David Steadman - Production Musical Director
David studied at the Birmingham School of Music, Birmingham University and Trinity College, London. He has been Production Musical Director for Bill Kenwright since 1982 conducting amongst others, Whistle Down the Wind (West End, UK tour), Scrooge (UK tour), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK tour), Joseph (West End, UK tours and Australia), Wonderful Town (Queen’s), The Wind in the Willows (Vaudeville), Jeanne (Birmingham Rep and Sadler’s Wells), The Case of the Dead Flamingo Dancer and a national tour of Oliver!. He also worked on Don’t Go Breaking My Heart for BK Films and is BKL Orchestral Manager for Scrooge, Tell Me on a Sunday and Brighton Rock (Almeida Theatre).
From 1994-2002 David was Principal Conductor of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and appeared with them at the Savoy Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Festival Hall and on tour with The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, The Yeoman of the Guard, Die Fledermaus, La Vie Parisienne and The Count of Luxembourg.
Other work has included the London Concert Orchestra (Barbican and Birmingham Symphony Hall), Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera Tribute to Donald Adams (Coliseum), Northern Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, National Concert Orchestra, Carl Rosa Opera and Buxton Festival.
Regional work embraces fifteen productions at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, including A Little Night Music, Camelot and Perchance to Dream, incidental music for The Servant of Two Masters and Abracadaver (Plymouth), The Boys from Syracuse (Sheffield Crucible), seasons at Liverpool Playhouse, Birmingham Rep and Nottingham Playhouse, and orchestrations for the 50th anniversary tour of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend.
