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The show sounds brilliant thanks to the Musical Direction of George Dyer - Whatsonstage

George read Music at Durham University before being offered a scholarship to study Musical Direction at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

 


Credits as Musical Director: The Wizard of Oz (Palladium), West Side Story (Curve), Annie (West End), The Last Five Years (Southwark Playhouse), The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour), Annie (UK Tour, Broadwayworld Award - Best Musical Direction), Bugsy Malone (Curve, Leicester), Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse and St. James’ Theatre – European Premiere, Broadwayworld Award – Best Musical Direction), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Derby Theatre), Sweeney Todd (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Manchester Royal Exchange), Footloose (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Liza (on an E) (Vaudeville Theatre West), Howard Goodall’s A Winter’s Tale (Professional Premiere), Merrily We Roll Along (Theatr Clwyd), Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Ragtime (Landor Theatre), The Wiz (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep), Sincerely Nöel - with Alistair McGowan (Riverside Studios), Momentous Musicals (New Wimbledon Theatre & UK Tour), Betwixt! (Trafalgar Studios), Peter Pan (Casino Theatre, Geneva), Shoshana Bean: Live in the West End (Ambassadors Theatre), Helena Blackman, The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Prince of Wales Theatre), Tomorrow Morning (Landor Theatre), Zombie Prom (UK Premiere, Landor Theatre), Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe & the Caribbean Pirates and Jack and the Beanstalk (for QDOS, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton), Cinderella (Theatre Royal, Newcastle) and Sleeping Beauty (Alhambra Theatre, Bradford).


Credits as Arranger & Orchestrator and Musical Supervisor include: The Wizard of Oz (Palladium, UK Tour & Curve), I Should be so Lucky (World Premiere), Nativity! The Musical (UK Tour), West Side Story (Curve), Carousel (Kilworth House), The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep), The Last Five Years (Southwark & West End), An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical (UK & US Tour), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour 2017, Korea and Troubadour Theatre), Annie (West End, UK Tour, Canada and South African productions), Bugsy Malone, Footloose, Merrily We Roll Along, Ragtime, The Wiz and Momentous Musicals.


Other theatre includes Wonderful Town (The Lowry - Assistant to Sir Mark Elder), Kiss Me, Kate (Philharmonie Luxembourg) and graduate productions for UK Drama Schools include: Jesus Christ Superstar and On the Town (GSA), Girlfriends and Pal Joey (Mountview), Big Fish and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Bird).


Television credits include: Vocal Coach for Channel 5's Don't Stop Believing. Recordings include: Nativity! The Musical (Original Cast Recording), An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical (Original Cast Recording) and Momentous Musicals (Live Album). George was also Assistant Musical Director for the feature film of London Road for the National Theatre, BBC and Cuba Pictures that was released in June 2015 starring Olivia Coleman and Tom Hardy.


Future & current productions include the World Premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding - The Musical (World Premiere UK Tour) for which George is the Musical Supervisor & Orchestrator, The Wizard of Oz (Curve & West End), Billy Elliot (Curve) and Annie (UK Tour - 2023) as Musical supervisor and Orchestrator.

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