Firth
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Renfree
Osborne
Casey
Gayle
Grindrod
Donovan
Rodges
Actress, presenter and singer Kym Marsh arrived on our screens back in 2000 while appearing on the hit reality TV show, Popstars. She went on to win a place in the band Hear'Say.
During her time in the band Kym achieved two UK number one singles and a number one album - before leaving in 2002 to pursue a successful career as a solo artist.
She went on to star in London’s West End, playing the role of Annette in the critically acclaimed musical, Saturday Night Fever.
An accomplished actress, she appeared in BBC One’s Doctors and Channel 4’s Hollyoaks: In The City before joining the cast of ITV’s Coronation Street in the role of Michelle Connor in 2006, a part she would play for almost 14 years during which time she won a string of prestigious awards for her work.
Kym left Coronation Street in 2019 to pursue other roles. Since then, she has appeared in hit BBC One drama The Syndicate and currently can be seen on BBC One’s continuing drama, Waterloo Road, where she plays the role of Nicky Walters.
In 2022 Kym played the iconic role of bunny boiler Alex Forest in a nationwide theatre tour of box office hit Fatal Attraction.
Kym is married to Army Major Scott Ratcliff and is mum to David, Emilie, Polly and Archie. She lives in Cheshire with her family.
Kym said:
"I’m delighted to be returning to theatre and joining the cast of Greatest Days. I was in my early twenties when Take That were at the height of their fame and, of course, I was a huge Take That fan – who wasn’t?! Their music takes me back to so many special times in my life as it will for so many other people. I’m thrilled to be working with my daughter, Emilie, too. She’s a real talent and I can’t wait to share the stage with her. Greatest Days is a wonderful, uplifting show with iconic music, a great storyline and I know people will love it."
Training: Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts.
Since graduating, Taylor has worked with highly renowned choreographers and directors within the commercial and theatre industries.
Theatre credits include: Cinderella (New Theatre Royal), A Teenage Opera (Wilde Theatre), Legend of the White Bear Lake (Barbican Theatre), Snow White (Theatre Royal Winchester), The King and I (Southampton Mayflower).
Taylor is extremely excited to be making his touring debut in Greatest Days.
Training: Rose Bruford College.
Theatre credits include: Vi in Footloose (UK tour), Sarah in Love Letters (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ (Ambassadors Theatre), Donna in Mamma Mia! (RCL), Mrs Nordstrom in A Little Night Music (Frinton Summer Theatre), Yvette in Mother Courage and her Children (Harlow Playhouse), Mamma Mia! (International Tour), Blue Fairy in The Adventures of Pinocchio (Castle Theatre Wellingborough), Jenny's Mum in Love Story (Octagon Theatre Bolton), Mrs Hudson in A Study in Scarlet (Southwark Playhouse), Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice (Lyric Theatre Belfast), Mary Lou Sokoloff in Buddy (UK Tour), Craig Revel Horwood's production of Chess (Toronto), The Gondoliers (Apollo Theatre), Dinah in The Ugly Duckling (Sheffield Crucible and Nottingham Playhouse), Madeline in Piaf (Watermill Theatre), Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (Key Theatre Peterborough), Mrs Darling in Peter Pan (Buxton Opera House), Karen/Magaret in Over the Rainbow (UK Tour, Ireland & Holland), Narrator in Just So Stories (UK Tour); Tory Harrington-Smythe in Gills around the Green (UK Tour), 1916 the Musical (West End Live).
Training: Arts Educational Schools.
Theatre whilst training: Katherine Plumber in Disney's Newsies, Curtains, Rose in Street Scene, Diana in French Without Tears.
Theatre: Cassie in Camp Albion (The Watermill Theatre), Peter’s Mother in The Magician’s Elephant (RSC), Momo & Miss Tulips in The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit (Hope Mill Theatre), Natalya in Preludes (Southwark Playhouse), Hansel & Gretel (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre).
Screen credits include: Agnesa Wojick in On Hostile Ground (Royal & Derngate online).
