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Originating from the North East of England, Mal initially trained as performer, gaining a degree in Musical Theatre from Arts Educational Schools London. After graduating, Mal decided to concentrate on a career as a Musical Director, and quickly began working as a rehearsal/audition pianist and vocal coach in London, whilst also teaching at ArtsEd and Emil Dale Academy. Since 2018, Mal has been the resident Musical Director for the English Theatre Frankfurt, conducting every performance of Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, and Young Frankenstein, and from 2022 also took on the role of Musical Supervisor for Sister Act, Something Rotten!, and Nunsense. Prior to this, Mal was the Associate Musical Director for the UK tour of Summer Holiday, and Musical Director for the brand new Bananaman the Musical, which he took through every workshop stage to full production at Southwark Playhouse, London (“Mal Hall’s musical direction flies better than Bananaman ever could” - Metro). He made his professional debut as Musical Director for an actor/ musician production of Piaf at the Charing Cross Theatre in London, and was also Assistant Musical Director for the original workshop of Girl From the North Country at The Old Vic, London. Mal is a keen cook - pizzas and curries are his specialities - and spends time between contracts at his new home on the North East coast in Whitley Bay, which is where he also gets to watch and support his favourite team as a season ticket holder at Newcastle United Football Club. Mal is very excited to be joining The Bridge Theatre, Brussels for their first musical Tick, Tick… Boom!, and also to experience Brussels for the very first time.

Theatre includes: The Book of Mormon (Oslo) Bugsy Malone (Watford Palace) One Way Ticket (Belmond Pullman); Pinocchio (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Something Rotten, Sister Act The Musical (English Theatre Frankfurt); The Paddington Bear Experience (Costume Design, County Hall, London); Dead on Time (Belmond Pullman); Claus (The Lowry); Yes Prime Minister (Theatre Clywd); Audra McDonald (London Palladium); The Producers (Asia Tour); Pure Dance: Natalia Osipova (Sadlers Wells); For Tonight (Adelphi Theatre, London); From Here to Eternity (Charing Cross Theatre); The Ballad of Thamesmead (GDIF/Dante or Die) Pigs Might Fly (UK Tour); Miss Moore Thought Otherwise (UK Tour); The Dark (UK Tour); Carousel (Arcola Theatre); Beowulf: An Epic Panto (King's Head Theatre); Catastrophe Bay, Henrietta, Billy The Kid (all National Youth Music Theatre); Dusty (P&O Cruises)

Opera includes: Noyes Fludde (Bury St Edmunds Cathedral) Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, Manon Lescaut, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Le Roi de Lahore (international Opera Award finalist) (All Dorset Opera Festival) Imeneo 

Upcoming Projects: Falstaff (Teatro Manoel, Malta) Robin Hood (Cheltenham Everyman); Mama Goose (Theatre Royal Stratford East).

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Pianist and conductor Pietro Ramman graduated in 1995 from the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Music (Antwerp).

In 1996, he unexpectedly began his musical theatre journey as a pianist in the production “Cats” (Music Hall). Since then, he has worked as a musician and rehearsal pianist in more than 100 productions, including Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun, Into The Woods, Peter Pan – The Never Ending Story, Scrooge and numerous of Studio 100 musicals such as Snow White, Daens, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, The Three Little Pigs, and Alice in Wonderland (with K3).

In 2000 - 2001, Pietro launched the Danish production of The Phantom of the Opera in Copenhagen.

In 2003, he performed with the VRO Orchestra on the soundtrack for the Golden Globe winning movie The Aviator (starring Leonardo DiCaprio), conducted by the famous composer Howard Shore. 

From 2006, Pietro increasingly took on the role of conductor, leading productions such as Mamma Mia, Édith and Simone, Grease, Annie, The Sound of Music, Rent, Blood Brothers, Jekyll & Hyde, Josephine B. and many more.

In 2020, Pietro celebrated his 100th production with Mamma Mia! (Deep Bridge), a milestone that was unfortunately cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but which went on to become a huge success in Flanders during the 2021/2022 season. This was followed by RENT, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hairspray and Pretty Woman.

Today, Pietro is a high demand pianist, frequently collaborating with production companies, workshops, choirs, press events, auditions, musical theatre launches and concerts with artists.

For the past 17 years, he has also been a senior lecturer in Audition Training and accompanist at the Erasmus University College in Brussels (EHB).

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