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Get to know the judges of SSSSPOTY 2025: CATHERINE JAYES

Updated: 7 days ago

Catherine Jayes, who will be joining the panel of judges for SSSSPTY 2025

Musical Director Catherine Jayes joins panel of judges at Stephen Sondheim student competition


Catherine Jayes is an experienced Musical Director and Musical Supervisor whose Sondheim credits include MD/Supervisor roles in Pacific Overtures (Japan/UK), Merrily We Roll Along (West End/Broadway/Menier Chocolate Factory), Road Show (Menier), Sweeney Todd, Anyone Can Whistle and Gypsy.


CREDITS... For the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations and As You Like It.


Musical Supervision and/or Musical Direction credits: Pacific Overtures (Japan/UK); The Color Purple (Broadway/Menier); Merrily We Roll Along (West End/Broadway/Menier); Road Show and She Loves Me (Menier).


Catherine was also Musical Director at the Open Air Theatre for many years, both as MD and Composer. Productions include: The Pirates of Penzance, Boys from Syracruse, The Boyfriend, Kiss Me, Kate and High Society.


As Orchestrator/Supervisor: In Dreams (Toronto/Leeds), Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd, Anyone Can Whistle (various UK theatres)/ For actors/musicians: Candide, Animal Farm, Crazy for You and Calamity Jane (Watermill/Nottingham/touring).


As Composer: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe); An Ideal Husband, Shadowlands and The Chalk Garden (Chichester); The Mandate (National Theatre); The Letter (Wyndham's); The Changeling, The Duchess of Malfi and Cymbeline (Cheek by Jowl).


Films include: Allelujah, De-Lovely, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Stoker. Recordings include: The Card and The Color Purple (Grammy winner).


Catherine is an Associate Director of Cheek by Jowl.



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