John Maher was the Musical Director and Head Arranger of Thriller

Live since its first production in 2007. John is also the Director and Musical Supervisor of the smash hit Beatles show, Let It Be. John has worked with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Macy Gray, Tommy Emmanuel, and is the Musical Director for Dr Hook’s Timeless

World Tour.

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John was the UK Musical Supervisor of Million Dollar Quartet in the West End. He is the Musical Supervisor and Arranger of the Marc Bolan musical 20th Century Boy.

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A native of Sydney, John completed a music degree at the NSW Conservatorium, going on to become one of the busiest and most successful Musical Directors in Australia. He was MD of RENT, The Rocky Horror Show, Return To The Forbidden Planet, Oh! What A Night, Chair In The Landscape, Lipstick Dreams, Songs From Side Show Alley, Pizza Live On Stage, Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls, Virtual Unreality, Ricordi, and many others.
 

Since moving to London in 2002, John has been MD of Dancing In The Streets, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, The Next Big Thing, Departure Lounge, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, What A

Swell Party and on the cult hit Dude, Where’s My Teddy?

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John was one of the regular conductors of the Queen musical, We Will Rock You, in London for several years. In 2008, John was the MD of the Dream On concert at the London Palladium and of the world premiere season of Can’t Smile Without You. Other work includes Godspell, Fame and Evita. He played keyboards and guitar with The Guild Of Thieves (13 piece soul band) and was the guitarist for some time with legendary band, The Drifters.​