Kalifa is thrilled to be joining the cast of Greatest Days. This will be his second musical theatre UK tour and he can’t wait to get on stage once again and perform!
Training: The Brit School and The Urdang Academy.
Theatre includes: Bugsy Malone (UK Tour), Tommy in Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre).
TV includes: Breaking the Band: Jackson 5, The Teen Choice Awards, The X Factor, The Brit Awards, The Voice, The Voice Kids, Kimberley Wyatt Well Fit Dance Crew.
Film includes: Spell, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: The Film, Jingle Jangle.
Other work includes: Vodafone commercial, JD Sports commercial, Michael Bublé and Idina Menzel Baby it’s Cold Outside music video.
Benjamin Cameron is from Coventry and has been passionate about the theatre since the age of 6. He made his first stage appearance aged 9.
Training: The Hammond School and Laine Theatre Arts.
Credits whilst training include: Anthony in Sweeney Todd (The Hammond School), Elephant’s Child in Just So (Laine Theatre Arts), Paul in Company (Laine Theatre Arts), Michael in Peter Pan (yog).
Theatre credits include: Eugene in Grease (RCCL)
Training: Tiffany Theatre College.
Theatre credits include: Mirage Productions on Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, contestant on Let It Shine (BBC), Sleeping Beauty (Towngate Theatre Basildon), The Band (UK Tour), Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk (Theatre Royal Windsor), Prince in Sleeping Beauty (Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone).
Other work includes a campaign for Huel.
Jamie is so excited to be performing in Greatest Days as a member of the Band. Having the honour to perform in this marvellous show every night is something that he has wanted since his days on tour with The Band. He can’t wait to revisit all the stunning venues across the UK and step foot in new ones too!
Emilie Cunliffe has been singing and performing for as long as she can remember.
Having trained with Carol Godby’s Theatre Workshop from a young age, she has appeared on BBC One’s The Voice and ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.
Emilie has recently spent time in Nashville, Tennessee recording her debut album which will be released later this year.
She lives in Cheshire with her fiancé, Mikey, and their two children, Polly and Teddy.
Emilie said:
"I’m really excited to be joining the cast of Greatest Days. I grew up listening to Take That so what an honour it is to be part of this brilliant musical celebrating their music. I’m really close to my mum so getting to work with her is a dream come true!"
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Louis Leonowens in The King and I (London Palladium), Bruce Bogtrotter in Matilda The Musical (Cambridge Theatre), Charlie Bucket & Mike Teavee in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Boy in The Snowman (Peacock Theatre & UK Tour). Michael Darling in the pantomime production of Peter Pan (Crossroads Productions).
Other work includes: various commercials - Kellogg’s ‘Mini Max’ and Tesco ‘Mother of The Year Awards’. Various VoiceOver projects - Hasbro Monopoly commercial and A Christmas Carol feature film.
Radio credits include: Magic Radio's Magic of The Musicals (Charlie Bucket, The Royal Albert Hall). ITV’s Tonight at the London Palladium (Charlie Bucket).
Training: Tring Park for The Performing Arts and The Actors Centre, London.
Regan ice-skated into our hearts and was crowned the 2022 champion of ITV’s Dancing On Ice.
Regan’s love for performing started aged six when he was found dancing in the school hall, which he has grown into a career focused on dance and performing arts.
Theatre credits include: Dandini in Cinderella (Orchard Theatre Dartford), Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Jack and The Beanstalk (Wolverhampton Grand), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Newcastle Theatre Royal) and Cinderella (The New Theatre Cardiff).
Regan is part of Urban Voices Collective which led to him performing alongside Demi Lovato. He has performed in The Nutcracker with English National Ballet; featured as a singer in The Real Full Monty (ITV) and performed in campaigns for major brands like Samsung.
In between his years of performing, his love of nature led him to becoming a PADI DiveMaster and Coral Reef Research Diver. Regan is also an Ambassador for WWF.
Training: Langley Dance Academy & Arts School and Phil Winston's Theatreworks.
Credits while training include: Roxie Hart in Chicago.
Theatre credits include: Title roles in Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella (Grimsby Auditorium), Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Joe Longthorne Theatre Blackpool), Princess Apricot in Jack and the Beanstalk (Crewe Lyceum), David Walliam’s Gangsta Granny (Garrick Theatre), Guest Vocalist in Steve Hewlett’s Family Fun Summer Showtime (The Paradise Rooms, Blackpool Pleasure Beach) and Fairy in Jack & the Beanstalk (Blackpool Tower Circus).
Television credits include: Emmerdale (ITV) and Little Mix – The Search (BBC).
She dedicates her performance in Greatest Days to her late father, ventriloquist Keith Harris.
Kitty has also become well known for her comedy sketches on TikTok, where she now has over 1 million followers!
Training: Musical Theatre at University of Chichester Conservatoire. Before graduating, Bayley completed a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at Northampton College.
Theatre credits include: Stoner Chick in Heathers (The Other Palace and UK Tour), Lily Bryne in A Man of No Importance (University of Chichester).
Training: Sylvia Young Theatre School and Bird College. During training he was a member of the England Tap Team and was the 2010 World Duo Tap Champion.
Theatre credits include: The Choir of Man (London Wonderground and Norwegian Cruise Line), Elf the Musical (The Lowry and Plymouth Theatre Royal), Spamalot (English Theatre Frankfurt), Shrek the Musical (UK Tour), Beauty and the Beast (Shaw Theatre London), Churchill the Musical (Lyric Theatre), Bugsy Malone (Secret Cinema), Snow White (PMA Productions), Thoroughly Modern Musicals (Spa Theatre Scarborough) and as a vocalist and Dance Captain for Yaramar Thompson Gold
Television and film credits include: Casualty (BBC), Chocolat (Miramax) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.).
Other credits include performing as a dancer in the 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony directed by Danny Boyle and touring the UK with his comedy troupe Rouge 5.
Training: Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre credits include: Grease (UK Tour); Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (UK Tour); Pirates Of Penzance (UK Tour); Les Miserables (West End); Blood Brothers (English Theatre Frankfurt).
Television includes: Peak Practice (ITV).
Karen has also toured extensively with her one woman show and as a huge Take That fan she is thrilled to be appearing in Greatest Days.
Christopher most recently appeared as Cal in the UK and Ireland Tour of Waitress The Musical.
Theatre credits include: We Will Rock You (UK and Ireland Tour), To Kill A Mockingbird (UK and Ireland Tour), Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical (Piccadilly Theatre), The Addams Family (UK and International Tour), Batman Live (UK, European, South America and U.S.A Arena Tour), The Lord of the Rings (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Zorro The Musical (Garrick Theatre), 20th Century Boy (UK and Ireland Tour), Jersey Boys (Prince Edward Theatre), The Sound of Music (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Oklahoma! (UK and Ireland Tour), Evita (UK and European Tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK and Ireland Tour), Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), The Three Musketeers (Rose Theatre Kingston), Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee Royal Variety Performance (Dominion Theatre West End) and the BBC Proms.
Television credits include: John Lennon, Oliver Cromwell and Christopher Marlowe in Greatest Britons (BBC), Chris Jones in Rush (C4 Productions) Lasso Larry in Anorak of Fire (BBC), Children In Need (BBC), This Morning (ITV), Wetten Das (Germany) and Dancing With The Stars (Greece)
Christopher can also be heard on the Original Cast Albums of The Lord of the Rings, Zorro The Musical, Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan A New Musical Adventure.
Christopher would like to dedicate this performance to his wife and family for their constant love and support, especially his daughter - the greatest days started the day she was born.
Training: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and Bird College Conservatoire.
Theatre credits include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (New Wimbledon Theatre), Liesel Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (Alexela Concert Hall), Sally Plummer in Follies (Doreen Bird Foundation Theatre).
Training: Birmingham School of Acting.
