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We’re thrilled to welcome you safely back to Curve for production, in particular Team Curve and Associate this very special Made at Curve concert production of Director Lee Proud, who has been instrumental in The Music of . bringing this show to life. Over the course of his astonishing career, Andrew It’s a joy to welcome Curve Youth and Community has brought to life countless incredible characters (CYCC) members back to our stage. Young and stories with his thrilling music, bringing the joy of people are the beating heart of Curve and after such MUSIC BY theatre to millions of people across the world. In the a long time away from the building, it’s wonderful to ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER last 15 months, Andrew has been at the forefront of have them back and part of this production. Guiding conversations surrounding the importance of theatre, our young ensemble with movement direction is our fighting for the survival of our industry and we are Curve Associate Mel Knott and we’re also thrilled CYCC LYRICS BY indebted to him for his tireless advocacy and also for alumna Alyshia Dhakk joins us to perform Pie Jesu, in , , , , this gift of a show, celebrating , artists memory of all those we have lost to the pandemic. , ZIPPEL, AND and our brilliant, resilient city. Known for its longstanding Through reopening our theatre we are not only able to appreciation of musicals, plays a key role make live work more and employ 100s of freelance in this production through Andrew’s pre-recorded DIRECTED BY theatre workers, but we are also able to play an active scenes, filmed on-location in and around Curve by our role in helping our city begin to recover from the impact NIKOLAI FOSTER colleagues at Crosscut Media. of Covid. We would like to say a heartfelt thank you to the ORIGINALLY CO-DEVISED BY A phenomenal team join us to mark this unique Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport point in our theatre’s history. Our talented company, for our second Culture Recovery Fund grant which is RICHARD CURTIS assembled by Curve Associate Casting Director Kay enabling us to reignite the mighty Curve engines and Magson CDG, includes familiar Curve faces Ria Jones, operate with social distancing in place. We’d also like to ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR LEE PROUD DESIGNER COLIN RICHMOND Karen Mavundukure, Jessica Daley and Madalena thank everyone who’s supported us during the closure, MUSICAL DIRECTOR MATTHEW SPENCER-SMITH MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – YOUNG ENSEMBLE MEL KNOTT Alberto, as well as new friends Shem Omari James, in particular our principal funders Arts Council England Tim Rogers and . Our eight-piece band, led and Leicester City Council – this crucial public funding LIGHTING DESIGNER BEN CRACKNELL SOUND DESIGNER TOM MARSHALL by Musical Director Matthew Spencer-Smith, take us has kept your theatre operating during the pandemic. CASTING DIRECTOR KAY MAGSON CDG FILMING CROSSCUT MEDIA on an electrifying journey through Andrew’s musical Finally, our thanks to Andrew and the team at the Really canon, with Tom Marshall’s sound design allowing Useful Group for helping to bring this production to our us to appreciate every single note. Our in-the-round BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE stage and to you, our fantastic Curve audiences, for all setting and extraordinary lighting rig is used to full your support. dazzling effect by Curve Associate Lighting Designer Ben Cracknell and Colin Richmond’s design captures We hope you enjoy the show and look forward to the intoxicating anticipation of an abandoned theatre, welcoming you back to Curve time and time again! revelling in the exhilarating, gritty reality of bringing a production and entire building, back to life. We Chris Stafford Chief Executive would like to thank everyone working on this concert Nikolai Foster Artistic Director The Ghost Light A sign of hope and resilience

Since the unprecedented closure of theatres like Curve during the pandemic, stages across the globe – 1965 have remained lit by ghost lights. But what is a ghost (not produced until 2005) light and where does this tradition come from? AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Theatre is full of superstitions. must use only – 1968 ‘As much as I’ve enjoyed the phrase ‘break a leg’ and never ‘good luck’ before – 1970 a show to discourage evil spirits from deliberately all of the other things causing one’s performance to suffer; wishing that I’ve done, my real someone ‘good luck’ would actually cause bad luck JEEVES – 1975 ‘The thing about musicals is for the actor. The ‘Scottish play’ should also never be love is the theatre and I (revised as in 1996) – 1976 they are the most collaborative named as, according to folklore, it was cursed from always come back to it.’ the beginning by a coven of witches who objected to VARIATIONS – 1978 of any form of theatre I know. Andrew Lloyd Webber – 1979 Shakespeare using real incantations. Disastrous, even You’ve got to have the right deadly, consequences have happened to performers – 1981 of this play ever since. Another superstition in the – 1982 music, the right lyrics, the right theatre is that of the ghost light. – 1984 story, the right director, the – 1985 right choreographer. All of Usually a floor lamp, a ghost light is a small, single ‘I never, never thought THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – 1986 – 1986 bulbed light that shines on the dark stage when the that rock wasn’t a those ingredients have to come theatre is closed and unoccupied. This is often used – 1989 together if you’re going to have to guide people working late around – part of theatre.’ nobody wants to fall into the orchestra pit! a really, really great show.’ Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘’ – 1992 In a more superstitious sense, it is believed the light SUNSET BOULEVARD – 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber helps deter spirits from emerging, whilst others believe it appeases the theatre ghosts, helping them WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND – 1996 to take centre stage and perform themselves! Perhaps the most sombre side of this superstition - THE BEAUTIFUL GAME – 2000 which has particularly relevant over the last year - is that it’s bad luck for a stage to have a long period of time ‘unlit’. In the name of hope and tradition, our THE WOMAN IN WHITE – 2004 Buildings and Technical Director, Jay Bridges lit the Curve ghost light in our theatre during lockdown. With our stages dark for 14 months, our ghost light sat in its brilliant (risk assessed!) brightness until our LOVE NEVER DIES – 2010 doors were able to reopen to audiences. THE WIZARD OF OZ – 2011 In our production The Music of Andrew Lloyd – 2013 Webber, we return once again to the image of this – 2015 simple light on the stage, symbolising so much hope and resilience for our industry and all those for whom theatre means so much. After such a long period of THE MUSIC OF darkness, it feels even more special to once again ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER illuminate our stage with these magical performances – CURVE, 2021 CINDERELLA – 2021 and finally shine the lights of Curve brightly for our audiences. ‘I suppose the real difference between ‘One of the things I find rather curious is pop songs and songs you write for people seem to think of me as the composer musical theatre is that the musical of high romantic musicals but, actually, it theatre songs have to be about the took me about 20 years to find a subject that story and the character of the people I could let my romantic side pour out. And who you’re writing about. The first that was, of course, Phantom of the Opera’ song that I really think I got right in Andrew Lloyd Webber that department was the big aria for Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane’ Andrew Lloyd Webber

‘One of the great golden rules of musicals is you’ve got to have a great story. I believe a great story can carry an okay score but not the other way around.’ Andrew Lloyd Webber

‘Phantom of the Opera is the only show I have been involved with or ever will be involved with where not one thing, not one bar of music, nothing, was changed between the first preview and the opening night.’ Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘Hal’s production of Phantom was that rare moment in Rehearsal Photography: musical theatre when the Ellie Kurttz planets Casting, Book, Music, Lyrics, Direction, Choreography and Design align to produce the kind of hit you see once in a generation. It is a reminder of how incredibly collaborative and fragile that creative process is. Just one of those planets out of kilter can bring a great show down.’ Andrew Lloyd Webber on The Phantom Of The Opera

‘Once the cast hit the theatre they fearlessly raced all over the auditorium and over a death-defying industrial iron girdered swing bridge that could swivel through 360 ‘Pie Jesu’… It was one of degrees, tilt and rise up and those moments where I read down all at the same time.’ the words and the melody Andrew Lloyd Webber on came instantly, as did the Starlight Express idea that it should be a duet.’ Andrew Lloyd Webber on Requiem SEE MORE AND SAVE

ACT I Acapella Variation 23 Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics various. VARIATIONS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Superstar JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. SONG AND DANCE Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black. Joseph’s Coat Love Changes Everything ASPECTS OF LOVE Any Dream Will Do Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT MEMBER Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. Look Off Your Face TELL ME ON A SUNDAY I Don’t Know How To Love Him Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black. Gethsemane JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Love Never Dies Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. LOVE NEVER DIES Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater. Another Suitcase Cats Overture High Flying Adored Jellicle Bells Underscore A New Argentina The Railway Cat Don’t Cry For Me Argentina Macavity The Mystery Cat EVITA Magical Mister Mistoffelees Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. Memory CATS Rachmaninoff Var XVIII (A Major) Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical SUPPORTER FRIEND Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Cats by T. S. Eliot. Additional lyrics after Eliot by .

ACT II Starlight Express Pie Jesu Light At The End Of The Tunnel REQUIEM Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. STARLIGHT EXPRESS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. The Phantom Of The Opera In The Studio As If We Never Said Goodbye Prima Donna Car Chase Music Of The Night 16 - 26 CORPORATE THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Sunset Boulevard Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, With One Look additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. & STUDENT FRIEND SUNSET BOULEVARD Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Bad Cinderella CINDERELLA Amigos Para Siempre Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by . Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black. Stick It To The Man JOIN TODAY! ‘Til I Hear You Sing SCHOOL OF ROCK To find out more about membership benefits, LOVE NEVER DIES Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater. including priority booking, discounts and exclusive events Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black. visit us online at CURVEONLINE.CO.UK Nikolai Foster Tom Marshall Lisa Lewis Director Sound Designer Deputy Stage Manager Lee Proud Kay Magson CDG Jennifer Lane Baker Associate Director Casting Director Trainee Director Matthew Spencer-Smith Scott Penrose Neil Foulis Musical Director Magic Consultant LX Programmer Colin Richmond Crosscut Media Stuart Andrews Designer Filming Keyboard Programmer Mel Knott Sam Paterson Dudley Hinton Movement Director – Young Ensemble Production Manager Producer Ben Cracknell James-Paul Hayden Ellie Kurttz Lighting Designer Company Stage Manager Photographer

