ANNUAL REVIEW 2019/20 Shows

“I will always be grateful to the Playhouse Participation team.” Encore Participant

“You have made a difference “ Playhouse is full of today, I hope you are able to surprises, after all that’s what continue making a difference you’re there for.” for years to come.” Community Participant Audience Member

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WELCOME

In a year that ended with so many We were thrilled to co-commission Although this year didn’t end as uncertainties for the entirety of the Wasteland, the follow up to Gary anyone anticipated, we are still arts sector, Nottingham Playhouse Clarke’s award-winning Coal and immensely proud of the work we has managed to continue producing to feature a community chorus were able to present. theatre, serving its local community alongside the professional company and welcoming its loyal patrons. – a life changing experience for those And of course, none of it would have participants. been possible without the support of In a stellar year, highlights included our incredible audiences, members, Kemp Powers’ One Night In Miami... Throughout the year we developed funders, sponsors, staff team and which had us spend an incredible our work with, by and for our many board - especially coping with a night with Cassius Clay, Malcolm communities. We have loved situation which none of us could X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke, and expanding our free Shine youth have foreseen. consider the effects of prejudice and theatres, work experience, our the power of brotherhood. Coram Encore group for older audiences, With your help, we hope to continue Boy, our community production Playhouse Platform for adults with being able to deliver world-class which featured a cast of over 70 local learning disabilities, Young Critics, In theatre here in Nottingham. people, showed us the power we House and brand new Nottingham have when we all come together to Playhouse Choir… to name but a create. ER and Doctor Who star Alex few. This area of work continues to Kingston, and Olivier Award nominee expand year on year – we believe Malcolm Sinclair joined us for the joy generated by taking part in Stephanie Sirr, Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s vital reworking something creative has never been Chief Executive of Ibsen’s classic drama, An Enemy more necessary. of the People. Meanwhile, playing the Neville Studio, LIT earned Eve A wake-up call was also in order for Austin a nomination for Best Actress the sector, with mass protests taking in a New Production of a Play in the place to mark the Black Lives Matter Adam Penford, Broadway World UK Awards. We movement. These events ensured Artistic Director welcomed back many familiar faces, we took an even closer look at our including Director Bill Buckhurst organisation and how we represent for Sondheim’s Assassins – a co- our local communities. Since then, production with our friends at The we have published our Anti-Racism Watermill Theatre. And of course, a Action Plan and formed a Diversity Caroline Shutter, Playhouse year wouldn’t be complete in the Workforce Working Group Chair without another fantastic panto in order to ensure Nottingham and Neville Studio Christmas show. Playhouse fully represents people of Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio colour within its teams. rang in the New Year for us to large audiences.

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company SKELLIG By David Almond Fri 22 Mar - Sun 7 Apr 2019

The Times East Midlands Theatre

What our audiences thought: “Fabulous scenery and effects” “It was an excellent production, very interesting” “It’s really accessible to all ages”

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company By Shelagh Stephenson Fri 3 - Sat 18 May 2019

ReviewsGate East Midlands Theatre

What our audiences thought: “It was so funny” “It was poignant, funny and an amazing exploration into how three sisters navigate their way through a really challenging time of grief”

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Produced by special arrangement with ABKCO Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI... By Kemp Powers Fri 7 - Sat 22 Jun 2019

The Stage Metro

What our audiences thought: “It’s not often you see a play with six black actors, doing something really positive, educational and entertaining” “The story… it really feels like it’s a story for now”

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Coram Boy took place in the Albert Hall and was seen by over 2000 people. It featured almost 100 people from the local community.