Theatre includes: Aisling in The Possibility of Colour (New Adelphi), Rosie in Mamma Mia! (Royal Caribbean), Clarissa Lafayette in Holy Crap (King’s Head), Malabelle in Beauty & the Beast (Regal Theatre), Myra/ Celebrity in Happy To Help (Park Theatre), Sabrina in Goosebumps Alive (The Vaults), Chrissie Packer in Barking In Essex (Wyndham's Theatre), Chevie in WARP (UK Tour), Grace in Four Days of Grace, Ellie in Public Interest (New Diorama Theatre), Welcome to the Jungle - Sitcom Trials finalist (Leicester Square Theatre), Ensemble in The Odyssey (The Playground), Mrs Shin/ Grandad/ Niece in The Good Person of Szechuan (Birmingham Drum)
Television includes: Lagging, Over to Bill, Doctors, My Almost Famous Family, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (all for BBC)
Film includes: Wrong Way Forward, Defrosted, Always a Bride, Woodfalls.
Rachel won a Funny Women Award for Defrosted, her self-penned short about the dark side of a Disney Princess. She is currently turning her web series Figg & Dates into a half hour comedy.
Training: Dance School of Scotland, Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre credits include: Zurline in Claus (Lowry Theatre), Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (London Coliseum), Oklahoma (Royal Albert Hall), Kathy in Singin' in the Rain (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Jan the Sly in Yeast Nation (Southwark Playhouse), The Government Inspector (MTFest), Tainted (Workshop), Cinderella in Cinderella (Antony Law), Barbra in Night of the Living Dead (Pleasance Theatre), Cinderella in Cinderella (Mercury Theatre).
In 2014 Mari won the Young Scottish Musical Theatre Performer of the Year.
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: The Witch Finder’s Sister (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), Talent (Sheffield Crucible), Dick Whittington (National Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bridge Theatre), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Park Theatre), Yap Yap Yap (Royal Festival Hall and Soho Theatre), Fat – A One Woman Show (Hackney Showrooms), The Poisoners’ Pact (UK Tour), Monologue Slam Winner’s Edition (Theatre Royal Stratford East).
Television credits include: My Lady Jane (Amazon Studios), Gangsta Granny Strikes Again (BBC), Doctors (BBC), Holby City (BBC), series regular on Class Dismissed (CBBC), Gameface (Objective Fiction).
Film credits include: Holmes and Watson (Columbia Pictures Corporation).
Comedy credits include: Buttery Brown Monk (Leicester Square Theatre), The Gag Show (Gaggle Productions).
Radio credits include: Sketchtopia - series 1 and 2 (BBC Radio 4), Athena’s Cancel Culture (BBC Radio 4).
Training: London School of Musical Theatre and University of Chichester.
Theatre credits include: Jan in Grease (Dominion Theatre), #Funemployed in No Limits (The Turbine Theatre); Amy March in Little Women (Park Theatre), Eva Gottel in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Southwark Playhouse).
Screen credits include: Jade Scott in Doctors (BBC), Amy March in the live filming of Little Women (Broadway HD), Eva Gottel in the live filming of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Broadway HD), The Girl in x MNEK- WHO YOU ARE for Craig David (Music Video).
Workshops: Prom Fever directed by Debbie Isitt for Mirrorball Films.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Jack and the Beanstalk (London Palladium), LA in Gypsy (Buxton Opera House), IQ in Hairspray (UK Tour), Golidlocks and the Three Bears (London Palladium), Club Tropicana (UK Tour), Mamma Mia! (International Tour), Eugenius (London Palladium), Cinderella (Family First).
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show (European Tour), Bat out of Hell (Dominion Theatre), 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Rock of Ages (UK Tour), We Will Rock You (Arena Tour), Kiss Me, Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg), I Wish My Life Were a Musical (King’s Head Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Eurobeat Moldova (Pleasance Grand Theatre), Legally Blonde (Kilworth House Theatre), Rent (Tabard Theatre), Twisted Disney (Trafalgar Theatre), Pop Factor (UK Tour), Dick Whittington (Epsom Playhouse), Beauty and the Beast (Harlow Playhouse), Cinderella (Redditch Palace Theatre), Jack and the Beanstalk (Camberley Theatre), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Epsom Playhouse and Weymouth Pavilion Theatre).
