Meet the Team
SAM QUESTED
Sam has worked in the theatre industry for nearly twelve years, building a wide-ranging career producing and general managing across the West End, national and international tours, and concert productions. His theatre credits include Burlesque the Musical (Savoy Theatre, Manchester, Glasgow), Midnight Cowboy: A New Musical (Southwark Playhouse, Elephant), Bonnie and Clyde (Arts Theatre, Garrick Theatre, UK and Ireland Tour; winner of the What’sOnStage Award for Best New Musical), Rock of Ages (UK Tour), The Last Five Years (Garrick Theatre), Curtains (UK Tour, West End), and The Wedding Singer (South Korea, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre).
In addition to theatrical productions, Sam has general managed concerts in many of the West End’s leading venues. These have featured an array of distinguished artists, including Audra McDonald, Ariana DeBose, Alan Cumming, Stephanie J. Block, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Megan Hilty, Jeremy Jordan, Shoshana Bean, Chita Rivera, Laura Michelle Kelly, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Kelli O’Hara, Caissie Levy, Keala Settle, Jessica Vosk, Rachel Tucker, Jordan Luke Gage, Jamie Muscato, and Lucie Jones. He has also managed concerts of Zorro, Cinderella, and the Tori Amos musical The Light Princess.
His work further encompasses staged concert productions, with credits including Bonnie and Clyde, Oklahoma! in Concert, and Evita. He was also responsible for the award-winning productions of Something Rotten! in Concert (2024) and Love Never Dies (2023), both recipients of the What’sOnStage Award for Best Concert Event.
DARREN BELL
Three-time winner and six-time nominee WhatsOnStage Award nominee, Darren has built a reputation for producing solo concerts and musicals in concert. His work as a published photographer brought him into the heart of the theatre world, and by 2015, he expanded his creative pursuits to producing. Specialising in showcasing Broadway and West End talent, Darren has produced concerts featuring some of the most celebrated names in musical theatre, including Patti LuPone at the Coliseum, Audra McDonald at the Palladium, Chita Rivera, Jeremy Jordan, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Shoshana Bean, Hannah Waddingham, Cynthia Erivo, Alan Cumming, Ariana DeBose, Michael Ball, Kelli O’Hara, Alex Newell, Sharon D. Clarke, Laura Benanti, Matthew Morrison, and Jamie Muscato.
Darren’s production credits include the critically acclaimed Bonnie & Clyde in Concert, starring Jeremy Jordan and live captured for future release, with its cinematic premiere scheduled for 2025. Something Rotten! (WhatsOnStage Award winner) starred Jason Manford, Evita (nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award) featured Auli’i Cravalho, Oklahoma! starred Phil Dunster, and the WhatsOnStage Award-winning production of Love Never Dies in Concert starred Norm Lewis. Darren also produced Ariana DeBose’s solo show and six uk appearances by Jeremy Jordan over 9 years, both of which were nominated for WhatsOnStage Awards.
In 2018, Darren presented Tori Amos’s musical The Light Princess to critical acclaim, bringing back Olivier Award nominee Rosalie Craig in the eponymous role for a special one-off concert. In 2019 and 2020, Darren produced Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Zorro The Musical with musical all-star casts, both playing to sold-out audiences.
QUBE Theatricals acts as exclusive General Manager for Darren Bell Productions.