Cast and creatives
Max Alexander-Taylor
Vinnie vocals; also album producer, guitarist, video director/camera
Max trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Theatre includes: The Lion (Southwark Playhouse and Arizona tour), SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT (ALP Musicals), We Need to Talk About Norman (Toulouse-Lautrec), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Iris Theatre), Jones' Diary (Studio 88), Jeannie (Finborough Theatre)
Workshops include: Longitude (Newsroom Theatre Company), Our Last First (NDT Broadgate), Raintown (Dundee Rep), Bingo (Stellar Quines), The Bow Maker (National Theatre of Scotland), The Promised Land (Old Red Lion Theatre)
While training: Melchior in Spring Awakening, Houdini in Side Show, various in London Road, ensemble and u/s American in Chess, Andrei in Three Sisters.
Max has also been the recording engineer, mixer and producer of most of the Vinnie & Paul cast album*, as well as providing all the guitar work.
Max on Instagram
Max on Twitter
Max on Spotlight
*Amir Shoenfeld produced two of the tracks - see below.
Max trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Theatre includes: The Lion (Southwark Playhouse and Arizona tour), SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT (ALP Musicals), We Need to Talk About Norman (Toulouse-Lautrec), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Iris Theatre), Jones' Diary (Studio 88), Jeannie (Finborough Theatre)
Workshops include: Longitude (Newsroom Theatre Company), Our Last First (NDT Broadgate), Raintown (Dundee Rep), Bingo (Stellar Quines), The Bow Maker (National Theatre of Scotland), The Promised Land (Old Red Lion Theatre)
While training: Melchior in Spring Awakening, Houdini in Side Show, various in London Road, ensemble and u/s American in Chess, Andrei in Three Sisters.
Max has also been the recording engineer, mixer and producer of most of the Vinnie & Paul cast album*, as well as providing all the guitar work.
Max on Instagram
Max on Twitter
Max on Spotlight
*Amir Shoenfeld produced two of the tracks - see below.
Charlie McCullagh
Paul vocals; also video director/camera
Charlie trained at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Theatre credits include: Buck in Bonnie & Clyde (Arts Theatre) Pasha Antipov/Strelnikov in Doctor Zhivago – In Concert (Cadogan Hall), Clown 1 in The 39 Steps (English Theatre of Hamburg) and Orville/Nat in Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens (The Union Theatre).
Workshop Credits include: Sean in Érainn: A New Musical & Firing Squad Member 3/Prisoner’s Friend in The 306: Dawn (The National Theatre of Scotland).
Charlie on Instagram
Charlie on Twitter
Charlie on Spotlight
Charlie trained at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Theatre credits include: Buck in Bonnie & Clyde (Arts Theatre) Pasha Antipov/Strelnikov in Doctor Zhivago – In Concert (Cadogan Hall), Clown 1 in The 39 Steps (English Theatre of Hamburg) and Orville/Nat in Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens (The Union Theatre).
Workshop Credits include: Sean in Érainn: A New Musical & Firing Squad Member 3/Prisoner’s Friend in The 306: Dawn (The National Theatre of Scotland).
Charlie on Instagram
Charlie on Twitter
Charlie on Spotlight
Neil Bastian
Neil's songs have been sung in West End venues including The Crazy Coqs, The Iris Theatre, Above the Arts, Seven Dials Playhouse, Phoenix Arts Club, Soho Theatre and The Other Palace.
He was a finalist for the 2018 Iris Theatre Xmas Factor Song Competition, and is a member of the Book Music and Lyrics weekly songwriting workshop, as well as Mercury Musical Developments.
The Rise and Fall of Vinnie and Paul is Neil's third musical - his other two, Force Ten Gayle and The Mayfly Man, are also in development.
Find out more at Neil's website.
He was a finalist for the 2018 Iris Theatre Xmas Factor Song Competition, and is a member of the Book Music and Lyrics weekly songwriting workshop, as well as Mercury Musical Developments.
The Rise and Fall of Vinnie and Paul is Neil's third musical - his other two, Force Ten Gayle and The Mayfly Man, are also in development.
Find out more at Neil's website.
Tamara Saringer
Piano arrangements and playing for Keep Him Sweet, Second Coming, What Happens in Vegas, Red is the Colour
Tamara is a musical director, currently based in London, England. Her work has been seen across the UK and internationally. She is originally from Toronto, Canada where she worked within the Canadian theatre industry before relocating to the UK in 2015.
Tamara is a trained classical pianist. She studied for thirteen years under the tutelage of Marina Geringas and Susan Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. She was then accepted in to the prestigious Glenn Gould School within the Conservatory of Toronto. Later, Tamara went on earn a Masters degree in Musical Direction from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Her work as a musical director encompasses full-scale productions, workshops, readings, cabarets and concerts. Outside of Musical Direction she also works as an arranger and orchestrator.
Tamara is very passionate about supporting the development of new musical theatre. She collaborates with a number of composers within London and around the world. She works regularly in London with leading New Musical companies - Mercury Musical Developments and Perfect Pitch.
She is the resident Musical Director for Signal, a concert series curated by director Adam Lenson. Singal showcases brand new and innovative writing from an exciting array of British writers. All material presented at Signal is a world premier.
