Stephen Ridley
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Stephen was born in Middlesbrough and is a graduate of the Royal College of Music. He is currently Musical Supervisor on My Fair Lady (Chichester Festival Theatre) and High Society (Barbican Theatre and UK Tour) Other recent credits as Musical Supervisor include; Kiss me Kate (Barbican Theatre), Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s Theatre), Anything Goes, (Barbican Theatre and UK Tour) and the UK/International Tour of The King and I. Other Musical Supervisor credits include UK Tours of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun.
As Musical Director recent credits include: High Society, Kiss me, Kate and Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre), The King and I (The London Palladium, Dominion Theatre and Theatre Orb Tokyo), Top Hat (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Chichester Festival Theatre), An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre), The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noel Coward Theatre), The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), School of Rock (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Crazy for You (Novello Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Sound of Music (Regent’s Park), Guys and Dolls (Phoenix Theatre), Urinetown (Guest MD, Apollo), Love Story (Duchess / Minerva Theatre Chichester), Privates on Parade (Associate MD, Noel Coward), The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre), Roman Holiday (Theatre Royal, Bath), The A to Z of Mrs P (Southwark Playhouse), Soho Cinders (Soho Theatre), High Society (UK tour), The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure and The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Stephen was born in Middlesbrough and is a graduate of the Royal College of Music. He is currently Musical Supervisor on My Fair Lady (Chichester Festival Theatre) and High Society (Barbican Theatre and UK Tour) Other recent credits as Musical Supervisor include; Kiss me Kate (Barbican Theatre), Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s Theatre), Anything Goes, (Barbican Theatre and UK Tour) and the UK/International Tour of The King and I. Other Musical Supervisor credits include UK Tours of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun.
As Musical Director recent credits include: High Society, Kiss me, Kate and Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre), The King and I (The London Palladium, Dominion Theatre and Theatre Orb Tokyo), Top Hat (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Chichester Festival Theatre), An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre), The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noel Coward Theatre), The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), School of Rock (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Crazy for You (Novello Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Sound of Music (Regent’s Park), Guys and Dolls (Phoenix Theatre), Urinetown (Guest MD, Apollo), Love Story (Duchess / Minerva Theatre Chichester), Privates on Parade (Associate MD, Noel Coward), The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre), Roman Holiday (Theatre Royal, Bath), The A to Z of Mrs P (Southwark Playhouse), Soho Cinders (Soho Theatre), High Society (UK tour), The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure and The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Stephen also recently conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra recording the music for BBC Radio 4’s First World War drama series ‘Home Front’ and for ‘Livingston Taylor live with the BBC Concert Orchestra’.
Recital performances include: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Victoria and Albert Museum, Blackheath Halls, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Symphony Hall Birmingham, St David’s Hall Cardiff, and Middlesbrough Town Hall.