Steven Edis

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(** also Musical Director)

CURRENT PROJECTS

Gigi – (Orchestrator) Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, director Timothy Sheader

The Music Man with Brian Conley – Chichester Festival, director Rachel Kavanaugh

Dr Who – The Ultimate Adventure (Audio CD) – Big Finish Productions

 

MOST RECENT WORK AS COMPOSER/ARRANGER/ORCHESTRATOR:-
The Sea – Theatre Royal Haymarket, director Jonathan Kent

King Lear and The Seagull (composer) – Royal Shakespeare Company, director Trevor Nunn
The Country Wife (composer) – Theatre Royal Haymarket, director Jonathan Kent
Cinderella (orchestrations) – Old Vic, director Fiona Laird
Dick Whittington ** (composer/MD) - Hackney Empire, director Susie McKenna
New Tricks – BBC TV, producer Emma Turner and director Sid McCartney
The Entertainer – Old Vic Theatre, director Sean Holmes
High Society - UK tour in 2007 and previously West End and tour, director Ian Talbot
The Wizard of Oz - WYP in 2006 and at Birmingham Rep in 2005, director Rachel Kavanaugh
The Royal Hunt of the Sun - National Theatre, Richard Eyre (arranging & new composition)
Cinderella ** – Hackney Empire, director Susie McKenna
Promises, Promises – Sheffield Crucible, director Angus Jackson
Jack and The Beanstalk ** – Hackney Empire, director Susie McKenna
The Philadelphia Story – Old Vic Theatre, director Jerry Zaks
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – Leicester Haymarket, director Paul Kerryson
Aladdin** – Hackney Empire, Susie McKenna
Brighton Rock ** - Almeida Theatre, director Michael Attenborough
Hamlet - Old Vic, director Trevor Nunn
We Happy Few - Gielgud Theatre, director Trevor Nunn
Love’s Labour’s Lost - Olivier, National Theatre, director Trevor Nunn
Singer ** - Oxford Stage Company, director Sean Holmes
Sweet Charity - Crucible, Sheffield, director Tim Sheader, winner TMA Best Musical Award

NATIONAL THEATRE as Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator
The Coast of Utopia ** - Olivier, Trevor Nunn
The Threepenny Opera ** - Cottesloe & tour, Tim Baker
The Relapse ** - Olivier, Trevor Nunn
Metropolis Kabarett ** - Terrace Café, Henry Goodman
The Cherry Orchard - Cottesloe/Olivier, Trevor Nunn
Albert Speer ** - Lyttelton, Trevor Nunn
The Merchant of Venice ** - Cottesloe/Olivier, Trevor Nunn and televised on BBC TV
Summerfolk - Olivier, Trevor Nunn
Not About Nightingales ** - Cottesloe & Broadway, Trevor Nunn - and music nominated for
Drama Desk Award in New York
Mutabilitie (co-arranger) ** - Cottesloe, Trevor Nunn
An Enemy of the People - Olivier & Ahmanson Los Angeles, Trevor Nunn
Johnny on a Spot - Olivier, Richard Eyre

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY as Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator
Measure for Measure** - tour & Young Vic, Trevor Nunn
The Blue Angel ** - tour, & West End, Trevor Nunn

 

OTHER WORK as COMPOSER/ARRANGER
A Christmas Carol - Hackney Empire, Susie McKenna
Romeo and Juliet - Wild Thyme Productions, BAC - Guy Retallack
Several other pantos for Hackney Empire, Susie McKenna
A Christmas Carol - Alley Theatre, Houston USA, Stephen Rayne
The Government Inspector -Watermill, Newbury, Stephen Rayne
Macbeth - Watermill Newbury, Euan Smith

 

OTHER WORK AS ARRANGER/ORCHESTRATOR
Golden Boy ** - Greenwich, Rick Jacobs
Oh What a Lovely War - Open Air, Regent’s Park, Ian Talbot
Where’s Charley - Open Air, Regent’s Park, Ian Talbot
Guys and Dolls - Crucible, Sheffield, Rachel Kavanaugh
The Pirates of Penzance - Open Air & WYP, Ian Talbot
Send for Mr Plim - BAC, Margarete Forsyth
A Funny Thing Happened… - Open Air, Regent’s Park, Ian Talbot
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Open Air, Regent’s Park, Ian Talbot
Kiss Me Kate - Open Air, Regent’s Park, Ian Talbot
What Now, Little Man? ** - Greenwich, Margarete Forsyth
The Sound of Music - West Yorkshire Playhouse, Irina Brown
Paint Your Wagon and The Music Man - Open Air, Regent’s Park, both Ian Talbot

 

TV and FILM WORK

Arranger/supervisor of live music sections of the film Iris (Richard Eyre)
Arranger/supervisor of live music within numerous episodes of EastEnders and Holby
Composer of theme tune and incidental music for Every Silver Lining (BBC)
Composer of ident music and jingles for the classical music cable channel Digital Classics TV
Composer for Once in a Lifetime (ITV)
Arranger/conductor of The Disney Christmas Special (ITV)