REPRESENTATION
The Soho Agency London
WME New York
EDUCATION & TRAINING
University of Oxford — MA Hons, Classics II (Ancient Greek) and English Literature
Trinity College London — Advanced Performance Certificate, Piano
National Youth Music Theatre
CREDITS:
STAGE
Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! (2022-4) — Composer/Lyricist/Musical arranger/MD — Paines Plough Roundabout at Summerhall Edinburgh, Underbelly Edinburgh, Bristol Old Vic, Home Manchester, Ambassadors Theatre London
Nanny (2024) — Composer/Lyricist/MD — Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious (2022-3) — Director — Underbelly Edinburgh (Amused Moose Comedy Award), Soho Theatre
Frisky & Mannish: PopCorn (2021) — Writer/Performer — Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield (digital streaming)
Frisky & Mannish: PopLab (2019-21) — Writer/Performer — Battersea Arts Centre, Tabard Theatre Chiswick, Seymour Centre Sydney, Assembly Edinburgh, UK tour, Coventry UK City of Culture 2021, Spiegeltent Cavendish Square
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) (2016-21) — Composer/Lyricist/MD — FRÜIT Hull, New Diorama Theatre, Greenwich Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre, The HUB Leeds, Pleasance Edinburgh, HighTide Festival, UK tour, VAULT Festival, Wilton’s Music Hall (digital streaming)
A Frisky & Mannish Christmas, presented under various titles (2008-20) — Writer/Performer — Leicester Square Theatre, Lyric Theatre London, The Barn Wadhurst, Edinburgh’s Christmas & Hogmanay, Christmas in Leicester Square, digital streaming
Richard Carpenter is Close to You (2017-8) — Writer/Performer — Otherplace Brighton, Old Fire Station Oxford, Underground Buxton, Wardrobe Theatre Bristol, Underbelly Edinburgh, BBC Presents… Cabaret, Adelaide Festival Centre, Butterfly Club Melbourne, Bloomsbury Theatre, UK tour
Miss Nightingale (2018) — George Nowodny — London Hippodrome
Dr. Ahmed Kazmi: Cabaret Consultations (2018) — Musical arranger — Fringe World Perth (Best Cabaret Award nominee), Adelaide Fringe
Beauty and the Beast (2017) — Musical director — CAST Doncaster
Beans (2017) — Writer — Canal Café Theatre Little Venice
Psychodermabrasion, or Marksman (2015-7) — Writer/Performer — Jacksons Lane Theatre Highgate, Platform Southwark, The HUB Leeds
Ruth Less (2013-6) — Writer/Performer — performances include Albany Deptford, Barbican Centre, Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen Leeds, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (Double R Club’s Miss Twin Peaks 2013), Black Cap Camden, Gatehouse Theatre Stafford, Glastonbury Festival, Glory Dalston, Good Ship Kilburn, Lockside Lounge Camden, LOST Theatre Wandsworth, Madame Jojo’s Soho, Le Monde Edinburgh, Others Stoke Newington, Pleasance Islington, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Shoreditch Town Hall, Soho Theatre, Southbank Centre (London Wonderground & Udderbelly Festival), Spiegeltent Sheffield/Hidden Perspectives, Theatre Delicatessen Farrington, Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh
Charming Dick (2016) — Witch Queen — Cockpit Theatre Marylebone
Royal Vauxhall (2016) — Kenny Everett — Latitude Festival, Underbelly Edinburgh, Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Nick Hall: Szgrabble (2016) — Composer/MD — Museum of Comedy London, Bar Tank Edinburgh, The Bell Inn Ticehurst
Heels of Glory (2016) — Honey — Chelsea Theatre
Stay Another Song (2016) — Musical director — Young Vic/Taking Part
Frisky & Mannish: CabaRIOT! (2015-6) — Writer/Performer — Udderbelly South Bank, West Australian Spiegeltent Perth, Underbelly Edinburgh, Auckland Town Hall
Frisky & Mannish: Just Too Much (2014-5) — Writer/Performer — Udderbelly South Bank, Latitude Festival, Somersault Festival, Milton Keynes International Festival, Underbelly Edinburgh, The Forum Kentish Town, UK tour, Circustheater Perth, Adelaide Festival Centre, Canterbury Festival