Television credits include: The Generation Game (BBC), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), The One Show (BBC), Tonight at the Palladium (ITV).
Cast Recordings: 42nd Street (London Cast Recording); Eurobeat Moldova (Original Cast Recording).
Alan trained at RADA.
Theatre credits include: Measure for Measure, Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company), Twelfth Night (Lyric Belfast), End of the Food Chain (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Nervous Breakdown (Warehouse Theatre), Tartuffe (ETT tour), A Barry White Christmas (Liverpool Echo Arena), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hope Place, Twelfth Night, Held, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tartuffe, Flint Street Nativity, Sleeping Beauty, Love at a Loss, ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore, Wild Wild Women, Trojan Women and Dead Heavy Fantastic (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse), One Round in The Ladykillers (Watermill Theatre), Merry Ding Dong, Little Scouse On The Prairie, Scouse Pacific, A Fistful Of Collars, Funny Money, Night Collar, Reds And Blues The Musical, Slappers and Slapheads, Ladies Night, Mam! I’m ‘Ere!, Father O’Flaherty Saves Our Souls (written by me!), Scouse of the Rising Sun, The Royal, and Bingo Star in Bingo Star (Royal Court, Liverpool) - several Liverpool Royal Court productions were revived by popular demand; and Dennis in Tim Firth's Calendar Girls The Musical.
Television credits include: Sweet Nothing, Under Suspicion, Hollyoaks, Moving On, Phone Shop, Casualty 1907, Kingdom, Robin Hood, Ghost Boat, Blue Blood, Wire in the Blood, The Plan Man, Rome, Merseybeat, This Little Life, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, City Central, Dad, Drop the Dead Donkey, Murder in Mind, North Square, Sins, Dockers, This Life, Wycliffe, Grushko, The Day Today, Soldier Soldier, and an episode of the latest series of Vera.
Film credits include: Memory of Water, The Birthday Girl, Under Suspicion, Trigger Puller, The Pond and Look at Me I’m Beautiful.
Radio credits include: Tartuffe and The Ladykillers.
Tim was born and has lived his entire life in the North West of the UK. He was educated at Appleton Hall School in Warrington then at King’s College, Cambridge where he set up a theatre company with Sam Mendes and wrote for the Footlights comedy team with whom he created the award winning radio series And Now In Colour on Radio 4. He also performed on the Mary Whitehouse Experience and wrote the Radio 4 musical comedy Friday Night Clive with David Baddiel.
Tim’s theatre credits include the musical (for which he wrote book, music and lyrics) This Is My Family (director Daniel Evans, Sheffield Crucible, UK Theatre Award Best New Musical), Neville’s Island (director. Jeremy Sams, Nottingham Playhouse and West End, Evening Standard & Olivier nomination, MEN Award), The Safari Party (director Alan Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph, Scarborough and Hampstead), the musical Our House (director Mathew Warchus, West End, Olivier Award Best Musical), The Flint Street Girls (Liverpool Playhouse) and Sign Of The Times (UK Tour and West End). His play Calendar Girls (Chichester Festival Theatre, West End and UK Tour) broke all British records for a professional and amateur play, was nominated for an Olivier and won the WhatsOnStage Best Comedy Award.
Calendar Girls The Musical, co-written with Gary Barlow, opened at Leeds Opera House and transferred to the Phoenix Theatre in the West End, winning a WhatsOnStage Award and an Olivier nomination. His musical The Band (Manchester Opera House) won the MEN best Musical award. Tim’s latest musical (book, music and lyrics) Now Is Good opened at Chester Storyhouse and was nominated for the 2022 UK Theatre Award. 2022 also saw Tim collaborate with Gary Barlow on the show A Different Stage (Duke of York’s Theatre).
Tim’s film credits include Blackball, Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots and The Wedding Video.
