STEVEN EDIS Freelance composer/arranger/musical director/pianist contact 07973 691168 / [email protected] agent Clare Vidal Hall 020 8741 7647
New musical theatre composition: Where Is Peter Rabbit? (lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn) – preparing for its 4 th year at The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness I Capture The Castle (lyrics by Teresa Howard) – co-produced by (& at) Watford Palace Theatre and Bolton Octagon The Silver Sword (lyrics (also!) by Steven Edis) – Belgrade, Coventry and national tour Possessed (lyrics by Teresa Howard) – Oxford Playhouse / Camden People's Theatre The Choker One-act opera co-composed with Jude Alderson – Tête-a-tête Festival. King's Cross A Christmas Carol (lyrics by Susie McKenna and Steven Edis) – Hackney Empire / Arts Theatre, London
Other theatre work: Composer Agnes Colander Ustinov,Bath/Jermyn St Theatre Trevor Nunn Composer Aladdin Chipping Norton Theatre John Terry MD/conductor Fiddler On The Roof Guildhall School Martin Connor MD By Jeeves Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness Alan Ayckbourn Co-arranger Promises, Promises Southwark Playhouse Bronagh Lagan Arranger/mus.supervisor Crush Belgrade, Coventry + tour Anna Linstrum MD/arranger A Christmas Carol Noel Coward Phelim McDermott Musical director I Love You, You're Perfect... Frinton Summer Theatre Ben Stock Composer Volpone RSC, Swan Trevor Nunn Composer/research/MD The Captain of Köpenick NT, Olivier Adrain Noble MD/conductor Grand Hotel Guildhall School Martin Connor Arranger Oklahoma UK tour Rachel Kavanaugh Composer Richard III York/Nottingham Loveday Ingram Musical consultant Variation on a Theme Finborough Michael Oakley Musical director No ël and Gertie Frinton Summer Theatre Matthew Townshend Arranger High Society UK tour Anna Linstrum MD/conductor Rags Guildhall School Martin Connor Arranger Ace of Clubs Union Theatre Jack Thorpe Baker Musical consultant Relative Values Bath/Haymarket Trevor Nunn MD/arr/conductor Chaplin Guildhall School Martin Connor Arranger/actor/MD A Chorus of Disapproval Harold Pinter Trevor Nunn MD/conductor Kiss Me Kate Guildhall School Martin Connor Composer/MD The Invisible Man Menier Chocolate Factory Ian Talbot Musical consultant Flare Path Haymarket Trevor Nunn Musical director A Kurt Tucholsky Evening Arcola Irving Wardle Composer The Lion in Winter Haymarket Trevor Nunn Composer Rosencrantz & Guildenstern... Haymarket Trevor Nunn Arranger She Loves Me Chichester Stephen Mear MD/conductor Curtains! Guildhall School Martin Connor Composer/research Birdsong Comedy Trevor Nunn MD/conductor Damn Yankees Guildhall School Martin Connor Arranger Gigi Open Air Theatre Tim Sheader Composer Cyrano de Bergerac Chichester Trevor Nunn Arranger/mus.supervisor The Music Man Chichester Rachel Kavanaugh Chorus MD Enron Noel Coward Rupert Goold/Lisa Spirling Arranger The Boy Friend Open Air Theatre Ian Talbot Arranger The Entertainer Old Vic Sean Holmes Composer/research The Philadelphia Story Old Vic Jerry Zaks Composer The Seagull RSC/world tour/New London Trevor Nunn Composer King Lear RSC/world tour/New London Trevor Nunn Chorus MD Market Boy NT, Olivier Rufus Norris Arranger Cinderella Old Vic Fiona Laird Arranger The Boy Friend Open Air Theatre Ian Talbot Co-composer/research The Royal Hunt of the Sun NT, Olivier Trevor Nunn Musical director Entartete Musik The Drill Hall Jude Alderson Arranger/MD Golden Boy Greenwich Rick Jacobs Comp/arr/mus.supervisor We Happy Few Gielgud Trevor Nunn Musical director Theatre of Blood NT, Lyttelton Phelim McDermott/Lee Simpson Arranger HMS Pinafore Open Air Theatre Ian Talbot Arranger/research Inherit the Wind Old Vic Trevor Nunn Arranger/MD Brighton Rock Almeida Michael Attenborough Composer Singer Tricycle Sean Holmes Composer The Country Wife Haymarket Jonathan Kent Arranger High Society Open Air Theatre Ian Talbot Arranger Oh What a Lovely War Open Air Theatre Ian Talbot Composer Hamlet Old Vic Trevor Nunn