" THE MUSIC AND THEATRICAL VISION OF PAUL BOYD ...
A TRULY CLASS ACT " Irish Times
PETER PAN THE MUSICAL
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Lyric Theatre Belfast 2019
premiered at Lyric Theatre Belfast November 2019
TINSELTOWN
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Theatre at The Mill Newtownabbey 2014
premiered at Theatre at The Mill Newtownabbey December 2014
HUNCHBACK THE MUSICAL
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
from ‘Notre Dame de Paris’ by Victor Hugo
commissioned by Theatre at The Mill Newtownabbey 2013
premiered at Theatre at The Mill Newtownabbey December 2013
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
with additonal material by Russell Morton
commissioned by Castle Theatre Wellingborough 2012
premiered at Castle Theatre Wellingborough December 2012
MOLLY WOBBLY'S TIT FACTORY
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
shortlisted for Mackintosh's HIGHLAND QUEST FOR A NEW MUSICAL 2006
nominated for 5 BROADWAY WORLD WEST END AWARDS 2014
commissioned by Lyric Theatre Belfast 2010
premiered at Lyric Theatre Belfast October 2011
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast July 2012
produced at Assembly Rooms Edinburgh August 2012
produced at Phoenix Artists Club London from March 2014
produced at Leicester Square Theatre from January 2015
THE HAUNTING OF HELENA
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd • script and lyrics by Bernie McGill
finalist for STILES & DREWE PRIZE FOR BEST SONG FROM A NEW MUSICAL 2010
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2009
premiered on Ireland Tour 2009
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd • script by Rosanna Lowe
commissioned by Castle Wellingborough 2008
premiered at Castle Wellingborough July 2008
THE TALE OF THE BEAUTY
AND THE TAIL OF THE BEAST
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Castle Theatre Wellingborough 2007
premiered at Castle Theatre Wellingborough December 2007
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast from December 2009
PINOCCHIO
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
nominated for BEST SHOW FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE TMA Awards 2007
named Sunday Life's BEST MUSICAL 2003
commissioned by Purpose Built Musicals 2003
premiered at Market Place Theatre Armagh from December 2003
produced at An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny from December 2004
produced at Civic Theatre Dublin from January 2005
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast from November 2006
produced at Source Arts Centre Tipperary from December 2006
produced at Pavilion Theatre Dublin from December 2006
produced at Perth Theatre Perthshire from December 2009
McCOOL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
shortlisted as a UK entry to the NAMT FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS 2006
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2001
premiered on Ireland Tour 2002
TEACHER'S NOTES
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Lisburn Borough Council Arts Office 2001
premiered at Island Arts Centre Lisburn 2001
THE SNOW QUEEN
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd • script by Brenda Winter
commissioned by The Mixed Peppers Theatre Company 2001
premiered at Belvoir Players Studio 2001
SMELLY WON'T BEHAVE!
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Replay Productions Ltd. 2001
premiered on Ireland Tour 2001
RED - THE RIDING HOOD MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by An Grianan Theatre 2000
premiered at An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny December 2000
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast from November 2001
THE NUTCRACKER MUSICAL
music adapted by Paul Boyd • script by Ian Billings
commissioned by Stagecoach Theatre Arts 1999
premiered at Stagecoach Theatre Arts July 1999
THE PIRATES OF PLANET ZANCE
music adapted by Paul Boyd • script by Ian Billings
commissioned by Stagecoach Theatre Arts 1998
premiered at Stagecoach Theatre Arts July 1998
ALICE THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
nominated as BEST DRAMA 1999 Belfast Arts Awards
commissioned by Lyric Theatre Belfast 1998
premiered at Lyric Theatre Belfast from November 1998
produced at An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny December 1999
produced at An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny August 2000
produced at Civic Theatre Dublin from December 2000
produced at Market Place Theatre Armagh December 2004
produced at Pavilion Theatre Dublin January 2005
produced at Castle Theatre Wellingborough December 2008
produced at Actor's Playhouse Miracle Theatre Miami from March 2009
produced at Actor's Playhouse Miracle Theatre Miami from October 2009
produded at Higashi Playhouse Nagoya (Japan) August 2011
produced at Actor's Playhouse Miracle Theatre Miami from January 2015
produced at Roxy Performing Arts Centre Miami April 2016
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast from November 2018
HANSEL & GRETTEL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1997
premiered at Riverside Theatre Coleriane from December 1997
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast from November 1999
produced at An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny from November 2001
produced at Market Place Theatre Armagh December 2002
produced at Pavilion Theatre Dublin from December 2005
produced at Broward Center Fort Lauderdale February 2008
produced at Miramar Cultural Center Florida November 2009
produced at New Wimbledon Studio London May 2010
produced at Lyric Theatre Belfast from December 2012
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
script by Paul Boyd with Orla McKeagney and Emily Thomas
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1996
premiered at Riverside Theatre Coleriane 1996
produced on Ireland Tour 1997
TORCH SONG TRILOGY
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
adapted from the play by Harvey Fierstein
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1996
premiered on Ireland Tour 1996
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
script by Orla McKeagney and Emily Thomas
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1995
premiered on Ireland Tour 1995
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
script by Orla McKeagney and Emily Thomas
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1994
premiered on Ireland Tour 1994
WHO FRAMED ESMERELDA?
