Biography
Callum hails from Essex originally, but has found his home in Birmingham since studying Music at the University of Birmingham. He is a senior lecturer at Performers College Birmingham and SOTE Foundation College, where he coaches 1-to-1 and ensemble singing, leads devised projects, accompanies agent panel days and auditions, and is a frequent MD for public performances.
Callum is a frequent collaborator with the Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre in Birmingham. Here, he musically directed the UK premiere of The Mad Ones by Kerrigan & Lowdermilk, with director Emily Susanne Lloyd. The show transferred to The Other Palace Studio in May 2025 for a month-long run, receiving 5-star reviews including The Stage, Adventures In Theatreland, Curtain Call Review, and Theatre Fan.
He was musical director for Be More Chill at the Old Joint Stock in summer 2025, which was nominated for Best Studio Production at the 26th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards.
With OJS artistic director James Edge, Callum has co-created a series of acclaimed cabaret concerts over the last two years:
I Screamed a Scream
A Little Bawl of Pain
Do You Hear The People Singalong
and most recently,
Sleigh Misérables
The latter received exclusively 5-star rave reviews, and will return in 2026 for an expanded festive tour alongside an in-house run at the OJS.
Callum is co-musical director of BMOS Musical Theatre Company, one of the oldest amateur theatre groups in the UK. In 2024, he conducted their sold-out run of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In 2025 he was AMD and Keys 1 for their sold-out run of Les Misérables: Let The People Sing. In June 2026, he will be MD and Keys 1 for their production of We Will Rock You, with an onstage rock band at The Alexandra, Birmingham.
He also works frequently with Dynamik Theatre, an award-winning group specialising in small-cast contemporary works. In 2023, Dynamik took Spring Awakening to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with an intimate and visceral staging, complete with a fully-costumed four-piece rock band. Callum conducted and played the show onstage, from memory, as well as playing the joint role of Georg/Dieter.
Callum is in constant demand as an accompanist for auditions, rehearsals and classes, with extremely advanced skills in sight-reading across a range of repertoire including musical theatre, classical and popular musics.
Past productions
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