Nigel studied at King’s College London and the Royal Academy of Music where he was the recipient of the DipRam award. Most recently Nigel was Musical Director for Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse (currently playing at the Vaudeville) for which he also provided musical arrangements. Other Musical Director credits include:LesMisérables (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra); The Most Happy Fella (workshop); Lauren Kennedy in Concert (Menier); La Cage aux Folles (Menier); The Bacchae (National Theatre of Scotland); Acorn Antiques (UK tour); Ain’t We Got Fun! (London workshop dir Chad Larabee); Couples in Counterpoint (Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House); Oklahoma! and Songs for a NewWorld (both at Mountview); The Last Session (UK premiere, Hackney Empire Studio); Putting It Together (Harrogate Theatre); Glitter and Twisted (Beckett Theatre, New York); The Best LittleWhorehouse in Texas (Greenwich Theatre); Maury Yeston’s December Songs (UK premiere, Greenwich Theatre).
As assistant musical director credits include: Sinatra (London Palladium); The Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury Theatre); Les Misérables (Danish tour); and Baiju Bahra (Stratford East).
As pianist he has worked on Sophie Tucker’s One Night Stand (New End Theatre, Hampstead); Time of My Life (Bristol Old Vic); My Fair Lady (Drury Lane); Philip Quast at the Donmar (Divas season); Just So, Out of This World (Chichester); Peter Pan (Royal Festival Hall); Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse); and the Channel Four series Musicality.
Future projects include: the London production of the hit Broadway musical Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith).