[1] Before being awarded a scholarship to study musical direction at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Dyer attended Durham University[2] As Musical Director selected credits include: Annie (Piccadilly Theatre - West End and UK Tours – for which he won a Broadwayworld Award[3]), West Side Story (Curve),[4] The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour & International), Dogfight (European Premiere – for which he won a second Broadwayworld award[5]), The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Derby Theatre) and Sweeney Todd (a co-production between West Yorkshire Playhouse and Royal Exchange).
Dyer also created the Orchestrations and Arrangements for the World Premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical.
[7] The production was directed by Nikolai Foster and with a book by the original screenplay writer Douglas Day Stewart.
These new arrangements and orchestrations were then heard in the South African production, where it won the Naledi Theatre Award for Best Musical.
The production then played a limited season at the Mirvish Theatre, Toronto,[10] and was lately seen touring the UK until November 2019, for which Dyer is also Musical Supervisor[11] Dyer's other recent orchestrations include: West Side Story (Curve), The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep), Merrily We Roll Along (Theatr Clwyd), The Wedding Singer (UK Tour), The Wiz (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Bugsy Malone (Curve).