CV

COMPOSER:

Thespians:

Music & Lyrics for brand new musical comedy, touring the UK in spring 2026 and written with Jonathan Sayer (www.thespiansmusical.com)

★★★★★ (Whats On Stage, The Stage, All That Dazzles,)

'wondrously diverse score' 'there is a freshness to each number' - The Stage

'It's five stars of perfection from beginning to end' - WhatsOnStage

'...it has some absolutely banging numbers which never, ever go on for too long. Some are touching, some rockingly absurd' - Libby Purves

Charlie Russell Aims to Please:

Produced with Mischief Theatre, it had a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022.

Bluff:

He wrote music/lyrics for a new radio play musical with Matt Cavendish, recorded with a full orchestra and cast including Alex Young and Ryan Kopel.

IMPROVISOR:

Mischief Movie Night:

MD/Pianist- West End (Vaudeville), UK Tour, Streamed online (Mischief Movie Night In)

Paul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv Show:

Improvising pianist- at the Comedy Store. Played for various guest stars including Julian Clary, Jason Manford and Stephen Mangan.

Other:

Ed has also guested as a pianist on various other improv shows including Austentatious, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical and Bumper Blyton where he performed in New Delhi.

PIANIST:

Les Misérables:

Assistant Musical Director - World Arena Tour 2024/5

Rehearsal piano, deputy keyboard 1 & 2 - Sondheim Theatre 2022-present

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends:

Rehearsal piano, deputy keyboard 1 & 2 - Gielgud Theatre 2023/4

Operation Mincemeat:

Cover MD, deputy keyboard 2, rehearsal piano - Fortune Theatre 2023-present

Fiddler On The Roof:

Rehearsal piano - 2025 Barbican transfer of Regent's Park production

Into The Woods:

Deputy keyboard 2 - Bridge Theatre 2026

Cats:

Keyboard 1 - Taiwan tour 2022

ORCHESTRATOR:

Passion:

Hope Mill Theatre revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical starring Ruthie Henshall. The Times said "the scaled-down arrangements for just five musicians are a fine match for such an intimate venue".

Pippin:

In 2023 he re-orchestrated and music directed the first French language production of Pippin in Switzerland, working with composer Stephen Schwartz.

ACTOR:

Ed has also acted, recently playing Benjamin Britten in Jonathan Ainscough's A Letter From Ben at the Royal Opera House's Clore Studio. In 2019 he won theatreweekly's 'Best Musical Performance at the Fringe' for his role in Piano_Play, a one man play by Calum Finlay performed at the Underbelly in Edinburgh and The Other Palace.

TEACHING:

Ed has also worked at various drama schools, including ArtsEd, Italia Conti and most regularly at the Guildford School of Acting, where he wrote music for productions of Treasure Island and Babe.