Come From Away - West End Creative Team

Irene Sankoff and David Hein are a Canadian married writing team. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, and then picked up for a commercial run by Mirvish Productions. It has now played and won best musical awards in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project and Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, showcased at the NAMT Festival of New Works and ... read more Pippa Ailion has cast over 180 productions internationally. She was Resident Associate Director for Jonathan Miller at The Old Vic between 1987 and 1991. Natalie has worked alongside Pippa for 13 years. West End: Tina The Musical, Dreamgirls, Motown, The Book Of Mormon, Wicked, The Lion King, On Your Feet!, Sunny Afternoon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Go-Between, Billy Elliot, Bend It Like Beckham, Memphis, We Will Rock You, Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd, Legally Blonde and Spring Awakening. UK tour: Funny Girl, Motown and Wicked. Other selected credits: Twelfth Night, Rocketman, One Love: The Bob Marley Musical, ... read more Christopher Ashley won the Tony Award for his direction of the stage production of Come From Away on Broadway, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA. Other film credits include Diana: The Musical on Netflix, the feature films Jeffrey and Lucky Stiff, and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. At La Jolla Playhouse, Mr. Ashley directed the world-premiere productions of Come From Away, Diana: The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Memphis, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood and Chasing the Song. Other select Playhouse credits include Freaky ... read more Matt plays Uilleann Pipes, Flutes and Whistles among various other woodwind instruments. He is a member of the Bruce Guthro (Runrig) Band with whom he tours and records regularly. He has toured as a soloist with Riverdance for over ten years. Other artists and groups include: The Irish Harp Orchestra, Afro Celt Sound System, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Ragús plus many more. He has performed on various orchestral works including Bill Whelan’s Seville Suite and Shaun Davey’s Grainneuaile Suite. A founding member of the Post Rock instrumental band Iron Mountain, their debut album Unum was released on the Prophecy record label ... read more Musical Supervisor credits include: Bananaman the Musical. Associate Musical Supervisor credits include: Girl from the North Country (New York); Matilda the Musical (South Africa and Asia) and Avenue Q (UK Tour). Musical Director credits include: A Little Princess; Girl from the North Country; Big Fish; Ghost the Musical; Groundhog Day; The Commitments; Matilda the Musical; Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors. Associate Musical Director credits include: Shrek the Musical; Matilda the Musical; Hairspray; Spamalot; Aladdin and Kiss Me, Kate. Television and radio credits include: The Royal Variety Performance, The Olivier Awards, Children in Need, 4 Poofs & a Piano and Friday Night is ... read more Aoife began studying the classical violin at an early age while being brought up in a mad house of Irish traditional music. She is the Artist in Residence in the National Concert Hall in Dublin for the 2018/19 season and is also a board member of the Irish Traditional Music Archives. She performs regularly with Crash Ensemble and the avant garde string quintet Wooden Elephants. ... read more Binkley's Broadway credits includeSummer: The Donna Summer Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed... (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). He is also the Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer for Parsons Dance. 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and ... read more 25 Broadway shows including: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony Nomination), Come From Away, Flying Over Sunset, Freestyle Love Supreme, The New One, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince Of Broadway, Hand To God, Sondheim On Sondheim, …Spelling Bee , LoveMusik, Grace. 100 Off- Broadway shows including The Last Five Years, Fiddler On The Roof (in Yiddish), Sleepwalk With Me, and Miss Julie. 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence. ... read more Oli is a multi-instrumentalist, musical director, arranger and producer from London, working internationally with artists, and in theatres around the West End. West End theatre credits include: Calendar Girls (Assistant Musical Director); Thriller Live (Associate Musical Director); Snow White (London Palladium); Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park). Deputy musician credits include: Only Fools & Horses, Waitress, Dreamgirls and Motown the Musical. He has performed with artists including Giorgio Moroder, Marc Almond, Boyzone, Gabrielle, Martha Reeves, Rick Astley, Heather Small, Mica Paris, Shola Ama, Lamar, Sean Escoffrey, Kenny Thomas, Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe. As a producer, he has written and produced music for many ... read more Choreographer: Broadway: Zhivago, Rocky (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nomination’s), Rock of Ages; International: Rocky (Germany), Rock of Ages (West End, UK tour, Toronto, Australia ~ Helpmann & Green Room Awards); Opera: Faust (The Met & ENO), Wozzeck (San Diego Opera), Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp, Frankenstein, Anne Wrecksick; Regional: Come From Away (La Jolla, Seattle Rep), Toxic Avenger, A Christmas Story and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Peter and the Starcatcher, Zhivago, Private Fittiings (La Jolla); Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Cabaret, Romeo & Juliet; Film and Television: “Mozart in the Jungle”, Wormword, Dear Dumb Diary, Naomiand Ely’s No Kiss List. ... read more Broadway/National Tour: A Christmas Story. Music Supervisor and Director of New Work at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. 