Stewart Arnott has worked extensively in the West End, specialising in large-scale, technical musicals. Highlights include David Essex’s Mutiny!, Metropolis, the original Miss Saigon, Mike Batt’s The Hunting of the Snark, Crazy For You and The Phantom of the Opera, a show which he was privileged to look after as stage manager for over 20 years. His book, Beginners to the Stage, Please, offers an insight into the nitty-gritty of daily life behind the scenes on some of the West End's most successful and well-known shows