Jon Gingell

For the National:

Training

Jon Gingell is a guitarist, music editor and educator. He studied at Southampton University.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: London Tide; as guitarist, work includes Peter Gynt (also Edinburgh International Festival; also programming work), Twelfth Night, A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, Fela! (also notation work) and Nation; notation work includes Hadestown (also Broadway), wonder.land (also Théâtre du Châtelet) and The Threepenny Opera; programming work includes Roald Dahl’s The Witches, Hex, Dick Whittington, Saint George and the Dragon, All’s Well That End’s Well and The Black Album

In London’s West End: Standing at the Sky’s Edge at Gillian Lynne (as guitarist)

Other theatre projects: as guitarist, work includes Carousel at Regent’s Park; The Little Matchgirl at Shakespeare’s Globe and Bristol Old Vic; Soho Cinders at Soho Theatre; notation work includes The Great Wall at Drama Centre Singapore; and Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park; programming work includes Close Up: The Twiggy Musical and The Third Man at Menier Chocolate Factory; Tammy Faye at the Almeida; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Leeds Playhouse and on tour; Sunshine on Leith at West Yorkshire Playhouse; and Something Wicked This Way Comes for Delaware Theatre Company

(Published April 2024.)