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Chris Howell

Singing and Acting Teacher

West End: Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Pantoland at the Palladium (twice), Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella (London Palladium); Witches of Eastwick in Concert (Sondheim), Gypsy and Sunset Boulevard (Alexandra Palace), 42nd Street, My Fair Lady and Anything Goes (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Made in Dagenham (Adelphi), Stephen Ward (Aldwych), Wicked (Apollo, Victoria), Betty Blue Eyes (Novello), Hairspray (Shaftsbury), Too Close To The Sun (Comedy), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales), Fame (Victoria Palace), Elvis (Piccadilly), Buddy (Strand), Peter Pan-The British Musical (Cambridge), What a Performance (Queens). Off West End: Yeast Nation and Side Show (Southwark Plahouse), Closer To Heaven (Above The Stag), Out There (Tristan Bates), Sweeney Todd and HMS Pinafore (Union Theatre), Aladdin (Pleasance Theatre), The Project (L.I.F.T.). Other theatre includes: Midnight (New York), Made in Dagenham (Pimlico Opera), The Sociable Plover (Frinton), The Lightkeepers (The Whale Theatre, Shanghai), Hairspray (Pimlico Opera), Guys and Dolls (Theatre Marigny, Paris), A Christmas Carol (Blackpool), Dick Whittington (Venue Cymru, Llandudno), Wolf (Sydmonton), The Sleeping Beauty (Plymouth), 42nd Street (Chichester), Guys and Dolls (Cambridge Arts), The Wizard of Oz (Trinity Theatre), Aspects of Love (Basingstoke). Tours include: Love Me Tender, The Mikado, South Pacific, Chicago, Jolson & Co, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Phantom of the Opera.

Film: Semi Detached, 42nd Street, Made in the 80’s, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Spadesman, Buddy and Driving Safely.

Television: Kiss Me Kate (BBC).

Workshops: Naked (Pet Shop Boys and Amy Ng) Midnight (Todrick Hall), That Man (Arts Council), The Braille Legacy (Colbert Entertainment), Out There (Elliot Davis/James Bourne), Stephen Ward (R.U.G.), Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Bartlett Sher/David Yazbek), The Little Prince (Nick Lloyd Webber), Bumblescratch (Robert Sherman Jr.),  The Witches of Eastwick (CML) and Any Questions (RSC).

 

 

Christopher Howell Directing/Teaching CV

 

Christopher's recent Directing Credits include: The Bacchae (Guildford); Departure Point and Re:Discovery (Leicester Square Theatre; The Mistress (Jermyn Street Theatre);Time Tales (Rhapsodia School's Tour); Marshmallow (Proud Unicorn); The first professional London revival of Chess (The Union Theatre) - Shortlist finalist for Whatsonstage Best Musical Revival Award 2014; The Offies - Best Musical Production and Best Choreography Award 2014; Broadway World Best Musical Production Award 2014 and West End Frame Best Musical Production Award 2014; The Sound of Music (Coutier's Theatre); Closer Than Ever (Greenbelt Arts Festival); Lovely Ladies (The Venue, Leicester Square) and Phantasmic (Bradford Alhambra Studios).

 

Associate and Resident Director Credits include; Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Pantoland at the Palladium (2021) (London Palladium); Pantoland at the Palladium (2020) (London Palladium); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (London Palladium); Side Show (Southwark Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Blackpool), Love Me Tender (National Tour) and Elvis - The Musical (National Tour).

 

Drama School Credits include: Exposure (Fife College); Sweet Charity, Carrie and Mack and Mabel (PPA); Sister Act (Theatre on the Hill); Spamalot (PPA); Made In Dagenham (Eve Lyons Studio Theatre); Gypsy (New Bucks University);

The Pirates Of Penzance (Yvonne Arnaud Theare); Bring It On and Flashdance (Electric Theatre, Guildford. UK Drama School Premiers); The Gondoliers (Arts Ed); Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (P.P.A.); Cabaret (Jasmine Tee Studios); Babes In Arms (Kenneth Moore Theatre); The Little Shop Of Horrors (Motherwell); Taboo - Drama School Premier (Coatbridge); Musical Staging for Miss Lonely Heart (The Poor School); Pippin (GAMTA); The Boyfriend (Edinburgh Fringe); and Godspell (Brighton).

 

Christopher has also taught at many schools including PPA, Arts Educational, New College Lanarkshire, GAMTA, The Poor School, CPA, Fife College, BWA and for West End Does.

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