Based in London, Joe works with an array of theatre companies, performing arts schools and composers, as a musical director, arranger, pianist, keyboard/accordion player, keyboard programmer, and audition accompanist.

Joe graduated from Trinity College of Music (London) in 2008 with a 1st class BMus (Hons) degree. He specialised in piano, musical direction, arrangement and music technology.

Theatre credits include: Our House (Bird College), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Bristol Hippodrome), Urinetown (Italia Conti), The Producers (Bird College), Wonderful Town (Bird College), Lucie Jones Live at the Adelphi, Saving Christmas (BYMT), Dick Whittington (Bristol Hippodrome), How To Succeed (Bird College), Cats (Kilworth House), Lucie Jones: This Is Me (UK Tour), Legally Blonde (Bird College), Dick Whittington (Plymouth Theatre Royal), Sweeney Todd (South London Youth Theatre), Peter Pan (Plymouth Theatre Royal), A Christmas Carol (Simply Theatre, Geneva), The Addams Family (UK Tour), Rent (UK Tour & St James Theatre), The Red Shoes (Sadler’s Wells), Exposure (St James Theatre), Anything Can Happen (RWCMD), Into the Woods (RWCMD), Top Hat (Tour of UK & Japan), Legally Blonde (UK Tour), Mamma Mia (International Tour), Rent (RWCMD), Oliver! (Simply Theatre, Geneva), And The World Goes 'Round (RWCMD), Unilever: People Are Beautiful (The Roundhouse), The Martyr (Soho Theatre), Godspell (Simply Theatre, Geneva), 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic), Mr Stink (UK Tour), Christmas With The Stars (BFM, Geneva), Ed (Edinburgh Fringe), Children of Eden (The Arden), Sleeping Beauty (Unicorn Theatre), A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe (Her Majesty’s Theatre), My Fair Lady (Larnaca, Cyprus).

As a dep keyboard player: Back To The Future (Adelphi Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Mamma Mia! The Party (The O2), The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre), 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Annie (Piccadilly Theatre), Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre & UK Tour), Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre), Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre), and Me & My Girl (UK Tour).

Joe has also provided the keyboard programming for several shows including The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noel Coward Theatre/Everyman Cheltenham), What’s New Pussycat? (Birmingham Rep Theatre), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (UK Tour/Sky TV & PBS), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (Ambassadors Theatre) and Rock of Ages (UK Tour).

Film orchestration/conducting credits include Nan: The Movie and Romeo & Juliet (National Theatre).

TV credits include: Sing On! (Netflix), Bryn Terfel Scholarship 2019 (S4C), There’s Something About Movies (Sky), Songs of Praise (BBC).

Recording credits include: Strange Interlude (NT Lyttelton Theatre), The Winslow Boy (Old Vic/AA Theatre, Broadway), Confused.com Adverts (Angel Studios), and Much Ado About Nothing (Wyndham's Theatre).

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