Grant Olding

Grant, who has been hailed as "one of the UK's leading contemporary musical theatre writers", trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama and was resident composer at the Bridewell Theatre, London's premier venue for new musical theatre writing.

As a composer/lyricist his work includes "Spittin' Distance" (Stephen Joseph Theatre, and National Theatre Studio), "Yeti - an abominamusical" (Edinburgh Festival), "A Celebrity Chef Ate My Hamster!" (Bridewell and Chichester), "Beyond the Sea" (Bridewell), "Born of Glass" (NYMT, Lyric Belfast) and "Three Sides". He has composed songs and scores for "Tracy Beaker Gets Real" (Nottingham Playhouse and tour), "Southwark Fair" (National Theatre), "All in the Timing" (Bridewell), "Romeo & Juliet" (Southwark Playhouse), "The Blue Diamond of Azkabar" (Hazlitt and tour), "Reunion" (Bridewell), and "Macbeth", "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Much Ado About Nothing", and "Twelfth Night".

In March 2006 a concert of his work "Not(es) From New York" played to a full house and critical acclaim at the Duchess Theatre, this was the first time his work had been heard in a West End theatre.