Stewart Nicholls is a British stage director and choreographer. His credits include productions of: A Spoonful of Sherman (2018 UK/Ireland tour, St James' Theatre and Live At Zédel),[1][2] Bumblescratch (Adelphi Theatre),[3] Bar Mitzvah Boy (Above The Gatehouse), Love Birds (The Pleasance, Edinburgh),[4][5] Free As Air (Finborough Theatre),[6] Business As Usual[7] (a new play commissioned by Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and devised by Nicholls), Jewish Legends,[citation needed] Salad Days and The Biograph Girl (London College of Music), Lunch With Marlene[8] (National Tour), Beatlemania (Gothenburg Opera House),[9] Gay's The Word (Jermyn Street Theatre and Finborough Theatre), Over My Shoulder (National Tour and Wyndhams Theatre),[9][10] South Pacific (Birmingham Symphony Hall/BBC Radio Two),[11] and Carousel (St. David’s Hall, Cardiff/BBC Radio Three) and Tim Rice's revival of Blondel (Pleasance Theatre).[12] Choreography credits include: Iolanthe and The Mikado (National Tour)[13] and Cowardy Custard (National Tour). He has also directed productions in drama schools and staged numerous pantomimes.[14]
The CD Nicholls co-produced for The Amazons was nominated for a Grammy Award.[9] Nicholls has contributed to the Oxford Handbook of The British Musical.[15] In 2016 Nicholls was named a Variety Club Celebrity Ambassador.