About

Katy Lipson – Company Director and Producer

 

Katy Lipson is the founder, company director and producer of Aria Entertainment. Before founding Aria, Katy was an active musician, singer-songwriter and taught repertoire at The Brit School, Trinity Laban and the London Theatre School. She is a board member of Musical Theatre Network.

A more extensive list of credits for Aria Entertainment include Brokeback Mountain, Cruise and The Last 5 years in the West End, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and The Toxic Avenger at The Arts Theatre, The Addams Family, Hair, Little Voice, The Osmonds, The Cher Show as UK Tours, Parade, Hair, Spring Awakening, Pippin, Yank, Aspects Of Love, The Return Of The Soldier, Mame, Putting It Together at Hope Mill Theatre, Broken Wings, Yank, Zorro and From Here To Eternity at Charing Cross Theatre, Claus at The Lowry, Cruise at Home Manchester, Flowers For Mrs Harris at Riverside Studios, Rags, tick tick Boom and Little Women at Park Theatre, Jerry’s Girls, Return Of The Soldier and See What I Wanna See at Jermyn Street Theatre, Marry Me A Little, Forever Plaid, Miss-Leading Ladies and Jerry’s Girls at St James Studio Theatre, Tommy, Lizzie and Adventures Of Pinocchio at Greenwich Theatre, House Of Mirrors And Hearts at Arcola Theatre, Vanities at Trafalgar Studios, Barmitzvah Boy, MGM Story, A Night At The Oscars, Jewish Legends & Jewish Hollywood at Upstairs At The Gatehouse, The Verb To Love and Portia Coughlin at The Old Red Lion Theatre. Productions at Southwark Playhouse include Promises Promises, The Last 5 Years, The Toxic Avenger, Aspects Of Love, Unexpected Joy and Pippin. Concerts in the West End include Rags, Children Of Eden, The Chamber Musical Sessions and Seasons Of Larson.

 

 

 

Tom Ramsay – Literary Manager

 

Tom heads up Aria Entertainment’s new work development and working on a dramaturgical basis across the company’s slate of shows, including The Rhythmics (Southwark Playhouse); A-Typical Rainbow (Turbine Theatre); Claus The Musical (Lowry Theatre) and From Here to Eternity (Charing Cross Theatre). He has also worked as Dramaturg for Marie Curie, a Korean musical that is in development for a UK premiere in English. He is providing dramaturgical support for several upcoming unannounced projects, including a major adaptation of a popular fantasy novel and several contemporary musicals focused on stirring, human subject matters.

Tom is passionate about new work, especially in the musical theatre genre, and helping writers unlock the most dynamic way of telling their stories for the stage.

Interview – Katy Lipson

Enter Stage Right: The new wave of musicals taking on the West End adaptations

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Interview – Katy Lipson

Cruise: The first show to reopen in the West End proves the door hasn’t closed to young creatives

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Interview – Katy Lipson

‘Back with a bang: UK theatre bets on bold reopening’

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Interview – Katy Lipson

‘I want to create shows with a legacy and I want to make money’

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Feature – From Page to Stage 2018

From Page to Stage Festival at Southwark Playhouse: The place to see new musicals before anyone else

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Interview – Katy Lipson

‘We’re running out of shows to revive, new musicals are the future’ – We caught up with one of the busiest producers in the UK to get her views on the country’s new musicals scene.

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Interview – From Page to Stage 2017

Katy Lipson speaks to BBC London News about the From Page to Stage 2017 Season including the premiere of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s new musical ‘Some Lovers’.

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Interview – From Page to Stage 2017

Katy Lipson talks to Jenni Murray for the BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour about the 2017 From Page to Stage Season.

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Interview – Katy Lipson

Is Katy Lipson the future of musicals? John Nathan talks to a rising star in the theatre world.

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