Timothy Knapman

Timothy Knapman is a musical theatre bookwriter, lyricist, opera librettist, playwright and children’s author.  He has worked with several collaborators in theatre:

Works with Stuart Matthew Price include: BEFORE AFTER (productions in Tokyo, London, USA, Vienna, Berlin), IMAGINARY (Commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Music Theatre UK; The Other Palace, London; licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide).

Works with Laurence Mark Wythe include: DANNI HERO (Perfect Pitch Musicals; Corby Cube UK; licensed by Broadway Licensing); MIDNIGHT (productions in London and Seoul); GROWL: THE TRUE STORY OF THE BIG BAD WOLF (Commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Music Theatre UK; national tour; concert performance Beijing, China).

With Alex Silverman and Ed Jaspers: HAMLET! THE MUSICAL (Edinburgh Fringe and national tour)

Opera includes: adaptations of LALLA-ROUKH, GIANNI SCHICCHI and L’ELISIR D’AMORE (all Wexford Festival); KING ARTHUR (Dartington; Spitalfields Festival; BBC Radio 3); ACIS AND GALATEA (Trigonale Festival); LA VIE PARISIENNE (Schlossgartenfestspiele Neustrelitz)

Plays include: THE STAG KING (Edinburgh Fringe); A CHRISTMAS CAROL (WITH CHRISTMAS CAROLS) (Creation Theatre, Oxford); GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: ALL AT SIZES AND SEVENS (King’s Head, London)

Children’s books include: DINOSAURS IN THE SUPERMARKET, SUPERHERO DAD, MOM AND GRAN, THE GREEDY WOLF, SOMETIMES I AM FURIOUS, SIR DANCEALOT, WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BOGEY?