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
written for The Decidedly Average Theatre Company 1993
premiered on Ireland Tour 1993
MACBETH THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
written for The Decidedly Average Theatre Company 1992
premiered at University of Ulster February 1992
produced at Riverside Theatre Coleraine September 1992
produced at Group Theatre Belfast November 1992
produced on Ireland Tour 1994
PETER PAN THE MUSICAL
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
at Lyric Theatre Belfast November 2019
ALICE THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
at Lyric Theatre Belfast, 2018
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
original book by Derek O'Connor
songs by Katie Richardson
at Lyric Theatre Belfast, 2017
MUSICAL BITES
new musical theatre showcase
"Flower Cutters" and "Once Upon A Time in Narcissia"
for The Other Palace, Mercury Musical Developments,
and Robb Hartmann
at The Other Palace, 2017
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
for UK Productions Ltd.
at Assembly Hall Theatre Royal Tunbridge Wells 2016
THAT MAN
original book by Wendy Gill
featuring the music of Caro Emerald
at Hippodrome Casino, London 2016
LIVE AT THE TOWER
for Historic Royal Palaces
at Tower of London 2016
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
for UK Productions Ltd.
at Grand Theatre Blackpool 2015
MOLLY WOBBLY
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
for London International Arts Theatre Ltd.
at Leicester Square Theatre London 2015
TINSELTOWN
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Theatre At The Mill Newtownabbey 2014
THAT MAN
original book by Wendy Gill
featuring the music of Caro Emerald
for London Theatre Workshop 2014
MOLLY WOBBLY
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
nominated for 5 BROADWAY WORLD WEST END AWARDS 2014
(including BEST DIRECTOR)
for Jamie Chapman Dixon
at Phoenix Artist Club London 2014
HUNCHBACK THE MUSICAL
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
from ‘Notre Dame de Paris’ by Victor Hugo
for Theatre At The Mill Newtownabbey 2013
HANSEL & GRETTEL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
at Lyric Theatre Belfast 2012 - 2013
MOLLY WOBBLY'S TIT FACTORY
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Lyric Theatre Belfast and Salt 'n' Sauce Promotions Ltd.
