Sunset Boulevard - West End Creative Team

Don Black OBE is a highly-acclaimed, Oscar-winning lyricist. His works have included movie themes, hit songs, and numerous musicals, including three with Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tell Me on a Sunday, Aspects of Love, and Sunset Boulevard, for which he received two Tony Awards for Best Book and Lyrics, together with Christopher Hampton. Mr. Black's movie credits include themes for many James Bond films: Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, "Surrender" from Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough. In collaboration with composer John Barry, he wrote the title song for the 1966 film Born Free, ... read more Christopher's plays, musicals and translations have won many awards including four Tonys and three Oliviers. Prizes for his screenplays include an Oscar, Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year and awards at the Cannes and Venice film festivals. Plays include Appomattox, The Talking Cure, Tales from Hollywood, The Philanthropist, Savages, Total Eclipse; adaptations from novels Youth Without God (Horvath), Embers (Marai), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Laclos); plus translations of plays by Chekhov, Ibsen, Moliere, Horvath, Yasmina Reza and Florian Zeller. Screenplays include Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement, A Dangerous Method, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed. ... read more Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were successful outside of their parent musicals, such as "Memory" from Cats, "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita, and "Any Dream Will Do" from ... read more London based Theatre Choreographer and Movement Director. Credits include Matilda the Musical, Legally Blonde, and more. ... read more Training: The Urdang Academy. Theatre: Most recently Nathan played Simple in The Merry Wives of Windsor for two seasons at Shakespeare's Globe 2008/2010 also playing in Los Angeles and New York and can be seen live in cinemas across the UK and USA and on DVD/BluRay. Other theatre credits: The Rocky Horror Show 2006/7 and 2009/10 (UK tour, Playhouse and Comedy) Wolf in Hansel and Gretel (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Roy Rustin in A Small Family Business (Watford Palace Theatre); Miss Saigon (UK tour); Theatre of Dreams (Bridgewater Hall, Manchester); Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Bridewell, Globe Centre, Three ... read more Don Black OBE is a highly-acclaimed, Oscar-winning lyricist. His works have included movie themes, hit songs, and numerous musicals, including three with Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tell Me on a Sunday, Aspects of Love, and Sunset Boulevard, for which he received two Tony Awards for Best Book and Lyrics, together with Christopher Hampton. Mr. Black's movie credits include themes for many James Bond films: Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, "Surrender" from Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough. In collaboration with composer John Barry, he wrote the title song for the 1966 film Born Free, ... read more Sound design credits include: Billy Elliott The Muscial (Curve); The Last Five Years (Garrick & Southwark Playhouse); The Show Must Go On! (Palace); Our Man in Havana (Watermill Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Nottingham Playhouse); the European premiere of The View Upstairs (Soho Theatre) and world premieres of What I Go To School For – The Busted Musical (Brighton Theatre Royal) and Soho Cinders (Soho Theatre). Other credits include: Carrie (Mountview Academy); Jesus Christ Superstar (LAMDA); Bandstand, Spongebob The Musical, Cats, The Wedding Singer, Ragtime, Kipps, The Wild Party, Freaky Friday, Legally Blonde and Nice Work If You Can Get ... read more Soutra Gilmour is a British set and costume designer who has made a name for herself in the world of theater and opera. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Gilmour grew up with a love of the arts and went on to study at the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. Gilmour's career in theater began in the early 2000s, and she quickly made a name for herself with her innovative and visually stunning designs. She has worked on productions all over the world, from London's West End to Broadway and beyond. One of Gilmour's most notable works ... read more Christopher's plays, musicals and translations have won many awards including four Tonys and three Oliviers. Prizes for his screenplays include an Oscar, Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year and awards at the Cannes and Venice film festivals. Plays include Appomattox, The Talking Cure, Tales from Hollywood, The Philanthropist, Savages, Total Eclipse; adaptations from novels Youth Without God (Horvath), Embers (Marai), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Laclos); plus translations of plays by Chekhov, Ibsen, Moliere, Horvath, Yasmina Reza and Florian Zeller. Screenplays include Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement, A Dangerous Method, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed. ... read more Jamie Lloyd (born 1980 in Poole, Dorset) is a British director, best known for his work with his eponymous theatre company (The Jamie Lloyd Company). He is known for his modern minimalism and expressionist directorial style. He is a proponent of affordable theatre for young and diverse audiences, and has been praised as "redefining West End theatre". The Daily Telegraph critic Dominic Cavendish wrote of Lloyd, "Few directors have Lloyd’s ability to transport us to the upper echelons of theatrical pleasure." Memorable productions include the Broadway revival of Betrayal (2019) with Tom Hiddleston, the West End production of The Seagull (2020-2021) ... read more Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada Theatre: Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (Toronto) Film: Blues Brothers 2000, Ruby’s Bucket of Blood Other: Danced with Tavaziva Dance Company (UK), Dallas Black Dance Theater (US). Received a BA (Hons) Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario and served as Dance Captain - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. ... read more