THE STORY OF MY LIFE at The Stage Door Theatre

Markus Sodergren

Training: ArtsEd, London Theatre credits: Man in Marry Me A Little (Stage Door Theatre); Preppy Stud, cover Ram, Kurt and Veronica’s Dad in Heathers - the Musical (UK & Ireland Tour); Beauty and the Beast (Garrick Theatre). Workshop Credits: Ian Fleming in Fleming, Ian Fleming - the musical; Adam in SoapDish - The Musical by Stiles and Drewe. Concert Credits: Roles We’ll Never Play (Apollo Theatre, West End); West Side Story (BBC Proms); On The Town (BBC Proms) and Let’s Face The Music (Royal Albert Hall). Markus is honoured to be part of this UK premier. He would like to thank his father for his unconditional love and support. Markus would also love to thank his agents at Cowley, Knox & Guy for their continued support.

Tim Edwards

Training: Guildford School of Acting. Theatre credits include: Terk in Tarzan das musical (Neue Flora, Hamburg); Alfred in Tanz Der Vampire (Palladium, Stuttgart); Roger in Grease (European Tour); u/s Boq in Wicked (UK and Ireland Tour); Swing in The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre); Steve Marriot in All or Nothing (UK Tour); Chandler Bing in Friendsical the Musical (Edinburgh Fringe and UK Tour). Tim is excited to be appearing in the UK premiere and would like to thank his family and CrockfordCasey for being wonderful as always.

Robert McWhir

As a Director; 2023| Dreamcoat Stars (National Tour), The Small Hours, Boeing Boeing (Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), Tinderella (Union Theatre), Sleeping Beauty (Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple). 2022| How The Other Half Loves (Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), Jack & The Beanstalk (Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple). 2021| Sailor Beware! (Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth) 2020| Change Of Heart (St James’ Theatre), Next Thing You Know, Frostbite (Who Pinched My Muff!) (Garden Theatre, Vauxhall). 2019| Beauty & The Beast (Ferneham Hall, Fareham), Tickle, the musical (Kings Head), Double Death and The Kingfisher (Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), The King’s Speech (Theatre Royal, Windsor & Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), Queeretereia TV, Goodbye Norma Jean, [title of show] (Above The Stag). 2018| Cinderella (Ferneham Hall, Fareham), The Crumple Zone (Kings Head), The Musical of Musicals, the Musical (Above The Stag), Strictly Murder (Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), The Dresser and Lloyd George Knew My Father (Theatre Royal, Windsor & Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), Mousetrap Projects 21st Birthday Gala (Prince of Wales Theatre). 2017| Beauty & The Beast (Watersmeet, Rickmansworth), House Guest (Theatre Royal, Windsor & Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), He Shoots! He Scores! (Above The Stag), The Crumple Zone (Pleasance), Jonathan D. Ellis & The 20th Century Foxes (Brasserie Zedel). 2016| Sleeping Beauty (Ferneham Hall, Fareham), An Evening With Webborn & Finn (St James’ Theatre), The Ladykillers (Theatre Royal, Windsor & Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth), Grand Central (Charing Cross Theatre), Get ‘Em Off! the musical and Torsten, The Beautiful Libertine (Above The Stag). 2015| Dick Whittington (Ferneham Hall, Fareham), The Rhythm Of Life (St James’ Theatre), Personals, Romance Romance and The Clockmaker’s Daughter (Landor Theatre), The World According To Nancy Dell’Olio (Hippodrome Casino), Rent Boy, the musical and The Bus (Above The Stag). Before going freelance, Robert was Artistic Director of the Landor Theatre for 16 years where productions were too numerous (and brief) to mention, but notably included She Loves Me, The Man Inside, Meet Me In St Louis, A Class Act, Curtains, Ragtime, Tomorrow Morning, Into The Woods, I Love You Because and Follies.

Aaron Clingham

Aaron has received eleven Off-West End Award Nominations for Musical Director and was nominated for a Broadway World Award for The Apple Tree (Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre). Favourite credits as Musical Director include: Into the Woods (The Cockpit); Betty Blue Eyes (Union Theatre); Marry Me a Little (Stage Door Theatre); Romance Romance, [title of show] and Grindr The Opera (Above The Stag Theatre); Metropolis, The Kissing Dance, Wonderful Town and A Little Night Music (Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre); Faking Bad and Closer To Heaven (Turbine Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Charing Cross Theatre); My Land’s Shore (Theatr Soar); It’s a Bird...It’s A Plane...It’s Superman (Leicester Square Theatre); The Ripper’s Five (Theatro Technis); Naked Boys Singing (King’s Head Theatre and Garden Theatre); Sondheim by Sondheim (Roundhouse); Next Thing You Know (Garden Theatre); Dorian the Musical (Southwark Playhouse and The Other Palace); Soho Boy, (Drayton Arms Theatre) and Cinderella (White Rock Theatre). Credits as Orchestrator: include: Romance Romance, Grindr The Opera, Metropolis, Into The Woods, 110 In The Shade, and My Land’s Shore. Cabaret credits include: Mountains – A Musical Journey (St. James Studio and Jermyn Street Theatre); An Evening of Sondheim (Lauderdale House); Don’t Ask the Lady! and Dorothy and Friends (Crazy Coqs); The Stephen Sondheim Society Presents (Phoenix Artists Club); and Tim McArthur and Friends (Hippodrome Casino). Recording credits include: Grindr The Opera and The Pleasure Garden (Jay Records).

Richard Lambert

DM the play, Roy’s Story, The Tailor-Made Man, Marry Me A Little (Stage Door Theatre); Boys in the Buff (Best lighting design OFFIE Nomination); Twinkle, Tickle, Boys in the Buff, Love is Blue(Drayton Arms Theatre and Ed Fringe 2023); Soho Boy (Drayton Arms Theatre and Ed Fest 2022); Bette Midler & Me (Garden Theatre, Ed Fest 2022, Town and Gown, Drayton Arms); Frostbite, Next Thing You Know, Pippin, Fanny & Stella (Garden Theatre); Undetectable (Best lighting design OFFIE Nomination); The Crumple Zone (King’s Head); Skin Deep (Ed Fest 2018, UK Tour); Marry Me A Little, Muscles the Musical, Alvaro’s Balcony, Discotivity, Stand Tall, Vincent River, The Hot Mikado, Get Aladdin, A Class Act, Next Thing You Know, Nunsense, Bakewell Bakeoff, Meet Me in St. Louis, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Man Inside, Damn Yankees (OFFIE award nomination), She Loves Me, In the Dead of Night, The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Sincerely Yours, Personals, Romance Romance, Devilish the musical (Landor Theatre); Margot, Dame, the Most Famous Ballerina in the World and Boys in the Buff, at the King’s Head. Other credits: Luseil Stadium (FIFA World Cup 2022); Erasmus Bridge (Rotterdam); Disney on Ice (7 continents, Tokyo Budokan, New Orleans Super Dome, Toronto Sky Dome, NYC Radio City Music Hall), Royal Wedding Dress Exhibition (Kensington Palace), #Hashtag Lightie (Arcola Theatre), Cirque Enchantment (UK Tour) and Jazz Dance Company UK Tour (8th year). Do you Have a Secret Crush (Sleeping with Straight Men)? (LOST Theatre). Website: lambcolighting.co.uk