Nearly everything I'm working on has been postponed or cancelled. Last night we made the difficult decision to postpone our production of Rodger + Hammerste...

I am working as vocal director for TIP Youth. The program is in it's 10th Season and we are working on Madagascar Jr. for our group of 8-12 year olds, and L...

The cast list for Tokyo International Player's production of Cinderella has been announced. I'm thrilled to be working with some old friends as well as gett...

I'm a big fan of using semi-occluded vocal tract exercises for warming up. As well as lip trills and bubbling, I have been using straws in the rehearsal roo...

Directing Cinderella has given me the chance to research the origins of the fairy tale and to begin to look at each of the characters involved in telling the...

How do you keep improving? A lot of the things I'm asked to sing are not difficult. I'm often repeating the same sort of task over and over again. But while...

I often hear people talk about their favourite songs, or their dream role to sing. I don't often hear them talk about the songs that they have to sing that ...

Auditions for Tokyo International Player's May 2020 production of Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella begin tomorrow evening. This beautiful adaptation of t...

Tokyo Theatre for Children's new show The Weirdest Kid I Know opens tomorrow night at Woody Theater in Nakameguro. This is only the second time that I been ...

I've just started working as vocal director for TIP Youth's production of Legally Blonde. I was surprised at the difficulty of some of the female ensemble p...

I am going to be directing Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella for Tokyo International Players. The show will be taking place in May 2020 and auditions will...

I am currently working as vocal director on TTFC's upcoming production "The Weirdest Kid I Know". Written by Jon Sabay and Kevin McHugh, this new sci-fi mus...

I recently attended a vocal workshop in Tokyo organised by P. A. Tokyo. The course was taught by Amanda Flynn and Rob Rokicki and was conducted in English w...

I recently attended a course on Fitzmaurice Voicework taught by Catherine Fitzmaurice. Most of the courses I attend relate to singing, but this course speci...

I am currently working on a new musical called Disturbance that is being adapted for the stage by Rachel Walzer. The production is based on the book of poems...

It's almost a week since the last performance of Tokyo International's Players production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was the largest show I have directe...

Rehearsals are well underway for TIP's May production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The show has a cast of 38 that includes 11 children. It's been quite the ...

I have been incredibly busy working on a number of different shows. I have been very fortunate that each show has its own set of challenges and that I'm not...

It's hard to believe that January is over already. My days are filled with theatre. I have been working on TIP Youth's productions of Seussical Jr. and In...

It's been a busy year. I've worked on 7 shows and spent more time at a recording studio than I ever have before. I've sang more Abba than I ever wanted to, ...