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company CORAM BOY Adapted by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Jamila Gavin Wed 7 - Sat 10 Aug 2019

Always Time For Theatre

What our audiences thought: “Captivating”

Participant Feedback: “From being scared stiff at the prospect of being on the Playhouse stage I sang in front of a packed house for the first time at the age of 71.” Roger, choir member “I didn’t really have much self- confidence, but then when I found out I got fully through, I was really excited and I felt like I’d really achieved something.” Isaac, acting ensemble Annual Review 7 Shows

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company ’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE A New Version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Fri 13 - Sat 28 Sep 2019

The Guardian The Stage WhatsOnStage

What our audiences thought: “It was really topical for today’s society” “Alex did a really amazing job adapting Dr Stockmann into a female role” “It brings a modern audience but still holds the intention of what the script was meant to be”

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LIT played to a sold out crowd

HighTide and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company LIT By Sophie Ellerby Tue 24 Sep - Sat 5 Oct 2019

The Guardian Broadway World

What our audiences thought: “Just blew me away” “Absolutely loved every minute”

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and The Watermill Theatre ASSASSINS By Stephen Sondheim Wed 30 Oct - Sat 16 Nov 2019

The Times East Midlands Theatre A Spy in the Stalls

What our audiences thought: “It’s an amazingly well-acted, beautifully set piece, intelligent, clever” “I think it’s a very relevant piece to this time” “I learnt some American history I didn’t know before”

This production of Assassins was the first to use actor- musicians and swap the role of the Balladeer to female rather than male.

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company presents Kenneth Alan Taylor’s SLEEPING BEAUTY Fri 22 Nov 2019 - Sat 11 Jan 2020

The Stage

What our audiences thought: “It’s a fantastic, proper Nottingham Panto” “Really funny, witty, great for kids and also some jokes in there for the adults too” “It’s the best. I’ve done six years. It is the best!”

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company PINOCCHIO By Sarah Middleton Wed 11 Dec 2019 - Sat 4 Jan 2020

The Stage East Midlands Theatre

What our audiences thought: “I liked the songs” “It makes me a little bit happy”

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS By Ron Hutchinson Fri 21 Feb - Sat 7 Mar 2020

Daily Mail British Theatre Guide East Midlands Theatre

What our audiences thought: “It’s really fast-paced, hilarious, it’s got some great moments of drama in it as well” “The acting’s fantastic, the set’s brilliant”

Annual Review 13 WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN How the Playhouse responded to Covid-19

March 2020 brought with it back at some of both venues’ “Hi, we just took part in something which affected not only productions with the teams who Noah and the Peacock the Playhouse, not only the arts created them. and wanted to say a big sector, but the whole world. thank you for an amazing Sadly, the pandemic meant we had experience. We were Although at first Coronavirus to reschedule a huge amount of fortunate enough to be seemed like a distant issue taking work to 2021 or later, but we still place thousands of miles away, it managed to release sneak peeks for given tickets by Derbyshire soon made its way to the UK and some shows, including a wonderful Young Carers. My daughter to Nottingham, and meant that we rendition of Hymne A L’Amour from couldn't stop giggling, which had to swiftly close our doors. Piaf, performed by the would-be is amazing as she has been cast and band. without her mum now for Our team of dedicated staff had to 15 weeks (been in hospital find new ways of working, still with And although we weren’t able to and we've not always been the hope that we would soon be produce anything live in person, we allowed to see her), so to producing again. did manage to do something brand hear and see her laugh new – a play, live on Zoom! Thanks has been very special. Can At the end of 2020 we remained to Jeff James who was due to be not thank you all enough in a similar situation, though directing First Touch, Noah and the for that, you have made a throughout that time we were able Peacock came to life digitally for to find new ways to bring the arts hundreds of families. difference today, hope you to our communities. are able to continue making This was a very worrying time a difference for years Many of our regular programmes financially and we’d like to take this to come.” moved online, including the opportunity to thank each and Audience Member, Nottingham Playhouse Choir, every person who engaged with us, Noah and the Peacock Encore and Shine. Our participants showed their support or donated to embraced these changes with open our Curtain Up Appeal. arms and were so pleased to still be able to engage with us during a Without you, we might be in a very strange and unsettling time. different situation.

