Biography - Stewart Nicholls
Stewart has directed and choreographed many productions: Lunch With Marlene, National Tour, Hetty Feinstein’s Wedding Anniversary at New End Theatre, London, Copacabana, at GSA Conservatoire, Big Bruvva – The Musical at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, Lunch With Marlene (starring Kate O’Mara and Frank Barrie) at the New End Theatre, London, Faith Brown and Her Boys In The Buff at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival, Beatlemania at the Gothenburg Opera House in Sweden, South Pacific (starring Kim Medcalf, Maria Ewing, Alan Opie and Les Dennis) at Birmingham Symphony Hall with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (also Broadcast on Christmas Day 2005 on BBC Radio Two), Into Thin Air! (starring Wayne Sleep) at the New Players Theatre, and Over My Shoulder (starring Anne Rogers) Tour and Wyndhams Theatre, Carousel at St David’s Hall, Cardiff (also broadcast on BBC Radio Three), A Little Sondheim On The Side and Happy As A Sandbag at GSA Conservatoire, and the première of Charles Hart’s Love Songs at the Bridewell Theatre, London.
Choreography includes: Cinderella at Hall For Cornwall, Truro, Maggie May at GSA Conservatoire, Guildford, Kelly Brook’s tap-routine for the short film In the Mood, Tim Rice’s revival of Blondel at the Pleasance Theatre, London and the Vaudeville sequence in the stage premiere of The Young Ones, (based on the 1960s Cliff Richard movie) at the Gatehouse Theatre. He has also staged two shows on the QEII.
Stewart co-ordinated Lunch With Christine and Neil Hamilton at the Edinburgh Festival from 2006 - 2008 as well as co-ordinating guests for Victor Spinetti’s A Very Private Diary in the 2007 Edinburgh Festival.
Stewart is a leading archivist of British Musical Theatre: directing and choreographing Love on the Dole, Popkiss and Noël Coward’s Sail Away (his restored version is published by Warner/Chappell Music), A Girl Called Jo (for which he revised the script), Follow That Girl, Zip Goes A Million, Vanity Fair, The Amazons (which he also restored), Grab Me A Gondola and Ann Veronica. He co produced CD’s of many of these productions, including The Amazons which was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Stewart has lectured on the history, direction and choreography of Musical Theatre, is archivist for David Heneker and Julian Slade, is an Honorary member of the Noël Coward Society and an Honorary Theatre Associate of Mercury Musical Developments. Stewart has written sleeve notes for various CD’s and the editorial for four volumes of music books entitled Legendary Ladies of Broadway.
Stewart occasionally appears onstage, including: Dandini in Cinderella at the Hall For Cornwall in 2008 and as pianist for David Benson sings Noel Coward.
Future direction and choreography in 2009 includes: Jack and Beanstalk for The Hall For Cornwall Truro and Hiss & Boo Productions.