The Barn Presents: The Music of Finn Anderson

Let's celebrate Finn Anderson in the Barn Theatre's virtual musical theatre concert The Barn Presents: The Music of Finn Anderson. West End meets the West Country as another all-star West End and Broadway line-up celebrate the music and work of Scottish musical theatre composer and singer-songwriter Finn Anderson.

Barn Theatre's The Barn Presents: virtual musical theatre concerts celebrate new and upcoming British musical theatre composers and lyricists. Performed by West End and Broadway stars alongside 2020 musical theatre graduates, the concerts bring these exciting new musical theatre songs to the virtual stage. We know that you will be obsessed with these new UK musicals!

The concert features performances from: Christina Bianco (Funny Girl, Forbidden Broadway), Strictly Come Dancing winner Joanne Clifton (The Rocky Horror Show, Flashdance), Rosalind Ford (Once, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Claire-Marie Hall (The Grinning Man, The Wicker Husband), Olivier Award winner Matt Henry MBE (Kinky Boots, The Voice UK, The Lion King), BBC's Over The Rainbow winner Danielle Hope (Rock of Ages, White Christmas, Les Misérables), Rebecca Jayne-Davies (Daddy Long Legs, Half A Sixpence, Jersey Boys), Brienne Keller (Spring Awakening, Ouro Verde), Emmanuel Kojo (Show Boat, Oklahoma, Girl From The North Country), Nicholas McLean (Wicked, Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon), Oliver Ormson (Back To The Future, The Addams Family, The Book of Mormon) and introducing Ella Young.

Watch The Barn Presents: The Music of Daniel and Laura Curtis here: https://youtu.be/kJZVqGeazEg
Join us in 2 weeks for The Barn Presents: The Music Of Elliot Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQfFkZUf1I

CONCERT PROGRAMME

0:00 Intro with Jamie Chapman Dixon and Finn Anderson
2:30 Chat with Rebecca Jayne-Davies
7:04 Rebecca Jayne-Davies sings Taking On Government
10:24 Nicholas McLean sings Hitchcock
14:20 Chat with Claire-Marie Hall
21:07 Claire-Marie Hall and Rosalind Ford sing Used To Say
24:20 Christina Bianco sings Sophie's Apocalypse
29:06 Chat with Emmanuel Kojo
34:49 Emmanuel Kojo sings Garden In My Mind
37:51 Brienne Keller sings Cheap Van
41:18 Chat with Oliver Ormson
45:41 Joanne Clifton sings Flick The Switch
48:12 Oliver Ormson sings Snowstorm
50:48 Chat with Ella Young
57:57 Matt Henry and Ella Young sing 300 Feet
1:00:48 Danielle Hope sings Change Of Plan
1:04:26 End Credits

Finn Anderson has co-created four award-nominated musicals as a composer, lyricist and scriptwriter, consistently tackling diverse subject matter and wide-ranging musical styles. Most recently, Finn composed Edinburgh Fringe hit Islander - a contemporary folktale written for just two female voices and looping technology. Islander was part of the Made In Scotland showcase, winning Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical award before a transfer to London’s Southwark Playhouse, where the show was nominated for the Off West End Award for Best New Musical.

Finn’s debut full-length album ‘Until The Light’ was released in June 2019. A remarkably honest storyteller with a rich baritone voice that is both powerful and tender, Finn’s songs have found a home with an ever-growing international audience. The release led to collaborations across Scotland’s folk and jazz scenes, a solo US tour with Sofar Sounds, and performances at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections festival as part of LGBT+ folk music collective Bogha-Frois.

Finn has written two new musicals co-commissioned by the American Music Theatre Project in Chicago and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - City of Dreams and A Mother's Song. Other musical theatre work includes Come Hell or High Water (Citizens Theatre/Sky Arts) Streets (Hackney Empire/The Cockpit/The Vaults, ‘Best New Musical’ nominee, Off West End Awards) Alba (Edinburgh Fringe, MTM Award nominee). Finn was shortlisted for the 2019 Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize. His songs have been performed extensively in cabaret UK-wide, in the West End, in Chicago and in New York.

Finn is the 2020 recipient of the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer Award. He will undertake a 6-month residency at The Lowry and Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, where he will work on a range of projects across both venues.

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