Once On This Island - West End Creative Team

Lynn Ahrens' writing spans the Broadway stage, feature film and network television. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and received two Grammy nominations as lyricist of the Broadway musical Ragtime; in the same year, she received two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and a Gold Record for Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature film Anastasia. She wrote book and lyrics for Seussical (Grammy nomination, one of the most performed shows in America); Once On This Island (London Olivier Award, Best Musical, Tony nominations for Best Book and Score); Lincoln Center Theater's The Glorious Ones ... read more Stephen Flaherty writes music for theater, film, recordings and the concert stage. He is perhaps best known as the composer of the Broadway musicals Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Grammy nominations), Seussical (Grammy and Drama Desk nominations), Once on This Island (Tony nomination, Olivier Award for London's Best Musical), and also contributed music to Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (original songs) and Neil Simon's Proposals (incidental music). He has also written four musicals produced at Lincoln Center Theatre: The Glorious Ones (Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations), Dessa Rose (Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk ... read more Phil was the original Music Supervisor/Arranger on the Olivier award-winning Our House (Cambridge) and was also the Original MD on the multi award winning Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace). Since then he has continued to specialise on new musicals and has worked with an eclectic array of composers and other artists. Theatre includes: Local Hero (Edinburgh Lyceum), The Man in the White Suit (Bath/Wyndhams), One Love (Birmingham Rep), The Lorax (Old Vic/Toronto), Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith), Made in Dagenham (Adelphi), I Can’t Sing! (Palladium), The Miser (Garrick), As You Like It, Hello Dolly!, Gigi (Regents Park Open Air), Human Comedy, My ... read more Theatre credits include: Blindness (Donmar Warehouse/UK Tour/Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam/Daryl Roth Theatre, New York); Inside (Orange Tree); The Band Plays On (Sheffield); Dick Whittington (National); Fairview (Young Vic); Equus (Stratford East/ETT/Trafalgar Studios/UK Tour); The Glow, Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, Pah-La (Royal Court); Snowflake (Kiln); The Last of the Pelican Daughters (Complicité, Edinburgh/Royal & Derngate); Cuckoo (Soho); Armadillo (The Yard); Rockets and Blue Lights (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Reasons to Stay Alive (Sheffield/ETT/UK Tour); One (Manchester Home/UK Tour/International Tour); Summer Rolls (also Bristol Old Vic), A Pupil (Park); Faces in the Crowd, Mephisto [A Rhapsody], Dear Elizabeth, The Human Voice ... read more Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada Theatre: Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Toronto) Film: Blues Brothers 2000, Ruby’s Bucket of Blood Other: Danced with Tavaziva Dance Company (UK), Dallas Black Dance Theater (US). Received a BA (Hons) Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario and served as Dance Captain - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. ... read more