Recent work for television includes the Playhouse drama Timeless. His previous TV credits include Money For Nothing (Writer’s Guild Award), Cruise Of The Gods, The Flint Street Nativity and Preston Front (Writer’s Guild Award, British Comedy Award, RTS Award, BAFTA Nomination). His children’s comedy series The Rottentrolls won a BAFTA and was recently voted by Radio Times one of the top fifty children’s shows of all time.
2023 sees the stage version of The Band retitled Greatest Days, the film version (directed by Coky Giedroyc) released and a new production of Calendar Girls The Musical.
He has toured the UK with fellow playwright and composer Willy Russell, becoming a companion of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and Honoris Causea University of Chester.
Stacey has enjoyed a long and varied career spanning over 30 years within the entertainment industry. Starting as a dancer in the West End and on TV she then crossed over from performer to choreographer/director to on screen judge and performance expert.
Credits include:
THEATRE UK & Europe:
(Director/Choreographer) Mamma Mia The Party (London), Footloose (UK and European Tour), Carmen Jones (UK and Japan Tour), The Rocky Horror Show (West End, UK and European Tour), The Blue Room.
(Director) Chicago (UK Tour 2021), Steppin’ Out.
(Associate/Resident Director) The Lion King, Elf, Fame, West Side Story, Flashdance, Five Guys Named Moe, Rent, Smokey Joe's Café.
(Artistic Executive Producer for Live Nation UK) The Producers, Guys and Dolls, Singin' in the Rain, Starlight Express, Cats, My Fair Lady.
(Creative Consultant) One Love.
ARENA SHOWS/TOURS UK & US:
(Creative Director/Choreographer) Blue Heart and Soul Tour 2022, America’s Got Talent, X- Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Flawless, Michael Ball, John Newman, Hollywood Prom Lytham Festival.
FILM:
(Associate Choreographer) Sense and Sensibility, Othello, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Hamlet
TELEVISION:
(Choreographer) You’re the One That I Want (ITV), Happy Birthday BAFTA (ITV);
TELEVISION:
(On Screen) The Big Audition (ITV), Grease and Hairspray the School Musical (Sky 1), Strictly Dance Fever (BBC), Musicality (Channel 4), Britain's Got More Talent (ITV2), StreetDance (Channel 4).
Aaron Renfree has established himself as one of the UK’s leading creatives and is currently at the helm of the The Masked Singer and The Masked Dancer franchise as choreographer working with creative director Elizabeth Honan.
He worked on Season Two of the hit primetime show, Starstruck as part of the creative team.
Aaron was an original member of S Club 8 (formerly S Club Juniors) achieving 6 top ten singles and 2 top ten albums.
The group won The Disney Channel Awards (Best Newcomers), had a sell-out UK tour and their own TV series I Dream (BBC). After the band’s success, Aaron went back to train at the renowned Laine Theatre Arts. He went onto become an original cast member of Flashdance, before joining the cast of We Will Rock You (West End). Aaron started dancing commercially with Taylor Swift, Little Mix, Kylie Minogue, Sean Paul, Take That, Fleur East, Olly Murs, JLS, Alexandra Burke, Kimberly Wyatt and Adam Garcia.
TV credits include: The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, The Voice, The Brits and The Royal Variety Show.
Aaron choreographed the original production of Eugenius and recently returned as choreographer for the 2023 version (Turbine Theatre).
The X Factor UK Tours saw him as Assistant Director. Other choreographic credits include the Professionals On Ice tours which lead him to working with legends Torvill & Dean in panto and Dancing On Ice.
Aaron was on screen choreographer for The Greatest Dancer (BBC) and worked with American dance stars Maddie & McKenzie Ziegler (UK Tour). In 2023 he was guest choreographer on the hit TV show Rupaul’s DragRace.
Lucy is a scenic and costume designer whose work is regularly seen in major venues in London, New York and across the UK. Her work reaches extensively across disciplines with a focus on new work, installation design and theatre architecture.
