Katy Richardson

Musical Director

Katy was most recently the musical director for five-time Olivier nominated SIX the musical, at the Lyric Theatre, West End. She is also the associate musical supervisor for SIX (UK) and SIX (Australia).

Katy is a proactive and innovative musical director with a broad knowledge of music and musical theatre, and a proven ability to produce results. Katy graduated from the University of Leeds in 2014 with a First in Music before training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Credits as Musical Director: SIX (Lyric Theatre, Arts Theatre, 2018 UK Tour), RENT (Hope Mill Theatre), Hair (Turbine Theatre), Natalie Paris in Concert (The Other Palace), The Wind in the Willows (workshop), An Evening with Aimie Atkinson (The Other Palace), Pageant (UK Tour), Sister Act (Bernie Grant Arts Centre), NewsRevue (Canal Cafe Theatre), Soldier On (workshop), Cinderella (Spotlight Theatre), Blues Brothers: Live and The Rat Pack: Live (both C Scala, Edinburgh), Dracula (Arts Theatre & Latitude Festival), Personals (Landor Theatre), Feathers in the Snow (Unicorn Theatre), Americana (Spa Complex Scarborough & [email protected]), Facehunters (Spa Complex Scarborough & [email protected]), The Last Five Years (SevenArts, Leeds).

Credits as Assistant Musical Director: Dr Dolittle (UK Tour), Norma Jeane (The LOST Theatre), The Secret Garden (Assembly Theatre, Bognor Regis), Sweet Charity (Leicester Curve), Mountview BA Musical Theatre Showcase (Criterion Theatre), Bonnie and Clyde (Bernie Grant Arts Centre), The Ragged Child (Rose Theatre,  Kingston-upon-Thames).

Credits as Composer, Arranger, and/or Orchestrator: The Theban Motherf**ker (co- composer - Latitude Festival), Feathers in the Snow (composer - Unicorn Theatre), Americana (arranger/orchestrator - Spa Complex Scarborough & [email protected]), Facehunters (arranger/ orchestrator - Spa Complex Scarborough & [email protected]).

Katy teaches at RAM, LAMDA, Urdang, and the ICMT. She also works as an audition pianist and private repertoire coach.

Awards: SIX received five 2019 Olivier Award Nominations including Best New Musical and Outstanding Achievement in Music. SIX was also awarded ‘Best West End Musical’ at the 2020 What’s On Stage Awards and ‘Best Off-West End Production’ at the 2019 What’s On Stage Awards.

National Student Drama Festival Judges’ Award for Musical Direction (2014)

Musical Supervisor and Musical Director for winner of ‘Search for a Twitter Composer’ (2013).