CREATIVE TEAM
Behind The Sparrow is a cross-cultural collaboration between artists from Italy and the UK.
Here you’ll meet the voices shaping the music and the story at the heart of the show.
Nicholas Pratt
book and lyrics
An Italian lawyer and civil servant who somehow found
his way into musical theatre, Nicholas Pratt (better
known as Nino Pratticò) wrote the Italian lyrics for
Disenchanted!, The Addams Family, 9 to 5, and the
Netflix animated series Popples.
His first original show, Collodi: The Man Behind
Pinocchio, is currently waiting in a drawer for the right
moment to resurface. The Sparrow is his latest — and
most ambitious — step into English-language musical
writing.
Olly Novello
music
Olly began training in musical theatre composition at the age of 16 and later studied Musical Theatre at the Guildford
School of Acting.
His debut musical, Mayflower, was workshopped in Guildford and London during his student years. This was followed by his second work, The Verge of Forever,
which enjoyed an Off West End run at The Other Palace in
summer 2023, establishing Olly as the youngest composer to achieve this milestone to date.
Olly has since composed music for a diverse array of
productions, including stage shows, films, and television.
Notable credits encompass Jesús Está a las Puertas, set to
premiere in San Diego this winter; Suck, The Journey to
Paradise; the feature film Is That the Universe Expanding or
Are You Just Happy to See Me?, slated for production in
Australia next year; Doppelhaushälfte for ZDF and Netflix;
Vendor Venture, Quantum Club and The Breakage of Time
and 1985, which will receive its London premiere in June 2026.