at Lyric Theatre Belfast and Assembly Rooms Edinburgh 2012
MOLLY WOBBLY'S TIT FACTORY
original book, music and lyrics by Paul Boyd
shortlisted for Mackintosh's HIGHLAND QUEST FOR A NEW MUSICAL 2006
for Lyric Theatre Belfast 2011
HANSEL & GRETTEL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Paul Boyd Music
at New Wimbledon Studio London 2010
SINBAD (The Water Spectacular)
created by Paul Boyd and Zoë Seaton
for Big Telly Theatre Company
UK & Ireland Tour 2008
PINOCCHIO
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
nominated for BEST SHOW FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE TMA Awards 2007
for Lyric Theatre Belfast 2006 – 2007
McCOOL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
shortlisted as a UK entry to the NAMT FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS 2006
for Market Place Theatre Armagh 2006
HANSEL & GRETTEL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Pavilion Theatre Dublin 2005 – 2006
THE LITTLE MERMAID (The Water Spectacular)
created by Paul Boyd and Zoë Seaton
for Big Telly Theatre Company
International Tour 2005 - 2006
RED - THE RIDING HOOD MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for An Grianán Theatre Donegal August 2005
ALICE THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Pavilion Theatre Dublin 2004 – 2005
ALICE THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Market Place Theatre Armagh 2004
PINOCCHIO
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
named Sunday Life's BEST MUSICAL 2003
for Market Place Theatre Armagh 2003
HANSEL & GRETTEL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Market Place Theatre Armagh 2002
TORCH SONG TRILOGY
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
adapted from the play by Harvet Fierstein
for Kabosh Productions Belfast
Ireland Tour 1996
MURDER MOST PROBABLY
script by Paul Boyd and Ian Billings
for Kabosh Productions Belfast
Ireland Tour and P&O European Ferries 1995
TALKING HEADS
script by Alan Bennett
for P&O European Ferries 1995
MACBETH THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Kabosh Productions Belfast
Ireland Tour 1994
ALL WIRED UP
script by Paul Boyd
for Decidedly Average Theatre Company
at Village Theatre Cricklewood London 1993
WHO FRAMED ESMERELDA?
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Decidedly Average Theatre Company
Ireland Tour 1993
ALL WIRED UP
script by Paul Boyd
for Decidedly Average Theatre Company
Ireland Tour 1993
MACBETH THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Group Theatre Belfast 1992
MACBETH THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for Riverside Theatre Coleraine 1992
ALL WIRED UP
script by Paul Boyd
for University of Ulster Coleraine 1992
MACBETH THE MUSICAL
original book, music & lyrics by Paul Boyd
for University of Ulster Coleraine 1992
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Claudio Macor
commissioned by LWL Investments and Entertainment
at Landor Theatre, London 2015
SPIKE MILLIGAN’S PUCKOON
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
script adapted by Paul Boyd and the company
from a dramatisation by Vincent Higgins
of the book by Spike Milligan
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2009
Ireland Tour 2009 • West End 2011 • UK & Ireland Tour 2016
THE CHRONICLES OF LONG KESH
music arranged by Paul Boyd
script by Martin Lynch
named ‘Best Ensemble’ Edinburgh Festival 2009 / The Stage Awards
commissioned by Greenshoot Productions 2009
Ireland Tour 2009 • World Tour from 2010
HOWL!
music arranged by Paul Boyd
script by Conor Grimes and Alan McKee
commissioned by Lyric Theatre Belfast 2009
LAY UP YOUR ENDS
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Marie Jones and Martin Lynch
commissioned by GBL Productions
at Grand Opera House Belfast 2009
SINBAD (The Water Spectacular)
original score by Paul Boyd
created by Paul Boyd and Zoë Seaton
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2008
UK Tour 2008
BELFAST CITY HALL CENTENARY
original score by Paul Boyd (exhibition)
commissioned by Belfast City Council 2006
THE LITTLE MERMAID (The Water Spectacular)
original score by Paul Boyd
created by Paul Boyd and Zoë Seaton
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2005
World Tour from 2005
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
(Belfast Lord Mayor’s Parade)
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Belfast City Council 2005
FLAMING FABLES
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Mary McNally
commissioned by Replay Productions 2004
Ireland Tour 2004
THE MAGIC HAT
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Cahoots NI 2004
Ireland, UK and Asia Tour 2004
THE PIED PIPER (street parade)
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Beat Initiative Carnival Company 2004
THE THIEF
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Zoë Seaton, Paul Boyd and Paul McEneaney
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2004
Ireland Tour 2004
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
original score by Paul Boyd
script by J.M. Synge
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2003
Ireland Tour 2003
THE COLLEEN BAWN
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Dion Boucicault
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2003
Ireland Tour 2003
A FAIRY'S TALE
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Cahoots NI 2003
Ireland Tour 2003
BUSTER
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Cahoots NI 2002
Ireland Tour 2002
TITANIC: SONG OF THE HAMMERS (exhibition)
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Belfast City Council 2002
PUPPET MAGIC
original score by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Young At Art
International Children’s Festival 2001
Ireland Tour 2001
DOME SWEET DOME
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
script by John McClelland
commissioned by Replay Productions 2000
Ireland Tour 2000
A MID ULSTER MYSTERY
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
script by Brenda Winter
commissioned by The Mixed Peppers Theatre Company 2000
MARCHING ON
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Gary Mitchell
commissioned by Lyric Theatre Belfast 2000
JAMES YOUNG LIVES!