Failed States (2015) — Hannah and others — Latitude Festival
Wif and Wer (2015) — Paul — National Theatre Temporary Theatre/Women Centre Stage Festival
Camera Lucida (2014) — Fig.3 — Barbican Centre/Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award
Four Screws Loose: The Big Screw-Up (2014) — Director — Assembly Edinburgh (filmed for broadcast by Hibrow via BBC Arts and Odeon), Brighton Dome
Four Screws Loose: Screwtopia! (2013-4) — Director — Assembly Edinburgh, St. James’ Theatre Victoria, Adelaide Fringe, Udderbelly South Bank
Max & Iván: The Reunion (2013-4) — Musical arranger — Soho Theatre, Pleasance Edinburgh (Comedy Award nominee), Melbourne Comedy Festival (Barry Award nominee)
Dirty Laundry (2013) — Tristan/Constable — Theatre503 Battersea, Latitude Festival, Underbelly Edinburgh
Frisky & Mannish: Extra-Curricular Activities (2012-3) — Writer/Performer — Udderbelly South Bank, Beat-Herder Festival, Cornbury Festival, T in the Park Festival, Kinsale Arts Festival, Latitude Festival, Assembly Edinburgh, KOKO Camden, UK tour, Circustheater Perth, Factory Theatre Sydney, Deluxe Adelaide, Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Real Horror Show (2012-3) — Adam and others — Leicester Square Theatre, Hen & Chickens Theatre Islington, Assembly Edinburgh
Frisky & Mannish: Pop Centre Plus, known as Pop Centrelink in Australia (2011-3) — Writer/Performer — Udderbelly South Bank, Latitude Festival, Underbelly Edinburgh, Dublin Fringe, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, UK tour, Theatre Royal Dumfries/Big Burns Supper, De Parel Spiegeltent Perth, London Wonderground
Frisky & Mannish: The College Years (2010-3) — Writer/Performer — Latitude Festival, Riverside Studios Hammersmith, Underbelly Edinburgh, Samuel Beckett Theatre Dublin, Bestival, Bloomsbury Theatre, UK tour, De Parel Spiegeltent Perth, London Wonderground
Frisky & Mannish’s School of Pop (2009-13) — Writer/Performer — Leicester Square Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, Underbelly Edinburgh, Pavilion Theatre Brighton, Samuel Beckett Theatre Dublin, UK tour, Soho Theatre, Sydney Opera House/Mardi Gras, Melbourne Comedy Festival, New Zealand Arts Festival, Howl at the Moon Singapore, Adelaide Festival Centre, London Wonderground
Punch (2012) — John — Canal Café Theatre Little Venice, Underbelly Edinburgh
Frisky & Mannish: 27 Club (2012) — Writer/Performer — Tabard Theatre Chiswick, Assembly Edinburgh
2012: An Olympic Vaudeville (2012) — Composer/Writer/Performer — Greenwich Theatre/Emerging Artists Season
The Iron Eyelashes (2008) — Musical director — Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich/PULSE Festival
Merman at the Jermyn (2008) — Musical director — Jermyn Street Theatre, Aldeburgh Music Festival
Oklahoma! (2002-3) — Ensemble — Waterfront Hall Belfast, Sherman Theatre Cardiff, Peacock Theatre Sadler’s Wells
The Secret Garden (2002) — Dickon — King’s Head Theatre Islington
Other performances include:
Cabaret: Basement Theatre Auckland, Blackpool Grand, Café de Paris Piccadilly, Café Royal Hotel & Crazy Coqs Brasserie Zedel, The Grand Clapham, London Hippodrome (La Clique), Madame Jojo’s Soho, Rah Rah Room Electric Carousel, Royal Vauxhall Tavern (Duckie), Soho Theatre (Nina Conti Cabaret), Southbank Centre (The Horne Section, Jazzamatazz, Tuff Nut Jazz Club), Wild Cabaret Glasgow
Comedy: The Arts Club, Bloomsbury Theatre (Dave Comedy Night, Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People), Bush Hall Shepherd’s Bush, Camden Crawl, Kelvingrove Bandstand Glasgow (Best of the Fest in the West), Noël Coward Theatre (Frank Skinner & Friends), Phoenix Cavendish Square (Distraction Club), Wilton’s Music Hall (Times+ Live Comedy), 606 Club Chelsea
