Ian's work with Wise Children as Composer includes: The Little Match Girl and Other Happier Tales (The Lucky Chance); Wuthering Heights (UK, US tour and The Holland Festival.); Bagdad Café (The Old Vic); Malory Towers (Bristol Old Vic) and Wise Children (UK National tour).

​Other work as Composer includes Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Kneehigh) and on the film The Princess and Peppernose. 

Ian also worked as a musician with Kneehigh Theatre, on shows including: Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes, Don Jon, The Wild Bride, Tristan and Yseult, Dead Dog in a Suitcase, The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, and The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. 

His work as Musical Director includes: Girl from the North Country (Toronto 2019, Runway), 

 Nominations include: Dora Mavor Award for Outstanding Musical Direction 2020 (Girl from the North Country) and The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play 2023 (Wuthering Heights).

 Ian is a Bristol based multi-instrumentalist and Composer. He is the Head of Music for The School for Wise Children and leads the band Eleven Magpies.