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Sunday, 29 October 2017

Imitiation is the Greatest form of Flattery

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Annemarie Lewis Thomas

Annemarie Lewis Thomas Composer/Lyricist/MD

Annemarie Lewis Thomas is a published composer and lyricist as well as an accomplished Musical Director and arranger. She has composed for musicals for productions in London, European tours, regional theatre, pantomimes and commissions for youth & student productions.

Composing credits include: THE OPEN DOOR, GIRL IN THE ASHES, GREAT EXPECTATIONS and FOOL'S GOLD, all full length musicals written in collaboration with Gerry Flanagan and commissioned by YMT:UK. In collaboration with Phil Willmott, Annemarie wrote the music to AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, UNCLE EBENEZER and THE WOLF BOYS. For the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Annemarie composed the score for BLACK EYED SUSAN, and wrote the songs for three pantomimes: CINDERELLA AND THE GLASS SLIPPER, PUSS IN BOOT and JACK AND THE BEANSTALK– all written with Daniel O’Brien. DANGEROUS DAUGHTERS(2010),CELEBS ANON(2011), THE SUNSHINE GANG(2012), THE BALLAD OF KITTY JAY(2013), JUST THE TICKET(2014) and most recently THE VENUS FACTOR(2015) were all written in collaboration with Nick Stimson.

In 2013 as part of the From Page to Stage season at the Landor, Aria Entertainment produced An Evening of the Music and Lyrics of Annemarie Lewis Thomas featuring West End performers. Most recently Annemarie wrote the songs for new versions of ALADDIN, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with books by Daniel O’Brien, which played at the Courtyard Theatre and BGAC (London). She wrote some additional incidental music for a revival of Nick Darke’s TING TANG MINE directed by Tilly Vosburgh, also performed at the Courtyard Theatre, and wrote the songs for the UK tour of BOXED IN for Shifting Sands Theatre Company.

MD credits include: RENT (Olympia Theatre, Dublin), ANNIE (UK No 1 Tour), UK premieres of CALAMITY JANE (BAC), VICTOR/VICTORIA, REEFER MADNESS, THE ULTIMATE MAN (Bridewell) NAKED BOYS SINGING (Madam JoJos), MARTIN CHARNIN’S 9 AND A HALF QUID REVUE 9(The King’s Head). For many years she was the MD for the award winning Steam Industry responsible for hits such as THE KING AND I, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS & SOUTH PACIFIC. More recent MD credits have included: WEST END BACKWARDS (King’s Head Theatre), FROM UP HERE (PERFECT PITCH SHOWCASE) (Trafalgar Studios, West End), PAYBACK (workshop at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and supervised the demo recording), SONGWRITER’S UNION (Union Theatre, London) in addition to working on various workshops of new shows.

As a much sought after accompanist, Annemarie has worked with people such as, Maria Friedman and Liz Robertson (for masterclasses as part of the London Festival of Cabaret), Andy Bell, Patti Boulaye, Ceri Dupree, Ria Jones, Rachel Tucker, Mari Wilson, Diane Langton, Peter Polycarpou, Joanna Lee, Julie Paton, Paul L Martin and Howard Samuels.

In 2009 Annemarie opened The MTA (The Musical Theatre Academy) running the UK’s 1st accelerated learning programme for triple threat performers. In 2012 it was named as the School of the Year in The Stage 100 Awards. To date every student has graduated from The MTA having obtained agent representation, and on average 70% of its graduates are working at any given time.

Annemarie is also a respected writer, contributing blogs over the years to websites such as The British Theatre Guide, The Reviews Hubs, and articles to industry publications e.g. Spotlight, The UK Performing Arts Directory, Musicals Online, Arts Hub and Teaching Drama Magazine to name just a few

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Sunday, 29 October 2017

Imitiation is the Greatest form of Flattery

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