Follies - West End Creative Team

... read more Jonathan Tunick is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. Tunick’s stage career began with Take Five (1957). He went on to collaborate memorably with Stephen Sondheim, orchestrating shows such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Passion, and Putting It Together. Additional notable Broadway credits include Promises, Promises; A Chorus Line; Nick & Nora; A Funny Thing...; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Nine; A Gentleman’s Guide...; and 110 in the Shade. In 1997, he won his first Tony Award, for his work on the musical Titanic. This accomplishment gave ... read more Josh Clayton hails from Jackson, a small town in southeast Missouri, where he spent his formative years climbing trees, finding turtles and avoiding cow patties. He had an early knack for business. As a fifth-grader, Josh began buying candy in bulk to sell to fellow classmates for a profit until the principal shut down his operation. Continuing down the business expressway, Josh went on to become state president of the Future Business Leaders of America and, at 18, was a professional motivational speaker, developing and presenting "The Power of Positive Thinking: Change Your Life by Changing Your Mind" to audiences around ... read more National Theatre credits include Pinocchio, Follies, Mosquitoes, Common, Angels in America, The Red Barn, The Suicide, Wonder.land, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Table, This House (also West End and Chichester), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End and Broadway, Olivier Award for Best Lighting 2013, Tony Award for Best Lighting), The Comedy of Errors, Danton, The Power of Yes, Phedre, Death and the King's Horseman, War Horse (also West End and Broadway, 2011 Tony Award for Best Lighting), Some Trace of Her, Women of Troy, Triple Bill, Saint Joan, Attempts on Her Life, The Caucasian ... read more Bill Deamer is one of Britain's leading choreographers whose extensive training is grounded in ballet, jazz and tap. He is the first-choice go-to choreographer for period choreography. He started his career when, employed as lead dancer in a production of Cabaret in the West End (choreographed and directed by his mentor Dame Gillian Lynne OBE), he was offered an opportunity to choreograph his own version of Cabaret at Salisbury Playhouse. From there he has never looked back… He was reunited with Gillian Lynne when he was invited by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Trevor Nunn to ... read more Born in Holland, Paul studied Stage Management at Central School of Speech and Drama graduating in 1981. Credits at the National Theatre Include: Anything Goes, Anthony and Cleopatra, His Dark Materials, Edmond, Henry V, The Coast of Utopia, My Fair Lady, Hamlet (1987, 2011), The Oedipus Play, Summerfolk, The Merchant of Venice, The Rose TaFoo, RaGa RaGa, Candide, Oklahoma!, Oh, What a Lovely War!, A LiFle Night Music, Lady in the Dark, Guys and Dolls (NT 1990, Savoy 2015); Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd, Carousel, Follies, The House of Bernarda Alba, Buried Child, Henry IV Parts I & II, All ... read more Nigel Lilley is a British musical director, arranger, and conductor who has worked extensively in the West End and on Broadway. He was born in London and began his career as a pianist and musical director in regional theaters across the UK. Lilley's West End credits include serving as musical director and conductor for productions such as "Les Misérables," "Miss Saigon," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Mary Poppins," and "Billy Elliot." His work on "Les Misérables" earned him an Olivier Award nomination for Best Musical Director. He also served as the musical supervisor for the West End production of "The Bodyguard," ... read more