George Stiles

George William Stiles (born 9 August 1961) is an English composer of musicals for stage and screen.

Education

From 1974 to 1979, he was educated at Gresham's School, in Norfolk.

Collaboration with Anthony Drewe

With Anthony Drewe, Stiles has written four shows (see below) and also contributed to "Mary Poppins". "Frost at Midnight","Dave", "A Private function", and "Soho Cinders" are all in development, many of which were showcased at Her Majesty's Theatre In London on 6th July 2008. [http://www.stilesanddrewe.co.uk/news.html News about George Stiles and Anthony Drewe - The multi award winning musical theatre composers or Honk, Just So, Peter Pan, Tutankhamun, Mary Poppins, Soho Cinders, Tom Jones,... ] ]

Tutankhamun

"Tutankhamun" was performed at the Northcott Theatre and Imagination Buildings.

Just So

"Just So" was produced by Cameron Mackintosh at the Watermill and Tricycle Theatres in the UK and at the Goodspeed Opera House and North Shore Music Theatre in the United States. It won the 1985 Vivian Ellis Prize, and Steven Spielberg secured an option to turn it into a feature animation.

Honk!

"Honk!" was commissioned by the Watermill Theatre (1993), and was developed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre (1997) and London's Royal National Theatre (1999). It won three Best Musical awards - the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award, the FNB VITA Award in South Africa, and the Elliot Norton Award in the United States. The National Theatre production toured the UK in 2001. It is frequently produced by schools and community theatre groups.

Peter Pan

"Peter Pan" premiered at the Ny Theater, Copenhagen. In Denmark it won both Best Song and the Orchestra Award at the 1996 International Musical of the Year. In 2001, it was performed at the Royal Festival Hall, starring the late John Thaw accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra. The BBC broadcast the concert on New Year's Eve 2001.

Outside Stiles & Drewe

Stiles is the composer of "Moll Flanders", which won the Best Musical award in the 1995 TMA Awards, "Tom Jones" (performed at the Theatre Royal, York) and "The Three Musketeers" (Stadttheater, St Gallen, Switzerland), premiered in the US at the American Musical Theatre of San Jose.

Other

Stiles and Drewe are founder members of "The Mercury Workshop" (now known as MMD) and have also written other revues and songs for theatre, TV, and radio, including the RSC's "Shakespeare Revue", "The Challenge", and Dame Edna Everage's "Look at Me When I'm Talking to You".

ources

* [http://www.stilesanddrewe.co.uk/about_us.htm Stiles & Drewe]
* [http://www.musicaltalk.co.uk/episodes_0033.html MusicalTalk Podcast] interview with Stiles and Drewe
* [http://www.musicaltalk.co.uk/episodes_0068.html MusicalTalk Podcast] episode discussing, with Stiles and Drewe, the art of pantomime.
* [http://www.mercurymusicals.com MMD (formerly the Mercury Workshop)]

References