatre); Cats (Pattihio Theatre Limassol); Zombies: The Musical (The Other Palace); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre / Gordon Craig Theatre); Follies (National Theatre); Chess (ENO); Mary Poppins (International tour); Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre); Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre); Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory); Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre); Godspell (Union Theatre)
Cameron Burt
Ensemble
Cameron Burt
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: Guildford School of Acting
Theatre: Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre); Prom Queen (The Other Palace); Cinderella (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Film: Death On The Nile
Other: A Little Bit Of Lerner Concert (Royal Festival Hall)
Lauren Chia
Swing
Lauren Chia
Place of Birth: Northampton, England
Training: Guildford School of Acting
Theatre: Robin Hood (Cliffs Pavilion); MAME (Hope Mill Theatre); Disney’s Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre); Aladdin (New Wimbledon Theatre); Singin’ In The Rain (Kilworth House); Here Lies Love (National Theatre); Avenue Q (Theatre Royal Windsor); Footloose (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
Other: West Side Story (World Concert Hall with Danish National Symphony Orchestra); Magic At The Musicals (Royal Albert Hall)
Laura Emmitt
Swing
Laura Emmitt
Place of Birth: Wakefield, England
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre: Cats (South Korea); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); The Sound Of Music (Cyprus); Evita (UK tour); Dance Those Magical Musicals (UK tour); Save The Last Dance For Me (UK tour); Glee (UK tour)
Television: Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
Hannah Fairclough
Ensemble
Hannah Fairclough
Place of Birth: Welwyn Garden City, England
Training: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Theatre: The Boy In The Dress (Royal Shakespeare Company); Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre); The Lorax (Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto / The Old Vic); Hairspray (UK tour); Ghost The Musical (The English Theatre, Frankfurt); The Bodyguard (Adelphi Theatre); Soul Sister (Savoy Theatre / UK tour); Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre / International tour); Mother Goose (Leamington Spa Theatre)
Danielle Fiamanya
Ensemble
Danielle Fiamanya
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Training: Guildford School of Acting
Theatre: & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre); The Color Purple (Curve Theatre / Birmingham Hippodrome); Prom Queen (The Other Palace)
Other: Danielle was the 2019 Ian Fleming Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical Debut.
Chris Fung
Ensemble
Chris Fung
Place of Birth: West Mead, Sydney, Australia
Training: Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Theatre: The King and I (Australia Tour); Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre)
Matt Gillett
Swing
Matt Gillett
Place of Birth: Sussex, England
Training: Arts Ed
Theatre: Matilda (UK tour); 42nd Street (Theatre Du Chatelet); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour); Jersey Boys (UK tour); Hairspray, Gypsy and Hello Dolly! (Curve Theatre); Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre); West Side Story (Sage Gateshead); White Christmas (UK tour / Edinburgh); Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai); Dames At Sea (Union Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Wyvern Theatre Swindon); Broadway To West End (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Television: BBC Proms – The Broadway Sound
Other: 2011 Olivier Awards (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Joe Griffiths-Brown
Ensemble
Joe Griffiths-Brown
Place of Birth: Lichfield, Staffordshire
Training: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Theatre: Hamilton (Victoria Palace); Billy The Kid (Curve Theatre); The Battle Of Boat (The Rose Theatre); Pendragon (Bury St Edmunds)
Television: Hollyoaks (Channel 4); Pitch Battle (BBC); Evermoor Chronicles Season 2 (Disney Channel)
Film: Death On The Nile
Other: Bernstein's Mass (Royal Festival Hall)
Emily Lane
Ensemble
Emily Lane
Place of Birth: Buckinghamshire, England
Training: ArtsEd.
