Christopher Lemmon portraying his father, Jack Lemmon. In 2017 he conceived, wrote and directed a production for the Young Artists of America celebrating the songs of Tim Rice, hosted by Sir Tim, The Circle of Life, which was first seen at the Strathmore Center, Maryland and was later aired on PBS in the US. This MPT programme was nominated for three local Emmy Awards – Best Artistic Program, Best Lighting and Best Direction. It won an Emmy Award for Best Lighting. In 2018, along with his international masterclass and teaching commitments, Hugh Wooldridge directed Play on Words – a celebration of PG Wodehouse and his fellow Wordsmiths on Broadway – with Hal Cazalet at Live at Zedel/Crazy Coqs and in New York; and another production of Jesus Christ Superstar at Teatru Astra, Gozo/Malta. In 2019, Hugh Wooldridge produced and directed The Best of Rock Musicals, hosted by Tim Rice, Christopher Biggins and Richard O’Brien at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith for the benefit of the suicide awareness charity, The Charlie Waller Trust. During the pandemic of 2020, he produced and directed 28 short films about Osteopathy – Discovering Osteopathy with Barrie Savory, and a season of new play readings, presented live and streamed globally from the Riverside Studios in London – Riverside Reads. Hugh Wooldridge has written a play with music with Nicholas Bromley about a girl band, Heads Up! References External links Official website Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Amersham Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Lighting designers People educated at Stonyhurst College British theatre directors