Jonny Berliner

DOB
23 July 1980



Music

Instruments
Guitar, Vocal, Keyboards, Harmonica, Percussion, Banjo, Ukelele

Notable Live Performance
Residencies

 2009-present  Bar Zilli (Soho)
 2006-present  Folkadot (Green Note, Camden)
 2006-2008  Jewish Community Centre for London (Lit Café)
 2005-2008  The Last Resort (British Virgin Islands)
 2005  Comedy a Jo-Jo (Soho)
 2004-present  Powers Bar (Kilburn)
 2002, 2003  C Venues (Edinburgh Festival)

Concerts
· One Night Only (2002)
The Jonny Berliner Band with the Leeds University Union
Symphony Orchestra and Choir at Leeds University


· Something For The Weekend (2004)
The Jonny Berliner Band with the Leeds University Union
Symphony Orchestra and Choir at Leeds University


· Jonny Berliner with the Royal Academy of Music Student Union
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (2005)
Royal Academy of Music

· Voice of Slavery Concert (2007)
Kentish Town Forum

TV & Radio
· BBC Radio Leeds (2004)
· Castle In the Country, BBC Television (2005)
· Richard Park Show, LBC Radio (2005)

Composition & Recording
Albums
· Touchwood Sessions (2002)
· Stuffed Pig Sessions (2003)
· Friend For All Seasons (2006)
· Please Do Not Bend (2007)
· Science Songs (2008)

Television
· Incidental music, Party Animals, BBC TV (for World Productions, 2007)

Podcasts
· Guess The Tune, Guardian Weekly Music Podcast (2007)
· Comedy Songs, Guardian Weekly Science Podcast (2006)


Stage Musicals

Writer / Composer

CORPUS (2003)
Book co-written with Fintan O'Higgins
Corpus is a musical comedy set in a Anatomy exhibition, loosely based on Professor Gunther Von Hagens' Bodyworlds exhibition of real human corpses. It was performed at Leeds University and at the Edinburgh Festival in 2003.

DUDE! WHERE'S MY TEDDY BEAR? (2003)
Book co-written with Sheridan Humphreys
Rock n' Roll children's musical about the loss of a favourite toy. Sell out runs at the Edinburgh Festival (2003, 2004), Wimbledon Studio (2004) and also at numerous regional theatres and the Glastonbury Festival (2004).

WAITIN' 4 DA G (2004)
Book by Van Badham
A Hip Hop tale of Bunnies, who run away to join the circus. It was performed at the Edinburgh festival (2004) and the Glastonbury Festival (2005).

CRICKLEWOOD BROADWAY (2006)
Commissioned by the Tricycle Theatre, for the Lime Light Drama group. Performed in 2006 and 2007. It recreates the cultural diversity of Cricklewood in its variety of musical styles.

CA$H IN CHRIST (2007)
With Van Badham
A satirical televangelist show performed at the Edinburgh Festival.

NORTH WEST SIDE STORY (2007)
Book by Michael Kofi
Commissioned by the Tricycle Theatre, for the Lime Light Drama group. RnB musical about rival gangs in Kilburn.

ICE CREAM MAN AND THE JELLY INCIDENT
(as told by the Brothers Dimm) (2007)

Written with David Labi
A madcap kids show, promoting healthy eating. Performed at the Glastonbury Festival.

THE SCRIBE WHO WOULDN'T SCRIBBLE (2009)
Written with Claire Berliner
Commissioned by the Jewish Community Centre for London for Jewish Book Week. A children's musical about language.

Stage Comedies


THE COMMITTEE (2009)
Commissioned by the Muju Interfaith Drama group at the Tricycle
To be performed November 2009



Music Facilitator

 2008  Sing London Complaints Choir
 at the Royal Albert Hall
 2007-present  Musical Director of The Tricycle Singers
 2007  Sing London Complaints Choir
 with Queens Park Community School
 2006-present  Limelight drama group musical director
 at The Tricycle in Kilburn