Notable designs include: The UK premieres of award-winning new musicals Fisherman’s Friends The Musical (UK Tour, Canada), The Osmonds (UK Tour), The Famous Five: A New Musical (Theatr Clwyd, Chichester Festival Theatre) and The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd).
Other recent credits include: Cabaret (Gothenburg Opera), Afterplay (Coronet Theatre), God’s Dice (Soho Theatre), Rich Kids (Traverse, UK Tour), Rutherford and Son, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Sheffield Crucible), Les Misérables (Wermland Opera), Uncle Vanya (Theatr Clwyd, Sheffield Theatres), Privacy (Public Theatre, New York), Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse), A Pacifist's Guide to War on Cancer (National Thatre & Complicité) which toured the UK and Australia.
Lucy is a co-designer of Roundabout, the world’s first flat-pack theatre and winner of The Stage Award’s ‘Theatre Building of the Year’. Lucy’s company studio three sixty advocate for resilient, inclusive and inspirational theatre buildings through a combination of design and consultancy.
Lucy is a Trustee of the Theatres Trust and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is a member of the Editorial Board for the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (2019 and 2023).
She was chosen as one of a handful of designers to represent Great Britain at the Prague Quadrennial of Theatre Design 2019 with her design for The Assassination of Katie Hopkins.
Rob Casey is the co-founder of Ammonite, a company specialising in the technical development and support of a diverse range of live entertainment.
Ammonite’s credits include: Frozen (Denver, Broadway, US Tour, Australia, West End, Tokyo, Germany), Back to the Future (Manchester, London), Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour), The Lehman Trilogy (Broadway), Bat Out of Hell (Manchester, West End, Toronto, US Tour), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (London, Broadway, Australia, San Francisco, Germany, Tokyo), Les Miserables (West End, UK Tour), Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (West End), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (West End, Broadway, US Tour, UK Tour), The Jungle (West End, San Francisco).
His credits as an Associate Lighting Designer include: Hugh Jackman (International Tour), Blue Man Group (International Tour), Local Hero (Edinburgh), Pericles, wonder.land (NT and Paris), The Light Princess, James I/II/III (NT and Edinburgh International Festival, UK Tour) ; Chess (London Coliseum), Elf, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Peter and Alice, Privates on Parade, Ocean at the End of the Lane, Cabaret and Wolf Hall (West End), The Audience, King Charles III (Sydney, New York, West End), Red Shoes, The Phantom of the Opera, Sleeping Beauty (UK and US Tours), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Barbican, World Tour), Tarzan (Germany), Half a Sixpence, Barnum (Chichester Festival Theatre), Red Velvet (Tricycle, New York), Mamma Mia: The Party and The King and I (UK Tour).
Sound Design incudes: Sylvia (Old Vic), Newsies (Troubadour, Wembley Park Theatre), My Neighbour Totoro (RSC at the Barbican Theatre), Kinky Boots (New Wolsey Theatre), Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep), Legally Blonde (Regent’s Park Theatre), The 47th (Old Vic), Running With Lions (Talawa, Lyric Hammersmith), Spring Awakening (Almeida Theatre), The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre), Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical (Lyric Theatre), A Place For We (Talawa, Park Theatre), Blue/Orange (Theatre Royal Bath), And Breathe.... (Almeida Theatre) Gin Craze! (Royal & Derngate), The Living Newspaper (Royal Court), Shoe Lady (Royal Court), Poet In da Corner (Royal Court & UK Tour) Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), Salad Days (UK Tour), American Idiot (UK Tour), Songs For Nobodies (Wilton's Music Hall & West End), Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall), The Wild Party (The Other Palace), Lazarus (King’s Cross).
Associate Sound Design includes: Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Theatre & UK Tour), Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward), Tina - The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych, Broadway, Hamburg, Utrecht), Here Lies Love (National Theatre, Seattle Rep), The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales, European Tour), Disney's Aladdin (Prince Edward, Germany), Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (Aldwych), The Girl from the North Country (Old Vic, Noel Coward), Groundhog Day (Old Vic), Matilda The Musical (International Tour), Spring Awakening (Hammersmith Lyric, Novello).
