Composer | Stephen Keeling

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Stephen is an award-winning composer whose work ranges from scores for West End musicals to choral and instrumental music and music for media. His musical theatre work has been performed internationally in the United States and Europe. Stephen was chosen to work with Stephen Sondheim in the 1990 Oxford Masterclass. He is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents London.

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MADDIE

(in a newly revised version) played the New York Theatre Festival in November 2023 prior to an Off Broadway run at the Players Theatre, New York in Spring 2025 directed by Andrew Winans.

MADDIE was nominated for seven awards at the New York Theatre Festival including Best Production, Best Score, Best Direction and Best Choreography winning for Best Score

THE RETURN OF PETER PAN

The premiere production of this family musical played in repertoire at

Theater Regensburg 4th November 2023 extended till June 16th 2024

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MADDIE featured in three performances at the New York Theater Festival (the biggest and most prestigious playwright/musical festival/competition in the United States) in November 2023 and was nominated for seven NYTF awards winning for Best Score. MADDIE will now play Off Broadway in Spring 2025 in a season at the Players Theatre directed by Andrew Winans.

THE RETURN OF PETER PAN premiered at the Theater Regensburg, Germany on the 4th of November 2023 playing in repertoire till June 16th 2024.

The vocal score, libretto and orchestrations for SEA CHANGE have been updated. Please visit the updated SEA CHANGE page on the site for more information.

Stephen has recently composed a Piano Concerto. Visit the Instrumental Music page to listen to a recording.

The vocal scores of Stephen's REQUIEM and PASSION CANTATA are now published online. Visit the pages on the site via Choral Music for more info.

SEA CHANGE

A New Musical in Two Acts for Five Actors

There is a brand new version of the full score, vocal score and libretto of Sea Change, a musical for 5 actors.

This musical is about five people who are stuck, or at an impasse in their lives. The experience of living together on a yacht and being stranded in a life raft forces them to wake up and to open up. And it changes them. Stephen comments:

“Very pleased to have the updated piano score, libretto and orchestrations for Sea Change, a musical for 5 actors….The show would be ideal for a theatre which seats 200 to 500 people.”

Click here to visit the updated webpage.

NIGHT SHOOT

A musical tale of the French Resistance

This new musical is set around the filming of Les Enfants du Paradis in Nice, in Nazi occupied France and centres on brother and sister Lucien and Blanche Dombâsle who are in the Resistance.

Listen to some of Stephen's musical theatre songs