Theatre: The Sound of Music (London Palladium); Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre); Before The Party (Almeida)
Justin-Lee Jones
Swing
Justin-Lee Jones
Place of Birth: Leicestershire, England
Theatre: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (UK tour); On The Town (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre, Tokyo); West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre); An American In Paris (Dominion Theatre); Chicago (UK tour); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (UK tour); Disney’s Tarzan (Hamburg / Stuttgart)
Television: Helene Fischer Show (Berlin); The Royal Variety Performance (ITV)
Jason Leigh Winter
Ensemble / Assistant Dance Captain
Jason Leigh Winter
Place of Birth: Peterborough, England
Training: Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre: Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre / UK tour); Matilda (Cambridge Theatre); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Chicago (Cambridge Theatre); Jekyll And Hyde (Old Vic Theatre); The Rink (Southwark Playhouse); Gypsy (Curve Theatre); 42nd Street (Chichester Festival Theatre); White Christmas (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); West Side Story (Sage Gateshead); Flashdance (UK tour); Top Hat (UK tour); Happy Days (UK tour); Cats (German tour); The Producers (International tour)
Television: Oklahoma! BBC Proms (BBC); Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV); Paul O’Grady Show (Channel Four); Sports Relief (BBC); 3rd And Bird (CBeebies)
Film: Captain America: The First Avenger; Pride And Prejudice
Other: Jason was the Associate Choreographer on the UK tour of Bring It On, and the Assistant Choreographer on the UK tour of Our House and The Rink at Southwark Playhouse.
Emily Mae
Bulda / Ensemble
Emily Mae
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: ArtsEd.
Theatre: City Of Angels (Garrick Theatre); Pippi Longstocking (Royal & Derngate); Brooklyn The Musical (Greenwich Theatre); Little Shop Of Horrors (Storyhouse Chester); The Producers (Manchester Royal Exchange); Hairspray (UK tour)
Jacob Maynard
Ensemble
Jacob Maynard
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: The Urdang Academy
Theatre: 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy Theatre / National tour); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre); Singin’ In The Rain (Theatre De Chatalet); Top Hat (Kilworth House); On The Town (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Five Guys Named Moe (Marble Arch Spiegeltent); Guys And Dolls (Savoy Theatre); Love Me Tender (UK tour)
Television: EastEnders (BBC One); Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Take Away (ITV); The Brit Awards (ITV)
Gabriel Mokake
King Agnarr / Ensemble
Gabriel Mokake
Place of Birth: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Training: Guildford School of Acting
Theatre: Hamilton (Victoria Palace); Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre); Children Of Eden (Union Theatre); Hairspray (UK tour); Dessa Rose (Trafalgar Studios); Porgy And Bess (Royal Danish Opera); The Colour Purple (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Leisha Mollyneaux
Ensemble
Leisha Mollyneaux
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: ArtsEd.; The BRIT School
Theatre: TINA The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Mamma Mia! (UK / International tour); Follies (National Theatre); Carousel (English National Opera); Love Never Dies (Hamburg, Germany); Jack And The Beanstalk (The Courtyard, Hereford)
Other: Friday Night is Music Night (BBC Radio 2)
Film: Death On The Nile
Sarah O’Connor
Ensemble
Sarah O’Connor
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Training: CPA Studios
Theatre: Waitress (Adelphi Theatre); Celtic Angels (US tour); Evita (Phoenix Theatre / UK tour); The Commitments (Palace Theatre); Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre); Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Belfast Opera House)
Television: Fame: Remember My Name (RTÉ)
Jemma Revell
Swing
Jemma Revell
Place of Birth: Reading, England
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Theatre: Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre); Shrek The Musical (UK and Ireland tour); Back To The Future: The Musical (Manchester Opera House)
Television: Sports Relief 2020 (BBC One)
Joshua St. Clair
Pabbie / Ensemble
Joshua St. Clair
Place of Birth: Cambridge, England
Training: Arts Ed.
Theatre: City of Angels (Garrick Theatre); Kinky Boots (Original UK tour); School Of Rock (New London Theatre); Wicked (UK and International tour); Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company); Snow White (Manchester Opera House)
Television: Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (BBC and UK Cinema); Olivier Awards (ITV)
Other: Hey Old Friends (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Friday Night is Music Night (Royal Albert Hall)
Jacqui Sanchez
Queen Iduna / Ensemble
Jacqui Sanchez
Place of Birth: London, England
Training: London Studio Centre
Theatre: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (UK tour); Aladdin (Hackney Empire / Mayflower Southampton); The King And I (Tokyu Orb Theatre, Japan / UK tour / London Palladium); Shrek The Musical (UK and Ireland tour / Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Babe The Sheep Pig (Polka Children’s Theatre / UK tour); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway Studio Theatre, Catford); Avenue Q (Korean tour / Wyndham’s Theatre/Noel Coward Theatre); Hair (English Theatre, Frankfurt); Miss Saigon (UK tour and Tam tour); Grease (Scandinavian tour)
Film: The King And I
Other: Jacqui was the Associate Choreographer for the Shrek the Musical UK and Ireland tour and Australian production; the Movement Director for The Sun, The Moon and Stars at Live Drafts at the Yard Theatre, and the Director for You’ll Never Walk Alone at the Queen’s Theatre.
