Peter Dodsworth (Music Director) trained at the Royal Academy of Music, London as a joint principal study bassoonist and pianist. He was the first person in the history of the R.A.M. to win the Florence Woodbridge Bassoon Prize in their first year of study and subsequently was asked to play at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. His enthusiasm for musical theatre grew whilst at music college and his professional career in this field took off just before he left. His music director/conducting credits include Company (Catford Broadway Theatre), Cabaret (Catford Theatre) and A Celebration of Christmas (Jermyn St. Theatre), and he has been repetiteur for The Yeomen of the Guard and Mack and Mabel (Churchill Theatre), and The Mikado (Pleasance Theatre). He has compiled and directed cabarets at 'Pizza on the Park', 'The Water Rats' and various other London venues. His performance credits include City of Angels and A Slice of Saturday Night (R.A.M.), And The World Goes Round and They’re Playing our Song (Edinburgh), The Phantom & the Opera (West End and UK Tour) and The Lion King (West End). Peter enjoys his career in musical theatre alongside his individual and masterclass teaching and his ensemble and solo concert work which has taken him all over the world since the age of 15. www.peterdodsworth.co.uk