Niall is originally from Scotland and is a
freelance musician.
He moved to London in and has
worked on over forty productions as Musical Director, Chorus Master or Pit
Musician including Blood Brothers, Jesus Christ Superstar, Return to the
Forbidden Planet, Hair and Into the Woods. Most recently Niall was Musical
Director for a revue he compiled of the songs of William Finn. The sell-out
production played initially at Jermyn Street Theatre in London. A second
production, produced in association with the Ambassador Theatre Group
transferred the show to Trafalgar Studios.
Recently Niall was Musical Director for
the UK Tour of Mephistopheles Smith and Chorus Master for the Royal Festival
Hall production of Sweeney Todd - featuring Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman,
Phillip Quast, Daniel Evans, Rosemary Ashe, Emma Williams and Daniel Boys.
Niall is also a freelance tutor and has
worked with prestigious performing arts institutions Guildford School of
Acting, Mountview Academy and
Arts Ed. There he has worked on a number of productions with the
students on the undergraduate and postgraduate Acting and Musical Theatre
courses including Company, Grand Hotel, Chaplin, A Little Sondheim on the Side and The Gathering
Storm - a new musical specially commissioned by the Guildford School of Acting and written by Paul Kessell-Holland
and Nicholas Scrivens.
