Fenton Gray

Fenton's 37-year career in the theatre has encompassed Musicals, Opera and Pantomime - as a performer, director and producer.

West End credits include The Rabbi in Trevor Nunn's highly acclaimed production of Fiddler On The Roof (Playhouse Theatre), Manfred in Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close (London Coliseum), Gus The Theatre Cat in Cats, Pimp/Clacquesous in Les Miserables, the original casts of Blood Brothers and Top Hat and the ill-fated Out Of The Blue.

Regional productions include Noel Coward in Noel and Gertie (Sheringham Little Theatre), MC in Cabaret (Leicester Haymarket), 'Hold Me Touch Me' in The Producers (UK Tour).

He has played Ko-Ko in The Mikado numerous times over the last 25 years, for The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company (Sadlers Wells, UK Tour, BBC2) and The Carl Rosa Opera Company (Gielgud Theatre, UK & USA Tours). Other G&S roles on national tour include Jack Point in The Yeomen Of The Guard for the D’Oyly Carte, Bunthorne in Patience and Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore for the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and the title role in The Sorcerer for Opera Della Luna.

Directing credits include The Mikado and Iolanthe for The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company/Raymond Gubbay at The Royal Festival Hall and on National Tour, Madama Butterfly for English Festival Opera at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and tours of La Boheme, La Traviata, Turandot, Il Trovatore & Carmen.

He was Julian Clary’s director for three years, directing productions of
Cinderella (Theatre Royal Brighton/Richmond Theatre), and his one-man shows Amore (West Beth Theatre, New York) and Natural Born Mincer (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane & National Tour). Other notable pantomimes as Director include Cinderella with Mickey Rooney, Peter Pan with Simon Callow & Bonnie Langford, and Sleeping Beauty with Anita Dobson and Tim Vine at Richmond Theatre, where he also made his debut as a pantomime dame, playing Nurse Penny.

Fenton has worked closely with writing team Charles Miller and Kevin Hammonds, directing the original productions of Brenda Bly: Teen Detective, When Midnight Strikes, Hope & RSVP ASAP.