Festival: Camp Bestival, Chelsea Theatre/Sacred Festival, Edinburgh Fringe (BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals, BBC Comedy Presents, The Wrestling), Glasgow Cabaret Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Greenwich Comedy Festival, Henley Festival, Hull Freedom Festival, Innocent Un-Plugged Festival, Lechlade Festival, Lovebox, Manchester Pride, Nonsuch on Trent Festival, Selfridge’s/Big Yellow Festival, Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff/Blysh Festival
International: Hi-Fi Melbourne, Hong Kong (Edinburgh Festival Allstars), Jazzclub-Kunstfabrik Berlin, John Mackintosh Hall Gibraltar, Scheinbar Varieté Berlin, The Slipper Room New York, Sydney Opera House, UfaFabrik Berlin
Other: Aeronaut Circus Acton, Albany Deptford, ArtsDepot North Finchley, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Bloc Bar Camden, Carriageworks Leeds, Cumbernauld Theatre, The Glory Dalston, Jacksons Lane Highgate, Richmond Theatre (Evening of Burlesque), Riverside Studios Hammersmith (Enter Mickey Jeronimo), Russet Hackney Downs (EastEnd Cabaret Club), Shadow Lounge Soho, Underground Rebel Bingo Club, Volupté Lounge, The Voodoo Rooms
RADIO
Jo Whiley (2019) — BBC Radio 2
Sarah Brett (2019) — BBC Radio 5 Live
Matt Edmondson (2014) — BBC Radio 1
Sketchorama (2012-5) — BBC Radio 4
The Verb (2014) — BBC Radio 3
Scott Mills (2011-3) — BBC Radio 1
The Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman (2012) — BBC Radio 2
The Perfect Christmas Single (2012) — BBC Radio 1 Stories
BBC New Comedy Awards Final 2012 (2012) — BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 4 Extra Comedy Club with Andi Osho (2012) — BBC Radio 4
Fun and Filth Cabaret (2011-2)— BBC Radio 1
Gemma Cairney (2011) — BBC Radio 1 Xtra
Shaun Keaveny (2011) — BBC 6 Music
BBC Radio 7 Comedy Club (2011) — BBC Radio 7
The World Today (2011) — BBC World Service
Lauren Laverne (2009) — BBC 6 Music
Other performances/interviews include: ABC Perth & Sydney; BBC Radio Bristol, Devon, Leeds, London, Norfolk, Scotland, Somerset & Wiltshire; Capital FM Scotland; Forth 1; FUBAR Radio; LBC; TalkRadio; XFM
TV
The Edinburgh Show (2019) — BBC Scotland
Sky News (2019) — Sky
The Café with Mel & Mike (2016) — Three NZ
Evening Show (2014) — London Live
Text Santa (2014) — ITV
Love Shaft (2012) — E4
The Culture Show (2011) — BBC2
Live at the Fringe (2011) — BBC3
Dick & Dom’s Funny Business (2011) — BBC2/CBBC
The Hour (2009) — STV
Songs of Praise (2004) — BBC1
SHORT FILM & VIDEO
That’s Hot (2022) — Composer/Lyricist/Musical director — National Film & Television School
999 (2015) — Emergency call handler
Ruth Less: 9 Things (2015) — Writer/Performer/Producer
Mary Berry’s Little Lamb (2015) — Director (Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award nominee)
A Stranger Kind (2015) — Musician — Orofena Films (New York Horror Film Festival Audience Award)
In an Elevator (2014) — Writer/Performer
The Artist-Critic Conflict (2014) — Writer/Performer/Producer
Cabarevolution (2013) — Writer
Session Squared (2013) — Writer
Too Cabaret: A Message for Gary Barlow (2012) — Writer/Performer/Producer
AUDIO & PODCAST
MusicalTalk (2022)
The Friday Film Club (2021)
The Frisky & Mannish Podcast (2019-20) — ITunes Comedy Chart, no. 1
StageFaves (2018)
The Edinburgh Fringe Show (2017)
Enter Mickey Jeronimo (2014)
The Stage Edinburgh Fringe Podcast (2012)
The Dave Weekly Podcast (2011)
EVENT
Madame Gingerline (2016) — Composer/Lyricist/Musical arranger — Gingerline Group East London
Chambers of Flavour (2015) — Composer/Lyricist — Gingerline Group East London
Elaine Paige: I’m Still Here (2014) — Voice-over — Royal Albert Hall, ScreenLive Entertainment
Planet Gingerline (2013) — Composer/Performer — Gingerline Group East London