Jak Skelly
Oaken / Ensemble
Jak Skelly
Place of Birth: Leicester, England
Training: ArtsEd.
Theatre: The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum); Oklahoma! and Me and My Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre); Cats (International tour); West Side Story (Buxton Opera House and Kilworth House); The Addams Family (UK tour / Ireland / Singapore); Annie Get Your Gun (Sheffield Crucible); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kilworth House)
Television: Tonight At The London Palladium (ITV)
Other: Guys And Dolls In Concert (Royal Albert Hall); Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (BBC Two)
FROZEN marks Jak’s West End debut.
Jake Small
Ensemble
Jake Small
Place of Birth: Aylesbury, England
Training: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, ArtsEd.
Theatre: Shrek The Musical (UK tour); Mamma Mia! (Novello); The Rocky Horror Show (UK tour); Jack And The Beanstalk (Harlow Playhouse); Back To The Future: The Musical (Manchester Opera House)
Kerry Spark
Swing
Kerry Spark
Place of Birth: Bangkok, Thailand
Training: Royal Academy of Music, Royal Ballet School Associates, RADA Youth Company & Bird College.
Theatre: Chicago (West End, UK & International Tour); Miss Saigon (West End, UK & International Tour); The Producers (International Tour); Hello, Dolly! (Curve Theatre); White Christmas (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Stardust Road (The Other Palace); An American in Paris (Royal Variety Performance, Hammersmith Apollo).
Television: Chill Out Kerry (Channel 4); Olivier Awards (ITV); Tony Awards (CBS); Oprah’s Favorite Things (ABC); The Today Show (NBC); Royal Variety Performance (ITV); Musical Theatre (BBC); Coca-Cola, T-Mobile (Asia Commercials).
Film: Death on the Nile (20th Century); Miss Saigon: Live! (Universal); The Heat is Back On (Universal); Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Bros); Muppets Most Wanted (Disney); Allure of Love (Ocean View).
Other: ‘Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording’ (Soundtrack).
Isabel Snaas
Ensemble
Isabel Snaas
Place of Birth: Harare, Zimbabwe
Training: ArtsEd.
FROZEN marks Isabel’s West End debut.
Monica Swayne
Ensemble
Monica Swayne
Place of Birth: Adelaide, Australia
Training: The Ministry of Dance, Melbourne Australia
Theatre: Evita (Barbican / Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); The Light In The Piazza (Royal Festival Hall / LA Opera / Lyric Opera of Chicago); Follies (National Theatre); Aladdin (Hackney Empire); Me And My Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre); Disney’s Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre); Der Rosenkavalier (Royal Opera House); Mary Poppins (UK tour, Australia and New Zealand); Fiddler On The Roof (Australia); Last Man Standing (Melbourne Theatre Company); Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (State Theatre, Melbourne); Wicked (Australasian 10th Anniversary tour); West Side Story (Australia)
Television: Neighbours (Television/Fremantle); So You Think You Can Dance, Australia
Other: Follies In Concert (Melbourne Recital Centre)
Anna Woodside
Swing / Dance Captain
Anna Woodside
Place of Birth: Wakefield, England
Training: London Studio Centre
Theatre: White Christmas and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Man Of La Mancha, Sunset Boulevard, Carousel and The Wizard Of Oz (London Coliseum); Dick Whittington (London Palladium); The Last Tango (Phoenix Theatre); Cats (London Palladium / Wintergarden, Blackpool); Dance ‘Til Dawn (Aldwych Theatre / UK tour); My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible); Candide (Osaka / Tokyo); Shall We Dance (Sadler’s Wells); Guys And Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre); Never Forget (UK tour); Peter Pan (Birmingham Hippodrome); Saturday Night Fever (Victoria Apollo, UK tour / Germany); Fame! (Edinburgh Playhouse / Larnaca, Cyprus); Starlight Express (Victoria Apollo)
Television: The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Parkinson (ITV), Blue Peter (BBC)
Film: Artemis Fowl; The Goodbye Girl
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Broadway: co-creator/writer of In Transit (Broadway’s first a cappella musical). Regional: FROZEN (Denver Center); Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse); Finding Nemo: The Musical (Disney World, running since 2006). Film: FROZEN 2; Pixar’s Coco (Oscar® Best Original Song win for “Remember Me”); FROZEN (Oscar and Grammy Award® wins for “Let it Go”); Winnie The Pooh. TV: songs for The 87th Academy Awards (Emmy® nomination); “The Comedians,” “Wonder Pets.” 2014 recipient, and now proud board member, of the Lilly Awards. Williams College graduate, BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild council. She lives in Brooklyn with Robert and their two daughters.