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U E R V MUSIC BY Jasdeep Singh Jonathan Laidlow Dave Norton ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Revolve Operator Production Electrician Production Sound Engineer LYRICS BY Emily Walker Steve Ratcliffe Angel Rossell De Pablos TIM RICE, DON BLACK, CHARLES HART, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON, Automation Programmer / Operator Production Electrician Sound No. 1 GLENN SLATER, DAVID ZIPPEL, RICHARD STILGOE AND JIM STEINMAN James Simpson Judith Moulton Sean McCabe DIRECTED BY Stage Technician Followspot Operator Sound No. 2 NIKOLAI FOSTER Dave Pinnegar Steph Modd Jack Harper ORIGINALLY CO-DEVISED BY Stage Technician Followspot Operator Production Video RICHARD CURTIS Milton Robinson Joe McDonald Edd Lindley Stage Technician Senior Lighting Technician Wardrobe Supervisor James Dainty Jude Michelle Lucy Duncan Production Carpenter Lighting Technician Wardrobe Assistant Madalena Alberto Matthew Spencer-Smith Martin Pickard Eva Peron, Demeter and Carlotta Musical Director and Keys 3 Production Carpenter Jessica Daley Huw Davies Mistress, Christine and The Girl Guitar Andrew Lloyd Webber and the team at Really Useful Group Tim Howar Dan Day in particular Jessica Koravos, Tim Leist, Olivia Charlton-Jones, Richard Morris and David Wilson Skimbleshanks, The Phantom, Joseph and Dewey Drums Jonathan Ashworth MP TEAM LLOYD TEAM WEBBER Ria Jones Natalie Hancock We would like to extend our grateful thanks to Norma Desmond, and The Girl Cello Yasmina Berraoui Luke Beaumont for the loan of the revolving stages Victoria Coulton Rose Caldwell used in this special re-opening season; Cameron and his Karen Mavundukure team have been incredibly generous and supportive Patrick Hurley Kian Crabtree Amelie Clarke , Momma and The Girl Keys 2 / Guitar 2 throughout the lockdown and we are most appreciative Matt Hilton Aimee Coe to all of them for their support. Shem Omari James Chris Ma Sophia Hudson Jenkins Carmen Farrell Dudley Hinton Judas, Joseph, , Joe Gillis and Raoul Keys 1 Celia Middleton Megan Haupt Lighting Equipment: Martin Lighting by Harman and Robe Tim Rogers Claire McInerney Elle Milford James King Staging and effects equipment: Playhouse Jesus, Alex, Mr Mistoffelees and The Phantom Reed Maddie Payne Mullen-Thomson The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Becca Willis Ravi Rakha for supporting Curve through the Culture Recovery Fund. Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Richardson Finally, thanks to our principal funders As Himself, via video Bass Megan Leicester City Council and Arts Council England, in particular Sir Peter Soulsby, Cllr Piara Singh Clair, All other parts played by members of the Company Alyshia Dhakk – Pie Jesu soloist Mike Dalzell, Sir Nicholas Serota, Darren Henley, Laura Dyer, Peter Knott, Claire Simpson and Sharon Joinson. ‘In my romantic style, I think my best writing without question is in Rehearsal Photography: Love Never Dies.’ Ellie Kurttz Andrew Lloyd Webber on Love Never Dies

‘It was ahead of its time… I don’t think anybody had put a heavy rock band and an orchestra on Broadway at the same time.’ Tim Rice on Jesus Christ Superstar

‘I didn’t realise it at the time, but in my attempt to write music that would never allow its kid performers to get bored, I was unwittingly creating what was to become my trademark, a ‘through-sung’ musical, i.e. a ‘My mum used to read me at score with little or not spoken bedtime the Cats poems by dialogue where the musical T.S. Eliot. I used to read them structure, the musical key in bed myself when I was a relationships, rhythms and use grown up and think one day of time signatures, not just the it would be fun to set these melodies, are vital to its success.’ to music.’ Andrew Lloyd Webber on Andrew Lloyd Webber Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK/Ireland Tour) and Maria Rainer in The Sound of Screamin’ John McGee in John Grey’s Rock’n more recently she performed Norma in 2016 for MADALENA Music (). Roll; Danny in Baby; GI and cover Chris in Miss four performances to great acclaim at the ALBERTO Television: Finalist in (BBC). Saigon; Guillaume and cover Arnaud in The House Coliseum for the ENO, starred in this EVA PERON, DEMETER Of ; Benjamin and cover Joseph in production. Other: The Self-Isolation Podcast (BBC Tees and CARLOTTA Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; and Unusual Times), Bedknobs & Broomsticks She also recently finished working closely with Gilbert in Anne Of Green Gables and Artful Dodger Andrew Lloyd Webber in a workshop at The Other Madalena Alberto is (Workshop), An Officer And A Gentleman in Oliver! originally from Portugal and (Workshop) and a featured soloist on Friday Night Palace, about his career and life, called Unmasked. has made London her home Is Music Night – From Broadway To Hollywood Tim played Ozzie in On The Town at the Chatalet Her further theatre credits include; since being invited to attend Special (BBC Radio 2). in , Roger in at the Nederlander Theatre (Théâtre du Châtelet and Leicester Curve), Jerry’s a Dance and Performing on Broadway. Tim has recently been seen in Shoes Girls ( and St James’ Studio), Arts Degree at . Madalena is best a new dance show at Sadlers Wells Theatre. Tim (Drama Centre Singapore), Into known for playing the title role in Evita – a part TIM HOWAR has performed in many concerts including Ripley The Woods (Singapore Rep Theatre), Closer Than she was critically acclaimed for at the Dominion Castle and Cadogen Hall. Tim regularly does SKIMBLESHANKS, Ever (), Lucifer Saved ( – and most recently she finished filming a Christmas concerts for Raymond Gubbay THE PHANTOM, Theatre), The Witches Of Eastwick (UK Tour), Acorn leading role in the Portuguese hit TV series Amor, Tim has toured extensively with Mike and the Antiques: The Musical (UK Tour), JOSEPH and DEWEY Amor. Mechanics. (UK Tour), High Society (/UK Tim Howar has come to Other credits include: Christina Chapara, City Along side his theatre work Tim has also recorded Tour), Victor Victoria (), Honk! be known as one of the (BBC); Gloria Fajardo in Gloria Estefan’s musical numerous voice-overs for TV, animation, films (Victoria Theatre Singapore), most electric, engaging On Your Feet!, and UK Tour; and radio commercials. Tim is also an avid singer/ (Leicester Haymarket), A Twist Of Fate (Jubilee performers to emerge Maria in The Vote, ; Giulietta in and can often be found at the local pub Theatre Singapore), Personals (), from the Canadian Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects Of Love, Carmela trying his hand at open mike nights or headlining (Donmar Warehouse), Romance Romance musical theatre scene. in José Sanchis Sinisterra’s play Ay, Carmela, at with his own brand of UBER POP. (Bridewell Theatre), Joseph And The Amazing He has received the Edmonton Civic Award for the Cervantes Theatre in London; Nina Denery in Technicolor Dreamcoat (West End/UK Tour) and Outstanding Achievement in Dance 1990, and is Lillian Hellman’s play The Autumn Garden, Jermyn Les Misérables (Palace Theatre/UK Tour). the first and still the only Canadian to be awarded Street Theatre; Carrie in Jeff Wayne’sWar Of The Concerts take Ria worldwide. Performing with the Grand Prize at the Youth Talent International RIA JONES