Joe’s work in the theatre encompasses the musical direction of plays and musicals, as well as occasional forays into acting.
Most recently he was Musical Director for Operation Mincemeat at Riverside Studios.
Before that, he was Associate Musical Director for Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre
and the MD of Rags, both in its run at the Park Theatre and on its London Cast Album.
The Rags London cast album is now available from Ghostlight Records.
In 2019 Joe won the Off West End Award for Best Musical Director for his work on The Rink at Southwark Playhouse.
The Rink won five 2019 Offies in total, including Best Musical Production.
He works extensively with writers of new British musicals, helping develop shows from workshop into performance.
Joe’s musical / vocal direction credits include:
Operation Mincemeat - Riverside Studios
Rags - Park Theatre
P.S. I’m a Terrible Person - Cockpit Theatre
The Station Master - University of Chichester
Wasted - Southwark Playhouse
The Rink - Southwark Playhouse
My Fair Lady - The Mill at Sonning
35mm: A Musical Exhibition - The Other Palace
Superhero: A One Dad Musical - Southwark Playhouse
The Events - UK & US Tour / Queen Elizabeth Hall
Assassins - Pleasance Theatre
Side by Side by Sondheim - Headliners Club
Credits as associate / assistant MD include:
Spring Awakening - Almeida Theatre
Ghost Quartet - Boulevard Theatre
Guys and Dolls - Sheffield Crucible
Love is Only Love - The Other Palace
Joe has also been MD for student productions of Sweet Smell of Success, Sister Act, Cabaret, Me and My Girl, The Hot Mikado, The Last Five Years, The Witches of Eastwick, Bare: A Pop Opera, Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Teaching at Arts Ed. Photography: Tom Packer
In 2014, Joe played the role of Professor Willard in David Cromer’s acclaimed re-imagining of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town at the Almeida Theatre.
During the run, he curated a charity cabaret at the Almeida, featuring the cast of Our Town, including Annette McClaughlin, Anna Francolini, Richard Lumsden, Rhashan Stone and David Cromer.
Joe’s other cabaret MD work includes concerts and open mic nights at the Phoenix Artist Club, and two star-studded concerts at the Other Palace: Crazytown: The Musical World of Ryan Scott Oliver, and Adam Gwon: The New American Musical, which celebrated the work of these American composers, with performances by Fra Fee, Alexia Khadime, Stuart Matthew Price, Helena Blackman, Cassie Compton and the composers themselves.
Banner image credit: Marc Brenner