Ian is a Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director. He leads the band Eleven Magpies.

Theatre for Kneehigh includes Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes, Don John, The Wild Bride, Tristan and Yseult, Dead Dog in a Suitcase Theatre as Music Director includes Girl from the North Country (Toronto 2019, Runway), London Tide (National Theatre).

Theatre as Composer includes Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe); Wise Children, Malory Towers, Bagdad Café and Wuthering Heights (Wise Children); The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Kneehigh).

Film as Composer includes The Princess and Peppernose (RSA and Joe Wright).

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