Jim completed his degree in Music and Sound Recording at the University of Surrey in 2005. At that time he was also the Musical Director for ata productions, arranging and conducting for a number of showcase performances at the London Palladium, Her Majesty’s and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He has worked on numerous productions for the Guildford School of Acting including A Chorus Line, The Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma and Sweet Charity at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, and Days of Hope, A Slice of Saturday Night, George M! and Jason & the Argonauts. Jim was MD for Twelfth Night, The Musical (Qdos) at the Edinburgh Fringe before joining the national tour of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Last year he followed this with a stint as MD for This is Elvis prior to joining Blood Brothers. When not touring, Jim performs in the UK and abroad in a cocktail jazz duo and works as a freelance tutor at Mountview and the London School of Musical Theatre.