Worlds, ; Tina McKoy in The Fix, orchestras in , Singapore, , Competition in Tennessee USA. Since NORMA DESMOND Union Theatre; Edith in Piaf, Leicester Curve; Russia, , , Belgium, Muscat and deciding to move to the UK to live and work Tim and GRIZABELLA Grizabella in Cats, ; Fantine in Germany. She was invited to sing for the Danish has undertaken varying workshops including the 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables, UK Ria was born in Swansea, Royal family in 2009 and has also sung by Royal Tonight’s The Night and appeared in a series and International Tour, The Barbican Center; Lucy South Wales. At 19 she request at Buckingham Palace. of concerts entitled The Magnificent Musicals in Jekyll And Hyde, Union Theatre and Carmen in became the youngest alongside , throughout the UK and Ria is a regular soloist at the Fame (UK Tour). actress ever to play the role with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Europe. of Eva Peron in the musical Madalena is also a songwriter and a proud Concert work includes; Jesus Christ Superstar, His credits in the UK include: The Phantom in The Evita followed shortly by associate artist of Chaskis Theatre Company. Evita, West Side Story, Sondheim A Celebration, Phantom Of The Opera, Freddie Trumper in her West End debut in the The Three Musketeers, A Night Under The Stars, at the ENO, Stacee Jaxx in Rock Of Ages at the musical Chess, in which she played the roles of Children Will Listen, Magic Of The Musicals, The Shaftesbury Theatre and at the , both Svetlana and Florence. She then went on to Best Of Broadway, Ultimate Broadway, West End JESSICA Ozzie in On The Town at the ENO, Stu in Tonight’s play Grizabella in Cats at the New London Theatre Women, Miss Leading Ladies and An Evening With DALEY The Night at the , Houdini (where she stayed for two years). Ria Jones. MISTRESS, CHRISTINE in at the International Festival and In December 2020 she reprised her stunning Show and concert recordings include four albums and THE GIRL Michael in Peggy Sue Got Married, Shaftesbury performance as Norma Desmond in the concert with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Theatre West End. version of Sunset Boulevard which was recorded, Training: Arts Educational The most recent being The Golden Age Of In Canada he created the role of Joel in the award and streamed, via Leicester Curve over the Schools London. Hollywood, Abbaphonic and The Music Of Rodgers winning Anything That Moves by Anne Marie Christmas period. And Hammerstein. Les Misérables ( Cast Theatre: Eva Perón in Evita MacDonald, Alisa Palmer and Allen Cole for the Prior to this she played Mama Rose in Jo Davis’ recording) A Tribute To Hal , Personals, A (International Tour), Lynette Tarragon Theatre/Nightwood Theatre; Martin in Gypsy at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Twist Of Fate and her solo albums, It’s Better With Pomeroy in An Officer and the controversial and titillating Outrageous by Brad a Gentleman (UK Tour), Frenchy in The and before this she starred as Miss at A Band and Have You Met Miss Jones? Fraser and Joey Miller for Canadian Stage; Marius Théâtre Marigny in Paris, directed by Stephen Mear. Musical (Dubai), Factory Girl/Cover Fantine in in Les Misérables with (US National She has recorded her own TV show One Night Les Misérables (International Tour), Ali in Mamma Tour) and Tommy in The Who’s Tommy (Canadian Ria played the role of Norma Desmond to rave Only With Ria Jones for BBC Wales. Guested on Mia! (West End), Tess Durbeyfield inTess of the National Tour). reviews in the award-winning Leicester Curve/UK three royal variety shows for the BBC. As well as D’Urbervilles (Stepping Out Theatre), Baroness Tour of Sunset Boulevard, having played the role numerous chat shows on TV and radio. With many Other credits include Barnaby in Hello Dolly; Elberfeld/Cover Maria Rainer in in the original workshop at Sydmonton in 1991 and appearances on Friday Night Is Music Night. Other TV credits includes; Torchwood (BBC), Eric & Ernie (BBC), The Angina Monologues (Phil McIntyre TIM ROGERS Entertainment) and Life & Debt (HTV). JESUS, ALEX, MR MISTOFFELEES Ria is also just as comfortable accompanied with TEAM LLOYD TEAM WEBBER only a piano and often performs her one-woman and THE PHANTOM show in more intimate settings, most Tim trained at the Victorian Yasmina Berraoui Luke Beaumont recently six sell-out shows at Cafe Zedel in London. College of the Arts, Victoria Coulton Rose Caldwell . Kian Crabtree Amelie Clarke Before moving to the KAREN UK in 2000, his credits Matt Hilton Aimee Coe MAVUNDUKURE included The Phantom of the Opera, , Sophia Hudson Jenkins Carmen Farrell Sondheim’s in the role of Young Ben, MARY MAGDALENE, Celia Middleton Megan Haupt Freddie Eynsford-Hill in , Miss Saigon MOMMA, and THE GIRL (original Australian cast), Jesus Christ Superstar, Elle Milford James King Training: Henrick in A Little Night Music ( Theatre Maddie Payne Poppy Mullen-Thomson Institution for Performing Company), Ravenal in Livent’s production of Arts. Showboat, the title role in Leonardo – A Portrait of Becca Willis Ravi Rakha Theatre Credits Include: Love and guest starred as Domenique in the NIDA Megan Seal The Color Purple – At production of Steven Schwartz’s The Baker Wife. Home (Leicester Curve), Respect: The Aretha He also performed with the Victoria State Opera Alyshia Dhakk – Pie Jesu soloist Franklin Tour (UK Tour), Sofia inThe Color Purple and Opera Australia, including the role of Nadir in ( Hippodrome), Effie White in Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, Parpignol in La Boheme (West End). and Algenore in Mozart’s Il Re Pastore. TV Credits Include: The X Factor. Tim has sung all over the world, from New York to Moscow, from to Italy. He regularly sings with the BBC Concert Orchestra and has SHEM OMARI performed with the artists including Beyonce, Pink, JAMES , and . His UK debut was the role of Tony in West Side JUDAS, JOSEPH, Story (West End and UK tour). Since then he RUM TUM TUGGER, appeared as Frederick in D’Oyly Carte’s The Pirates JOE GILLIS and RAOUL of Penzance at the Savoy, as The Man in Whistle Shem Omari James is a Down the Wind (UK tours 2001-2002 and 2003, 2020 graduate of Arts and West End Palace Theatre, 2006), Bobby in Educational. In 2020 he Putting it Together at the Manchester Library performed in both the Theatre, Jerry in The Full Monty (UK No 1 Tour) and streamed and Palladium production of Songs For a The Thing About Men which played to full houses New World. at London’s