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Caird's introduction to musical theatre was directing the world première production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance, which ran at the Palace Theatre in London from 1982 to 1984. Caird adapted and co-directed, with Trevor Nunn , Schönberg and Boublil's Les Misérables for the RSC and Cameron Mackintosh .
In 1982 John Caird directed ‘Song and Dance’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Palace Theatre, productions of which continue to be performed worldwide. In 1984 he directed ‘As You Like It’ at the Stadsteatern, Stockholm.
JOHN CAIRD. John is an author and director working in theatre, opera and musical theatre in London, New York, Tokyo and all around the world. Published works with MTI include Les Miserables (Schools Edition), (Children of Eden (with music by Stephen Schwartz) Jane Eyre (with music by Paul Gordon) and his own new version of Leonard Bernstein's ...
My most recent productions include a stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away in Tokyo and on tour in the West End at the London Coliseum, Wagner’s Parsifal at Houston Grand Opera, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo at Garsington Opera.
Song and Dance was an evening of musical theatre and dance cooked up by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh and produced jointly by Cameron and the Really Useful Company, opening at the Palace Theatre in the West End on 7th April 1982.
In Stockholm his production of Strindberg’s Dance of Death is currently running at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and in Japan he has just directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the New National...
John is an author and director working in theatre, opera and musical theatre in London, New York, Tokyo and all around the world. Published works with MTI include Les Miserables (Schools Edition), ( Children of Eden (with music by Stephen Schwartz) Jane Eyre (with music by Paul Gordon) and his own new version of Leonard Bernstein's Candide ...
