Adam Hoskins (musical director for Rachel Zegler & Joy Woods) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!Adam joins Andrew Tomlins (West End Frame's Editor) to discuss Please Please Me (Kiln Theatre) and Paddington (Savoy Theatre) as well as the latest news about Anything Goes, John Proctor is the Villain, I'm Every Woman, RepresentAsian and lots more.Adam Hoskins is a conductor and orchestrator, extensively working in theatre and commercial concerts. His recent UK concert credits include Rachel Zegler: Live at The London Palladium (Whatsonstage Award for Best Concert Event), Il Volo (World Tour) (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), West End Women, Nothin’ Like a Dame, Playing Our Part, Main Men of Musicals, and Love at the Musicals at Cadogan Hall, London.As a Music Director and Conductor in London’s West End, his work includes concert presentations for Lambert Jackson of Diana the Musical at Eventim Apollo, London, and Carousel at Royal Festival Hall, London. He has also conducted productions of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Camelot, The Secret Garden, Once, Annie Get Your Gun, Doctor Zhivago, Side Show, Bare, and Songs for a New World, all staged at The London Palladium.Beyond conducting, Hoskins is a orchestrator and arranger, providing orchestrations for Ben Forster at Theatre Royal Haymarket, Lucie Jones at His Majesty’s Theatre, Collabro at Adelphi Theatre and on their UK Tour, Layton & Nikita Live! at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and on tour, Samantha Barks One Night Only at The London Palladium, Oti Mabuse – Viva Carnival on its UK Tour, and Joe McElderry’s Freedom UK Tour. In June 2025 he conducted two sold-out performances of his own symphonic adaptation of Undertale: The Determination Symphony at Eventim Apollo, London, which embarks on a global tour at the end of 2026.His additional UK concert work includes Musicals From The Heart in association with Heartbeat, The Mayflower, and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has also held orchestral management roles for world-renowned artists such as Lea Salonga, Jason Robert Brown, Bernadette Peters, and Cynthia Erivo. As an orchestrator and arranger, his work has been featured in performances by The Three Phantoms and The Hallé Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall.International credits include Once in Concert in Japan and China, as well as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He has worked with Park Lane Live across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and currently serves as Music Supervisor for Ramin Karimloo’s The Reunion, an international tour that has appeared in Japan (Suntory Hall, Tokyo & Yokohama), China (Beijing, Shanghai & Shenzhen), Italy (Milan & Trieste), in association with the FVG Orchestra, and most recently in Taipei. In late 2025, he made his conducting debut with the Taipei Philharmonic, and performed sold-out engagements in Tokyo with Ramin Karimloo and Samantha Barks in Home, Love, Family.His work also extends to digital and streaming productions, having served as Music Supervisor for First Date on BroadwayHD and Songs for a New World in association with The Other Palace, both produced by Lambert Jackson Productions.Follow Adam on Instagram: @adam_hoskins_musicThis podcast is hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening!Email: [email protected] westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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