Stewart Nicholls is a British stage director and choreographer. His credits include productions of: A Spoonful of Sherman (2018 UK/Ireland tour, St James' Theatre and Live At Zédel),^[1][2]Bumblescratch (Adelphi Theatre),^[3] Bar Mitzvah Boy (Above The Gatehouse), Love Birds (The Pleasance, Edinburgh),^[4][5] Free As Air (Finborough Theatre),^[6] Business As Usual^[7] (a new play commissioned by Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and devised by Nicholls), Jewish Legends,^[8] Salad Days and The Biograph Girl (London College of Music), Lunch With Marlene^[9] (National Tour), Beatlemania (Gothenburg Opera House),^[10] Gay's The Word (Jermyn Street Theatre and Finborough Theatre), Over My Shoulder (National Tour and Wyndhams Theatre),^[10][11] South Pacific (Birmingham Symphony Hall/BBC Radio Two),^[12] and Carousel (St. David’s Hall, Cardiff/BBC Radio Three) and Tim Rice's revival of Blondel (Pleasance Theatre).^[13] Choreography credits include: Iolanthe and The Mikado (National Tour)^[14] and Cowardy Custard (National Tour). He has also directed productions in drama schools and staged numerous pantomimes.^[15]

The CD Nicholls co-produced for The Amazons was nominated for a Grammy Award.^[10] Nicholls has contributed to the Oxford Handbook of The British Musical.^[16] In 2016 Nicholls was named a Variety Club Celebrity Ambassador.

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