Alan studied piano and conducting at Chetham’s School of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 

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He works as a Musical Director, Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator. His most recent credits include: The Boy in the Dress (Royal Shakespeare Company), Evita (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park), Big Fish (The Other Palace), Funny Girl (Menier Chocolate Factory, Savoy Theatre, UK Tour & Cinema broadcast), The Commitments (Palace Theatre & UK Tour), Shrek (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, UK tour & Australia) and Eric’s (Liverpool Everyman).

 

Musical Director credits include: Disney’s Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre), A Damsel in Distress (Chichester Festival Theatre), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory), Urinetown (St James Theatre & Apollo Theatre), A Chorus Line (London Palladium), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Passion (Donmar Warehouse), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Palace Theatre) and Little Shop of Horrors (West Yorkshire Playhouse).