MARK WARMAN
- Babes in Arms - Musical Director -Festival 2007
Biography
Previously at Chichester, Composer for The Rivals and School For Scandal and Musical Director for Henry VIII and Love For Love.
In the West End he has musically directed Les Miserables (Palace), Sinatra (Palladium), Pacific Overtures (Donmar - 2004 Olivier for Outstanding Musical Production), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Shaftesbury), Metropolis (Piccadilly), Into the Woods (Donmar), Sweeney Todd (Holland Park Opera), The Rocky Horror Show (Royal Court 50th Birthday Gala), Groucho: a Life in Revue (Comedy), Martin Smith’s King (Prince Edward), Enter the Guardsman (Donmar) and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (Wyndham’s). He has also conducted Kiss Me Kate (Victoria Palace), Children of Eden (Prince Edward) and The Lion King (Lyceum).
Musical Supervisor for two world premieres of Stephen Sondheim musicals - Saturday Night (Bridewell and original cast album) and Evening Primrose (Sadler's Wells) - and for the European premiere of Adam Guettel’s first musical Floyd Collins (Bridewell). MD of 16 productions for Discover the Lost Musicals, including shows by Berlin, Bernstein, Gershwin, Loesser, Loewe, Rogers and Porter.
Theatre orchestrations include Nine (Donmar: London premiere), Hard Times (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Nelson (Arundel Festival), Into the Woods (Donmar), Moll Flanders (Lyric, Hammersmith and original cast album) and Adrian Mole (Wyndham’s). TV and film orchestrations include Pride and Prejudice, A Year in Provence, The Thatcher Years, Mr Pye, Oliver’s Travels, The Queen’s Nose, May to December, Mr. Abbott’s Broadway and Anne Frank Remembered (Oscar for Best Documentary Film 1995).
Mark is a music graduate of King’s College, Cambridge.
