Tom and is wife are expecting a baby - due at the end of April 2012. As Tom has toured extensively over the last six years he has decided that it’s high time that he spent some more time at home.
He is currently focussing on building up his teaching and coaching work around Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and into London. He is musical director for the CREATE Community Choir in Tunbridge Wells and has been working on a youth theatre production of “Alice by Heart” for the Trinity Youth Theatre.
Aside from his teaching work, Tom is a regular keyboard deputy on Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre, London.
Tom was born in Coventry and graduated from Imperial College London in 2004 with a degree in Biochemistry and Management.
As MD: HI-DE-HI (UK tour), STAVROS AND VALANDO @ THE MOVIES (Limasol and Nicosia, Cyprus), JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (UK tour), RED PEPPERS (Theatre Vision, NYC), THE JUNGLE BOOK (Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare), BABES IN THE WOOD and MOTHER GOOSE (Pomegranate, Chesterfield), OKLAHOMA! (Grimsby Auditorium), SPRING FEVER (King’s Head, London) and a studio cast recording of the rock musical AREA 51.
As Children’s MD: The Sound of Music (UK tour)
As assistant MD: Scrooge (UK tour), Cabaret (UK tour)
As a keyboard player he has worked on the UK tours of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, WATERLOO UK, MAD ABOUT THE MUSICALS, BLOOD BROTHERS, HALF A SIXPENCE and GOTTA SING GOTTA DANCE as well as CATS and THE WIZARD OF OZ for the Larnaca International Festival in Cyprus. Tom has played keyboards on CINDERELLA at the Hackney Empire and is a regular dep on LES MISERABLES in London. He also worked as music programmer for the current UK tour of EVITA.
On the satirical comedy circuit, Tom has musically directed THE TREASON SHOW (Komedia, Brighton) and NEWSREVUE (Canal Café, London) as well as working as a cabaret performer and pianist at venues across London including the New Players Lounge, Battersea Barge, CellarDoor, Soprano’s Piano Bar and the Savoy Theatre.
For more information see www.tomcarradine.me