We also launched The Revival, a brand new podcast with Theatre Royal Stratford East which looked

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Distan-sing with Alex Patterson Hymne A L’Amour from Piaf

The Revival on Shebeen Noah and the Peacock trailer

Annual Review 15 2019/20 In Figures

AWARDS WON Earned Income Rebecca Trehearn vs Subsidy Tickets Booked Best Performance in a £3,361,673 vs 127,042 Musical for Sweet Charity £1,638,506 plus thousands more booked to see UK Theatre Awards 2019 Nottingham Playhouse productions on tour Local Authority Funding Compared to Turnover Under 26s 2.38% Tickets Sold 5,494

School and Group Tickets Sold 10,516 Total Events Average Yield 635 £15.81 Total Bookers Actors Employed Pay What You Can 67 25,558 Tickets Allocated Total Weeks of First-Time Bookers 1,883 Employment for Actors 7,320 50:50 Tickets Allocated 350 1,822 Freelancers Employed

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OUR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY FIGURES

The belief that theatre is for Our board members identify as Our permanent and casual everyone lies at the heart of Asian 23.1% employees identify as Nottingham Playhouse, but we Black 7.7% Asian 1.4% acknowledge that people of colour, Mixed Race 0% Black 0.7% people from Black, Asian and Other 0% Mixed Race 2.9% other minority ethnic groups, feel White 69.2% Other 0% underrepresented at Nottingham Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% White 92% Playhouse and we are striving to Female 38.5% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 2.9% address this. Male 61.5% Female 55.8% Non-Binary 0% Male 43.5% We acknowledge that we have Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Binary 0.7% not done everything right, despite Non-Disabled 69.2% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% our best intentions and recognise Disabled 15.4% Non-Disabled 79% that we need to improve. We Unknown or Prefer Not to Say Disabled 10.9% understand that not everything we 15.4% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say do is seen. 10.1% Our professional actors In a bid to hold ourselves identify as Our writers on commission accountable and to ensure changes Asian 1.5% identify as are made, we are publishing figures Black 18% Asian 0% showing the breakdown of ethnicity Mixed Race 10.4% Black 0% within our teams. Other 0% Mixed Race 20% White 70.1% Other 0% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% White 80% Female 40.3% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Male 59.7% Female 40% Non-Binary 0% Male 60% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Binary 0% Non-Disabled 89.5% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Disabled 3% Non-Disabled 80% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 7.5% Disabled 20% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%

Annual Review 17 His most recent film for , ASSOCIATE Brexit: An Uncivil War, tapped into a national conversation, garnering huge ARTISTS public attention and critical acclaim. It was broadcast on Channel 4 and HBO, All four of our Associate Artists and starred Benedict Cumberbatch. bring their own unique set of skills, His film X and Y was produced by Origin experiences and interests, and help to Pictures and BBC Films and starred Rafe shape our programming by providing Spall, Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan. a sounding board for our artistic team, He is currently developing films with reading scripts and watching plays. Lenny Abrahamson, Paul Greengrass James Graham and Jeremy Herrin and adapting his play We’re delighted to have them on board. James Graham is a playwright, and into a screenplay. film and television writer. His play premiered at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre in September 2012, directed by Jeremy Herrin, and transferred to the Olivier in 2013 where it enjoyed a sell out run. It then went on to have an Olivier- nominated sell-out revival in the West End in 2017. Ink, his play about the early days of Rupert Murdoch, opened to critical acclaim at the Almeida and transferred to the West End in September 2017 Amanda Whittington where it played in the theatre next door Amanda Whittington is one of the most to James’ other new play – political performed playwrights in the UK. Be My romantic comedy Labour of Love – Baby, a GSCE-recommended text, was creating theatre history. Labour of first produced by Soho Theatre in 1998 Love went on to win an Olivier Award. and most recently at Ink went on to transfer to Manhattan (2019). Ladies Day and its sequel Ladies Theatre Club on Broadway and be Down Under (Hull Truck/UK Tours) are nominated for six Tony Awards. widely staged in community settings James wrote the book for Finding across the country. Recent theatre work Neverland the musical, which had includes Kiss Me Quickstep (New Vic music by Gary Barlow. It opened Theatre), Mighty Atom (Hull Truck) and in Boston in Summer 2014 and The Thrill of Love (New Vic/Stephen transferred to Broadway in Spring 2015. Joseph Theatre). All are published by His first film for television, Caught in a Nick Hern Books. Trap, was broadcast on ITV1 on Boxing Amanda has a long association with Day 2008. His single film Coalition aired Nottingham Playhouse, her home on Channel 4 and won plaudits for its theatre: productions include My Judy retelling of the 2010 general election Garland Life, Amateur Girl and Satin ‘n’ and the formation of the coalition Steel. She also has numerous writing government.