King’s Head Theatre. Credits whilst training: Eddie in LaChuisa’s The Tim toured the UK in the lead role of Alex in Wild Party (ArtsEd) and Rajah Bimmy in On The Aspects of Love and was personally invited by Town (BBC Proms/Royal Albert Hall). Andrew Lloyd Webber to help create the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies. Tim played the roles of Jekyll And Hyde for Morphic Graffiti at the Union Theatre and the role of Saul, in the West End Debut of Rags at the Lyric Theatre. Tim recently finished a sell-out and critically acclaimed season as Bigelow in Carousel at the and then toured the UK and Europe as in the Lloyd Webber smash Jesus Christ Superstar. Most recently, Tim played the role of Captain von Trapp in the iconic The Sound of Music. (RSC); Breakfast with ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER NIKOLAI FOSTER LEE PROUD Mugabe ( RSC and Westend), This Restless House MUSIC DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (Edinburgh international festival/ Citizens) When Sunset Boulevard joined School Of Rock, Cats Nikolai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, grew up in Choreography: Oliver! (Det ny Teatre, Copenhagen); Betrayal, Crime and Punishment, Shadow of a Gunman and The Phantom Of The Opera on Broadway in North Yorkshire and trained at and Ghost (Stuttgard, Germany); (Glasgow Citizens); Yer Granny, Men Should Week February 2017, Andrew Lloyd Webber became the at the Crucible, . (Det ny Teatre, Copenhagen); (Royal (National Theatre, Scotland); Spring Awakening, only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers His work has been seen in many of the UK’s leading Academy of Music); Once on the Island (Southwark Restoration (Headlong); Sunshine on Leith, The and Hammerstein with four Broadway shows running regional theatres, touring houses and internationally. Playhouse); Eurovision (Iceland); Matilda (Reykjavik); Crucible, , The Wind in the Willows, concurrently. Other musicals he has composed include Nikolai has been director on attachment at the Sheffield The Rocky Horror Show (Reykjavik City Centre); , Billy Liar, When We Are Married, Animal Farm Aspects Of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Crucible, the and National Theatre Mr Punch (National Theatre Studio); Ghost (Stage (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Annie (West End/South Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Love Never Studio and served as an Associate Director at the West Entertainment); Elf The Musical (Tivoli, Copenhagen); Africa, Toronto, UK tour); Come on Home, Jimmy’s Dies. Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour); (Opéra Hall, The Unmanageable Sisters (Abbey, ); Sunset Boulevard (UK tour); Sweeney Todd (WNO/ la His production of School Of Rock is the first British Most recently, Nikolai directed Curve’s first digital Garnier, Monaco); The Braille Legacy (Charing Cross Monnaie Opera/ Royal Danish Opera); Rough Crossing musical to have world premiered on Broadway. He streamed production, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critically Theatre); Ghost – The Musical in Linz, Rent (UK Tour); (UK tour); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Cherry has co-produced his own shows including Cats and acclaimed Sunset Boulevard – at Home, hailed as a Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing (Live Theatre, Orchard, Dancing at Lughnasa, A Christmas Carol The Phantom Of The Opera and as a solo producer ‘Game-changer’ by the Telegraph. Nikolai also recently Newcastle); Spring Awakening (Leicester Curve); (Birmingham Rep); , Betrayal, Amadeus he presented the groundbreaking directed a major revival of West Side Story, Hanif Allegro (); Gray Garden’s Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette (nominated for Best (Sheffield Crucible);All’s Well That Ends Well, Antony which introduced the double Oscar winning Bollywood (Southwark Playhouse); The Smallest Show on Earth Regional Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards and Cleopatra (the Wanamaker/ Shakespeare’s composer AR Rahman to the Western stage. Other (UK Tour); Grand Hotel (Southwark Playhouse); 2020), ’s White Christmas, the world- Globe); The Pearl Fishers, Don Pasquale, La Bohème productions include the Olivier Award Winning Daisy The Wind in the Willows (Grosvenor Park Open Air premiere of Dougal Irvine’s adaptation of Riaz Khan’s (Opera Holland Park); Beautiful Thing (Westend); Pulls It Off and La Bete, the record breaking London Theatre); (UK Tour); Mamma Mia! Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual (nominated for Best Entertaining Mr Sloane (Costume Design, West End); Palladium production of The Sound Of Music and The and Billy Elliot (Reykjavik City Theatre); Grand Regional Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2019), Hotel (Akasaka Theatre, Tokyo); Ghost – The Musical Bad Girls – the Musical (West End); Europe (Barbican/ Wizard of Oz. An Officer And A Gentleman – the Musical (and UK tour), (English Theatre Frankfurt); Post Office of Iceland Dundee Rep); House of the Gods and Letters of a Love He owns seven West End Theatres including the Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard (and UK tour), (TV Commercial); Carousel (Arcola Theatre); HI Lo Betrayed (Linbury/ Music Theatre Wales). Royal Drury Lane, the London Palladium and The Other Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw (with Theatre Royal Joe (film);Tyne (Theatre Royal Newcastle / Custom Future work includes, Carmen (Opera North); The Palace which provides a unique London home for new Bath), Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease (Curve, House); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Magician’s Elephant (Royal Shakespeare Company); musicals in development. Every penny of profit from Dubai World Trade Centre and UK tour), Oscar Wilde’s Time (Reyjavik City Theatre); Cooking With Elvis (Live (Northern ) Wendy and Peter Pan (Tokyo/ his theatres is re-invested in the buildings. The Theatre The Importance of Being Earnest (with Birmingham Rep), Theatre, Newcastle); (Reykjavik City UK) My Best Friend’s Wedding – the Musical (UK) and Royal Drury Lane is currently the subject of a £60million musical Spring Awakening (with NYMT), Theatre); Victor Victoria (Southwark Playhouse); Mack Pressure (Toronto). refurbishment. Legally Blonde (Opera Garnier, Monaco and Daegu Opera Festival, South Korea – Winner Best Musical – and Mabel (Southwark Playhouse); Utopia (Soho He is passionate about the importance