Rave On is the 50s and 60s musical sensation sweeping the nation.
Charting the meteoric rise of Rock and Roll, Rave On is a thrilling tour through music’s most revolutionary decades. Prepare to be enthralled with an evening of singing along, vibrant vintage costumes, colourful staging and dancing in the aisles! Featuring note perfect renditions of the most loved 50s and 60s songs, Rave On is performed by an incredibly talented, era-obsessed group of musicians. From the emergence of rock and roll at Sun Records in Memphis, to the British Invasion and beyond, this is a musical adventure you won’t want to miss!
Rave On features hits from the likes of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Connie Francis, The Who, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Lulu, The Beach Boys and many more.
Rave On is a musical experience like no other.
Featuring leading performers from West End Productions The Buddy Holly Story, Million Dollar Quartet and Dreamboats & Petticoats, Rave On transports you back to the fabulous 50s and swinging 60s in stunningly authentic style.
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His extensive live theatre credits include: Carl Perkins in the original West End production of Million Dollar Quartet (Noel Coward Theatre), Buddy in Buddy - the Buddy Holly Story (UK and International Tour and in Lubbock, Texas), One Man, Two Guvnors (UK and International Tour for National Theatre), The Beaux Stratagem ( The Olivier, National Theatre), Murder Ballad (The Arts Theatre), Dreamboats & Petticoats (UK Tour) and The Dumb Waiter (John Gielgud Theatre, RADA).
Rave On is Ollie's second co-written theatre show. He was co-creator of Rock and Roll Revolution, a production he toured around the UK for three years.
Ollie has been a voiceover artist for ten years and is represented by Another Tongue. You’ve almost certainly heard his voice on the radio. Campaigns include work for Coca Cola, Lego, Amex, Disney, FIFA, Amazon, TFL and the BBC.
PRODUCER/WRITER
OLLIE SEYMOUR MARSH
DAN GRAHAM
Dan trained at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA gaining a Bachelor of Music performance degree as well as playing drums in sessions and live gigs in Boston, New York, Canada and Philadelphia alongside jazz and rock artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Vinnie Colauita, John Robinson and Meshell Nedegeocello.
Theatre credits include: Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (UK and Germany No.1 Tour), Dreamboats & Petticoats (West End and UK Tour), Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven (No.1 UK Tour), Save the Last Dance For Me (No.1 UK Tour) and Three Steps to Heaven (No.1 UK Tour).
TV credits include: Ladbrokes 2021 ‘Euros’ TV ad campaign, Nationwide McCain Pizza ad campaign and Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge for BBC TV.
After forming rock and roll band ‘The Bluejays’ in 2012, Dan co-wrote the show Rock and Roll Revolution for the band before writing and producing Rave On in 2020 and is now a co-producer on the ‘Tribute to Sting & The Police’ UK tour.
PRODUCER/WRITER
Mike started taking drum lessons at 11 years old before going on to study at Tech Music Schools in London and the Collective School of Music in New York.
Throughout his career as a session musician, Mike has toured all over the world, working with a wide range of artists across multiple genres. Alongside his touring commitments, Mike has a busy teaching practice and runs an online drum teaching business called Hello Drum Grades.
Mike is really proud to be a part of Rave On.
MIKE KEANE
Since graduating from the Academy of Contemporary Music in 2015, Dan has had the pleasure to spend the last decade performing both nationally and internationally with various theatre productions and his own original bands.
Dan has a strong passion for music from the 1950s and 1960s, never failing to bring a storm of frantic and wild rock and roll guitar to the stage!
Selected credits include: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (2024), Barrence Whitfield (2023-5) and Three Steps to Heaven (2022).
Dan has been a part of Rave On since 2020 and is proud to be involved this year as the show’s lead guitarist and musical director.
DAN CRISCUOLO
A graduate of the Newcastle college of Performing arts Pete started learning the guitar when he was seven years old. At an early age he was fascinated by the rock and roll music of the 50s and 60s which became his great passion and his favourite genre; throughout his teens he played in a cover band largely playing Rock and Roll. He was greatly influenced by the sound of Jet Harris of the Shadows and consequently switched his allegiance to the bass guitar and later the Double Bass.
After graduating his musical interest diversified to include Gypsy Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass and Rhythm and Blues in several bands that have taken him across the UK and Europe.
His Gypsy Jazz credits are widespread and include performances with several of the great artists of the genre including Angelo De Barre, Stochelo Rosenberg, Mozes Rosenberg, Gonzalo Bergara and Adrien Marco.
PETE THOMAS
Amelia trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
She frequently works with some of the UK's top function and show bands as well as performing with artists including Jason Donovan, Bonnie Tyler, T'Pau, Martin Fry and Midge Ure.
Theatre credits include: Pyramid Pantomimes (Regional Tours), Memphis Belles Live (UK Tour), Rock and Roll Revolution (UK Tour), That’s So 90s (UK Tour).
AMELIA RENDELL
Chris trained at the Oxford School of Drama.
He recently played Buddy Holly in the 30th Anniversary UK & Ireland Tour of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, before which he played the legendary Merseybeat musician Johnny Gustafson in the original cast of Cilla The Musical.
As well as playing all over the world with rock and roll bands such as The Big Three, The Lucky Dogs, The Fabulous Hurricanes and The Thundertones, Chris works extensively as a session singer specialising in jazz, with guest vocal spots exceeding 20 million streams.
CHRIS WEEKS
ROB GATHERCOLE
Rob is an actor, musician, composer and writer. As an actor, his credits include Murder for Two for Bruiser Theatre Company, Scouts the Musical! for Gigglemug Theatre, and two UK tours of Dreamboats and Petticoats for Bill Kenwright Productions.
Rob also writes for musical theatre. Recent work includes co-writing Nottingham Playhouse’s Christmas show The Little Mermaid, and providing musical arrangements for the Edinburgh Fringe smash hit A Jaffa Cake Musical In 2024 he co-wrote and performed in the election spoof, Rishi Sunak's Doing A Musical! He also wrote and performed in the Offie Award-nominated Faking Bad, a parody musical of the hit TV series Breaking Bad.
Outside of his original musical projects, Rob is resident composer and musical director for Immersion Theatre, writing music for all eight of their family musicals and providing music for their pantomimes.
You can listen to Rob’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other streaming platforms. Just search for Rob Gathercole or visit www.robgathercole.co.uk for more info!
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