5th Avenue: Paint Your Wagon, Carousel, A Room With a View, Secondhand Lions, Aladdin, Vanities, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Sunday in the Park..., Cabaret, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd and Miss Saigon. Other regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Manana, Banff Centre for the Arts. University of Michigan graduate ... read more Recent orchestrations and/or dance arrangements: Memphis (Broadway), Romantic Poetry (M.T.C.), All Shook Up (1st national tour), Walmartopia (cast recording), Berlin, Imperfect Chemistry (cast recording), Always...Patsy Cline, Honky Tonk Angels. Coming up: The Addams Family, The Big Time. Broadway/Tours: All Shook Up (conductor), Ring Of Fire (Assoc. M.D., cast recording), Rent (Assoc. Conductor), The Full Monty (conductor, 1st national). ... read more As Musical Director: The Ruling Class (Trafalgar Studios). As Associate Musical Director: Big Fish (The Other Palace), Funny Girl (UK Tour), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory), Evita (Dominion Theatre & UK Tour), Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible). Keyboard / Cover Conductor Credits: Chicago (Phoenix Theatre), Cats (UK Tour), The Lion King (Musical Theater, Basel). Huw studied Music at King’s College, London. ... read more Ray Fean has been at the forefront of traditional Irish drumming for over 25 years. In 2005 Ray collaborated with David Downes on the hugely successful Celtic Woman which has recorded four DVDs for PBS. USA Celtic Woman has toured the world for nearly eight years to sold-out audiences. Ray has also played with Steve Earle, Emmy Lou Harris, U2, David Gray, Gabrielle, Emma Bunton, Sharon Shannon, Gille Servat, Ronnie Drew, Eddie Reader, Capercaillie Abs and Bellefire. ... read more Come From Away (La Jolla, Seattle, DC, Toronto, Broadway), Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse). Film/TV: Birth of A Nation, “24: Legacy,” Fifty Shades of Grey, Fury, “The Crazy Ones,” “After Earth,” “Hatfields & McCoys,” “True Blood,” “24,” The Hangover. In memory of mentor Dudley Knight. ... read more Joey Grant is an experienced, disciplined and skilled bassist. His style, groove and interpretation on bass is distinguished via his interpretation of groove and rhythm as a drummer. His desire to be a versatile and well-rounded musician has pushed him to learn several styles including Pop, R&B Fusion and Funk. Having performed as a session musician as both a bassist and synth bassist, Joey Grant has a music career that can boast touring and recording for several artists within the UK and internationally; performing both with certified hit-makers and talented independent up-and-coming artists. ... read more Irene Sankoff and David Hein are a Canadian married writing team. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, and then picked up for a commercial run by Mirvish Productions. It has now played and won best musical awards in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project and Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, showcased at the NAMT Festival of New Works and ... read more Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet; Come From Away; August Wilson’s Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Roundabout Theatre, among others. Regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, the ... read more Sound Design Award highlights : Tony Award & Drama Desk Award for MJ: THE MUSICAL. Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Broadway World Award, Green Room Award, Dora Award, Craig Noel Award, and the WhatsOnStage Award for COME FROM AWAY; Olivier Award for MEMPHIS, Olivier Award for MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Tony nomination for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Tony nomination for END OF THE RAINBOW, Olivier nomination for BACK TO THE FUTURE, Olivier nomination for BAT OUT OF HELL, Olivier nomination for TOP HAT, Olivier nomination for END OF THE RAINBOW, and Pro Sound Award for SOUND ENGINEER OF THE ... read more Justin is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. Performances include: Jack Bruce, Billy Cobham, Seal, The Webb Sisters, Tom Hickox, Jasper Hoiby, Gary Husband, The BBC Big Band, John Wilson Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra West End includes: Dreamgirls, Show-Boat, The Commitments, A Chorus Line, Shrek, Joseph and Cabaret. Broadway includes: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Film includes: Pride (2014) and Babs (2017). TV includes: Jools Holland, Graham Norton, Strictly Come Dancing and The Royal Variety Performance. Music Supervision includes: The Spanish Princess (vihuela specialist) and Half a Sixpence (banjo consultant). Solo releases include: Before I Forget (Mojo’s #1 Jazz Album of ... read more Irene Sankoff and David Hein are a Canadian married writing team. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, and then picked up for a commercial run by Mirvish Productions. It has now played and won best musical awards in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project and Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, showcased at the NAMT Festival of New Works and ... read more West End credits include: Flashdance, Grease and Rocky Horror Show. West End deputy credits include: Waitress, Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican); Wicked, Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Thriller, Kinky Boots, 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park); Chicago, Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Grease, Sister Act and Hairspray. UK Tour credits include: Lee Mead 10-year anniversary tour, The Commitments, Guys and Dolls, Shrek the Musical, Ghost the Musical, Flashdance, Grease, Rocky Horror Show, Starlight Express, The Ratpack Live From Las Vegas and Kiss Me, Kate. ... read more