James McKeon
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James McKeon studied at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester and Christ’s College, Cambridge where he was the organ scholar. He is currently Musical Director and Associate Musical Supervisor for Moulin Rouge The Musical in London, as well as Associate Musical Supervisor for the German production and the forthcoming Dutch production. West End shows as Musical Director include: Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Ghost the Musical, Imagine This, Evita, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Boy George’s Taboo (Original Production) and Pet Shop Boys’ Closer to Heaven. Regional and International work as Musical Director includes: Funny Girl, Guys and Dolls (Marigny Theatre, Paris), Kiss Me Kate (Sheffield Crucible), Guys and Dolls in Concert (Royal Albert Hall), Miss Saigon (UK tour), White Christmas (Manchester Lowry), Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic), Zorro (UK tour) and My Fair Lady (UK tour). James has also conducted productions of Love Never Dies (West End), The King and I (Royal Albert Hall), Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith and West End), The Sound of Music (Palladium) and Cats (UK tour).
The residency has been devised in partnership with Andrew Panton, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep Theatre, and will include facilitated sessions with Dramaturg Jeanie O’Hare (formerly Director of New Work Development at The Public Theater), Music Supervisor James McKeon (Musical Director: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, London), Donna Lynn Hilton, Artistic Director of Goodspeed Musicals, Connecticut and David Greig, Artistic Director of Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Shonagh Murray joins as Associate Musical Supervisor, with Imogen Stirling, supported by Playwright Studio Scotland, joining as Associate Dramaturg.
The creatives will also benefit from networking opportunities and workshop sessions, both in-person and digital, with industry-leading writers, composers, producers, directors, and other theatre practitioners – including Tony® Award-winning director John Doyle, Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs, Tony® Award-winning producer Rashad V. Chambers, and more.
Presented by Cove Park and Dundee Rep Theatre in partnership with Capital Theatres, Citizens Theatre, Macrobert Arts Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts – Mumbai, National Theatre of Scotland, Octopus Theatricals – New York City, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, and Traverse Theatre. Associate partners include A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, and Tron Theatre.