of music in Daegu International Musical Festival Awards), Truman Theatre) and A Northern Odyssey (Live Theatre). education and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s (and Haymarket Theatre, Resident Choreographer: Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace). MATTHEW SPENCER-SMITH has become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting London and UK tour), Roald Dahl’s The Witches (with MUSICAL DIRECTOR the arts and music. , Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong, West Awards: 2019 Broadway World Award for Best Choreographer Ghost – The Musical (Berlin); 2019 Matt studied at The Liverpool Institute for Performing As a composer and producer, Lloyd Webber is one of Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds and UK tour), Tennessee Griman Award for Best Choreographer for Matilda Arts. Matt is currently Musical Director for Dear Evan an elite group of artists to have achieved EGOT status Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Shakespeare’s at Reykjavik City Theatre; 2017 International Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre) having previously by receiving an Emmy, four Grammys including Best Richard III, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good Best Achievement Recognition Award “Best been the MD for School of Rock ( Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, and a performance to celebrate the reveal of the tomb of Choreographer”; 2017 TheOffWestEnd Award Theatre), and the originating MD for Beautiful – The his setting of the Latin Requiem mass, an Oscar and King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. (Offie) “Best Choreographer” forAllegro at The Musical (). eight including the 2018 Special Tony for Nikolai has also directed acclaimed productions of Southwark Playhouse; 2016 “Best Choreographer” Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He has won seven (UK tour), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Musical Supervisor credits include: School of Rock TheOffWestEnd Award (Offie) forGrand Hotel and Oliviers and a Golden Globe and his honours include the (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds); Jonathan Harvey’s (UK Tour 2021/22), Beautiful (UK Tours), The Last Mack and Mabel in London. Praemium Imperiale, the Award for Beautiful Thing (20th anniversary production – Arts Tango (Phoenix Theatre/UK Tour) and Love Me Tender Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, and Theatre, London); Calamity Jane (Watermill Theatre, (UK Tour). Musical Director and co-Arranger credits the Kennedy Center Honor. Newbury and UK Tour); Brecht’s The Good Person include: Cilla (ITV drama), The Infidel (Theatre Royal of Sichuan (Mercury Theatre, Colchester); Sherlock COLIN RICHMOND Stratford East), Taboo (Brixton Club House). He was knighted in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997. Holmes – The Best Kept Secret by Mark Catley (West SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER To mark his 70th birthday, his bestselling autobiography Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds); Shelagh Stephenson’s The Other credits include: Unmasked (), Unmasked was published by HarperCollins in March Memory of Water (New Vic, Stoke and Stephen Joseph, Colin Richmond trained at the Royal Welsh College Never Forget (/UK Tours), We Will 2018. Scarborough); the European premier of Morris Panych’s of Music and Drama and was a 2003 Linbury Prize Rock You (North American Tour), Water Babies The Dishwashers (Birmingham Rep); the Sondheim Finalist. (Leicester Curve), Some Girl I Used To Know (Arts / Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along (Clwyd Theatr Recent credits include: The Royal Hunt of the Sun Theatre), The Prodigals (Belgrade Theatre, ), Cymru); The Diary of Anne Frank (York Theatre Royal (Parco Theatre, Japan); The Witches of Eastwick We Will Rock You (Stuttgart/Berlin), Footloose (UK/ and The Touring Consortium); a major new production of (Cameron Mackintosh/2Entertain); Pinocchio European tours), The Rocky Horror Show (European the Broadway musical, Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse, (National Ballet of Canada, Texas Ballet Theatre); Tour), Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre), Cinderella (New Leeds and on tour throughout 2015); Shakespeare’s As Grease (UK tour); , Kiss me Kate, Wimbledon Theatre), Bohemian Rhapsody (tour),This You Like It (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester) (Opera North); Pressure (Edinburgh Is Elvis (UK Tour), Dancing In The Streets (UK Tour) and (Singapore Repertory Theatre, Fort Canning Lyceum/Chichester/West End); The Fantastic Follies and Vampirette (Manchester Opera House). Matt is a Park, Singapore). of Mrs Rich, Wendy and Peter Pan, Titus Andronicus, patron of NK Theatre Arts in Manchester. Kay casts regularly for Sherman Cardiff (Iphigenia in BEN CRACKNELL TOM MARSHALL MEL KNOTT Splott, The Cherry Orchard, A Doll’s House, The Weir LIGHTING DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER MOVEMENT DIRECTOR – YOUNG ENSEMBLE (co-production with the Tobacco Factory), Dublin Ben is an Associate Artist of Curve in Leicester. He Tom Marshall has worked in sound for the past twenty Mel is a dance artist and educator, who works as Carol, The Motherf***er with the Hat (co pro with trained at of Speech and Drama five years. a choreographer, movement director, teacher and The Tron, Wind in the Willows et al), Derby Theatre (Two, Look Back in Anger, Alice, A Christmas Carol, in London. Sound Design credits include: Amelie (Criterion consultant with a range of arts organisations. She Solace of the Road and Great Expectations amongst West End includes: Joseph and the Amazing Theatre, London), Sister Act (UK Tour 2022), A is currently a Senior Lecturer in Community Dance others), Storyhouse Chester (The Beggar’s Opera, The Technicolored Dreamcoat (London Palladium); Christmas Carol (Watermill Theatre), , Practice at De Montfort University and Associate Secret 7, Much Ado About Nothing, , The Heathers (); Inala (Peacock (Pimlico Opera), The Boy In The Dress (RSC), Curtains Dance Artist at Curve Theatre, Leicester. Mel teaches Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Theatre); Young Frankenstein (Garrick); Annie (London Wyndham’s Theatre and UK Tour), White dance and choreographs in youth, community and Errors, Macbeth, The , Stig of the Dump, (Piccadilly); Pantoland at The Palladium, Goldilocks Christmas (London Dominion and UK Tour), Amelie professional