Charity events include: Amnesty’s Stand Up for Freedom, The Big C at Edinburgh International Conference Centre, EQUALS Live at Southbank Centre, A Garden Party to Make a Difference at Clarence House, Stand Up for Shelter at McEwan Hall, War on Want Comedy Gala at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Media/showcase events include: Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Brighton Fringe, Edinburgh International Television Festival, Offbeat Festival Oxford, Theatre Reserve
Private events include: Aegon, Badoo, British Heart Foundation, Class Bar Awards, Clinique, Digi Awards, Flannels Group, The Groucho Club, High Road House and Shoreditch House, Hotel Cipriani Venice, John Noel, Lundbeck, MindShareWorld, PRS for Music, Red Class, Richard House Children’s Hospice, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Caribbean International, Sapient Nitro, TalkTalk, Verbier CK, Wired Magazine, Yotel
WORKSHOP
The Elmer Adventure (2024) — Composer/MD — Tall Stories
Becktacular Becktacular (2023) — Composer/Lyricist — Silent Uproar Productions
Dashing (2023) — Composer/Lyricist — Soho Theatre/Soho Six
Thank You for Doing Nothing (2020) — Composer/MD — Silent Uproar Productions
Secrets of the Bluestockings (2018) — Dramaturg — Tara Theatre Earlsfield/Women’s Arts Festival
An Evening Without Kate Bush (2016) — Deviser — Devas Club Battersea
Less Women (2015) — Writer/Performer — Shoreditch Town Hall
Joanna (2014) — Composer — Sapling & Colt
Christopher Himself (2014) — Christopher Isherwood — The Point Eastleigh
Catwife (2013) — Writer — Jones & Klein
Love is a Greater Crime Than Hate (2013) — Writer — Riverside Studios Hammersmith
The Guinea Pig Club (2010) — Tony — Trafalgar Studios
Ordinary Decent Criminals, or Blow in the Bag (2009) — Composer — Pimlico Opera
OTHER
Harmony of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Independence of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas, Odyssey of the Seas, Symphony of the Seas (2017-23) — Stowaway Pianist — Royal Caribbean International
PRESS
”Nothing short of astonishing” ★★★★★ The Adelaide Advertiser on Frisky & Mannish
”Terrific… painfully funny” ★★★★★ The Arts Desk on Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
”Sure to be swept up in the exuberance” ★★★★★ British Theatre Guide on Frisky & Mannish
”There just aren’t enough superlatives to describe the experience” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby on Frisky & Mannish
”Pure exhilarating brilliance from start to finish” ★★★★★ Chortle on Frisky & Mannish
”Dazzling” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Spotlight on Frisky & Mannish
”Electric” ★★★★★ FreshAir on Frisky & Mannish
”The undisputed hit of the Edinburgh Fringe” ★★★★★ The Herald on Frisky & Mannish
”I defy you not to fall in love with it” ★★★★★ The i on Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
”Genuinely inspiring” ★★★★★ The List on Frisky & Mannish
“A gold-star masterclass” ★★★★★ The Mail on Sunday on Frisky & Mannish
“Words almost fail me” ★★★★★ One4Review on Frisky & Mannish
“Achieves something rare… with a hugely commendable lightness of touch” ★★★★★ Reviews Hub on Richard Carpenter is Close to You
“Just plain wonderful” ★★★★★ The Skinny on Frisky & Mannish
“Will send a chill down your spine” ★★★★★ Three Weeks on Frisky & Mannish
”Fully blown superstars” ★★★★★ Time Out on Frisky & Mannish
“Clever, inventive, polished, prodigiously talented and extremely funny” ★★★★★ Time Out Sydney on Frisky & Mannish
”A stellar job” ★★★★★ The Upcoming on A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
“A must-see hour of perfect musical comedy” ★★★★★ West End Wilma on Frisky & Mannish
“Enrapturing… exhilarating” ★★★★★ What’s On Stage on A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
“Probably the most impressive performance I’ve seen at the Fringe” ★★★★½ Edinburgh Culture Review on Richard Carpenter is Close to You