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
script by Paddy Scully
commissioned by Belfast Theatre Company 1999
Ireland Tour 1999
THE LITTLE WEE MARTIAN
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
script by Brenda Winter
commissioned by Replay Productions 1999
Ireland Tour 1999
A WHISTLE IN THE DARK
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Tom Murphy
commissioned by Lyric Theatre Belfast 1999
DUNCAN THE DRAGON
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Replay Productions 1998
Ireland Tour 1998
HOLLYWOOD BLUES
music arranged by Paul Boyd
script by by Paddy Scully
commissioned by Belfast Theatre Company 1997
Ireland Tour 1997
TORCH SONG TRILOGY
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
based on the play by Harvey Fierstein
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1996
Ireland Tour 1996
STRANGE!
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
devised by Karl Wallace and Rachel O’Riordan
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1995
at Crescent Arts Centre Belfast 1995
MURDER MOST PROBABLY
original score by Paul Boyd
script by Paul Boyd and Ian Billings
named BEST ONLINE SERIAL Bloscars 2006
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1995
Ireland Tour 1995
THE ADVENTURES OF ALICE
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
commissioned by Decidedly Average Theatre Company 1993
Ireland Tour 1993
SPIKE MILLIGAN’S PUCKOON
original score and songs by Paul Boyd
script adapted by Paul Boyd and the company
from a dramatisation by Vincent Higgins
of the book by Spike Milligan
commissioned by Big Telly Theatre Company 2009
Ireland Tour 2009 • West End 2011 • UK & Ireland Tour 2016
MURDER MOST PROBABLY
script by Paul Boyd and Ian Billings
named BEST ONLINE SERIAL Bloscars 2006
commissioned by Kabosh Productions Belfast 1995
Ireland Tour 1995
ALL WIRED UP
script by Paul Boyd
winner GREER GARSON THEATRE AWARD (BEST PLAY) 1992
written for University of Ulster 1992
Paul Alexander Boyd is the multi award-nominated writer and composer of 24 stage musicals that have been presented in professional productions around the world. He is also the composer of dozens of original scores and soundtracks for professional theatre productions across Ireland and the UK, the co-creator and co-director of a series of internationally acclaimed water spectaculars, the writer of various plays that have toured nationally, and a stage director who has enjoyed successful collaborations with many leading theatre producers.
In 1992 whilst a theatre student at Ulster University, Paul’s first musical, the comedy Macbeth The Musical, was staged as a student production. The show was spotted by a producer and remounted for a run at Northern Ireland’s Riverside Theatre from where it transferred to Belfast’s Group Theatre for the 1992 Belfast Festival. It also toured in 1994 supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
After graduation Paul formed award-winning theatre company Kabosh Productions and served as the company’s first Artistic Director until 1997. During his time as head of the company Paul wrote the musicals Who Framed Esmerelda?, A Christmas Carol, The Elves and The Shoemaker, Torch Song Trilogy (adapted from the play by Harvey Fierstein), Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel & Grettel, and the plays All Wired Up (winner of the Greer Garson Theatre Award for Best New Play) and Murder Most Probably.
Freelance since 1998, Paul’s first commissioned was from Northern Ireland’s national producing theatre, the Lyric Theatre Belfast, and was a musical adaptation of ‘Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland’ entitled Alice The Musical. The show proved to be a big success and Alice The Musical has gone on to enjoy regular productions across the UK and Ireland as well as in other countries across the globe, with major productions in Australia, Germany, Japan, and the USA. In 2018, Alice The Musical returned to the Lyric Theatre in an acclaimed 20th Anniversary production, which Paul directed.
