GREG ARROWSMITH
MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Greg is a music supervisor, conductor, composer and arranger with a career spanning over 25 years. Credits include: Carmen (Belfast Grand Opera House), Come Alive - The Greatest Showman Spectacular (London and Australia), Follies (Belfast Grand Opera House), The Rocky Horror Show (Playhouse Theatre, Peacock Theatre, Dominion Theatre and New Zealand, Australia and European tours), Sheherazade (Hoddinott Hall + Broadcast,  BBC National Orchestra of Wales), Songs for Nobodies (Ambassadors Theatre + Wiltons Music Hall), Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Playhouse Theatre), Hairspray (Shaftesbury Theatre), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Vaudeville Theatre), Shall We Dance (Sadler’s Wells), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium, UK tour and Singapore) and over 20 pantomimes including 9 at the London Palladium. Tours include: Chess, Calamity Jane, Kiss Me Kate and Sister Act, Happy Days and Club Tropicana. Arrangements include: Shout! (Arts Theatre), The Entertainer (UK tour), Club Tropicana (UK tour), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (UK tour), The Rink (Southwark Playhouse), Twist and Shout (UK tour), Snow White, Dick Whittington, and Jack and the Beanstalk (also composer of new scores – Theatre Royal, Newcastle), Christmas at St Paul’s (St Paul’s Cathedral), The Ballad of Benny Junior (Riverside Studios), the reconstruction of the score for Cole Porter’s Aladdin (Sadler’s Wells), Noel and Gertie (UK tour). His new opera, Ciphers, premiered at the Tête à Tête opera festival in 2024.

Orchestration and arranging credits:

The Rocky Horror Show, (World tour 2021/2026 /Trafalgar Productions) Sheherazade, (BBC NOW - Hoddinott Hall), Ciphers, (Tete a tete festival) 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

Follies, Musical Director and new arrangements (Belfast Grand Opera House / N.I Opera) Come Alive, Music Supervisor (Empress Museum, London + Australia tour)The Rocky Horror Show, Musical Director & Supervisor (World tour 2021/2026 /Trafalgar Productions) Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Peter Pan, Musical Director (London Palladium / Crossroads pantomimes) Goldilocks and the three bears, Pantoland, Jack and the Beantstalk, Snow White, Dick Whittington, Cinderella Musical Director (London Palladium / QDOS productions) Songs for nobodies, Musical Director & Supervisor (Ambassadors Theatre – RGM 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) 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.)