JON ROBYNS
Book, Music & Lyrics
Jon is one of the UK’s leading musical theatre actors. His long list of theatre credits include Les Misérables, Hamilton, Avenue Q, RENT, Miss Saigon and many more.
As a solo vocalist, he has performed in concerts all over the world, including venues in South East Asia, USA, Australia, and Europe.
Jon has released two albums, completing a sell out UK tour of his most recent album, “Musical Direction”. As well as acting, Jon tutors and directs at major drama schools in London and around the UK, and is patron of The South London Youth Theatre.
CHRISTOPHER J ORTON
Book, Music & Lyrics
Christopher is the composer, lyricist and orchestrator for My Land’s Shore. Productions include Off West End world premiere 2017, Welsh Premiere 2018, University College London (UCL) 2022 and studio cast recording. Nominations include Best New Musical and Best Musical Direction (winner) - Offies 2018.
Working across a variety of genres, Christopher’s writing credits include My Land’s Shore; Then, Now & Next; Grace Notes; The Gory Story of Edward Polidori; Dracula; as well as numerous compositions for cabarets and comedy shows. He has also composed the music for two short films, a web-series, and two popular international podcasts.
Christopher is the founder and creative director of The FlyBoys Limited, conceptualising and producing multiple live theatrical productions including The FlyBoys at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The FlyBoys NYC, The FlyGirls, and Miami Voice for clients such as Live Nation, the BBC, Bvlgari, Sir Cliff Richard, Carnival, and The Glenn Miller Orchestra.
BEN GODDARD-YOUNG
Musical Arrangements
Ben has musically directed countless shows in the UK and around the world. He orchestrated and supervised the national tours of Once The Musical; Tom - a new musical about the early life of Tom Jones; Jackie The Musical (co-creator); The Hired Man; Made In Dagenham - for the Queen’s Theatre. For the last twenty years Ben has been working as Resident Musical Director for The New Wolsey Theatre on productions including Once; Little Shop Of Horrors; Our Blue Heaven; Mods And Rox; Oxy And The Morons; and many rock ’n’ roll pantos. He also composed the music for Midsummer Songs, produced in 2014 at The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Ben has also written music for plays at Nottingham Playhouse and Derby Playhouse; a score for for a musical version of Two Gentlemen Of Verona, which had a successful run in Seoul, Korea; and an original score for Macbeth for the Gale Theatre in Barbados. His orchestrations appear in multiple films and TV commercials, and he co-wrote the theme tune of the Lego Friends cartoon.
Television & Film include: Gulliver’s Travels; Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd; The Somme: From Defeat To Victory (BBC); Trial And Retribution (BBC); London Bridge (Carlton Television); Bugs (BBC). He has worked on over one hundred movie soundtracks, including Mary Poppins Returns; Black Panther; Guardians Of The Galaxy 1&2; all of the Pirates Of The Caribbean scores; Mission Impossible Fallout; Into The Woods; SkyFall; and the new Star Wars movies. He is also the resident MD on Quiz for ITV; Midsummer Murders; and Eastenders.