Fraser Grant studied French at Edinburgh University and trained as a director at Drama Studio London.

After five years as artistic director of the Drayton Court Theatre Company, he is now head of drama at The London College of Music and Media, Junior College, and Harvington School, Ealing.

Opera Work includes La Traviata, Carmen, Tosca, The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Cenerentola, Don Giovanni, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Fidelio, and The Magic Flute for First Act Opera, Cosi Fan Tutte, le Nozze di Figaro, Eugene Onegin and Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Oyster Opera, Eight Songs for a Mad King for Solaris Music Theatre at the Purcell Room, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and The Magic Flute for Opera South East and The Magic Flute for Music Theatre Kernow.

At LCCM he has directed students in productions of Hansel and Gretel, Days of Hope, The Soldier’s Tale, Weill Women and Shaken Not Stirred (a new musical written in collaboration with composing students).

More recently he directed his own updated translation of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

As a Theatre Director, he has directed many productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Abigail’s Party, The Wanderer, Broken Glass, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Threepenny Opera.

He directed the Scottish premiere of Sondheim's Into The Woods and has won several awards for Best Production on the Edinburgh Fringe.

His collaboration with playwright Lynne Harvey includes world premieres of The Jingo Drill, C, Laugh Out Loud and Something For The Grown Ups.

He also works in Italy where he has directed touring productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Twist and Shout - The Beatles' Story, Jekyll and Hyde, Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Carol.

He is exceptionally proud of the fact that he has directed every G+S Opera, including the obscure ones, many of them 2 or 3 times, and he never tires of them.