Chris Cuming
Director & Choreographer
Chris Cuming is a Director and Choreographer who currently serves as the Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Theatre. His Direction and Choreography credits include Aladdin (Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple), We Aren’t Kids Anymore (Workshop), Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk, Les Misérables – Let the People Sing (Norwich Theatre), A Christmas Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life, Potted Panto (Reading Rep), Cats, We Will Rock You, 42nd Street, A Chorus Line, Singin’ In The Rain, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat (Gaiety Theatre), A Christmas Carol, A Midsummers Night Dream, ’Twas the night before Christmas, Peter Pan (Reading Rep Theatre), The Sound of Music, Made In Dagenham, Top Hat - The Musical (Theatre Royal Norwich), Robin Good (Norwich Playhouse), Drowsy Chaperone (London College of Music), Peter Pan- The Musical (The Leys, Cambridge) , As You Like It (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival), Something About This Night (Ivy Theatre, Guildford School of Acting), ENCORE! 40 Years of NYMT (Adelphi Theatre), Sweeney Todd, Sister Act, Oklahoma! (Cambridge Arts Theatre) and Hello Dolly! (Watford Palace Theatre).
As a Choreographer and Movement Director his credits include The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (UK Tour), Sleeping Beauty (Watford Palace Theatre), Growl! (NYMT, 2019 UK Tour & China 2020/21), The Lady Vanishes (UK Tour), Goodnight Mr Tom (ERT, Hull) Midnight - A New Musical (Union Theatre, London & Korea), Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival), Shakespeare’s Sister (Courtyard Theatre), Super Hero the Musical (NYMT, UK Tour), A Night at the Oscars (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Cinderella (Orchard Theatre, Dartford - QDOS), YANK - The Musical, European Premier (Charing Cross Theatre, Hope Mill Theatre), HONK! (NYMT, UK Tour), 5 Guys Chillin’ (Soho Playhouse New York, Brighton Fringe, Kings Head Theatre), The Tempest (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival), Sideways (St James’ Theatre), The Boy Who Built Clock (Arts Theatre London) Andy Capp, The Musical (Finborough Theatre), The School of Light (White Bear Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Camden’s People Theatre), We Raise Our Hands (Albany Theatre), The Mark of Arana (Shoreditch Town Hall), Sequins (London Film School), Little Foot (Trestle Arts Base, The Royal and Derngate). Credits as an Assistant/Associate Choreographer and Director include Vanities The Musical, Mouthful (Trafalgar Studios), Dick Whittington (Watford Palace Theatre), Boxed and Bagged (Bush Theatre), A Chorus Line, Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Grease, Cabaret and City of Angels (Embassy Theatre).
