Christopher Manoe Biography
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entertainment solutions CHRISTOPHER MANOE BIOGRAPHY Christopher's varied career in the arts began at a young age as a performer working professionally from 18, he completed a post graduate at the prestigious London School of Musical Theatre and went straight into the UK National tour hit musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. Immediately following this he enjoyed a record deal with Warner Bros. as part of a group. He performed as a lead role in London and later off Broadway, New York in 'The Ballad of Norah's Ark, recording the original cast album during this period. He worked extensively as a session vocalist and appears on many recordings. Always leaning toward the more creative aspects of his ability, he displayed his prowess as a writer when his collection of monologues 'Solitary Confinement' were produced to critical acclaim at The Kings Head Theatre, London in 2002 which he also directed. He went on to conceive & write the book & lyrics to the World War Two musical 'Walk with the Angels', 'Turning into Elvis' (Soho Theatre) and then later enjoyed a successful run of his play 'The Pretender Agenda' at The Charing Cross Theatre, London. MMXI - COFFEE TABLE BOOK SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 2002 THE PRETENDER AGENDA 2011 THE PRETENDER AGENDA 2011 CHRISTOPHER MANOE BIOGRAPHY He began the creative agencies Dancers Inc. & Singers Inc. in 2002 and has since taken them to the successful No.1 position they now hold in the entertainment industry. His celebrity client base has included Madonna, Elton John, Take That, Cheryl Cole & Robbie Williams amongst many others. Major concert tours, pop videos, Outdoor events, TV awards ceremonies, TV shows have provided a packed portfolio for Dancers Inc. which employs more dancers year after year than any UK agency Dancers Inc. played a huge part in the 2012 Olympic Games, providing artists and choreographers for the closing ceremony and Paralympic Games. He conceived and directed the sell out West End Futuristic Dance Spectacular 'Revolution' that starred Adam Garcia and ran for 6 weeks at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He produced the successful fashion Theatre at Clothes Show Live, Birmingham NEC for three consecutive years and 'The Dance Show' & 'Young Dancer of The Year' awards. He has created entertainment shows that have been performed worldwide for major corporations such as Toyota, Mastercard, RBS, Canon, Jaguar Land Rover, which he has conceived, produced & directed including 'The Motown Songbook', 'Radio Broadway' & 'Radio Hollywood' As a director he has worked on everything from Pantomimes to large scale concerts and awards ceremonies. He returned to 'Jesus Christ Superstar' when he directed the show at The Garfield Sobers Stadium in Barbados. INDIGO - COFFEE TABLE BOOK REVOLUTION 2012 - WEST END CHRISTOPHER MANOE BIOGRAPHY He conceived, designed and created the luxury, futuristic private members facility I.N.C Space in Covent Garden which ran for five years and also featured a sought aKer personal training gym & wellness centre favoured by Hollywood & A list actors & celebrities such as Beyonce & Lady Gaga. He has created countless parties incorporating interior design and super concepts for London nightclubs and luxury clients. He produced gallery events for Banksy, Future Fusion & Maxim. He has designed & produced his own dance clothing line and produced two successful albums through his own Singers Inc. label. He has conceived & produced three coffee table fashion books, his first, 'Elements' debuted in London Fashion Week in 2007 and went on to spawn several magazine front covers & a making of documentary. He followed up with 'MMXI' (2011) which became a mulZ media show at the renowned Sadlers Wells Theatre & 'Indigo' (2012) which formed the original concept that led to 'RevoluZon'. He is currently working on a new project 'The Rogues Gallery' which features the colourful villains of the DC universe which is currently developing two books, entertainment soluZons and a gallery. London based, Agency 105 for arZsts & creaZves is the brand new offering from Chris that represents world class talent that collaborate on exciZng and innovaZve projects. Christopher Manoe Showreel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9PzzkotqmA HTC MOBILE EVENT LONDON CLOTHES SHOW LIVE 2010 Singers Inc. Vol. 2 released on iTunes and available for download NOW! Singers Inc., Vol. 2 by Various Ar?sts hBps://itun.es/gb/duUWT DANCERS INC. AMBASSADORS 2013 D.INC. WEAR MRS JONES SPRING/SUMMER 2013 CLIENT LIST Madonna - Take That | Elton John | Kylie | Beyonce | Lady Gaga | Pink | Janet Jackson JLS | Little Mix | Robin Thicke | Pharrell | Gary Barlow | Meatloaf | Michael Buble | JLS Little Mix | Robbie Williams | Girls Aloud | Cheryl Cole | Katherine Jenkins | LMFAO The X Factor Tour | Animal Fashion | London 2012 Olympic Games | London Paralympics 2012 The Royal Variety Show | Clothes Show Live | Haymarket | The X Factor TV Show | Disney The War of The Worlds UK Tour | Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway | Splash ITV | Jack Morton Got to Dance, Sky | Banksy - Stella McCartney | The Paul O Grady Show | The Graham Norton Show The Brit Awards | The Hit Factory | Summertime Ball | Jingle Bell Ball | Qdos Pantomimes Jaguar/Land Rover | Mastercard | L'Oreal | GHD | Goldwell | Schwarzkopf | Trevor Sorbie | Redken Aveda | 19 Management | HTC Mobile | Royal Bank of Scotland | Shaftesbury PLC | IBM Global Alliance & Leicester | BBC Worldwide | Canon | Argent | Thomson Holidays | Hotels4U | Playboy Superdrug | Boots | Marks & Spencers | Tanqueray | Ford | Toyota | General Motors | The Box CONTACT US We have an excellent team who are on hand to help and discuss your individual event requirements and cater to your design briefs: Please forward all enquiries to: For all choreographer bookings & Dancers Inc. artists Lexi Boosey - Personal Assistant to Chris Manoe Miranda Hutcheon - Senior Agent [email protected] [email protected] Chris Manoe - Artistic Director +44 (0) 207 205 2316 [email protected] +44 (0) 7961 321 026 +44 (0) 207 205 2316 www.DancersIncWorld.com +44 (0) 7902 116 771 @DancersIncWorld www.Agency105.com www.SingersIncWorld.com @ChrisManoe @Agency105 @Singers_inc All shows, concepts and imagery copyright of Chris Manoe 2002 AGENCY105.COM .