John Tams’ work has spanned 5 decades in every performance medium. He is a recognised authority on vernacular music – a 7-times winner at the BBC Folk Awards. His theatre work includes the Old Vic, the RSC, The Globe, Sheffield Crucible, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Joint Stock, Chichester Festival Theatre and 7:84. At the National Theatre, he has worked as actor and musical director/composer on over 30 productions including, The Mysteries, Lark Rise to Candleford, Glengarry Glen Ross, many of which transferred to the West End or toured. He played Daniel Hagman in the TV series Sharpe, for which he was script associate, co-writing the score. For radio, he was executive MD of the Radio Ballads winning Gold at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. As an original member of the creative team that brought War Horse to the stage, he has since toured the world as a production executive. He worked with Steven Spielberg on the movie and his adaptation of the book tours as a ‘concert’ reading with author Michael Morpurgo, inspired by a BBC Radio 2 version which he directed featuring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn and Bob Hoskins. He has made over 60 albums and continues to tour festival and concert stages. He holds Honorary Doctorates from Sheffield Hallam and Derby universities.

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