MUSIC FOR THE THEATRE

Opera, and Children's Shows

Dan has written a huge amount of plays and musical shows for children in his role as the Creative Arts Director of Abingdon House School, a special needs school in Marylebone. Outside this he has written 2 comic operas on scientific subjects. The first The Homosexual Necrophiliac Duck Opera took flight privately as the centrepiece performance of the IgNobel Tour at Imperial College, London in 2014. Its official world premiere was at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival in 2015. It's not what he says, it's how deep it goes, the first opera ever about sexual attraction and voice pitch, was written for the sexual attraction series of Lates at the Natural History Museum in 2016. His lastest opera She said the 'F' Word took place at RADA Studios. The final opera in the 2017 Tete a Tete Opera Festival. He has written the music and lyrics to The Christmas Sisters. A children's show about different international and religious festivals, which has played to primary school in the London area. He also wrote the music for a mimed dance show Monty and Mirabella which has been performed over 100 times in almost as many venues.