CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD - John Good...
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BJÖRN ULVAEUS MUSIC Björn Ulvaeus was born in 1945 in Gothenberg on the west coast of Sweden. After a successful local career in Sweden with a folk group in the mid 1960s, he started his collaboration with Benny Andersson. They then went on to form ABBA with Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Even during the ABBA years, the idea of writing a musical seemed appealing and in 1981, Björn and Benny met Tim Rice and co-wrote Chess with him, which opened in the West End in 1986. In 1995 Björn and Benny opened a new musical in Sweden called Kristina Från Duvemåla, which played for three years in Sweden. In February 2002, the Swedish version of Chess opened in Stockholm. CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER Craig is a well-known face on television in the UK and all over the world as a judge on all seven series of BBC One´s Strictly Come Dancing, presented by Bruce Forsyth. Strictly Come Dancing has won numerous awards including: Broadcast Award for Best New Programme; TRIC Award for TV Entertainment Programme; RTS Award for Entertainment Programme; Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for Best Entertainment Programme and a Festival Rose d’Or Award for Best Variety Programme. As a theatre director/choreographer, Craig’s credits include: Crazy for You (South Africa); West Side Story (Prince Edward); Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Hey Mr Producer! (Lyceum); Fiddler on the Roof (Amsterdam); Spend, Spend, Spend (Piccadilly, Olivier nomination for Best Choreography); Pal Joey (Chichester Festival Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible); Paradise Moscow (Opera North); Carmen (Holland Park); Titanic (Holland); Chess (Denmark); La traviata (Munich); Il trovatore (Rotterdam); My One and Only (Piccadilly Theatre, Olivier nomination for Best Choreography); Anything Goes and South Pacific (Grange Park Opera); Copacabana (Amsterdam/Denmark); Beautiful and Damned (Lyric Theatre); Bonheur (Lido du Paris); Der Kuhhandel (Bregenz Festival, Austria); Sweet Charity (Holland); Arms and the Cow (Opera North); How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (BBC 1); Just the Two of Us (BBC 1); The Ballet Boyz Yumbo Vs Nonino (Festival Hall, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Opera House Covent Garden); Hot Mikado and Martin Guerre (Watermill Theatre) and Sunset Boulevard (Comedy Theatre, West End). Last summer Craig returned to the Watermill Theatre to direct Spend, Spend, Spend and to revive his production of Hot Mikado which was followed by a national tour. Craig has recently directed Copacabana for the Watermill Theatre. SARAH TRAVIS MUSICAL SUPERVISION AND ORCHESTRATIONS Sarah trained at the City University and the Guildhall School of Music. She has worked with Craig as musical supervisor and orchestrator on: Spend Spend Spend (winner of 2009 Regional Theatre Award for Best Musical); Sunset Boulevard (four Olivier nominations and a transfer to the Comedy Theatre, West End); Martin Guerre, Hot Mikado (both nominated for Regional Theatre Awards for Best Musical) and, most recently, Copacabana, all at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury. Other productions include: Honk! (Watermill); Sweeney Todd (Watermill, West End and Broadway - Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Orchestrations); Mack and Mabel (Watermill and West End); Fiddler on the Roof, Gondoliers (Watermill - both winners of the Regional Theatre Award for Best Musical); Ten Cents a Dance, Piaf and Carmen, all at the Watermill. Other shows include: Privates on Parade (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Dick Whittington (Barbican); Pal Joey (York); Dottie Lottie (Jermyn Street); Crazy for You, Me and My Girl (Aberystwyth); Annie (Belfast) and A Christmas Carol (Birmingham Rep). As composer, she has written music for Peter Pan (Oxford Playhouse); A Star Danced (Watermill); The Last Fattybottypuss in the World (Regent’s Park); Tales My Lover Told Me (King’s Head); A Womb With a View (Radio 4); seven pantomimes for Chipping Norton; The Challenge (Shaw Theatre); Late and Lyrical (Jermyn Street) and Best of British (Bridewell). As pianist, she has accompanied Julian Clary in Natural Born Mincer, Fascinating Aida in Barefaced Chic, Lily Savage at the Bloomsbury, Dillie Keane in Citizen Keane and Single Again, Alvin Stardust, Barb Jungr, the Drop Dead Divas, and Two Birds and a Bloke.
