An album of songs co-written by McArthur and Ben Brierley (“Meanwhile…”) is now available on all major streaming platforms.
The Green House Band’s two albums (“Mirage” and “Big Sun”) have been released as a double CD (“Anthology”) by Talking Elephant Records. You can preview all the tracks and purchase a physical copy of Anthology below.
Neil opened Soho Folk & Blues in Soho’s Frith Street, which models itself on the clubs of the 1960s and beyond – Les Cousins, The Troubadour, Bunjie’s etc.
The club presents acoustic artists once a fortnight.
Neil McArthur has worked in many musical areas over the last forty years.
National Theatre
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (O, MD)
A Streetcar Named Desire (with Glenn Close) (C, MD)
Dragon (MD)
Oh! What A Lovely War (O, MD, VA)
Fix-Up (VA, MS)
His Girl Friday (MS)
Elmina’s Kitchen (MS)
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (O)
West End
Blues In The Night (MD)
Great Balls Of Fire (VA, MS, P)
Five Guys Named Moe (MD, O) (also Broadway)
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (C) (also Broadway)
Leave Him To Heaven (MD)
Regional Theatre & Other
Sandi Toksvig’s Christmas Cracker (Festival Hall) (VA)
Stephen Fry’s Cinderella (Old Vic) (VA, O, MD, MS)
John Byrne’s Tutti Frutti (National Theatre of Scotland) (VA, MS)
Half A Sixpence (West Yorkshire Playhouse) (O)
The Wizard Of Oz (West Yorkshire Playhouse) (MD)
Bad Girls The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse) (O)
High Society (Sheffield Crucible) (O)
Sex And Chips And Rock ‘N’ Roll (Manchester Royal Exchange) (O, VA)
Cabaret (Leicester Haymarket) (MD)
The Snowman (Leicester Haymarket) (MD)
The Importance Of Being Earnest (Regent’s Park) (MD)
Holes In The Skin (Chichester) (C)
Up On The Roof (Chichester) (MD)
Cat Stevens’ Moonshadow (Jerwood) (VA, MD)
Harry Nilsson’s The Point (Mermaid) (VA)
Maria Friedman Re-Arranged (Menier) (O)
Maria Friedman By Special Arrangement (Trafalgar Studios) (O)
Maria Friedman (Proms In The Park) (O)
Oliver’s Army (Central School of Speech and Drama) (VA, MD)
Roger And Vanessa (Theatre 503) (C)
Fishbowl (Theatre 503) (C)
It Must Be Madness (Central School of Speech and Drama) (VA, MD)
Ash (Arcola) (MD)
The Long Road (Soho Theatre) (C)
Memory Of Water (Soho Theatre) (C)
Kiss The Sky (Shepherds Bush Empire) (VA, MD)
From The Hart ( New End, Hampstead) (VA, MD)
Black Comedy (Watford) (C)
Call Me Merman (King’s Head) (VA)
Tamar’s Revenge (RSC) (C, VA, MD)
Musicians Crossing A Bridge Without Their Instruments (Greshams) (C)
The Advertisement (Greshams) (C)
Leave Him To Heaven (Lincoln) (Bass Guitarist)
Clive Rowe At The Donmar Warehouse (O)
Joseph Fiennes’ Shakespeare (Tibet) (MD)
Theatre Workshops
Lionel Bart’s La Strada (NTS) (MD)
Ray Davies’ Come Dancing (NTS) (MD)
Film
Victory (Miramax) (O, MD)
The Boat People (Skyline Films) (C)
Tune For The Blood (Cantilupe Productions) (C, MD)
The Thief (Synergy Films) (C,MD)
Television
Innumerable TV appearances in Britain and Europe inc. Wogan, Russell Harty, Jasper Carrott and The
Royal Variety Performance.
Frank Stubbs Promotes (with Brian May) (ITV) (C)
The Ancient Mariner (BBC) (C)
Dressing For Breakfast (ITV) (C)
Young Jung (BBC) (C)
The Paul Merton Series (BBC) (Organist)
EastEnders (BBC) (C)
Skinny Marink (BBC) (C)
Elmina’s Kitchen (BBC) (MS)
Royal Variety Performances (BBC and ITV) (O)
Chalk (BBC) (C)
Recordings
Member of Harvey And The Wallbangers (1983-1987)
Recorded four albums and made two series for Radio 2.
Recorded ‘The Jazz Album’ with Simon Rattle.
Leave Him To Heaven (Chrysalis) (MD)
Mirage: The Green House Band (Market Square Records)(Guitarist and arranger)
Big Sun: The Green House Band (Fledg’ling Records)(Composer and guitarist)
Blues In The Night (First Night) (MD)
Five Guys Named Moe (First Night) (P, MD,O, MS) (Won Gold and Silver discs)