Composer Love's Labour's Lost NT, Olivier Trevor Nunn Musical director His Dark Materials NT, Olivier Nick Hytner Arranger/mus.supervisor The Threepenny Opera NT, Cottesloe + tour Tim Baker Composer/co-MD The Coast of Utopia trilogy NT, Olivier Trevor Nunn Composer/arranger A Christmas Carol Alley Theatre, Houston Stephen Rayne Arranger The Wizard of Oz Birmingham/WYP Rachel Kavanaugh Arranger The Pirates of Penzance Open Air Theatre Ian Talbot Composer/MD Not About Nightingales NT, Cottesloe Trevor Nunn also in New York – music nominated for DramaDesk award Composer/MD Metropolis Kabarett NT, Terrace Cafe Henry Goodman Composer/research The Relapse NT, Olivier Trevor Nunn Musical director Peer Gynt NT, Olivier Conall Morrison Co-arranger/MD Mutabilitie NT, Cottesloe Trevor Nunn Composer/MD The Merchant of Venice NT, Cottesloe/Olivier Trevor Nunn Composer/MD Albert Speer NT, Lytttelton Trevor Nunn Assoc. MD/conductor Candide NT, Olivier John Caird Composer An Enemy of the People NT, Olivier + LA Trevor Nunn Musical adaptation/arranger Send for Mr Plim BAC Margarethe Forsyth Composer The Cherry Orchard NT, Cottesloe Trevor Nunn Assoc. MD/conductor Guys and Dolls NT, Olivier/tour Richard Eyre Arranger Sweet Charity Sheffield Tim Sheader winner of TMA Best Musical award Arranger/mus.supervisor What Now, Little Man? Greenwich Margarethe Forsyth Musical director Rosencrantz & Guildenstern... NT. Lyttlelton + tour Matthew Francis Comp/arr/mus.supervisor ...innumerable pantomimes Hackney Empire Susie McKenna Musical director Die Fledermaus Music Theatre London Tony Britten Arranger Johnny on a Spot NT, Olivier Richard Eyre Musical director Arcadia NT, Lyttelton Trevor Nunn Arranger Watch Your Step Sadler's Wells Adam Pollock Composer Romeo and Juliet Pleasance Guy Retallack Musical director Little Shop of Horrors Oldham Coliseum Lindsay Dolan Composer/MD Measure for Measure RSC, tour, Young Vic Trevor Nunn Arranger/MD The Blue Angel RSC, tour, Globe Trevor Nunn Musical director Don Giovanni Music Theatre London Tony Britten Composer/MD Dr Who – The Ultimate Adventure UK tour Carole Todd Musical director Mrs Warren's Profession NT, Lyttelton Anthony Page Musical director Fathers and Sons NT, Lyttelton Michael Rudman
Recorded media: Composer Complete attraction soundtrack World of Beatrix Potter Charlotte Scott Composer 10 songs for 'The Decameron' Naxos Audiobooks Anthony Anderson Composer Where Is Peter Rabbit? - cast rec. CD Lakes Story Ltd Composer 'Salem' TV/cinema ad TBWA agency Composer Ident music / jingles Digital Classics cable TV Richard Price Contributing arranger music for Perform stage school CDs Will Barnett Composer King Lear Feature film Trevor Nunn/Richard Price Keyboards/asst MD Candide – cast recording CD MD Mark Dorrell Composer The Merchant of Venice Feature film Trevor Nunn/Richard Price Contributing arranger The Elaine Paige Show Sky Arts MD Nick Skilbeck Composer The Coast of Utopia CD NT Music dept Arranger Daphne TV film (BBC) Clare Beavan Arr/live music MD Iris Feature film Richard Eyre Contributing arranger Simply Musicals BBC MD David Roper Arr/live music MD New Tricks (2 eps) Wall to Wall for BBC Emma Turner Arr/live music MD Holby City (2 eps) BBC Emma Turner Arr/live music MD EastEnders (many eps) BBC various producers Composer Every Silver Lining BBC Richard Boden Arranger/conductor The Disney Christmas Special ITV Paul Jackson Composer Once in a Lifetime ITV Nick Symons Composer Looking After Number One BBC Simon Cellan-Jones
Specialist performance (Improvisation): Live semi-improvised piano accompaniment for silent films at Kleinwalsertal Film Festival , Austria Improvising piano for Animo, Lifegame and The Still (Improbable Theatre) MD/improvised accompaniment for Lost Without Words (Improbable/NT at the Dorfman) Regular guest pianist for impro nights with The Comedy Store Players
Academic qualifications: MA in Mathematics, & PGCE – Cambridge University ALCM in Piano Performance – London College of Music