18 Nottingham Playhouse Associate Artists credits for BBC Radio 4, including the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab. Sarah’s East) and One Night In Miami... The Archers and seven series of the first play Notts Sweet Home was a part Other directing credits include: Blood Children in Need drama D for Dexter, of a short regional tour as part of an Knot (The Orange Tree); Blue/Orange, which won Best Series/Serial in the BBC attachment with New Perspectives The Sound of Yellow and Sizwe Banzi Audio Drama Awards 2016. Theatre company. is Dead ( and Eclipse); In addition to Sarah’s creative talents, Dublin Carol (Sherman Theatre); she is also a practising Social Worker Eden (Hampstead Downstairs); of 10 years having worked primarily Suckerpunch: Boom Suite (The Barbican with Looked After Children and Care and NitroBEAT); Migration Music and Leavers. Through the recent Research Scrappers (Liverpool Everyman and and Development of Rootless Island Playhouse); Frankenstein, Wish List Baby, Sarah piloted ‘Rootz’ group, (also Royal Court), Into the Woods and a new theatre group aimed at Care Brink (Royal Exchange ); Leavers and young people with Cinderella, The Blacks and I was experience of the Care system. Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (Co-Director, Theatre Royal Stratford East and The Barbican); Mad Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole Blud and Aladdin (Associate Director) and Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole is a Spoken Stratford East); Soundbites: Ruth the Word artist, poet and Soho Theatre Divorcee and Barry the Love-Sick alumna playwright originally from Bee (Lyric Theatre Studio & Bestival); Nottingham. She has been writing Soundbites: Abandonment (Rich Mix); poetry and performing spoken word and Wild Child (Royal Court Rough Cut). for 15 years and has been playwriting for six. In that time, Sarah has written Composing/Sound Design credits poetry for a variety of commissions and include: Paralympics Opening events, including the Takeover Festival, Ceremony (DJ); The People are Derby Book Festival, writing for the Matthew Xia Singing (Royal Exchange); Free Run (Underbelly); That’s The Way To Do Windrush anniversary, the Big Session Matthew Xia is the Artistic Director It (TimeWontWait); Pass The Baton Festival, Ken Saro-Wiwa anniversary, at ATC (Actors Touring Company), a and Bolero Remixed (New The Primary Gallery at The Welbeck company dedicated to producing and Orchestra); Da Boyz, Family Man, The Estate and other regional and national touring new international and cross- Snow Queen, Hansel and Gretel, Medea events. In addition, as a performance cultural plays. Matthew was previously and Squid (Theatre Royal Stratford poet, she has performed alongside Associate Artistic Director at the East). and in support of a number of writers, Royal Exchange Theatre, Director in including Benjamin Zephaniah, Lemn Residence at the Liverpool Everyman Matthew is a founding member of Act Sissay, Michelle Mother Hubbard, Yasus and Playhouse, and Associate Director for Change and a trustee for Cardboard Afari and Salena Godden. at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Citizens and Artistic Directors of the Future. Sarah’s playwriting would be described Directing credits for the ATC include: as poetic and her most recent play, Amsterdam (Plymouth Theatre Royal/ Rootless Island Baby, was shared The Orange Tree). at Nottingham Playhouse through a Rehearsed Reading following a Credits for Nottingham Playhouse Research and Development project. include: Shebeen (Nottingham This was originally developed whilst on Playhouse and Theatre Royal Stratford