“Devastatingly clever” ★★★★ Arts Hub on Frisky & Mannish
”Unmissable” ★★★★ The Daily Mail on Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
”Brilliantly joyful” ★★★★ The Evening Standard on Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
“Catchy songs and witty, perceptive lines” ★★★★ The Financial Times on Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
”Lightning music and lyrics… packed with artistry” ★★★★ The Guardian on Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
“Eccentric, and wildly talented” ★★★★ The Independent on Frisky & Mannish
“Beautiful, spine-tingling show” ★★★★ The List on A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
“Outlandishly funny” ★★★★ The Mail on Frisky & Mannish
”Constantly evolving” ★★★★ Metro on Frisky & Mannish
“Effortless… outstanding” ★★★★ The Observer on Frisky & Mannish
“Wonderfully witty songs” ★★★★ The Scotsman on A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
“The pastiche musical numbers are meticulously constructed, as you might expect” ★★★★ The Stage on Richard Carpenter is Close to You
“Delightfully on the money” ★★★★ The Times on Richard Carpenter is Close to You
“A force of nature” ★★★★ The West Australian on Frisky & Mannish
“One of the best shows I’ve seen” Australian Arts Review on Richard Carpenter is Close to You
“A mix of wit and low key emotion that suddenly grips you by your heart” The Guardian on A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
”Will leave you gasping for air… unbelievable” The Sun on Frisky & Mannish
“Superb and uncontrollable” The Sunday Times on Frisky & Mannish
”Delivered with such glittering panache” The Telegraph on Frisky & Mannish
AWARDS
☆ Musical Theatre Review Award — Best Musical, Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
☆ Theatre Weekly Award — Best Musical, Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!
☆ The Scotsman Fringe First Award, A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
☆ Musical Theatre Review Award — Best Musical, A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
☆ KSF Artists of Choice Award — UK Musical Theatre, A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
☆ Buxton Fringe Award — Best New Writing, Richard Carpenter is Close to You
☆ Entertainmentwise Award — Best Comedy, Frisky & Mannish
☆ 48 Hour Film Project London Audience Award, Session Squared
☆ Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award — Best Comedy, Frisky & Mannish
☆ FringeGuru Editor’s Choice Award, Frisky & Mannish
☆ The Guardian Bring Me Sunshine Award, Frisky & Mannish
Off West End Award nomination — Best Musical, A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
Holden Street Theatre Award nomination, A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
Mental Health Fringe Award nomination, A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
London Cabaret Award nominations — Best Newcomer, Ruth Less; Best Musical Variety Act, Frisky & Mannish; Audience Award , Too Cabaret: A Message for Gary Barlow
British Comedy Award nomination — Best Internet Comedy Programme, The Artist-Critic Conflict
The Hospital Club Top 100 nomination, Frisky & Mannish
Fringe World Award nomination — Best Cabaret, Frisky & Mannish
Loaded LAFTA Award nomination — Best Newcomer, Frisky & Mannish
Chortle Award nomination — Best Music or Variety Act, Frisky & Mannish
Edinburgh Spotlight Award nomination — Best Comedy, Frisky & Mannish
Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2010, Frisky & Mannish (runners-up)
Latest 7 Award nominations — Best Cabaret, Frisky & Mannish; Most Groundbreaking Act, Frisky & Mannish
Edinburgh Festival Insider Award nomination — Comedy, Frisky & Mannish
Leicester Comedy Festival Award nomination — Best Show, Frisky & Mannish
Musical Comedy Award nomination, Frisky & Mannish