Robert Lopez
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Robert Lopez
Broadway: co-creator/writer of The Book of Mormon (nine Tony® Awards including Best Book, Best Original Score and Best Musical); co-creator/songwriter of Avenue Q (three Tony Awards including Best Original Score and Best Musical). Regional: FROZEN (Denver Center); Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse); 1001 Nights (Atlantic Theater). Film: FROZEN 2; Pixar’s Coco (Oscar® Best Original Song win for “Remember Me”); FROZEN (Oscar Best Original Song win for “Let It Go”). TV: songs for The 87th Academy Awards, “The Simpsons,” “South Park,” “Scrubs,” “Wonder Pets”. One of 12 artists to win Emmy®, Grammy®, Oscar and Tony Awards (EGOT). Yale University graduate, BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild council. An NYC native, he lives in Brooklyn with Kristen and their two daughters.
Jennifer Lee
BOOK
Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award®-winning writer of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s FROZEN, which she also directed with Chris Buck. It became the number one animated film of all time, worldwide. For her work on FROZEN, Lee received numerous awards including a Golden Globe, a Critics' Choice Award, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award. Her Disney Animation career began as co-writer of the Oscar®-nominated Wreck-It Ralph. She also wrote the screenplay for Disney’s 2018 release A Wrinkle in Time. Lee recently completed her work as the director (with Chris Buck) and writer of Disney Animation’s FROZEN 2.
Michael Grandage
DIRECTOR
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage is the recipient of Tony®, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, British Critics’ Circle and South Bank Awards. His Olivier Award-winning musicals include Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel and Guys and Dolls. Grandage received a Tony Award for Best Direction for Red and Tony nominations for Frost/Nixon and The Cripple of Inishmaan. Grandage served as Artistic Director of London’s Donmar Warehouse for 10 acclaimed seasons before establishing the Michael Grandage Company (MGC) in 2012. As Artistic Director of MGC, he directed Photograph 51, Henry V, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Peter and Alice and the feature film Genius. www.MichaelGrandageCompany.com
Rob Ashford
CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford
Rob Ashford is a Tony®, Olivier, Emmy, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Award-winning director/choreographer. NYC: Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Evita (Tony nomination); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying… (Tony nominations - Direction, Choreography); Promises, Promises (Tony nomination); Cry-Baby (Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle, Astaire Award, Tony nomination); Curtains (Tony nomination); The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award Best Choreography). London: The Winter’s Tale (Olivier nomination - Direction); Romeo and Juliet and The Entertainer (Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company); Anna Christie (Olivier Award); A Streetcar Named Desire (Olivier nomination) and Parade (Olivier nomination – Direction, Choreography) at the Donmar Warehouse.
Christopher Oram
SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN
Christopher Oram
Christoper Oram is the recipient of Tony®, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle, Garland and Ovation awards. His work on Broadway includes Hughie (Booth); Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 (Winter Garden); The Cripple of Inishmaan (Cort); Evita (Marquis); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Rodgers). Additional work includes Red (Golden); Hamlet with Jude Law (Broadhurst); Frost/Nixon (Jacobs); Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory); King Lear (BAM) and Billy Budd (BAM). Instagram @christopheroram
Neil Austin
LIGHTING DESIGN
Neil Austin
Neil Austin is the recipient of three Tony©, two Olivier and two Drama Desk awards.
His recent West-End work includes: Harry Potter & the Cursed Child; Leopoldstadt; Company; The Night of the Iguana; Rosmersholm; Shakespeare in Love; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Red; Ink; The Goat; Photograph 51 and Bend it Like
Beckham.