Annual Review 19 Frances Brown (Small Island, National CREATIVE Theatre). Major Labia are a Nottingham based collective who are graduates and ASSOCIATES associates of the BAFTA award-winning Television Workshop, and have been Our Creative Associates develop tickling audiences for over three years. a significant relationship with They tackle the insidious notion that Nottingham Playhouse over the course women aren’t funny through live sketch of a two year period. shows, recorded work on their YouTube channel, and educational programmes. During this time we offer a bespoke partnership, supporting the development of their career – this Lewis Doherty might be through offering rehearsal Lewis is an East Midlands based space and building resources, giving actor, writer and theatre-maker. After artistic support, or an opportunity studying Drama and Theatre Arts at to make work. We’re so happy to the University of Birmingham, he then champion some of the most exciting trained as an actor at the Oxford School talent from our region through this of Drama. As the Creative Director of scheme. production company, BEASTHOUSE, Lewis has received critical success with Our 2019/20 Creative Associates were: his shows WOLF and BOAR. The work Ben Norris Lewis makes is physical, filmic, and funny. He plays every single character, Ben Norris is a writer and performer mimes every prop, and makes all from Nottingham, and the voice of the sound effects in his one man Ben Archer in The Archers on BBC Hollywood blockbuster style theatre Radio 4. Twice a national poetry shows. Both shows have enjoyed slam champion, Ben has appeared sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe everywhere from Latitude Festival to and have completed successful UK the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. tours too, performing at theatres and His debut solo show, The Hitchhiker’s festivals including The Lowry, The Other Guide to the Family, won the 2015 Room, The North Wall, Nottingham IdeasTap Underbelly Award at the Playhouse, Birmingham REP, Latitude Major Labia Edinburgh Fringe before touring the Festival, and Soho Theatre. UK and Australia, including a sold-out Major Labia are here to smash the run at Nottingham Playhouse. His first patriarchy through vaginal comedy. short film, commissioned by Channel More raucous than righteous, Major 4 for their Random Acts programme, Labia are an all-female comedy was nominated for a Royal Television collective founded by Artistic Director Society Award, and his second is Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie (The Elves currently in development with BBC and the Shoemaker, Nottingham Films and BBC Drama. Playhouse). Performers include Gemma Caseley-Kirk (My Mad Fat Diary, Channel 4), Narisha Lawson (The New Worst Witch, CITV) and Phoebe

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Fernwood Primary & Nursery Story Explorers: Up, Up NOTTINGHAM School Lady Bay Pre-school and Away - Dec 2019 PLAYHOUSE Willow Brook Primary School Arnold Library ON TOUR The Acorn Community Theatre Beeston Library Worksop Bingham Library Hucknall Library The Memory Of Water Story Explorers: Fantastical Kirkby-In-Ashfield Library Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford Forests – Apr/May 2019 Mansfield Central Library 21 – 25 May 2019 Arnold Library Newark Library Beeston Library Southwell Library One Night In Miami… Bingham Library Sutton-in-Ashfield Library Hucknall Library West Bridgford Library Bristol Old Vic 25 – 29 June 2019 Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library HOME Manchester 2 – 5 July 2019 Mansfield Central Library Newark Library The Kite Runner Retford Library Aylesbury Waterside Theatre LIT Southwell Library 21 – 22 February 2020 Sutton-in-Ashfield Library Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh West Bridgford Library Theatr Clwyd Mold 11 – 14 September 2019 Worksop Library 5 – 7 March 2020 Omnibus Theatre, London Richmond Theatre 17 – 21 September 2019 Story Explorers: Dramatic 10 – 14 March 2020 Deserts - Sep/Oct 2019 Salisbury Playhouse Assassins Arnold Library 17 – 21 March 2020 The Watermill Theatre, Newbury Aspley Library 26 September – 16 November 2019 Basford Library Beeston Library Holes Bilborough Library Royal & Derngate, Northampton Pinocchio Schools Tour Bingham Library 24 January – 2 February 2020 7 Jan – 1 Feb 2020 Clifton Library Hucknall Library Nottingham Playhouse All Hallows CE Primary School Kirkby-In-Ashfield Library 5 – 8 February 2020 Bluebell Hill Primary School Mansfield Central Library Seely Primary & Nursery School Newark Library NST Campus Theatre, Windmill L E A D Academy Oakfield School Southampton Bentinck Primary & Nursery School Retford Library 11 – 15 February 2020 Jesse Gray Primary School St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Crabtree Farm Primary School Southwell Library Belgrade Theatre, Coventry QMC Hospital School Strelley Library 18 – 22 February 2020 Willington Primary School Sutton-In-Ashfield Library Fairfield Prep School West Bridgford Library Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne Oakfield School Wollaton Library 26 – 29 February 2020 John Blow Primary School Worksop Library Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Malvern Theatre, Malvern School 4 – 7 March 2020 Melbury Primary School Theatre Royal, Plymouth Kirkby Woodhouse Primary School 17 – 21 March 2020 Annual Review 21 VISITING WORK