Awards: Winner for 'Best Sound' for My Neighbour Totoro - 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, Black British Theatre Awards (BBTA ) Light & Sound Recognition Award – 2019 & 2021
Other: Wise Children Trustee, Stage Sight Co-Director, Founder of The Audio Cartel.
Theatre credits include: Back to the Future, Grease, Elf, Time Traveller's Wife, Into the Woods, Waitress, Only Fools & Horses, Mamma Mia! (worldwide), Mamma Mia! The Party, Magic Mike Live, Matilda (Adult casting), 42nd Street, Bat Out of Hell, 5 Guys Named Moe, Ghost, Our House, Sweet Charity (Donmar), Groundhog Day, Jekyll & Hyde (Old Vic), Chicago, Shrek, Grease, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mrs Henderson Presents, Fat Friends, The Commitments (UK Tour), Man of La Mancha, Chess, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, On the Town, Kismet (English National Opera), Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hello Dolly, Crazy for You (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, On the Town (BBC Proms/John Wilson) Guys & Dolls, My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin, Oliver, Sweet Charity (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), My Fair Lady, Candide, 42nd Street, Singing in the Rain. Kiss Me Kate (Chatelet Paris), The Beggars Opera (Theatre des Bouffes du Nord Paris), Guys and Dolls (Theatre Marigny Paris).
For Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, Bombay Dreams, The Woman in White, The Sound of Music, Love Never Dies, The Wizard of Oz, Stephen Ward, School of Rock, Unmasked, Cinderella.
Film credits include: Musical Ensemble Casting: Matilda, Greatest Days, Mamma Mia! Here we Go Again, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin, Mamma Mia! UK Dancer Casting: Mary Poppins Returns, Nine.
Casting Director: The Phantom of the Opera.
Television credits include: Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream, The Sound of Music Live (2016 BAFTA Award), Superstar, Over the Rainbow, I’d Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, How Do Solve A Problem like Maria (2007 Emmy Award), Kombat Opera presents…(2008 Golden Rose Montreux Award) Hollyoaks, West End Star (TV3 Sweden).
Awards: Casting Directors Guild Award for Best Musical Casting 2022 – Back to the Future.
David is also proud to be Associate Artist at Old Vic, Trustee Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Vice President Arts Educational School, Trustee Council of Dance and Musical Theatre.
GBC Casting Directors: Will Burton, Stephen Crockett
GBC Casting Associate: Amy Beadel
GBC Casting Assistant: Tam Kirk
John studied music at Southampton University, before embarking on a career including jazz, cabaret, musical theatre and film.
Theatre includes: Musical Supervision for: Avenue Q (UK Tour), Footloose (UK Tour), Cinderella (Cambridge Arts Theatre).
Musical Direction for: Mamma Mia! The Party (The O2), The Band (Theatre Royal Haymarket and UK Tour), In The Heights (King’s Cross Theatre) Singin’ in the Rain (UK Tour) Viva Forever (Piccadilly Theatre), West Side Story (Belfast Festival), Cabaret (Lyric Theatre), Dancing In The Streets (Cambridge Theatre), Annie (UK tour), The Wizard Of Oz (Gaiety Theatre).
Assistant MD and keyboards for: Fame (Aldwych Theatre and UK Tour), Mamma Mia! (International Tour), Love Me Tender (UK Tour), Dance Till Dawn (UK Tour), Shoes (Sadlers Wells), The Full Monty (UK Tour), Tell Me On A Sunday (UK Tour), Summer Holiday (UK Tour).
Away from theatre, recent pop/session work takes in performing and recording with artists including Dame Shirley Bassey, Brian May, Kerry Ellis, Matt Cardle and Corinne Bailey Rae.
Television and film includes: Producing music for the BBC Drama Howards End, and as Musical Supervisor, Orchestrator and Conductor for Captain America: The First Avenger. Other recording work includes producing music for TV shows and advertisements and producing orchestrations and click tracks for theatre shows in the UK and internationally.
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