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Directors

Ken recently directed Follow at the Finborough and next directs Lucky Numbers at the Royal Court, Liverpool & Noises Off & Bus Stop at Pitlochry in 2010, having directed Whisky Galore and Bus Stop in 2009. He was the Artistic Director of the Byre Theatre, St Andrews for 10 years, until 2004, where he became Artistic Director of Perth Rep. He also recently directed Ae Fond Kiss at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
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Adam won rave 5 star reviews for Lie of the Land at Edinburgh which transferred to the Arcola. Current credits: The Story of Vasco at Orange Tree & Ordinary Dreams at Trafalgar Studios. Adam has built a reputation as an exciting emerging talent with a passion for new writing, from directing World & UK Premieres at the Orange Tree & Stephen Joseph, Scarborough.
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Javier's provocative & controversial work has led him to an Olivier Award & 3 nominations, a South Bank Award (also being a South Bank Show subject), a Time Out Live Award & a Critic's Circle Award. He will Direct & Choreograph Exposure a new musical for the West-End & The Most Incredible Thing the Pet Shop Boys ballet at Sadler's Wells in 2011. Also: Macbeth (Globe), Cabaret (West-End), Carousel (Chichester) & Death & The King's Horseman (National).
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Russell has directed & adapted Wolfboy currently at Trafalgar Studios. He received a 2010 Whatsonstage Award nomination for New Boy starring Nicholas Hoult, which he also directed in Cape Town. He was a Script Editor on Gus Van Sant's Oscar winning Milk starring Sean Penn. He directs & devises the annual Whatsonstage Awards, won the TMA Award for Whistle Down the Wind & was resident dir on Sunset Boulevard & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Maurice was Director of the West-End transfer of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers starring Dave Willetts, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, and is directing Peter Pan at Tunbridge Wells for UK Productions this Christmas. Still a performer, Maurice appeared in Snow White at the Shaw Theatre last Christmas and now plays Mr Schumacher in Dirty Dancing in the West-End.
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Nick wrote & directed Lifecoach at the Trafalgar Studios, starring Phill Jupitus, which was nominated for a Whatsonstage.com Award for Best New Comedy. He has made 4 short films which have been sold to HBO & Canal + won Best Drama for After 8 at the NYC Shorts festival. He is currently writing the screenplay for Lifecoach for Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions. His writing for television includes Eastenders and Doctors.
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Nicola will be Associate Director on Flashdance at the Shaftesbury. She was most recently assistant director to Nikolai Foster on Kes at Liverpool Playhouse, having assisted Jeremy Sams on the UK Tour of The Sound of Music. She directed Fiddler on the Roof for Cambridge Arts Theatre & was Resident Director on the UK Tours of Witches of Eastwick & Aspects of Love for Kenny Wax & Michael Harrison. Reading include: Can I Get a Kiss from Daisy at the Old Vic. 
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Tara is Resident Director on Hair for Cameron Mackintosh in the West-End. She was Associate Director & Choreographer for Disney's High School Musical 1 & 2 for Stage Entertainments. She recently directed & choreographed a new arena production of Cats for Milton Morrissey Prods.  Previously: Musical Stager on Days of Hope at the Kings Head, Associate Director/ Choreographer on Sunday in the Park with George at Wyndhams & the UK Tour of The Full Monty.
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Choreographers

Lizzi is currently choreographing Onassis starring Robert Lindsay at Derby & the Novello, West-End, Oliver in Cyprus, the 3rd year of Sunshine on the Leith the Proclaimers musical (TMA Best Musical Award) at Dundee Rep & Tour & the Union's all-male Pirates of Penzance at Wiltons Music Hall (2010 Whatsonstage Award). Previously: Hair (Frankfurt), Resident on Billy Elliot, Musical Stager on Daddy Cool (both West-End) for which she received a Whatsonstage Award nomination.
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Heather next choreographs Vertigo and Alice and Wonderland for Oxfordshire Theatre Company, having choreographing their Dancing in my Dreams. She last choreographed The Sleeping Beauty at the Northcott, Exeter for dir. Ben Crocker, after Paris Plumes in Beijing. She was Associate to Craig Revel Horwood on numerous West-End shows inc: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, My One & Only, Beautiful & Damned and Calamity Jane. She has performed in many musicals in the West-End & on Broadway.
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Pioneering choreographer Javier's provocative & controversial work has led him to an Olivier Award & 3 nominations, a South Bank Award (also being a South Bank Show subject), a Time Out Live Award & a Critic's Circle Award. His recent theatre credits inc: Cabaret (West-End), Carousel (Chichester) & Death & The King's Horseman (National Theatre). He is Movement Director on Macbeth at the Globe & will choreograph the major new Pet Shop Boys ballet in 2011
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Lucie has choreographed on the new Omid Djalili BBC1 series and choreographed Peter Pan for YMT:UK on tour & at London's Bridewell Theatre. Her theatre choreography includes Betwixt at Kings Head & New Ambassadors, the workshop of Exposure, The Fast Show Live & asst choreographer on We Will Rock You. Other TV includes: Dead Ringers, Armstrong & Miller, Ideal (Johnny Vegas) & X-Factor
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Will is Resident Choreographer on Priscilla Queen of the Desert the new musical at the Palace Theatre, having been promoted from Dance Captain. He appeared in the original London cast of Dirty Dancing (also as Dance Captain) at the Aldwych Theatre. Previously he last played Chester in Saturday Night Fever. 
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ANDREW WRIGHT
Choreographer

