Conor Mitchell

Conor Mitchell is an Irish composer and writer.^[1] His play, The Dummy Tree, was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for their 2009 New Connections series.^[2]

He is currently working on a new solo musical for Nigel Richards.

Conor has been a great supporter of Youth Music Theatre: UK and has received several commissions from them including Missing Mel, Goblin Market and Eight.

He split first place in the Stephen Sondheim Society's Student Performer of the Year Competition for a song he wrote entitled What Kind of Life Is This, Masha?. He split the new song competition prize with Gwenyth Herbert's Lovely London Town.^[3]

Works

Music theatre

• Have a Nice Life^[4]
• Goblin Market^[5] based on Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market
• WLTM
• Missing Mel
• The Young Pornographer's Wife
• Matilde^[6] based on Guy de Maupassant's story, "La Parure" (The Necklace).
• Merry Christmas Betty Ford^[7]
• The Dummy Tree For the National Theatre's Connections festival.

Opera

• The Musician^[8]

Film

• Pretty Face

References

1. ^ "Conor Mitchell". Daily Express. 4 February 2005. http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=THEEXP0020050204e1240003j. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
2. ^ Royal National Theatre, New Connections Plays 2009. Retrieved on 2009-02-17.
3. ^ "Ah, youth". The Sondheim Review (Sondheim Review, Inc.) XVII (2): 5–6. 2010. ISSN 1076-450X. 
4. ^ Cripps, Charlotte (27 May 2003). "Like to get to know you well". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/like-to-get-to-know-you-well-591243.html. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
5. ^ "Hungry young Goblins". The Irish News. 16 August 2003. http://www.irishnews.com/searchlog.asp?reason=denied_empty&script_name=/pageacc.asp&path_info=/pageacc.asp&tser1=ser&par=ben&sid=439889. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
6. ^ Rudden, Liam (15 August 2008). "Mathilde makes it to the stage". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://news.scotsman.com/theguide/Mathilde-makes-it-to-the.4394435.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
7. ^ "Merry Christmas Betty Ford - Lyric Theatre, Belfast". The Irish Times. 15 December 2005. http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=IRTI000020051215e1cf00026. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
8. ^ "Classical Music". The Belfast Telegraph. 5 December 2008. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/classical-music-14095734.html. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 

External links

• Connor Mitchell biography on the Youth Music Theatre UK web site

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