Biography

Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (Musical Direction, Recipient of Help Musicians UK’s Lesley Hayes Award) and University of Cambridge.

Musical Directing and Musical Supervising credits include: Johannes Radebe: House of JoJo (UK Tour, ROYO entertainment); Johannes Radebe: Freedom Unleashed (UK Tour, ROYO Entertainment); My One and Only (University of Chichester); Awakening of Cheerful Feelings (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama); The Snow Queen, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, and Alice In Wonderland (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); Just So (University of Chichester); Our House (Urdang Academy); Honk (Union Theatre and UK Tour); Soldier On (The Other Palace, Playground Theatre and UK Tour); Give My Regards To Broadway (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); H.R.Haitch (Union Theatre); Peter Pan, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Aladdin (Theatre Royal Bath); When Midnight Strikes, and Birds of Paradise (Drayton Arms Theatre); [title of show] (Waterloo East Theatre); Busters (Bernie Grant Arts Centre); Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk (The Maltings, Ely); Hello, Dolly! (ADC Theatre, Cambridge).

Assistant and Associate Musical Directing credits include: Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (Criterion Theatre, Jamie Wilson Productions); Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (Kiln Theatre, Dir:Tim Jackson, MD:Sean Green); OSCAR At The Crown (Edinburg Fringe, ROYO Entertainment/The Neon Coven); Evita (International Tour, MD – Simon Holt); [Title of Show] (Above The Stag); Swallows and Amazons (University Parks, Oxford); On the Town (University of Chichester, MD – Dustin Conrad); Blondel (Union Theatre, MD – Simon Holt); Paper Hearts (Edinburgh Fringe 2016, MD – Daniel Jarvis); Anne of Green Gables (Unicorn Theatre, MD – Neil MacDonald); Undergraduate Musical Theatre Showcase 2015 (Phoenix Theatre); First Lady Suite (Karamel Club, MD – Nigel Lilley).

Cabaret & Concert credits include: The Night Our Parents Disappeared (The Other Palace, The Lowry); Let’s Duet! Let’s Fall In Love (Live at Zedel); Birdcage (Hospital Club); Roles I’ll Never Play (91 Brick Lane); A Night at the Movies (Phoenix Artist Club); West End Night Off (Pizza Express Live, High Holborn); Simon David Virgin (Above The Stag) and Live At The Tower (Tower of London).

Workshop credits include: Chicken Coop (Dominic Adam Griffin, Ellie Nunn); Behind Enchanted Windows (Emma Butler, RJG Productions); The Night Our Parent’s Disappeared (Andrew Room); Jet Set Go! (MT Fest, Turbine Theatre); Chicken Little, and DinoStory (From Page To Stage: Festival of New Musical Theatre, The Other Palace Studio); Hot Lips and Cold War (London Theatre Workshop)

Cast Recordings include: Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (Keys 2, Jamie Wilson Productions); UCAS The Musical (Keys, Jude Obermüller)

Oli teaches at drama schools including Urdang, Mountview, LSMT and the University of Chichester. He has also been involved with several community projects with ENO Engage, and regularly plays for their Discover Opera days at the London Coliseum. While at University, Oli was extensively involved with productions at the ADC Theatre and was musical director for many shows including Into The Woods, Company, Cabaret, Merrily We Roll Along, Footloose and Jet Set Go!