Grease The Musical - West End Creative Team

Warren Casey was born in Yonkers, New York, and attended Syracuse University. During the late '50s, he learned all about "greasers" while working as an art teacher in upstate New York. He moved to Chicago in 1962, where he hoped to pursue an acting career. He appeared in dozens of productions, including creating the roles of Bernie Litko in David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He supported himself with jobs in retail, including working as an assistant manager of a chain of apparel stores, and as a record salesman. In the meantime, he taught himself how to play the guitar ... read more Nikolai is Artistic Director at Curve, Leicester, one of the UK’s leading regional theatres and described as “world class” by The Daily Telegraph. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Nikolai grew up in North Yorkshire and trained at Drama Centre London and at the Crucible, Sheffield. He has created work for many of the UK’s major producing theatres, touring houses and international venues. Nikolai has been director on attachment at the Sheffield Crucible, the Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre Studio and served as an Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse. Most recently at Curve, Nikolai directed A CHORUS LINE (also at Sadler’s Wells & ... read more Colin Ingram has worked in the theatre industry for twenty-five years with some of the world's leading producers, directors, designers and writers. Colin has produced: Ghost - The Musical in fifteen countries including the West End, Broadway and Australia; Breakfast At Tiffany's starring Pixie Lott, Anna Friel and Emilia Clarke in the West End, Broadway and UK Tour; Gone With The Wind and Movin' Out in the West End, as well as acting as Executive Producer on Billy Elliot in the West End. Prior to this, Colin worked for Cameron Mackintosh, Disney Theatrical and was Executive Producer for the Old Vic. ... read more Jim Jacobs was born and raised on the mean streets of Chicago's far northwest side. During the golden era of rock 'n' roll (1956-1960) he was a guitar-playing "greaser" student at Taft High School. In 1963, Jacobs met Warren Casey when they were both cast in a local theatre production of A Shot in the Dark. Seven years later they wrote Grease, which opened in 1971 in a former trolley barn called the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago. A year later, Grease made it to Broadway and "Greasemania" took off, becoming what was then the longest running show in Broadway ... read more Sound Design credits include: The Boy In The Dress (RSC); Curtains (UK tour); The Color Purple, Legally Blond, Sweet Charity, Bugsy Malone and My Beautiful Laundrette (Curve, Leicester); Amelie (UK tour); White Christmas (Dominion Theatre/Curve, Leicester); Moll Flanders (Mercury Theatre); Oklahoma! (Grange Park Opera); An Officer And A Gentleman (UK tour); The Jungle Book (UK tour); Sunset Boulevard (UK tour); Project Polunin (Sadler's Wells/ London Coliseum); Crazy for You (UK tour); Nativity! (UK tour); Flashdance (UK tour); A Little Night Music (Watermill Theatre); Working (Southwark Playhouse); Newsies, Curtains, The Life, Legally Blonde (ArtsEd); Brass (Hackney Empire); Crazy for You (Watermill ... read more Douglas has worked as a designer and specialist in video for performance across the sectors of theatre, installation and education. His recent theatre credits include: Rock Me Amadeus (VBW, Vienna) Aspects of Love (West End), The Wizard of Oz ( London Palladium, UK Tour) We Will Rock You, (International Tour) Alls Well That Ends Well (RSC) Identical (Nottingham), The Magician's Elephant (RSC) The Lost Thing (ROH) Witches of Eastwick (Cameron Mackintosh/2Entertain, Stockholm) Pinocchio ( Texas Ballet Dallas/National Ballet of Canada) Magic Flute (Opera North)Hogarth's Progress (Rose Theatre)An Officer and a Gentleman, (UK National Tour) Sunset Boulevard, (UK National Tour) Tale ... read more Arlene Phillips is a show business legend and a household name. Since creating the revolutionary dance group Hot Gossip, Arlene has gone on to work with superstars from across the world of entertainment and she has been nominated for Emmy, Tony and Laurence Olivier awards. Alongside Grease, Arlene has choreographed shows such as Starlight Express, Wizard of Oz, Joseph, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, We Will Rock You, Grease, Flashdance. As a director, she has worked on Saturday Night Fever, Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, the Manchester XVII Commonwealth Games, and the concert tour of The Music of ... read more Trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, gaining first class honours, and is a 2003 Linbury Prize Finalist. Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts Companion. Recent engagements include: Grease (UK Tour); Pressure (Edinburgh Lyceum/Chichester/West End); Sunshine on Leith, The Crucible, Sweeney Todd, The Wind in the Willows, Annie, Billy Liar, When We Are Married, Animal Farm (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich, Wendy and Peter Pan, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew (RSC); Pinocchio (Texas Ballet Theater, National Ballet of Canada); Annie (West End/South Africa, Toronto, UK Tour); Sweeney Todd (Royal Exchange); Come on Home, ... read more