Colin has written the music to numerous theatre productions, mostly for UK audiences, although some of his work has travelled a little more further afield.
The Herbal Bed
Theatr Clwyd (March 5th - March 28th 2015); by Peter Whelan: directed by Emma Lucia
Hamlet
Theatr Clwyd (February 5th - March 7th 2015); by William Shakespeare: directed by Terry Hands
Seminar
Hampstead Theatre, London (September 25th - October 18th 2014); by Theresa Rebeck: directed by Terry Johnson
Ghosts
Theatr Clwyd (September 25th - October 18th 2014); by Henrik Ibsen: directed by Emma Lucia
Arms And The Man
Theatr Clwyd (May 1st - May 24th 2014); by George Bernard Shaw: directed by Emma Lucia
Copenhagen
Theatr Clwyd (October 31st - November 23rd 2013); by Michael Frayn: directed by Emma Lucia
The Winslow Boy
Theatr Clwyd (May 2nd - June 1st 2013); by Terence Rattigan: directed by Terry Hands
Salt, Root and Roe
Theatr Clwyd (April18th - May 4th 2013); written Tim Price: directed by Kate Wasserberg
Educating Rita
Theatr Clwyd (February 28th - April 6th 2013); written by Willy Russell: directed by Emma Lucia
Old Money
Hampstead Theatre (November 29th 2012 - January 12th 2013): directed by Terry Johnson and starring Maureen Lipman
Hysteria
Theatre Royal, Bath (July ?? 2012 - August 18th 2012): directed by Terry Johnson
A Doll's House
Theatr Clwyd (March 1st - March 31st 2012); written by Henrik Ibsen; directed by Emma Lucia
As You Like It
Theatr Clwyd (February 9th - March 10th 2012); written by William Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Big Maggie
Opened at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway by the Druid Theatre Company (November 11th - 19th 2011); written by John B Keane; directed by Garry Hynes. Then toured several places in Ireland, finishing in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre in February 2012
Theatr Clwyd (May 6th - June 4th 2011); written by William Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Blackthorn
Theatr Clwyd (October 28th - November 20th 2010); written by Gary Owen; directed by Terry Hands
The Prisoner Of Second Avenue
Old Vic, London (July 13th - September 11th 2010); written by Neil Simon; directed by Terry Johnson
Arden of Faversham
Theatr Clwyd (February 11th - March 6th 2010); written by Anonymous; directed by Terry Hands
Pygmalion
Theatr Clwyd (October 8th - 31st 2009); written by Bernard Shaw; directed by Terry Hands
The Glass Menagerie
Theatr Clwyd (September 17th - October 10th 2009); written by Tennessee Williams; directed by Terry Hands
Mary Stuart
Theatr Clwyd (May 7th - 30th 2009); written by Friedrich Schiller (a new version by Mike Poulton); directed by Terry Hands
Rain Man
Apollo Theatre, London (September 9th - December 20th 2008); written by Barry Morrow, re-imagined for the stage by Dan Gordon; directed by Terry Johnson
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Opened at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway by the Druid Theatre Company (September 12th - 27th 2008); written by Martin McDonagh; directed by Garry Hynes. Then toured several places in Ireland, UK and ended up in New York
Macbeth
Theatr Clwyd (May 1st - 24tth 2008); written by William Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
All that Jazz
Hippodrome, Birmingham (February 27th - March 1st 2008); New Theatre, Oxford (March 4th & 5th 2008); Empire, Sunderland (March 11th & 12th 2008); Theatre Royal,
Plymouth (March 18th & 19th 2008); by the Birmingham Royal Ballet; choreography by David Bintley
The Cherry Orchard
Theatr Clwyd (October 11th - November 10th 2007); written by Anton Chekhov; directed by Terry Hands
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Town Hall Theatre, Galway by the Druid Theatre Company (September 19th - 29th 2007); written by Eugene O'Neill; directed by Garry Hynes
Hamlet
Courtyard Theatre, Chicago (September 2nd - November 18th 2006); written by William Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Troilus And Cressida
Theatr Clwyd (10th February - 5th March 2005); written by William Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Orpheus (aka Such Sweet Thunder)
Hippodrome, Birmingham (6th - 9th October 2004); Sadler's Wells, London (28th - 30th October 2004); Theatre Royal,
Plymouth (4th - 6th November 2004); by the Birmingham Royal Ballet; choreography by David Bintley
One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest
Theatr Clwyd (12th February - 6th March 2004); written by Dale Wasserman, based on Ken Kesey’s 'Beat Generation' novel;
directed by Terry Hands
Tonight's The Night (Rod Stewart Musical)
Victoria Palace, London (November 2003); written and directed by Ben Elton. Colin did the orchestrations for the music
The Crucible
Theatr Clwyd (9th October - 1st November 2003); written by Arthur Miller; directed by Terry Hands
Four Seasons
Theatr Clwyd (November 2002); written by Arnold Wesker; directed by Terry Hands
Romeo And Juliet
Theatr Clwyd (10th October - 16th November 2002); written by William Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
Theatr Clwyd (7th February - 2nd March 2002); written by Tom Stoppard; directed by Terry Hands
Inconceivable
Leeds (May 2001); written by Ben Elton based on the book of the same name
(made into the film Maybe Baby, for which Colin also scored the
music); directed by Laurence Boswell
The Little Foxes
Donmar Theatre, London (4th October - 24th November 2001); written by Lillian
Hellman; directed by Marianne Elliott
King Lear
Theatr Clwyd (8th February to 10th March 2001); written by William
Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Henry V
Stratford-upon-Avon / The Barbican / National tour by the Royal Shakespeare
Company (2000); directed by Ron Daniels
Macbeth
previewed at Theatr Clywd (September 1999) then on to Colonial Theatre,
Boston (May/June 2000) then Broadway, New York (15th - 25th June 2000); the Boston
production starred Kelsey Grammer (aka Frasier); written by William
Shakespeare; directed by Terry Hands
Rip
St. James' Church, London by the W11 Children's Opera (1999); written by
Martin Newell; directed by Justin Young
The Journey Of Mary Kelly
Theatr Clwyd (January 1998); written by Sian Evans; directed by Terry Hands
Equus
Theatr Clwyd; written by Peter Schaffer; directed by Terry Hands
Popcorn
Queen's Theatre, London (1998); written by Ben Elton; directed by Laurence Boswell
Royal Hunt Of The Sun
Art Sphere Theatre, Tokyo (December 1996); directed by Terry Hands
The Blue Angel
Old Vic Theatre Royal, Bristol (opened 5th November 1986); written by Andrew
Sinclair; directed by Leon Ruben; designed by Dermot Hayes; starring Kerry
Barsley, Nicholas Bennett, Alan Coveney, Alan Dobie, Eileen Gourlay,
Christopher Grimes, Lesley Guinn, Simon Harrison, Stacey Haynes, Tim Hudson,
Stephanie Lawrence, Sara Llewellyn, Wolfe Morris, Esmond Rideout, Philip
Smith, Neville Watchurst and Mark White
Jane Eyre
Chichester Festival Theatre (1986); directed by Peter Coe