BIOGRAPHIES OF THE WRITERS

BB COOPER (COMPOSER)

BB Cooper was born in Camberley and studied piano from the age of six. Originally a translator, she returned to music and graduated in Performance Arts.
Her varied musical career has included forming Club Caribe. a highly successful gospel choir, for whom she wrote music culminating in the release of their first Christmas song on BMG Records. She has also written music for contemporary jazz vocalists and has even written music for a celebrity drag artist performed, amongst other places, at London night-clubs The Fridge and Heaven!
She is a founder member of The Mercury Workshop and contributed to two of its collaborative events, The Challenge (1992) and The Ten Commandments (1993). Bronte, a musical with music by Brenda and book and lyrics by Peter Spafford, was produced at The Redgrave Theatre and followed by a national tour in 1998. It starred Ruth Madoc, Jan Hartley and Kevin Colson. She has also written the music for a new musical/ballet based on The Golem.

For more information and to hear more of BB Cooper's music, see www.artfieldmusic.com
 

NIGEL OSNER (BOOK AND LYRICS)

Nigel is a lyricist and a writer. He has recently completed the book and lyrics for Rock Heaven a cheerful rock/swing musical about a murderer, a cannibal, a rock star, a groupie and a lot of cyborgs. The music is by Scarlett G Antaloczy.
Nigel is also a performer of his own words and lyrics. His show was described by Lisa Martland in The Stage as:
 

"often very original material, dealing with diverse subjects such as the saga of the gay vicar Reverend James who is inclined to mimic Bette Davis at meetings in the parish hall, and a vampire being interviewed for Hello! magazine..... Other highlights included Another Show, in which an ageing Dietrich-like legend goes back on the boards just one more time, and Screensaver, a most original and appropriately contemporary item demonstrating how computer commands could just take over a person's life..... left me amused and in a good mood."
 

He also sings about alternatives to legal action - It Ain't Necessary To Sue - and, of course, about love and its consequences.
Nigel was once a practising barrister but now works three days a week at the Lord Chancellor's Department. Currently he is interviewing those who think, sometimes accurately, they could be judges.

For more information and to hear Nigel Osner performing some of his lyrics see www.nigelosner.com