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Meet the incredible creatives behind Aberystwyth's Wizard of Oz

Meet the incredible creatives behind Aberystwyth's Wizard of Oz

Cambrian News21-07-2025
His extensive career as a musical director, composer and TV pianist has taken him all over the world. He has worked with Sue Pollard (Annie), Dame Edna Everage (pantomime), Ruthie Henshall, Aled Jones and Willard White (the BBC's The Sound of The Musicals), Tony Hadley and Gene Pitney (ITV's Sing it Your Way) and been 'lured in front of the camera' to join 4 Poofs and a Piano, the brilliant house band on the BBC's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.
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