Since Alice The Musical the Lyric Theatre Belfast has staged many of Paul’s musicals over the years, including Hansel & Grettel (in 1999 and again in 2012; the 1999 production remains the most commercially successful production in the venue’s long history), the rock musical McCool (commissioned and co-produced with Big Telly Theatre Company), Red – The Red Riding Hood Musical (originally commissioned and first produced by An Grianan Theatre Letterkenny), Pinocchio (originally commissioned and first produced by The Marketplace Theatre Armagh; the Lyric’s 2006 production was nominated as Best Production for Children and Young People at the TMA Theatre Awards), The Tale of the Beauty and The Tail of the Beast (originally commissioned and first produced by The Castle Theatre Wellingborough), and Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory.
Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory was Paul’s second commission from the Lyric Theatre Belfast. This comedy musical was based on Paul’s 2006 mini musical of the same name that was shortlisted for the Mackintosh Foundation’s Quest For A New Musical. Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory premiered at the Lyric Theatre in a staged concert version in October 2011, was remounted for a larger production in 2012 prior to a critically acclaimed run at the Assembly Rooms throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (co-produced with The Stand Comedy Club), and in 2014 ran in London as a staged concert at the Phoenix Artist Club garnering no fewer than five nominations at the 2014 BroadwayWorld West End Awards, including a nomination for Paul as ‘Best Director’. Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory eventually opened in the West End in January 2015.
Paul’s other musicals include Smelly Won’t Behave! (for Replay Productions), The Snow Queen (for Mixed Peppers Theatre), The Emperor’s New Clothes and Sleeping Beauty (both commissioned by The Castle Theatre Wellingborough), Hunchback The Musical and Tinseltown (both for Theatre At The Mill Newtownabbey) and The Haunting of Helena (co-written with novelist Bernie McGill). Two songs from The Haunting of Helena were shortlisted for the 2010 Stiles & Drewe Prize for Best Song From A New Musical and were performed at the Queen’s Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.
Paul wrote the original scores for Irish touring productions of the plays Dome Sweet Dome, Buster (which was also produced at The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh), A Fairy’s Tale, The Colleen Bawn, The Playboy of the Western World, The Thief, Flaming Fables, and the children’s play The Magic Hat which also toured the UK and Asia. He scored Belfast Grand Opera House’s production of the hit play Lay Up Your Ends starring the show’s writer, Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Marie Jones. The Lyric Theatre Belfast commissioned Paul to write original scores for the plays Marching On and A Whistle In The Dark.
Paul was commissioned by Belfast City Council to write an original score for the 2005 Belfast Lord Mayor’s Parade, a symphony called Titanic: Song of the Hammers which welcomed visitors to an anniversary exhibition in Belfast at the launch site of RMS Titanic, and a special soundtrack written to celebrate Belfast City Hall’s 100th Anniversary in 2006.
Paul directed Su Pollard in two record-breaking productions of the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for UK Productions, at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre in 2015 and the Assembly Hall Theatre in Royal Tunbridge Wells in 2016. Also in 2016 he directed the variety show Live At The Tower at the Tower of London hosted by David Suchet with a cast of stars from the West End and celebrities from stage and screen, and directed the staged concert of the new Caro Emerald musical That Man at London's Hippodrome Casino.
Recent work includes directing two showcases of new musicals at London's The Other Palace for Mercury Musical Developments, directing the new family rock opera Beauty and the Beast (named as one of the Top 5 'Shows to See' in all of Ireland by RTE) and the acclaimed 20th Anniversary production of Alice the Musical, both at the Lyric Theatre Belfast (in 2017 and 2018 respectively).
The best selling original cast recordings of Alice The Musical, Hansel & Grettel, Red - The Red Riding Hood Musical, and Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory, and the special compilation One Night Stand - The Best of Paul Boyd vol 1, are available for digital download from all major online stores.
Paul's 24th original stage musical, Peter Pan - the Musical, opened at the Lyric Theatre Belfast in November 2019 and he has a number of new productions scheduled for 2020.
Paul lives in London and is represented by Keddie Scott Associates.
PAUL ALEXANDER BOYD
UPCOMING SHOWS