About Nigel
Once a practising barrister, then employed at the Ministry of Justice, Nigel is now a performer, actor, lyricist and writer.
Nigel enjoys performing some of the established cabaret repertoire, e.g. Noel Coward and Kurt Weill. He has appeared at London venues including the Crazy Coqs, the Other Palace Studio and the Pheasantry. However, he mainly concentrates on his own lyrics and monologues, because, he says, people can’t say they’ve heard someone else do them better!. In 2016 he took a specially devised show called `Angel to vampire!' to the Edinburgh Fringe. Since 2018 he has been performing `Too young to stay in, too old to go out!' both in London and various Fringes, including Edinburgh 2019. He is currently working on touring the show round the country. In 2022 he devised a new show called ‘Still ticking!’, by which he means his heart.
He has acted in plays and film. To see a full list of Nigel’s credits, please see Spotlight NIGEL OSNER
Nigel is the author of a children's story 'Magic in Ravenswood' (Heinemann). He turned it into a family musical, writing the book and lyrics (music BB Cooper). Entitled 'Goblins Don't Scare Us'), it was the Christmas show at the New End Theatre, Hampstead, in 2002/3. Following success in a competition, it was played in Delaware, USA, in November 2008.
He has also written the book and lyrics for Rock Heaven (music Scarlett Deva Antaloczy), a cheerful rock/swing musical about a murderer, a rock star, a groupie and a lot of cyborgs. A developing project is ‘the Road to Transylvania’, a vampire musical., both for stage and screen.
His fantasy novel called `worldoflegends.com', is available on Amazon, Barnes and Nobel and other sites. If anyone is interested, he has written a sequel.
Oh yes, once he was an artist, but there’s no time for painting at the moment.
News
Should there be anything exciting to report, you’ll find it here!
NOVEMBER 2025
This is not exciting, as suggested above, but had better be reported. Having developed sepsis and pneumonia in Venice - but happily avoiding the title of Visconti's film! - I have had to withdraw from at least a couple of performances. However, I'm slowly getting stronger and, if I don't manage anything else this year, I have a performance in January which I'm beginning to think about.
Before Venice I was enjoying performing for the Jacksons Lane Arts Centre as part of their Community Engagement programme.
JUNE 2025
I have taken ‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ to Broadstairs, Sudbury, Bristol and Weston-super-mare. The audience reaction has been enthusiastic and I’m being asked back to perform ‘Still ticking!’ As for new venues, bizarrely I have bookings for 2026, but we are still working on autumn this year. However, there should be things to report before too long.
Turning to something different, I plan to make the sequel to ‘worldoflegends.com’ available. More news on that later.
JANUARY 2025
In 2025 I am looking for more exposure for my shows ‘Too young to stay in, too old to go out!’ and ‘Still ticking!’ Let’s see what happens, but more bookings are under way. In addition I’ll be performing another cabaret at Fellowship House on 19th June. More details on all to follow. In addition I am continuing to turn my screenplay for ‘The Road to Transylvania’ into a novel.