Joey trained on the Actor Musicianship course at Rose Bruford.

As a musical director, assistant MD, band leader & arranger credits include:

A Midsummer Nights Dream (Watermill Theatre); Reasons To Be Cheerful (Graeae); Oliver! (Watermill Theatre); Three Minute Heroes (Belgrade Theatre); The Threepenny Opera (Graeae/UK Tour); Our House (New Wolsey Theatre/UK Tour); Dreamboats and Petticoats (BKL Playhouse Theatre, West End)

Joey is also an actor and has performed in many productions across the country including:

We’re Going On A Bearhunt (Lyric Theatre, West End); A Midsummer Nights Dream (Watermill Theatre); A ‘Scarborough’ Christmas Carol (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Cinderella: A Fairytale (Tobacco Factory & Traveling Light); Made In Dagenham (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch); Thisbe (Door Ajar Theatre); Oliver! (Watermill Theatre); Romeo & Juliet and The School for Scandal (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory); The BFG (Birmingham Rep); The Snow Spider (Io Theatre Company); I Was A Rat! (Birmingham Rep/UK Tour); Dreamboats and Petticoats (BKL Playhouse Theatre, West End)