His Broadway work includes: Company; Ink; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Travesties; Hughie; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Evita; Red; Hamlet; The Seafarer and Frost/Nixon.
Peter Hylenski
SOUND DESIGN
Peter Hylenski
Peter is a seven-time Tony© nominee, plus a Grammy and Olivier nominee. Selected designs include: Anastasia; Something Rotten!; Rock of Ages; After Midnight; Motown; The Scottsboro Boys; Side Show; Rocky; Bullets Over Broadway; Shrek The Musical; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; Lend Me A Tenor; Elf; Wonderland; Cry-Baby; The Times They Are A-Changin’; The Wedding Singer; Sweet Charity; Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me; Little Women; Brooklyn. Other credits: Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical, King Kong.
Finn Ross
VIDEO DESIGN
Finn Ross
Finn Ross has won two Olivier Awards, a Tony®, two Drama Desks and an OCC award. Recent work: Bat Out of Hell (West End); The Tempest (RSC); Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway/West End); American Psycho (Broadway/Almeida); Betrayal (Broadway); The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); The Crossing (ART Boston); Chimerica (Almeida/West End); Death of Klinghoffer, The Damnation of Faust and Magic Flute (ENO); The Master and Margarita (Complicite); A Dog’s Heart (DNO).
Michael Curry
PUPPET DESIGN
Michael Curry
Michael’s approach is unique, as he chooses to design and fabricate with a long-term team in his Oregon studio. The scenic designs, puppetry and performance effects from Michael Curry Design have been the cornerstone of shows for the past 30 years. Michael is best known for his work with The Lion King on Broadway, the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Met Opera, Cirque du Soleil and other worldwide spectacles.
David Brian Brown
HAIR DESIGN
David Brian Brown
Broadway highlights: Dear Evan Hansen; War Paint (Drama Desk Award); She Loves Me; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time; Gigi; Bridges of Madison County; If/Then; Macbeth; Death of a Salesman; Follies; Sister Act; A Steady Rain; Shrek; The Little Mermaid; Legally Blonde; Spamalot; Tarzan®; Nine; Gypsy; Sweet Smell of Success; The Invention of Love; Aida; The Iceman Cometh; Chicago; Side Show; Steel Pier. TV/film credits: “Peter Pan Live!” (NBC); “The Sound of Music Live!” (NBC); It’s Complicated; Angels in America (Emmy®-nominated); Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar.
Anne Ford-Coates
MAKEUP DESIGN
Anne Ford-Coates
Broadway: A Bronx Tale; On Your Feet!; Disaster!; On The Twentieth Century; It Shoulda Been You. Recent New York credits: The Wolves (Playwrights Realm); The Sandbox, Drowning and Funnyhouse of Negro (Signature Theater); The Guilty Mother (On Site Opera); Káťa Kabanová (Juilliard). Hundreds of productions for American and international opera companies – highlights include Candide (Opéra National Bordeaux); The Music Man (Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman); Phillip Glass’s Appomattox; Wagner’s Ring Cycle (Kennedy Center).
Jeremy Chernick
SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGN
Jeremy Chernick
Recent Broadway: Aladdin; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; American Psycho; You Can’t Take It With You. West End: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Let the Right One In. Television: “The Wiz Live!” and “Peter Pan Live!” In 2014 his work was featured at the Museum of Art & Design in New York. Chernick is head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn www.jmfx.net
Stephen Oremus
MUSIC SUPERVISION AND ARRANGEMENTS
Stephen Oremus
Broadway: Kinky Boots (2013 Tony® Award for Best Orchestrations and 2013 Grammy® Award); The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations and 2012 Grammy Award). Music supervisor, arranger, and/or orchestrator of Broadway productions of Wicked, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5. Other credits: tick, tick…BOOM!; music director of The 87th Academy Awards; “The Wiz Live!” on NBC; conductor/contributing arranger for the film FROZEN.
Dave Metzger
ORCHESTRATIONS
Dave Metzger
Dave Metzger was nominated for Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for orchestrating the Broadway production of The Lion King. Perhaps best known for his work in film, he has arranged and orchestrated over 60 movies, including FROZEN; Moana; Tarzan ®; The Avengers; How to Train Your Dragon (1 and 2); August Rush and Planes (1 and 2). davemetzgermusic.com