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George Stiles (composer)

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In October 2013 it was selected for the NAMT Festival in New York – the first children’s show ever to receive that honour. Since then, there have been productions at The Greenwich Theatre, London, a hit season at Emerald City Theatre, Chicago and productions in Finland and China.
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as directed by Rachel Kavanaugh. In the summer of 2011, it made its American premiere at the Tri-County Performing Arts Center in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, recently renamed Steel River Playhouse. The production made its Canadian premiere with the St. Albert Children's Theatre in
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in the summer of 2012. Further productions have been staged in Dallas, Texas, at the Arts Educational School, London, University of Cumbria, University of West England, Newcastle College and it opened in 2015 in Belgium.
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in December 2004 where it had a hugely successful 3-year run before embarking on a UK national tour in 2008. It opened on Broadway in 2006 where it ran for 6 years at the
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A studio cast recording featuring David Bedella, James Gillan, Leanne Jones, Amy Lennox and Michael Xavier was released in 2015.
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was commissioned by the Singapore Repertory Theatre and premiered there in 2013. The Mandarin production opened that same year.
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has been seen by more than 6 million people all over the world in over 8,000 productions in more than 20 languages.
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In 2007, the show was given its British theatrical premiere in a fully-fledged production at the
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In October 2015 a concert version directed by Jonathan Butterell was performed at London's
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as Mummy Pig and Leanne Jones, Taofique Folarin and Daniel Buckley as the three piglets.
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There have been two London revivals, at the Union Theatre and the Charing Cross Theatre.
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was commissioned by the Singapore Repertory Theatre and premiered there in 2015.
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for their Little Company and forms the first in a “trilogy of trios” (along with
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was first performed at the Northcott Theatre and Imagination Buildings in 1984.
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2001. Following the concert’s success, a fuller semi-staged version, with the
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in July 2016 before transferring to London's West End in October 2016.
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in summer 2020 with a book by Stuart Paterson and will be directed by
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It is frequently produced by schools and community theatre groups.
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and working as Dame Edna Everage's musical director and arranger.
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episode discussing, with Stiles and Drewe, the art of pantomime.
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http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/george_stiles/
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in 2014. In the autumn of 2015 it embarked on a new UK Tour.
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For more than 30 years, Stiles has worked with the lyricist
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and with a book by Elliot Davis, will debut in 2019 at the
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in Connecticut produced a new version of the show in 1996.
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won both Best Song (When I Kill Peter Pan, performed by
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was premiered at a sold-out concert performance at the
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George Stiles and Anthony Drewe were commissioned by
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and choreographed by Aletta Collins. In 1999, during
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directed an extensively reworked version at Boston’s
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The stage musical featured a new book by 1127: 1113: 595: 778:Stiles and Drewe are founding members of 734:Independently, Stiles is the composer of 192:won three Best Musical awards – the 2000 651:and lighting design by Howard Harrison. 900:"Stiles & Drewe | Official website" 271:and her brothers Jorim and Nathan. 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Index

English
Gresham's School
Norfolk
Exeter University
Anthony Drewe
Anthony Drewe
Just So
Cameron Mackintosh
Watermill
Julia McKenzie
Tricycle Theatres
UK
Goodspeed Opera House
Anthony Drewe
North Shore Music Theatre
Peter McKintosh
Stephen Mear
Chichester Festival Theatre
Honk!
Watermill Theatre
Julia McKenzie
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Peter McKintosh
Trevor Nunn
National Theatre
Julia Mackenzie
Olivier Theatre
Honk!
Laurence Olivier Award
South Africa

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