Author of Theatre Music at the RSC: Macbeth to Matilda (Palgrave 2018), Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment (Ashgate/Routledge 2012) and British Pantomime Performance (Intellect 2007) and co-author of Studying Musical Theatre (Palgrave 2014) and British Musical Theatre Since 1950 (Methuen 2016)

Media appearances include: discussion of British Pantomime on BBC Breakfast and many regional radio programmes, contributions as panellist or reviewer of musical theatre performances on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, contribution to The Archive Hour on lyric writing.

Musical Theatre analyst, historian and dramaturg

Musical Director