Livs Needham
Musical Director
Livs is a musical director, keyboard and trumpet player, composer, and orchestrator. She has recently completed her MA in musical direction at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, following the completion of her undergraduate studies in music at the University of Sheffield. During her studies at Mountview, she was the Keyboard 1/Conductor for Big Fish (The Mack, Mountview). Assistant Musical Director credits at Mountview include Oklahoma! and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Since finishing her studies in June this year, she was the Assistant MD/Keys 2 for Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (The Other Palace) and Assistant MD/Cover Conductor on Fly More Than You Fall (Southwark Playhouse). She has also played keys for Debbie Wileman’s “I’m Still Here” concert at the Ambassador’s Theatre, with music orchestrated and conducted by Jersey Boys’ Steve Orich.