GREG ARROWSMITH
MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Equally at home as a conductor, pianist, composer and orchestrator, Greg’s diverse career has taken him all over the world. International credits include Sister Act at the Opera House Monaco, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Esplanade Theatre Singapore, Chess at the Princess Of Wales Theatre Toronto, Fame at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco, The Rocky Horror Picture Show European tour and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

London and West End credits include Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre), Songs for Nobodies (Ambassadors Theatre), Snow White, Cinderella and the Olivier award winning Dick Whittington (London palladium),The Rocky Horror Show Live (Playhouse Theatre), Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (Playhouse Theatre), Hairspray (Shaftesbury Theatre), A Winters Tale (Rose Theatre), The Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury Theatre), Cole Porter’s Aladdin (Sadler’s Wells), Shall we Dance (Sadler’s Wells), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Vaudeville Theatre), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium), Smokey Joes Café (Landor Theatre), The Great Gatsby (Riverside studios)

UK tours include Sister Act, Chess, Calamity Jane, Happy Days, Kiss me Kate, Shout!, A Chorus Line, Noel Gertie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jolson & Co.

Orchestrations include Songs for nobodies (Ambassadors Theatre), The Rink (Southwark Playhouse), Club Tropicana (UK tour), J’ Accuse (Film score), High (Album for Australian tenor Dan Koek), Happy Days (UK tour), Shout! (Arts Theatre and UK tour), The Ballad of Benny Junior (Riverside Studios), The Bugle Boy (UK tour), Satin ‘n’ Steel (UK tour), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (UK tour), Noel and Gertie (UK tour), the 175th birthday of the Newcastle Theatre Royal, A Chorus Line, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Celebration Christmas, (Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage)

Greg is also the principal conductor of Melodramatic Productions and has conducted symphonic recordings of Scheherazade, Swan Lake and Peer Gynt. For more information, visit: www.melodramaticproductions.com.

Orchestration and arranging credits:

Sheherazade, (BBC NOW - Hoddinott Hall), Ciphers, Opera currently being written Songs for nobodies, Ambassadors Theatre (RGM Productions) Club Tropicana, UK tour (Mark Goucher Productions) The Rink, Southwark Playhouse (Jack Maple Productions) Christmas at St Pauls, NSPCC Charity concert broadcast by Classic FM (St Pauls Catherderdal) The Canary Girls, Workshop of new musical with score by Tim Kellett Hollywood for ever, UK tour (Christian Gibson productions) Twist and Shout!  UK tour (Songbook productions) High (Album – Dan Koek), General release (DRK productions sponsored by Qantas) Snow White, Newcastle Theatre Royal (also composer) Jack and the beanstalk, Newcastle Theatre Royal (also composer) Dick Whittington, Newcastle Theatre Royal (also composer) Satin & Steel, Uk tour (Robert & John Productions) Genuine Fakes, Workshop of new musical with score by Richard Silver The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, UK tour (Giddy Ox Productions) Bugle Boy, UK tour (Bruce James Productions) Montecarlo circus festival, Monaco The best of friends, Workshop of new musical with score by Nick Fogarty 175th birthday Gala, Newcastle Theatre Royal (Micheal Harrison) Shout! Arts Theatre, West End and UK tour (Mark Goucher Productions) Noël and Gertie, UK tour (SLL Productions) The Rockafellas, World tour Scheherazade, MP Productions Sunlit dust, Tate Modern (Fim and Video Umbrella Productions) A Chorus Line, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage (SLL Productions) Pinocchio, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage (SLL Productions, also composer) Hansel and Gretel, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage (SLL Productions, also composer) Yanomamo, Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin (University of Middlesex) The distance we have come, New Players Theatre The ballad of Benny Junior, Riverside Studios (Word & Music Co.)

Musical direction / supervision credits

The Rocky Horror Show, Musical Director & Supervisor (World tour 2021/2023 /Trafalgar Productions) Goldilocks and the three bears, Musical Director (London Palladium / QDOS productions) Songs for nobodies, Musical Director & Supervisor (Ambassadors Theatre – RGM productions) Snow White, Musical Director (London Palladium / QDOS productions) Club Tropicana, Musical Supervisor (UK tour / Mark Goucher Productions) Strictly Ballroom, Musical Director (Piccadilly Theatre / Global Creatures Ltd) A Winters tale, Musical director (Rose Theatre, Kingston / YMT) Dick Whittington, Musical Director (London Palladium / QDOS productions – Olivier award winner) Sister Act, Musical Director (UK tour / Jamie Wilson Productions) Cinderella at the Palladium, Musical Director (London Palladium / QDOS productions)Only the brave, Musical Director (Wales Millennium Centre / Birdsong productions) CLD the real lewis Carroll, Musical Supervisor (Christschurch college, Oxford / Oxford Music Theatre) Rocky Horror Show Live, Musical Director (Playhouse Theatre, West end / ATG + Live cinema broadcast) Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Musical Director (Playhouse Theatre, West end / ATG + cast album Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Musical Director (Adelaide Festival Theatre) Guilty of love, Musical Supervisor (UK tour / Oxford Music Theatre) Guys and Dolls, Musical Director (Chichester Festival Theatre / CFT productions) Happy Days, Musical Supervisor (UK tour / Amy Anzel / Kenny Wax Productions) Aladdin (Cole Porter), Musical Director (Sadler’s Wells / The Lost Musicals Organisation) I dreamed a dream, Associate Musical Supervisor (UK tour / Michael Harrison Entertainment) Chess, Musical Director (UK tour and Princess of Wales, Toronto / Michael Harrison Entertainment) Rocky Horror Show, Musical Director (European tour / BB Promotions) The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Musical Director (Vaudeville Theatre, West End / Nica Burns and TFP) Jolson & Co. Musical Director (UK tour / Michael Harrison Entertainment Ltd.) Shout! Musical Supervisor and Arranger (UK tour & Arts Theatre, West end / Mark Goucher Ltd.) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Musical Director (UK tour and Singapore / Michael Rose Ltd.) Scheherazade, Conductor (Album starring Brian Blessed and Rory Bremner / melodramatic productions) Fame, Musical Director (Grimaldi Forum, Monaco / Brownowski Productions) Smokey Joes Café , Musical Director (Landor Theatre, London) Kiss Me, Kate, Musical Director (UK tour / Tristan Baker Productions) Hairspray, Assistant Musical Director (Shaftesbury Theatre, West End / Stage Entertainment) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Assistant Musical Director (London Palladium / Michael Rose Ltd.)