About
Flynn Sturgeon is a West End musical director, accordionist, accompanist and orchestrator with extensive experience across commercial theatre, new musical development and performing arts education.
Since 2022, Flynn has been a cover conductor, rehearsal pianist and deputy accordionist on Cabaret in London's West End. In these roles he has rehearsed and conducted many of the production’s most notable cast members including Matt Willis, Jake Sheers, Eva Noblezada, Billy Porter, Amie Lou Wood, Cara Delevigne and Ruthie Henshall.
He was the musical director of Jack Godfrey's critically acclaimed musical 42 Balloons, which played for four sell-out concerts in the West End before opening at The Lowry in 2024, and transferring to Chicago in 2025. Further developments for the musical are yet to be announced.
He is regularly engaged in the development of new musicals and has contributed to numerous workshops and readings at leading producing houses including Leicester Curve, The Lowry, and @sohoplace, working across a diverse range of musical styles and cultural influences.
In 2025 Flynn served as musical director for two productions at ArtsEd: High Society and Crazy For You, both of which he reorchestrated. In the same year, he also conducted Carousel with the National Youth Musical Theatre, leading a cast of 44 performers and a 33-piece orchestra. He returns to NYMT for its 50th anniversary season to conduct West Side Story.
For six years he was the musical supervisor, orchestrator and co-organiser of the successful concert series Roles We’ll Never Play, a fixture of the West End and Off-West End concert scene. The series has featured many of the UK's most celebrated musical theatre performers, including Alice Fearn, Divina De Campo, Lauren Byrne, and Toby Marlow.
Alongside his professional theatre work, Flynn is an experienced educator and regular tutor at ArtsEd, delivering ensemble, repertoire, and project-based teaching. He has also taught at Urdang, Trinity Laban, London Studio Centre, Performance Preparation Academy, and Mountview. In 2020, he received the Creative Courage for Life Award for Outstanding Singing Teacher in recognition of his work as a vocal coach.
Originally from Canterbury and now based in London, Flynn holds a BMus from Royal Holloway, University of London. He is DBS certified, holds a full UK driving licence, and speaks Spanish.