(from Ionesco's absurdist play Rhinoceros),
which was produced at Chichester Festival Theatre in 1990 with Broadway and Hollywood stars
Mandy Patinkin and Jose Ferrer.
More recently, Jason has written songs and dance numbers for Lido – La Tournee
(the Paris Lido’s world tour),
the chamber opera Strangers Inside for Liza Pulman, as well as a ballet score for
Tom Sapsford Last Night at the Empire (Clore Studio Upstairs, Royal Opera House).
From 2003-5 he was Associate Composer at the Chichester Festival Theatre where,
as well as composing incidental music for six plays and hosting a sell-out series
of late-night cabarets, his music and lyrics were heard in two new musicals:
a main-stage adaptaion of Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies
(book by Gary Yershon) directed by Jeremy Sams, starring Louise Gold and Joe McGann in 2003;
and a specially-commissioned chamber musical for the Minerva: Six Pictures of Lee Miller
(book by Edward Kemp) directed by Anthony van Laast, starring Anna Francolini in 2005.
Jason has composed incidental music for over 30 plays at the RNT, RSC, in the West End and on Broadway. Favourites include four by Tennessee Williams – The Glass Menagerie (directed by Sam Mendes at the Donmar), Suddenly, Last Summer (directed by Sean Mathias at the Comedy), Camino Real (RSC Swan) and Vieux Carre (both directed by Steven Pimlott). And many people seem to have fond memories of Bim! Bam! Bom! – the 'winning' entry in Tim Luscombe's EuroVision (Vaudeville)!
Also in demand as a pianist, arranger and musical director, Jason has appeared with Elisabeth Welch, Betty Garrett, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Lorna Dallas, Maria Friedman By Special Arrangement (Donmar, Whitehall, Ambassador's), with Michael Ball in Alone Together (Donmar), Louise Gold By Appointment (Jermyn Street), in Noel and Gertie (Duke of York’s). He is also a musical director for the Lost Musicals seasons.
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