Ben Holder

Musical Director

My full CV is here.

FIlm & TV

On-set Music Associate: Wicked Part 1 (2024) & Part 2 (2025); Disney’s Snow White (2024)

Pianist / Associate MD: You’ve Been a Lovely Audience - BBC4 (2015, one ep); Our Gay Wedding: The Musical - Channel 4 (2014)

THEATRE

As Music Supervisor: The Famous Five: A New Musical (Theatr Clywd / Chichester); Billionaire Boy the Musical (UK tour); Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Associate MS - UK tour).

As Musical Director: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (UK tour), Freaky Friday (Arts Ed), Crazy For You (UK tour), Aladdin & Cinderella pantos (Lyric Hammersmith), The Entertainer (Kenneth Branagh Company, West End), The Beautiful Game (Union Theatre).

As Associate/Assistant/Cover MD: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Back to the Future, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Bat Out Of Hell (all West End); Local Hero (Edinburgh Lyceum); Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith); Romeo & Juliet (Kenneth Branagh Company).

As keyboard player: The Book of Mormon, &Juliet, Jersey Boys (all West End); Les Misérables, The Bodyguard, School of Rock (UK tours); Funny Girl (Paris, rehearsal pianist).

COLLEGES / TEACHING

Arts Educational Schools; Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (Associate Musical Director 2013-14); LAMDA; Emil Dale Academy; National Youth Music Theatre; private coaching.

AUDITION PIANIST

Regular work for major casting directors for theatre, TV and film.