Creatives
Erich Kästner
Original Author
Erich Kästner was born in Dresden in 1899, and died in Munich in 1974. He was not only one of the world’s most famous children’s authors, but was also master of many genres of writing, as a novelist, poet, cabaret artist, dramatist and feature writer. Emil and the Detectives, which he wrote in 1929, was a...
STUART PATERSON
Book Writer
Stuart Paterson's current projects are: a screen adaptation of Hjalmar Soderberg’s Doctor Glas, to be directed by Aisling Walsh and Prisoner C33, a one-man play ("written with skilful but harrowing intensity" The Times) about Oscar Wilde in prison directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Toby Stephens. The...
George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
Music & Lyrics
Stiles and Drewe are a multi award-winning musical theatre writing partnership whose shows have been seen all over the world and translated into many languages.
Their scores include the Olivier Award-winning Honk!, which has been seen by more than 6 million people in over 8,000...
TREVOR NUNN
Director
For eighteen years, he was the Artistic Director of the RSC, directing much of the Shakespeare canon (including Macbeth with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench) and new works including Nicholas Nickleby and Les Miserables (now the longest running musical in the world). He was later Director of the National Theatre,...
Matt Cole
Choreographer
Matt received a nomination for an Olivier Award in 2020 for his choreography on Fiddler On The Roof (Menier Chocolate Factory & West End).
As Choreographer, credits include: Fisherman's Friends The Musical (Hall For Cornwall); Berlin Berlin (German Tour); Fiddler On The Roof (West End, Menier Chocolate...
ROB JONES
Set Designer
Over thirty West End productions include: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Ragtime, The Sound of Music (and Toronto, Paris, UK tour, Tokyo, China, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia); Much Ado About Nothing, The Dance of Death, The Girls, Benefactors, Heroes (and Los Angeles); The King and I (Royal Albert Hall)...
Douglas O’Connell
Video and Projection Designer
Douglas graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2003.
His recent video credits include: Grease (West End/ UK Tour); The Magician’s Elephant (RSC); Royal Hunt of the Sun (Parco Theatre, Japan); The Lost Thing (Royal Opera House); The Witches of Eastwick...
JONATHAN LIPMAN
COSTUME DESIGNER
Theatre credits include: The Witches of Eastwick Concert (West End); Fiddler on the Roof (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End, Olivier award nomination, Best Costume Design); Candide (Bergen Opera, Norway); Violet, Harold and Maude, The Woman in White, The Knowledge, The Braille Legacy, Death...
RICHARD MAWBEY
Hair & Wig Designer
Richard has enjoyed a great career in hair; make-up and wigs. He has worked on Finding Neverland, Evita, La Cage Aux Folles, Frost Nixon, Waitress and Priscilla in New York.
London theatre credits include: The 47th; Sleepless; The Bridges of Madison County; The Boyfriend; BIG the Musical;...
JOHANNA TOWN
Lighting Designer
Theatre Credits include: Fishermen’s Friends The Musical (ROYO); The Homecoming (Bath Theatre Royal); Peggy for You, The Memory of Water, The Death of a Black Man (Hampstead Theatre); Two Ladies (Bridge Theatre); The Butterfly Lion, The Watsons, The Norman Conquests, Fracked (Chichester...
Paul Gatehouse
Sound Designer
Paul is a Tony & Drama Desk Award nominated Sound Designer & Music Producer.
Sound Designer:. Identical The Musical (Nottingham Playhouse); Oliver! (Asia première in Tokyo); RENT (Hope Mill Theatre); SIX The Musical (London/Broadway/UK & US Tours/Australia); Cameron Mackintosh & Disney’s *Mary...
TOM CURRAN
Orchestrator
Tom is a Tony, Olivier and Drama Desk Award nominated orchestrator and arranger. Credits include: Great British Bake Off: The Musical (Cheltenham Everyman); SIX (Broadway/West End/UK tour/US tour/Australia); Hot Gay Time Machine (Trafalgar Studios); West End Bares (multiple); The Sound of Music (UK...
TAMARA SARINGER
Musical Director
Tamara trained as a classical pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto under the tutelage of Susan Hall and Marina Geringas. She also holds a Master’s degree in Musical Theatre from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Select credits as Musical Director include: A Chorus Line (Leicester...
CAROLINE HUMPHRIS
Musical Supervisor
Recent credits include: as Musical Director She Loves Me (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); as Musical Supervisor The Producers (Royal Exchange, Manchester) and the all-female revue Don’t Tell Me Not To Fly featuring Janie Dee, Claire Sweeney, Danielle Hope and Ria Jones (Underbelly, Edinburgh...
Anne Vosser
Casting Director
Anne started casting in 1992 as in-house Casting Director for the Apollo Leisure Group. She has cast numerous West End and touring productions.
During her years at Apollo Leisure her West End casting credits included: Barnum (Dominion); Aspects of Love (Prince Of Wales); Fiddler On The Roof starring...
JO HAWES
Children’s Casting & Administrator
Jo Hawes was awarded the Special Recognition Olivier Award in 2020 after spending the last 27 years casting children in over 150 spectacular productions.
Jo trained at LAMDA and began her career at the Theatre Royal Windsor in Stage Management. In London she was part of the Stage Management...
Martha Geelan
Associate Director and special responsibility for the children
Martha is a director, writer & dramaturg.
As Associate Director to Trevor Nunn, productions include: Fiddler on the Roof (Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, The Playhouse Theatre); The Bridges of Madison County (Menier Chocolate Factory); Love in...
JANE MCMURTRIE
Associate Choreographer
TRAINING: Dance School of Scotland and Laine Theatre Arts.
THEATRE: Choreographer Cinderella (Glasgow Kings Theatre and Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Southend); Choreographer The Good Life (UK Tour); Choreographer Indecent Proposal (Southwark Playhouse); Associate Choreographer...
Charlie Smith
Associate Sound Designer
Charlie has always had a passion for sound design and quality audio for theatre. Since graduating from GSMD in 2013 with a first class degree and Gold Medal in Technical Theatre, Charlie has worked as a sound designer and operator within the West End and Internationally.
As Associate Sound...
Madeleine Edis
Assistant Costume Designer / Costume Supervisor
Theatre credits as Costume Designer: Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Honk! (Hounslow Arts Centre); Empowered Women Trilogy (The Telling); Polyeucte (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Possessed (Camden People’s Theatre).
Theatre credits as Assistant...
David Gallagher
Orchestral Manager
Recent credits include: Girl from the North Country (UK Tour, Noel Coward Theatre, Gielgud Theatre and Old Vic); Oklahoma! (Young Vic); Spring Awakening (Almeida Theatre); Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre), Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre); 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury...