Stories in song for families and the grown-ups who bring them.

Composer · Lyricist · Book writer

Tommy Antonio is a London-based composer, lyricist and bookwriter. Co-writer and producer of Little People, BIG DREAMS: The Album, and writer of PIN (with Marc Teitler, directed by Natalie Abrahami) and Toyfest (with Matsena Productions).

In New York, 5 November – 10 December 2026. Let's meet!

Tommy Antonio, smiling with one hand in his hair
Little People, BIG DREAMS: The Album cover

The album · Released August 2026 · Quarto

Little People, BIG DREAMS: The Album

Eleven true stories, sung. Written and produced by Dom James and Tommy Antonio for the multi-million-selling children's book series, featuring Grace Mouat (SIX), Fayth Ifil (Hadestown), Michael Yakubu and a 25-strong children's chorus. The anthem was mixed by David Boucher (Frozen, Encanto), and the sheet music is published by Hal Leonard.

Performed live at the Southbank Centre, the Edinburgh Festival, the Globe Theatre and the Bath Children's Literature Festival.

11
original songs
25
young voices
10-piece
gospel choir
4
major UK venues and festivals

Listen

Five songs from five worlds · about 18 minutes

  1. 01
    Write Your Dreams Little People, BIG DREAMS
    The story of Jane Austen's life from her early years to her timeless classics. Modern broadway, quintessentially English
  2. 02
    Out of Control PIN
    The Act One closer: PIN realises the full extent of his powers. Sung by Carly Bawden.
    4:14
  3. 03
    One And Only Toy Toyfest
    Night falls in the toyshop and Toys of all shapes and sizes wake up to their night time routines
  4. 04
    No Rest, No Stop Little People, BIG DREAMS
    High energy gospel telling the extraordinary life story of Rosa Parks with a 10 piece Gospel Choir and soloist Fayth Ifil (Hadestown)
  5. 05
    The Game A Midsummer Night's Dream
    Helena pours out her heartache to Hermia after Demetrius jilts her. Sung by Gabriella Brookes and Kelly Agbowu.

Tommy's Shows

Three new musicals for families

Sheet 1 of 3Personal Industry NeurobotSpinopolis

A new musical · Full script and score

PIN

PIN artwork: a sepia blueprint of a robot boy with a human face, surrounded by technical drawings
Fig. 1 · P.I.N., Spinopolis

PIN is a new musical inspired by Carlo Collodi's classic tale Pinocchio. Set in the imagined city of Spinopolis, this heartfelt comedy asks what it takes to feel real when you struggle to relate to others.

Music by Marc Teitler, co-creator of The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic, West End). Demos sung by Carly Bawden, Celinde Schoenmaker, Louis Maskell, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Miriam Nyarko and David Seadon Young.

Listen

Out of ControlThe Act One closer: PIN realises the full extent of his powers. Sung by Carly Bawden.
4:14
Visit the PIN page
Book & lyrics
Tommy Antonio
Music
Marc Teitler
Director
Natalie Abrahami
Music director
Tom Brady
Audience · Cast
Family · 10–14

In development · With Matsena Productions

A cabinet of antique toys on wooden shelves: tin cars, dolls, a clown, a rocking horse and alphabet blocks

A modern doll stumbles upon a long-closed toyshop filled with antique toys who come to life every night, unaware of the world outside. When the shop is threatened with demolition, all are forced to reckon with their outdated beliefs, and rediscover their playfulness if they are to survive.

A family musical in which song and movement hold equal dramatic weight: Tommy's narrative songwriting meets the physical storytelling of brothers Kel and Anthony Matsena, whose company won a BAFTA Cymru and whose Shades of Blue was one of The Guardian's best dance shows of 2022.

Listen

One And Only ToyNight falls in the toyshop and Toys of all shapes and sizes wake up to their night time routines
Music & lyrics
Tommy Antonio
Movement
Kel & Anthony Matsena
Audience
Family, 5+
Cast
10–12, plus chorus

In development · After Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Victorian engraving of Bottom with an ass's head, crowned with flowers and surrounded by dancing fairies and foliage

When two pairs of mismatched lovers flee into the woods, the scheming Fairy King Oberon meddles and pandemonium ensues. A musical adaptation.

Jazz, R&B, soul, and showtunes for the humans; classical, folk and delta blues for the fairies. Simple choral lines bring non-professional singers into the show, so it can scale from a cast of four to four hundred.

Listen

The Fairy KingAct 2, Scene 1: Oberon plots his revenge on Titania.
Music & lyrics
Tommy Antonio
Audience
All ages
Cast
Four women, four men, flexible ensemble

About

Tommy Antonio is a composer, bookwriter, lyricist, and multi-instrumentalist working in musical theatre, film, and as a recording artist. He trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

His musical Highlanders won the Musicals Hub Award and was developed at Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Along with composer Dom James, he wrote and produced the Little People, BIG DREAMS album, based on the multi-million-selling book series.

His original musical projects include PIN, inspired by the story of Pinocchio, as bookwriter/lyricist with composer Marc Teitler (The Grinning Man) and director Natalie Abrahami.

His soundtrack work includes Julian Briceño's multi-award-winning Basque animation Testimonio, and, in 2023, his plaintive folk melodies for award-winning screenwriter, director, and playwright James Cawood's film Summer's Child. These follow soundtracks for Focus (2016), by award-winning Hong Kong director Mo Lai Yan Chi, and The Refuge (2017), by Maria Millan.

Tommy records as Shaker Neon with longtime collaborator Dom James, and as Tenderland as a solo artist and producer.