Frank Loman
Frank has performed in LES MISÉRABLES in London’s West End, Original German Language and World Premiere productions SHE LOVES ME, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES (directed by Roman Polanski with music by Jim Steinman) TITANIC, ELISABETH (directed by Harry Kupfer), YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, in London, Vienna, Berlin and Hamburg and productions like LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, WEST SIDE STORY, CABARET, ROCKY HORROR SHOW, FOLLIES in the UK, Germany, Austria & Switzerland. He starred in his one-man shows STORIES, SOMEWHAT OVER THE RAINBOW, FRANK LOMAN sings BUCCHINO, KHAR & SONDHEIM, LYRICAL LINGUISTS FROM LONDON (with Ellen Verenieks) and UND DIE LIEDER BEGINNEN at Don’t Tell Mama and The Duplex in New York City and the Jermyn Street Theatre, the Crazy Coqs & the Leicester Square Theatre in London. The EUROVISION cabarets at the Pheasantry have become legendary for many reasons…
He paints, directs, writes & translates plays & lyrics, does voiceovers and has dubbed fitness videos & Bollywood soap operas into German!
Ricardo Fernandes
Musical Director & Arranger
is a composer and musical director based in London. At age 16, Ricardo started performing with local artists at venues all around Berkshire. This allowed him to compose and perform a wide range of musical arrangements in several genres, from jazz and soul to modern musical theatre. Ricardo made his musical direction debut at 17 with the show Hairspray. Since then, he has been performing at top London cabaret venues such as The Pheasantry, the Phoenix Arts Club and the Toulouse Lautrec. Having graduated from the London College of Music with a First-Class degree in Film Music Composition, Ricardo has been working in the film industry in a wide range of capacities, from part preparation and score setting for recording sessions at Dean Street Studios, to writing music for short and feature length films. He is also the current recipient of a Royal College of Music Scholarship where he studies a Master’s program in Composition for Screen Ricardo’s more recent work include writing music for political campaign ads, the end titles music for the recently released short film Just the Two of Us as well as writing music for the upcoming short films Retribution Day, Juice and God 2.0. He is also the composer of the two upcoming feature films Phatnav and Second Chance.
Guests:
Jenna Ryder-Oliver
Jenna began dance classes at the age of three, later training at the Sylvia Bebb School of Ballet & Theatre Arts and the Royal Academy of Dance before studying Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, from whence she graduated with an M.A. in 2009. She has performed in concerts and workshops at the Royal Albert Hall, the Criterion and the Barbican, as well as at the Pheasantry in Chelsea, where she recently staged a sell-out one-woman show, “Jenna Ryder-Oliver: Dunstable’s Diva!”.
Musical Theatre credits include Felicia Gabriel in “The Witches Of Eastwick”, Mrs Nelly Lovett in “Sweeney Todd”, Landlady/Ensemble/Dance Captain in “Lucky Stiff” (Landor), Rose Vibert in “Aspects Of Love”, and Justice Charlier in “Rock Of Ages”. Other theatre credits include Liz in both Godber’s two-handers “September In The Rain” and “Happy Jack”, the dual roles of Emily Greenleaf and Aunt Dottie in “The Talented Mr Ripley”, Susan in “Abigail’s Party” and Gertrude in “Hamlet”.
Hristo Dunev
Hristo Dunev began playing the violin at the age of five at the National Music School in Sofia “Lyubomir Pipkov”. In 2013 he was awarded a full scholarship at the Whitgift School in London, UK and in 2020 graduated from the violin class of Caroline Pether at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Hristo has already won many national and international competitions – 4 Grand and special prizes; 10-first prizes; 3-second prizes; 2-third prizes and more.
Hristo has performed alongside violinists such as Sara Chang as the deputy leader of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in the concert within the frame of “Fortissimo Fest” 2011. Playing as 1st chair as part of the orchestra for the headline act Stormzy at “Wireless Festival” 2018 are some of the very special moments in his career so far.
He has played and arranged music that was for sold-out performances at venues such as Wembley and O2 Arena.
Hristo is also an enthusiastic violin teacher and is keen to inspire and nurture other young talents.
