Alexander S. Bermange
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Alexander S. Bermange is an English musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 composer
Composer
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 and lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

. He has often served as musical director and pianist
Pianist
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 for his own productions. He is also a regular broadcaster on UK radio.

Career

Bermange grew up in Radlett
Radlett
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, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, and attended the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School is a British independent school for boys aged 4–19. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Haileybury Group....

 in Elstree
Elstree
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. He wrote and staged his first musical, Nessie, while he was still at school. He studied Modern Languages at St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
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. While at Oxford he staged Nessie at the Burton Taylor Theatre in 1996.

He has written numerous musicals since leaving university, one of which, Shadowless, won two Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn is an American composer known for both his musicals and popular songs. He is most known for his musical Jekyll & Hyde, which ran four years on Broadway, and for writing the #1 International Hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" for Whitney Houston.-Early years:Wildhorn was born in...

 Awards (the Audience Award and the Second Jury Award) at the Musical Festival Graz in Austria in 2007. He has also written comic songs, many of which have been broadcast on BBC Radio.

As a broadcaster, Alexander can regularly be heard on BBC London 94.9
BBC London 94.9
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 as a contributor on JoAnne Good
JoAnne Good
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’s Sunday Night Sessions; he has presented his own series of interview-based programmes on JNET Radio; and he hosts weekly music and talk shows on Radio Verulam.

Major works

  • Snow White (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2010)
  • Thirteen Days (music and lyrics) - Wales High School
    Wales High School
    Wales High School is an academy for 11–18 year olds, located in Kiveton, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1970, the school provides education for its many connecting villages. Kiveton Park, Harthill, Todwick, Wales, Thurcroft and South Anston are the major villages which...

     Choir and Rotherham Youth Orchestra (2010)
  • Sleeping Beauty (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2009)
  • Dead Heat (music and lyrics) - Bradford Playhouse, Bradford (2008)
  • King Drosselbart (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2008)
  • Odette (music and lyrics) - Bridewell Theatre, London (2007)
  • The Seven Ravens (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2007)
  • The Golden Goose (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2006)
  • Aladdin (music and lyrics) - Pleasance Theatre, London (2005/2006)
  • The Frog Prince (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2005)
  • Close Encounters (music and lyrics) - Century City Playhouse, Los Angeles (2005)
  • Beauty and the Beast: The Singing Springing Lark (music) - Amphitheater Park Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau
    Hanau
    Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

    , Germany (2004)
  • Walking On The Sun (music and lyrics) - Wales High School
    Wales High School
    Wales High School is an academy for 11–18 year olds, located in Kiveton, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1970, the school provides education for its many connecting villages. Kiveton Park, Harthill, Todwick, Wales, Thurcroft and South Anston are the major villages which...

    Choir and Rotherham Youth Orchestra (2008), Rawmarsh Leisure Centre, Rotherham (2003), The O2, London (2000), and the specially constructed Theatre In The Park, Rotherham (2000)
  • Shadowless (book, music and lyrics) - Bridewell Theatre, London (2003)
  • Nessie (book, music and lyrics) - Musical Kongress, Hamburg (2002), and Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford (1996)

Recordings

Nineteen of his comic songs were released on a CD entitled Weird & Wonderful - A Collection Of Songs Celebrating Weirdos & Weirdness.

Act One - Songs From The Musicals Of Alexander S. Bermange, an album of 20 recordings by 26 West End stars, was released in November 2008 on Dress Circle Records.

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