PHOTOS More to come....

Denmark Street Big Band. London,2011. Backing the excellent Beverly Stone. 

Photo by Jay Cain 
Panto, New Brighton for ​Cinderella 2010. L-R Jonny Christie (great Edinburgh based drummer), Musical Director Steve Allan Jones (The Alarm, Mike Peters, Spears Of Destiny, Bob Dylan) and I waiting for the next cue from onstage. 

Guitar, banjo, ukulele set up for "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Adelphi Theatre, London 2016. Part of the orchestra was in the wings so we had to follow the md on a small screen.

Closing night of UK tour of Mad About The Musicals. (L-R). Duncan Walsh Atkins (musical director), Dan Hall (bass), me, Tom Carradine (Keys 2), Rich Craig (drums) holding up Katie Carr, late 2006, somewhere on the road.

Cats 2013. Somewhere in Surrey deep in an orchestra pit working with a really good youth theatre company

"Next Thing You Know" pit band, London 2013. (L to R) Rapheal Leo Hurwitz, moi, Doug Grannell, Maria Rodriguez Reina, Michael Webborn. See this band in action in the media page.

In rehearsal with Matt Monro Jr. Eric Rupert on Bass. London, 2013

View from the guitar chair for The Other Guys (Frankie Valli/Jersey Boys tribute) just before opening for Tony Hadley. St George's Hall, Liverpool, 2014

Band and The Other Guys with Tony Hadley post show. St George's Hall, Liverpool, 2014

Mike Peters of the Alarm came to see the panto in New Brighton one year. (L-R) Jonny Christie (drums), Steve Allan Jones (MD), Mike Peters and I

Trying out Victory Amps at Wildwire Guitars in Selby, Yorkshire, Dec 2015. Wildwire Guitars an excellent shop with outstanding customer service.

Another show done and dusted. New Brighton Floral Pavilion Theatre.

Jonny Christie, Steve Allan Jones, Adam Behrens. Panto orchestra pit, New Brighton Floral Pavilion

Back stage pit remote for the musical "Violet" for Mountview Theatre School. with Felix Charles Strickland (guitar), an excellent dep violinist (whose name escapes me), Alex Bramwell (bass) and Nicky Caulfield (drums). Not pictured is md Dustin Conrad. Aug 2015

Rehearsing for a musical theatre composers showcase, Union Theatre, London 2012. (L-R) Steve Gilbertson (drums), Lawrence Addison, bass. (not pictured, Annemarie Lewis Thomas, md and Alvin Ho, guitar 1). Some very serious writing talents were there that night including the excellent Anderson-Petty writing team. See media page for a clip of a session I did for Anderson Petty.

Playing in ENJO, Nov 2014. Photo by Tom Boorman

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"Babes In The Wood", Rochdale 2005. I had never worked on a panto let alone seen one before. Request from production team: "At some point during the show, can you put on a wig, race on stage from the pit and play a solo?" "Sure! Why not??" Great times with Rich Craig (drums) and Martin Hughes (musical director).

The band for Rent. Chester, Feb 2016. (L-R), Paul Taft (guitar 1), Simon Philips (musical director, keys 1), Justin Proudman (bass), me (guitar 2, keyboards), Neil Middleton (drums).

Band for "By Jeeves", this time with Tom Carradine (far left). Shamefully I never read any PG Wodehouse before this show. Can't read enough of his books now.

Band for "By Jeeves", Tunbridge Wells, 2014. (L-R) Vikki Rogers (keys 2, depping for Tom Carradine), Sally MacTaggart (sax and reeds), Oliver Taylor (drums and percussion), Steve Edis (Keys 1/musical director), me, Callum Yule (bass)

The Last Five Years Forum Studio Theatre, Chester 2016. (L-R) Matthew Frain, Luke Moore, Rosemary Sims, Adam Behrens, Stuart Gaskell, Trish Gaskell. This was a very special production which will transfer to Shrewsbury in September.