Ian's work as Composer for Wise Children includes: Wise Children (UK National tour); Malory Towers (Bristol Old Vic and UK tour); Bagdad Cafe (The Old Vic); Wuthering Heights (UK and US tours and The Holland Festival.) 

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Other work as Composer includes Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe) and on the film The Princess and Peppernose. 

 

Ian also worked as a musician with Kneehigh Theatre, on shows including: Brief Encounter; The Red Shoes; Don Jon; The Wild Bride; Tristan and Yseult; Dead Dog in a Suitcase; The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings; and The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. 

 

His work as Musical Director includes: Girl from the North Country (Toronto 2019, Runway.) 

 

Nominations include: Dora Mavor Award for Outstanding Musical Direction 2020 (Girl from the North Country) and The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play 2023 (Wuthering Heights).

 

Ian is a Bristol based multi-instrumentalist and Composer. He is the Head of Music for The School for Wise Children and leads the band Eleven Magpies.