Tamara guest lectures at several colleges including Arts Ed, Trinity Laban, Mountview, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, LAMDA, PPA, WAC , Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Associated Studios.
She regularly collaborates with socio-political theatre company - Theatre Renegade - presenting concerts and events created to respond to, and bring awareness, to current social/political issues.
Tamara's website
Tamara is a musical director, currently based in London, England. Her work has been seen across the UK and internationally. She is originally from Toronto, Canada where she worked within the Canadian theatre industry before relocating to the UK in 2015.
Tamara is a trained classical pianist. She studied for thirteen years under the tutelage of Marina Geringas and Susan Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. She was then accepted in to the prestigious Glenn Gould School within the Conservatory of Toronto. Later, Tamara went on earn a Masters degree in Musical Direction from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Her work as a musical director encompasses full-scale productions, workshops, readings, cabarets and concerts. Outside of Musical Direction she also works as an arranger and orchestrator.
Tamara is very passionate about supporting the development of new musical theatre. She collaborates with a number of composers within London and around the world. She works regularly in London with leading New Musical companies - Mercury Musical Developments and Perfect Pitch.
She is the resident Musical Director for Signal, a concert series curated by director Adam Lenson. Singal showcases brand new and innovative writing from an exciting array of British writers. All material presented at Signal is a world premier.
Tamara guest lectures at several colleges including Arts Ed, Trinity Laban, Mountview, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, LAMDA, PPA, WAC , Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Associated Studios.
She regularly collaborates with socio-political theatre company - Theatre Renegade - presenting concerts and events created to respond to, and bring awareness, to current social/political issues.
Tamara's website
Amir Shoenfeld
Producer, A Fistful of Brushes; mix and drum sequencing, Sunflower Power
Amir Shoenfeld is a London based composer, songwriter and music producer with experience in musical theatre, contemporary dance and pop music. In summer 2022, Amir joined Caitlyn Burt as the Cameron Mackintosh co-writer in residence at Theatr Clwyd.
In the world of theatre, Amir has won the 2020 Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize and was also a nominated finalist for the award in 2019. He has written the song 'Looking at the Moon', selected by Tony-Award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown as the winner of the A Song for our Time competition (2020). Amir has been featured on several prestigious showcases including BEAM2018 (the biggest showcase of new musical theatre in the UK) and SIGNAL (curated by the award-winning director and producer Adam Lenson). He has also worked as an associate lecturer on the MA in Musical Theatre at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2016-2019).
In the world of contemporary dance, Amir has composed several scores for the award-winning dance-theatre company Second Hand Dance, including Grass (2015), Getting Dressed (2017) and Night Tree (2018).
In the world of pop music, Amir produced the critically acclaimed album Desire Lines by Fictonian (2015), which was released on Distiller Records and enjoyed a national tour alongside Mercury-Prize-nominee Nick Mulvey. Amir has worked as a studio producer for Powerstudio London and produced ‘Nimeni Pe Drum’, Israel’s entry into the Golden Stag, Europe’s second biggest song contest. Amir is also the songwriter-curator of the first AI Eurovision song ‘Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears’, winner of two Lovie Awards with over 5 million views on YouTube.
Amir's website
Amir Shoenfeld is a London based composer, songwriter and music producer with experience in musical theatre, contemporary dance and pop music. In summer 2022, Amir joined Caitlyn Burt as the Cameron Mackintosh co-writer in residence at Theatr Clwyd.
In the world of theatre, Amir has won the 2020 Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize and was also a nominated finalist for the award in 2019. He has written the song 'Looking at the Moon', selected by Tony-Award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown as the winner of the A Song for our Time competition (2020). Amir has been featured on several prestigious showcases including BEAM2018 (the biggest showcase of new musical theatre in the UK) and SIGNAL (curated by the award-winning director and producer Adam Lenson). He has also worked as an associate lecturer on the MA in Musical Theatre at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2016-2019).
In the world of contemporary dance, Amir has composed several scores for the award-winning dance-theatre company Second Hand Dance, including Grass (2015), Getting Dressed (2017) and Night Tree (2018).
In the world of pop music, Amir produced the critically acclaimed album Desire Lines by Fictonian (2015), which was released on Distiller Records and enjoyed a national tour alongside Mercury-Prize-nominee Nick Mulvey. Amir has worked as a studio producer for Powerstudio London and produced ‘Nimeni Pe Drum’, Israel’s entry into the Golden Stag, Europe’s second biggest song contest. Amir is also the songwriter-curator of the first AI Eurovision song ‘Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears’, winner of two Lovie Awards with over 5 million views on YouTube.
Amir's website
Thanks to...
Linda Alexander, Jim Barne & Kit Buchan, Lloyd Bastian, Nick Carter, Rhiannon Hill, Hilmi Jaidin, Matty Mullholland, Jade Robertson-Waters, Luke Saydon.
A special thank you to Mark Warman and all the writers and tutors at BML, as well as its founder David James.
And finally, heartfelt love and thanks to Mam, Dad, Chris, Karen, Cathy and Lloyd for all their support.
A special thank you to Mark Warman and all the writers and tutors at BML, as well as its founder David James.
And finally, heartfelt love and thanks to Mam, Dad, Chris, Karen, Cathy and Lloyd for all their support.
