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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.

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


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