Tara is Associate Director & Choreographer for the UK Production of Disney's High School Musical 1 & 2 for Stage Entertainments. She will next be Resident Director on Hair in the West-End for Cameron Mackintosh. She recently directed & choreographed a new arena production of Cats for Milton Morrissey Prods.  Previously: Musical Stager on Days of Hope at the Kings Head, Associate Director/ Choreographer on Sunday in the Park with George at Wyndhams & the UK Tour of The Full Monty.
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Andrew has won rave reviews choreographing 42nd Street at Chichester Festival Theatre this Summer. He choreographed Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi at the Union (Whatsonstage Award winning), Night of 1000 Voices (Albert Hall), Naked Boys Singing (Kings Head/Arts), the annual Whatsonstage Awards & was co-Choreographer & Ast. Director on Chess in Concert at the Albert Hall. He worked on the 2009 Victoria Wood Christmas Special.
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Musical Directors

Andy is Associate MD on The Lion King at the Lyceum. He was Musical Director on Rue Magique at (King's Head) & Jack and the Beanstalk (Barbican). He was Associate Musical Director on Gone with the Wind (New London), Porgy and Bess (Savoy) & Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace) & was Assistant Musical Director on Mary Poppins (Prince of Wales), Beautiful and Damned (Lyric) and The King & I (Palladium).
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Chris is Musical Director on the West-End production of Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych. This Christmas he will also be Musical Director of the new musical Peter Pan at Leicester Curve. Previously, he was Musical Director on the West-End production of Saturday Night Fever at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, and is musical associate for the UK Tour. 
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Iain is currently Musical Director on The Rocky Horror Show. He is Musical Supervisor on the annual Whatsonstage Awards. He was MD on I Love You Because at the Landor (nominated for 2008 Whatsonstage Award) and MD on the World Tour of Daddy Cool, Musical Supervisor on Dancing in the Streets at the Cambridge Theatre/UK Tour and Bat Boy at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
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Designers

CHRISTOPHER WOODS
Designer

Jason designed Set & Costumes for Honk! at Northampton, and Set for a new arena production of Cats. He designed 3 plays at Trafalgar Studios: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Matthew Kelly, the sell-out hit New Boy with Nicholas Hoult and Lifecoach with Phill Jupitus, for which he won rave reviews. Previously: Wolfboy, Discotivity (Edinburgh), Blondel (Pleasance), The Countess (Criterion), The Threepenny Opera (Lyric) & seasons at Perth Rep & for NYMT.
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Ben will next design Hot Stuff & The King & I at Leicester Curve, and The Country Girl on tour. He is Sound Designer on the current productions Dreamcoats & Petticoats (on tour/West-End), Cabaret directed by Rufus Norris, Whistle Down the Wind, Laughter in the Rain and Evita (all Bill Kenwright). Previously: Simply Cinderella & The Pillowman at Leicester Curve, US Tour of Whistle Down The Wind, Half a Sixpence & Doctor Dolittle,  and he designs sound for the annual Whatsonstage Awards.
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Mike won the 2007 Olivier Award for Sunday in the Park with George and has been nominated for a 2010 Whatonstage.com Award for Best Lighting Design for On The Waterfront for Steven Berkoff (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) which embarks on a World Tour. He next lights Billy Liar (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Caroline O'Connor (Garrick). Also recently: Ordinary Dreams, Lifecoach & New Boy (Trafalgar Studios), Educating Rita (Watermill Newbury), Othello (Birmingham). 
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Christopher will next design Costumes for The Rivals for the Peter Hall Company at Bath and Set & Costumes for Chess (2010 Tour). Costume designs inc: Pygmalion & Little Neil (Old Vic/Bath), A Tale of Two Cities (PBS), Daddy Cool (Shaftesbury) & Never Forget (Savoy). Set & Costume designs inc: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Haymarket), Beautiful & Damned (Lyric), Jus' Like That (Garrick), Pajama Game (Victoria Palace) & was TMA Award nominated for Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi (Liverpool)
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Casting Directors

ANNELIE POWELL
Casting Director

Lucy & Sooki have over 20 years of casting experience between them, and have most recently cast War Horse in the West-End for the National Theatre, the new series of Skins for E4 and Wild at Heart for Company Pictures. They are members of the Casting Director's Guild of Great Britain and BAFTA. Other upcoming casting projects include the ETT/Traverse/Belgrade Coventry production of The Three Musketeers & The Spanish Princess, The Importance of Being Earnest at Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. In the past they have between them worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company (2006-2008), and cast The Bill, Family Affairs, Break Kids (Disney) and feature films Bliss, Junk, Outlanders & Extraordinary Rendition for Jim Threapleton. Other recent theatre includes: Cool Hand Luke (Novel Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (Birmingham Rep), Carrie's War (West-End/Tour), Rafta Rafta (Bolton Octagon), The Roman Bath (Arcola) and innumerous productions for Nottingham Playhouse.
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Annelie was Casting Advisor to Theatre 503 from 07-09, casting The Lifesavers, Cotton Wool & The Final Shot. She also cast Look Back in Anger & Midsummer Night's Dream (Lichfield), Mojo & Mickybo (Arcola/Trafalgar Studios) & London Falls (Old Red Lion). She was Casting Assistant on Holby City (09-10). Other assistant experience inc: Open Air Regents Park, Bath, Liverpool. TV inc: Coming of Age, Collision & The Bill. She also co-produces Comedy Gold.
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