With over 25 years experience, Chris has written original scores for more than 150 productions for theatre, film, television and radio. He composed the score for the Olivier Award winning stage version of The Railway Children at Waterloo and he received a Dora Award nomination for the music when the show transferred to Toronto in 2011.
His work at the Theatre Royal, York includes: The Mystery Plays, The Guinea Pig Club, Laurel and Hardy, Peter Pan, Two Planks and a Passion, My Family and Other Animals, The Crucible, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Wind in the Willows, Coram Boy, Twelfth Night, Death of a Salesman, A Man for All Seasons, Rabbit and Hedgehog, Pinocchio, Bouncers, Broken Glass, Pygmalion, Hobson’s Choice, Macbeth, The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, Brassed Off, The Pocket Dream, A Taste Of Honey, Caitlin, Private Lives, Abandonment, All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Blue Room, The Three Musketeers, Behind The Scenes At The Museum, The Chrysalids, Habeas Corpus, Up ‘n’ Under, The Glass Menagerie, Frankenstein, The Snow Queen, Having A Ball, Disco Pigs and Romeo And Juliet.
Credits for other theatres include: Brideshead Revisited English Touring Theatre, Steptoe And Son In Murder At Oil Drum Lane, Comedy Theatre West End, The Crucible, Bolton Octagon; A Cloud In Trousers, Southwark Playhouse, Ay Carmela, Shaw Theatre London, The Lifeblood, Edinburgh Festival and The Riverside Studios; Romeo And Juliet, Tidelines, Frog and Toad and The Snow Queen, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; Passion Killers, Up ‘n’ Under 2, Bouncers and Laurel And Hardy, Hull Truck Theatre; Beauty And The Beast, Chester Gateway and Misery, King’s Head.
Chris was also a long time collaborator with Compass Theatre Company having written over 15 shows for them, including the acclaimed tours of Jekyll and Hyde, Moby Dick and Hard Times.
His work for television and radio includes: Two Lives, One Body for ITN; The Escape Artist Channel 4, Behind The Scenes At The Museum, The Midnight House, The Lifeblood and the classic serialisation of The Midwich Cuckoos (nominated for the Sony International Radio Drama Awards) all for BBC Radio Four.
Chris also works in the corporate and commercials sector including the current Moreth>n Brand and DRTVs the most recent Maryland Gooeys TV commercial, Fisherman’s Friend TV campaign Ice and Lofty’s Storm and has held workshops at The Globe and for the National Youth Theatre. His corporate work has toured throughout Europe and Australia.
Recently he was commissioned to write the music for 3 films for Save the Children and Safepoint charities, promoting safe injections in the third world. The first of which Satchin, has played throughout India. He also wrote the music for Ronald McDonalds House Annual Charity Event at Billingsgate market.
Chris was also Artist in Residence at University College Bretton Hall for three years.
His work at the Theatre Royal, York includes: The Mystery Plays, The Guinea Pig Club, Laurel and Hardy, Peter Pan, Two Planks and a Passion, My Family and Other Animals, The Crucible, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Wind in the Willows, Coram Boy, Twelfth Night, Death of a Salesman, A Man for All Seasons, Rabbit and Hedgehog, Pinocchio, Bouncers, Broken Glass, Pygmalion, Hobson’s Choice, Macbeth, The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, Brassed Off, The Pocket Dream, A Taste Of Honey, Caitlin, Private Lives, Abandonment, All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Blue Room, The Three Musketeers, Behind The Scenes At The Museum, The Chrysalids, Habeas Corpus, Up ‘n’ Under, The Glass Menagerie, Frankenstein, The Snow Queen, Having A Ball, Disco Pigs and Romeo And Juliet.
Credits for other theatres include: Brideshead Revisited English Touring Theatre, Steptoe And Son In Murder At Oil Drum Lane, Comedy Theatre West End, The Crucible, Bolton Octagon; A Cloud In Trousers, Southwark Playhouse, Ay Carmela, Shaw Theatre London, The Lifeblood, Edinburgh Festival and The Riverside Studios; Romeo And Juliet, Tidelines, Frog and Toad and The Snow Queen, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; Passion Killers, Up ‘n’ Under 2, Bouncers and Laurel And Hardy, Hull Truck Theatre; Beauty And The Beast, Chester Gateway and Misery, King’s Head.
Chris was also a long time collaborator with Compass Theatre Company having written over 15 shows for them, including the acclaimed tours of Jekyll and Hyde, Moby Dick and Hard Times.
His work for television and radio includes: Two Lives, One Body for ITN; The Escape Artist Channel 4, Behind The Scenes At The Museum, The Midnight House, The Lifeblood and the classic serialisation of The Midwich Cuckoos (nominated for the Sony International Radio Drama Awards) all for BBC Radio Four.
Chris also works in the corporate and commercials sector including the current Moreth>n Brand and DRTVs the most recent Maryland Gooeys TV commercial, Fisherman’s Friend TV campaign Ice and Lofty’s Storm and has held workshops at The Globe and for the National Youth Theatre. His corporate work has toured throughout Europe and Australia.
Recently he was commissioned to write the music for 3 films for Save the Children and Safepoint charities, promoting safe injections in the third world. The first of which Satchin, has played throughout India. He also wrote the music for Ronald McDonalds House Annual Charity Event at Billingsgate market.
Chris was also Artist in Residence at University College Bretton Hall for three years.