contexts. Julius Caesar et al), Liverpool Everyman (Hope Place, and the Three Bears, Snow White, Dick Whittington (Watermill Theatre, The Other Palace, London and Mel was the choreographer for The Polar Express Macbeth, Bright Phoenix and the Rock and Roll Panto and Cinderella (London Palladium); Breakfast at UK Tour) West Side Story (Curve), Grease (UK Tour), (2018, 2019) for Vintage Trains, Birmingham; for every year), Birmingham Stage Company (including Tiffanys (Theatre Royal Haymarket); All the Fun of the My Beautiful Laundrette (Curve), The Color Purple Curve’s community productions of Fiddler on the Roof James and the Giant Peach, Horrible Histories, Fair (Garrick); Visiting Mr Green (Trafalgar Studios); (Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome), Moll Flanders (2018) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017); and Gangsta Granny and Awful Auntie). She is Associate Dancing in the Streets (Cambridge) and African Snow (Mercury Theatre), Oklahoma! (Grange Park Opera), movement director on Made at Curve productions of Artist at Curve (where she has cast A Streetcar (Trafalgar Studios). An Officer And A Gentleman (UK Tour), The Jungle Giraffes Can’t Dance (2019), The Cat in the Hat (2018), Named Desire, Wipers, The Importance Of Being Book (UK tour), Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour), Project Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine (2017), Regional and UK tours include: Priscilla Queen of Earnest, Grease, Legally Blonde the Musical, Scrooge, Polunin (Sadlers Wells and London Coliseum), Crazy Breakfast at Tiffany’s (2016), Roald Dahl’s The Witches the Desert, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rough The Witches, The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine for You (UK Tour), Nativity! (UK Tour), (2015/16). She has also created a number of dance Crossing, Dracula, Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, and An Officer And A Gentleman amongst others) and (UK tour), A Little Night Music (Watermill Theatre), pieces for both stage and site-specific environments La Cage Aux Folles (UK tours); Love on the Links and Casting Associate at West Yorkshire Playhouse, where Working (Southwark Playhouse), Brass (Hackney for Curve Young Dance Company and been Before the Party (Salisbury Playhouse); My Beautiful she works on artist development as well as casting Empire), Bugsy Malone (Curve), choreographer for other youth company productions Laundrette, An Officer and a Gentleman, Sunset shows (recently Talking Heads, Richard III, Enjoy, Kes, (Watermill Theatre), Oliver! (Grange Park Opera) 10:10 (2018), The Siren Club (2018), Oklahoma! (2017), Boulevard, Beautiful Thing (Curve/UK tour); What ). the Butler Saw (Curve/Theatre Royal Bath); The Legally Blonde (Curve), Tell Me on a Sunday (UK Tour), Happy and Glorious (2016), We’ll Meet Again (2015) Kay is a member of the Casting Director’s Guild Importance of Being Ernest (Birmingham Rep/Curve); The Silver Sword (UK Tour), Sweet Charity (Curve), and the Leicester based-dance artist for New Art of Great Britain (CDG). Kiss Me Kate (WNO/Opera North), Saturday Night Oliver! (Watermill Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Club’s (2015). In 2014 Mel worked alongside Fever (Theatre Royal, Bath/UK tour); The Tempest, (London Savoy and UK Tour), Women On the Verge of Nikolai Foster to create a large-scale community , Much Ado About Nothing and a Nervous Breakdown (, London), performance for Richard III reinterment at Leicester (Stafford Shakespeare Festival);The Memory of Water The Hired Man (St. James Theatre), West Side Story Cathedral. JENNIFER LANE BAKER (New Vic, Stoke); Our House (New Wolsey, Ipswich/ (Victoria Warehouse, Manchester), My Favourite Mel leads professional development and advises TRAINEE DIRECTOR UK tour); Sherlock Holmes, Angus Thongs and Even Year (Bridewell Theatre), The Tailor Made Man (Arts teachers, dance artists and dance organisations on Training: Birkbeck and Durham University. Theatre), Pushing up Poppies (Theatre 503), Legally more Snogging (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Merrily delivering high quality dance education to children As director: Blood Wedding (Curve), The Adventures We Roll Along (Theatre Clwyd). Blonde, The Life, Crazy For You, Cry Baby and and young people. (Arts Educational School, London). of Albert the Albatross (Worcester City Museum and International Includes: Chess (Tokyo and Osaka); Art Gallery), Macbeth Shall Sleep No More (Action to La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Lausanne/Opera de Sound Recording and Mixing Credits: The Color the Word) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Mark Hillery Oviedo); Romeo und Julia (Theater Trier); Annie Purple and Sunset Boulevard for Curve ‘At Home’ KAY MAGSON CDG Arts Centre). and Chess (Toronto); The Picture of Dorian Grey, The season, L’heure Espagnole, Owen Wingrave, A Feast CASTING DIRECTOR in The Time of Plague for Grange Park Opera, the As assistant/trainee director: Screen 9 (Piccolo Life, Strangers On A Train, Sweet Charity and Tommy Kay is an Associate Artist of Curve. Found Season and the Interim Season for Grange /Pleasance), The Color Purple at Home (English Theatre, Frankfurt); Legally Blonde (South (Curve), Sunset Boulevard in Concert at Home (Curve) Korea); Inala (Sadlers Wells/International tour); Opera. Theatre credits include: West Side Story (Curve), The Color Purple (Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome), and One Minute ( Old Vic Theatre School). Faust, 1984 (Altes Schauspielhaus, Stuttgart); Dracula Tom has acted as an associate sound designer on Beautiful Thing (/U.K. tour), The Solid (Singapore/Bangkok) and Voices of The Amazon. over thirty shows in the UK and internationally, Gold Cadillac (Garrick), Sweeney Todd (Royal Festival including The Bodyguard, Warhorse and Gypsy to Television includes: Quadrophenia, The Classic Brit Hall), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Curve/National tour), name a few. Prior to this he worked as No.1 (Head of CROSSCUT MEDIA Awards (Royal Albert Hall); The Olivier Awards 2011 Dangerous Corner (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ Sound), opening and mixing numerous large West FILM PRODUCTION – 2019 (2014 and 2019 of Illumination Award West End), Round the Horne… Revisited, Aspects of End shows over the past two decades. Crosscut Media is an award-winning video production for Best Lighting) ( and Royal Love, The Witches of Eastwick, All the Fun of the