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BJÖRN ULVAEUSMUSIC
Björn Ulvaeus was born in 1945 in Gothenberg on the west coast of Sweden.After a successful local career in Sweden with a folk group in the mid 1960s, he started his collaboration with
Benny Andersson. They then went on to form ABBA with Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Even duringthe ABBA years, the idea of writing a musical seemed appealing and in 1981, Björn and Benny met Tim Rice andco-wrote Chess with him, which opened in the West End in 1986.
In 1995 Björn and Benny opened a new musical in Sweden called Kristina Från Duvemåla, which played for threeyears in Sweden. In February 2002, the Swedish version of Chess opened in Stockholm.
CRAIG REVEL HORWOODDIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Craig is a well-known face on television in the UK and all over the world as a judge on all seven series of BBCOne´s Strictly Come Dancing, presented by Bruce Forsyth. Strictly Come Dancing has won numerous awardsincluding: Broadcast Award for Best New Programme; TRIC Award for TV Entertainment Programme; RTS Awardfor Entertainment Programme; Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for Best Entertainment Programme and a FestivalRose d’Or Award for Best Variety Programme.
As a theatre director/choreographer, Craig’s credits include: Crazy for You (South Africa); West Side Story (PrinceEdward); Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Hey Mr Producer! (Lyceum); Fiddler on the Roof (Amsterdam);Spend, Spend, Spend (Piccadilly, Olivier nomination for Best Choreography); Pal Joey (Chichester Festival Theatre);Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible); Paradise Moscow (Opera North); Carmen (Holland Park); Titanic (Holland); Chess(Denmark); La traviata (Munich); Il trovatore (Rotterdam); My One and Only (Piccadilly Theatre, Olivier nominationfor Best Choreography); Anything Goes and South Pacific (Grange Park Opera); Copacabana (Amsterdam/Denmark);Beautiful and Damned (Lyric Theatre); Bonheur (Lido du Paris); Der Kuhhandel (Bregenz Festival, Austria); SweetCharity (Holland); Arms and the Cow (Opera North); How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (BBC 1); Just the Two ofUs (BBC 1); The Ballet Boyz Yumbo Vs Nonino (Festival Hall, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Opera House Covent Garden);Hot Mikado and Martin Guerre (Watermill Theatre) and Sunset Boulevard (Comedy Theatre, West End). Last summerCraig returned to the Watermill Theatre to direct Spend, Spend, Spend and to revive his production of Hot Mikadowhich was followed by a national tour. Craig has recently directed Copacabana for the Watermill Theatre.
SARAH TRAVISMUSICAL SUPERVISION AND ORCHESTRATIONS
Sarah trained at the City University and the Guildhall School of Music. She has worked with Craig as musicalsupervisor and orchestrator on: Spend Spend Spend (winner of 2009 Regional Theatre Award for Best Musical);Sunset Boulevard (four Olivier nominations and a transfer to the Comedy Theatre, West End); Martin Guerre, HotMikado (both nominated for Regional Theatre Awards for Best Musical) and, most recently, Copacabana, all at theWatermill Theatre, Newbury. Other productions include: Honk! (Watermill); Sweeney Todd (Watermill, West Endand Broadway - Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Orchestrations); Mack and Mabel (Watermill and West End);Fiddler on the Roof, Gondoliers (Watermill - both winners of the Regional Theatre Award for Best Musical); Ten Centsa Dance, Piaf and Carmen, all at the Watermill. Other shows include: Privates on Parade (West YorkshirePlayhouse); Dick Whittington (Barbican); Pal Joey (York); Dottie Lottie (Jermyn Street); Crazy for You, Me and My Girl(Aberystwyth); Annie (Belfast) and A Christmas Carol (Birmingham Rep). As composer, she has written music forPeter Pan (Oxford Playhouse); A Star Danced (Watermill); The Last Fattybottypuss in the World (Regent’s Park); Tales My Lover Told Me (King’s Head); A Womb With a View (Radio 4); seven pantomimes for Chipping Norton; The Challenge (Shaw Theatre); Late and Lyrical (Jermyn Street) and Best of British (Bridewell). As pianist, she hasaccompanied Julian Clary in Natural Born Mincer, Fascinating Aida in Barefaced Chic, Lily Savage at the Bloomsbury,Dillie Keane in Citizen Keane and Single Again, Alvin Stardust, Barb Jungr, the Drop Dead Divas, and Two Birds and a Bloke.
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