Michael Rose

Michael Rose and David Morgan has produced Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend, Dames At Sea, Bell Book and Candle with Anita Harris Tomfoolery with Melvyn Hayes and Brian Cant, The Wizard of Oz with Vince Hill, Oliver! with Tony Adams, Peter Pan, Jesus Christ Superstar and the bitter sweet comedy Steel Magnolias.

Other productions include Maltby and Shire’s Baby which won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Musical, Driving Miss Daisy with Stephanie Cole which was nominated for Best touring show in the TMA Martini Rossi Awards, the stage premiere of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the European premiere of Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever, the UK premiere of Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies which transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End, two new thrillers entitled Nightmare and Nightfright, the UK premiere of American writer Ivan Menchell’s comedy The Cemetery Club with Millicent Martin, Anne Charleston, Judy Cornwell and Carmen Silvera, the UK premiere tour of James Goldman’s The Lion In Winter with David McCallum and Sian Phillips and the world premiere of ........love Julie with Millicent Martin and Anne Charleston  At Poole Michael and David have premiered  Peter Pan-The Return, Aladdin and Cinderella all  starring Matthew Kelly, Peter Pan with Ron Moody, Aladdin with Dora Bryan and Snow White with Lynda Baron.

The Olivier Award winning tap musicals Tap Dogs and Hot Shoe Shuffle,  American writer Ivan Menchell’s new comedy drama The Surprise Party with an all star cast including Matthew Kelly, Tracey Childs and Peter Duncan. Michael Rose Limited has had enormous critical success in London’s West End with Pam Gems’ Marlene starring Sian Phillips, directed by Sean Mathias,  a tribute to the legendary Marlene Dietrich, which toured extensively around the UK including season’s in Paris and South Africa. Michael Rose Limited also  completed a season at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London with Sweet Charity starring Bonnie Langford and La Cava, with Oliver Tobias at the Piccadilly Theatre in London. 

The national tour of Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting On A Green Park Bench, the musical stage version  of  Whatever Happened To Baby Jane in Huston, Texas, The Cemetery Club with Edward Woodward, Michele Dotrice, Anne Charleston and Shirley Anne Field and the UK premiere of Footloose , a musical based on the 1980’s movie starring Kevin Bacon.

Recent productions include the West End smash hit Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, the Ford Centre New York and the UK national tour,  Footloose at the Novello Theatre London and national tour and the European premiere of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at Plymouth Theatre Royal and Southampton Mayflower.