Fair agency based in Leicester. They strive to make use Albert Hall); The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra (Royal As a freelance mix engineer Tom has had the privilege (National tours), Kes (Liverpool Playhouse/National of the latest advancements in video production Festival Hall) and Il Divo (Coliseum). of working on countless events, such as the 2012 tour), Great Expectations (Watford Palace Theatre/ technology whilst employing some of the freshest Twitter : @bcracknell Olympic stadium athletics and touring with many National tour), Bat Boy (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ and most skilled practitioners around. Whilst the core Instagram : ben.cracknell.lighting artists including; PJ Harvey, The Coral, The Bees, West End), Young America Season (Northampton/ team can deliver the majority of projects in-house, The Lightning Seeds, Elaine Paige, Lewis Taylor and National Theatre) and Singin’ in the Rain (West they have a wider freelance team who bring specialist Martina-Topley-Bird. Yorkshire Playhouse/National Theatre/National tour). disciplines to the table such as drone, steadicam www.tommarshallsound.com Kay was resident casting director at West Yorkshire and crane operation, script supervision and complex Playhouse where she cast many shows including content strategy plans. , the McKellen Ensemble Season and the Patrick Stewart Priestley Season amongst others. 3 – 31 DEC

Director NIKOLAI FOSTER Conceived, Originally Directed & Choreographed by Book by MICHAEL JAMES NICHOLAS BENNETT KIRKWOOD DANTE Music by Lyrics by Co Choreographed by MARVIN EDWARD BOB HAMLISCH KLEBAN AVIAN

Original Broadway production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc. is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CURVE THIS LAST YEAR PRINCIPAL FUNDERS OBSERVERS BOARD MEMBERS TO THE BOARD Ian Squires Liz Blyth Shobna Gulati Savanna Patel Donna Williams CHAIR Gautam Bodiwala CBE Georgina Hall Cllr Piara Singh Clair Kevan Grantham Mike Dalzell Nicola Hurley Cathy Tyson Claire Simpson SPONSORS Gary Dixon Sita McIntosh Vivien Waterfield

Nicola Allen Clare Geeson Jude Michell Paul Rogers AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER TECHNICIAN CREATIVE PROGRAMMES AND ACCESS OFFICER COORDINATOR Andrew Gibbs Shilpa Mistry Georgia Bailey SENIOR MAINTENANCE HR OFFICER David Ross BOX OFFICE SUPERVISOR TECHNICIAN HEAD OF HOSPITALITY Fiona Moore AND OPERATIONS Julia Bates Justin Gladwin PRESS AND DIGITAL PARTNERS HR DIRECTOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER MANAGER Angel Rossell De Pablos ASSISTANT HEAD Alice Berry Michelle Golding Chris Moore BOX OFFICE ASSISTANT CLEANER ASSISTANT ICT MANAGER OF SOUND Luke Billings Pamela Grant Judith Moulton Michelle Rossington GRAPHIC DESIGN ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER TECHNICIAN VISITOR EXPERIENCE MANAGER – HOSPITALITY Carol Breward Kay Hardiman Jake Murphy DUTY MANAGER CREATIVE PROGRAMMES ICT TECHNICIAN Matthew Shepherd MANAGER HOSPITALITY SUPERVISOR Jay Bridges Cara Nolan BUILDINGS AND Jack Harper CREATIVE PROGRAMMES Hannah Tully TECHNICAL DIRECTOR TECHNICIAN PRACTITIONER STAGE DOOR RECEPTIONIST Stephen Chalmers Simon Henry Dave Norton HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY OFFICER HEAD OF SOUND Elizabeth Shouler CORPORATE SUPPORT HEAD OF CREATIVE Megan Cliffe Lindsey Heslop Tom Owen PROGRAMMES STAGE DOOR RECEPTIONIST STAGE DOOR CHEF RECEPTIONIST Chris Simons James Dainty Aaron Patchett CLEANER ASSISTANT HEAD OF Edward Hingley TECHNICIAN AUTOMATION AND STAGE HEAD OF STAGE Jasdeep Singh Johnathon Peace AND AUTOMATION TECHNICIAN Colette Davies BOX OFFICE ASSISTANT DUTY MANAGER Christopher Stafford Hannah Holden Joana Periera SENIOR HOSPITALITY CHIEF EXECUTIVE Louise-Ann Dennard CLEANER SALES AND DATA ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR Emily Walker Alexander Perry TECHNICIAN Linda Dixon Lee Hunt MEMBERSHIPS AND FINANCE DIRECTOR SALES AND DATA MANAGER FUNDRAISING Diane Walker TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS FRIENDS COORDINATOR PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR Jessica Dobbie Peter Jackson SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Annie Bannister Neil and Jackie Frettsome Lynne McCormack BOX OFFICE ASSISTANT Francesca Picciano Moss Claire Ward PRODUCTION COORDINATOR DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCES Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust Alex Bliss Ros and Alan Haigh Jim Riley Lucy Duncan Binoy Jacob KITCHEN ASSISTANT The Foyle Foundation Mary Brown Simon Harrison Jean Roberts ASSISTANT HEAD Martin Pickard Carl White SECURITY OFFICER Garfield Weston Foundation Yvonne Burge Jane Harris-Lock Chris Stafford OF WARDROBE Will Kenny ASSISTANT HEAD OF MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN STAGE AND AUTOMATION The Headley Trust Anthony and Lisa Clare Alan Heggs David and Diane Statham Joanne Dunn Sarah Williamson VISITOR EXPERIENCE Heritage Lottery Fund Mike Dalzell Jonathan Kerry Philip and Alison Tasker EXECUTIVE OFFICER Mark Kenny Charlotte Powell TECHNICIAN BOX OFFICE MANAGER ADMINISTRATOR The Jerwood Foundation Nikolai Foster Katrina Kinch Nicola Voyle Elizabeth Ellis Eve Wills-Wilson John Ellerman Foundation Ritva Foster Robert and Janie Martin Robert David Williamson LEAD SYSTEMS Magdalena Korytkowska Thomas Preston MEMBERSHIPS AND The Mackintosh Foundation Linda Fox Barbara Matthews Anya, Stuart and Tara Zarb ADMINISTRATOR HEAD OF FUNDRAISING ASSISTANT VISITOR AND PARTNERSHIPS EXPERIENCE MANAGER FUNDRAISING Maud Elkington Charitable Trust Tess Ellison COORDINATOR The Royal Theatrical Support Trust SENIOR PRODUCER Jonathan Laidlow Chetna Ratan HEAD OF LIGHTING SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS Tracey Wyatt The Wolfson Foundation Ali Hassan Elsayed OFFICER CLEANER The Williams Charitable Trust HOSPITALITY SUPERVISOR Edward Lindley HEAD OF WARDROBE Ciara Wynne Layla Eyres Steven Ratcliffe ASSISTANT HEAD BOX OFFICE SUPERVISOR GROUP SALES MANAGER Joe McDonald OF LIGHTING Thank you to The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) SENIOR LIGHTING Yuliya Zlatkova Nikolai Foster HOSPITALITY SUPERVISOR for supporting Curve through the Culture Recovery Fund. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TECHNICIAN Milton Robinson TECHNICIAN Also, thank you to all the creatives, artists and backstage teams and to everyone Sean McCabe TECHNICIAN who has donated over the last 12 months. #MadeAtCurve

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