Banff Mountain Film Festival Comedy Summerslam, Upfront Sophia and Cinzia 19 October 2019 10 April 2019 Comedy 30 June 2019 Vikki Stone 21 October 2019 Urban Explorers 2019, Tom Dale Mo Amer and Guz Khan Black Men Walking 12 April 2019 Company 4 July 2019 21 & 22 October 2019 The Boy and The Mermaid James Acaster 9 July 2019 16 April 2019 Chris Barber Band 10 July 2019 Getting The Third Degree 23 October 2019 AniMalcolm 17 April 2019 Boxes 25 July 2019 Wasteland 25 & 26 October 2019 The Horne Section 18 April 2019 Bon Bon Cabaret 26 July 2019 Really Want To Hurt Me The Long Walk Back 23 April 2019 Drag Queen Story Time 27 July 2019 26 October 2019 Motionhouse: Charge 24 April 2019 Sarah Keyworth 27 July 2019 Mark 'Billy' Billingham MissImp: Star Wars 4 May 2019 The Colour Of Love 24 August 2019 11 November 2019 Out-Spoken 9 May 2019 Big Band Divas 5 September 2019 Becoming Electra Mathilda and the Orange Balloon 29 November 2019 11 May 2019 Sindhu Vee 7 September 2019 An Evening with Katherine Parkinson Reginald D Hunter 22 May 2019 The Scummy Mummies Show 22 September 2019 14 January 2020 James Acaster 23 May 2019 Ben Elton 30 September 2019 Judy Collins 15 January 2020 Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Daliso Chaponda 16 January 2020 24 May 2019 The Very Hungry Caterpillar 3 October 2019 Swinging At The Cotton Club Ben Macintyre 28 May 2019 A Quite Enormous Poetry Event 17 January 2020 Status 28 May 2019 3 October 2019 Johnny Ball 18 January 2020 Mary Portas 29 May 2019 Count Arthur Strong 4 October 2019 Gecko: Institute Pasadena Roof Orchestra 23 – 25 January 2020 30 May 2019 Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare Sourpuss 1 June 2019 5 October 2019 Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado 29 January – 1 February 2020 Julian Clary: Born To Mince Wireless Wise 6 October 2019 1 June 2019 Rush 8 October 2019 Josie Long 2 February 2020 Pizza Shop Heroes (part of Refugee Candoco 10 October 2019 Holes 5 – 8 February 2020 Week) 18 & 19 June 2019 Andy Parsons 11 October 2019 Vic & Bob 10 February 2020 Electrolyte 20 June 2019 Swann & Blofeld Dancing Down The An Evening of Eric and Ern Why Mummy Doesn't Give a ****, Gill Wicket 12 October 2019 11 & 12 February 2020 Sims 24 June 2019 Austentatious 13 October 2019 Kenneth Clarke 14 February 2020 Ian McKellen 25 & 26 June 2019 Ballet Black 15 October 2019 Alexei Sayle 15 February 2020 Dom Coyote - We Can Time Travel Al Murray 16 October 2019 Miss Imp: Improv Triple Decker 27 June 2019 Ronnie Scott’s All Stars 22 February 2020 BOAR 28 June 2019 17 October 2019 David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls Inside 29 June 2019 Frisky and Mannish 18 October 2019 1 March 2020

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Man on the Moon 5 March 2020 Margot and Mr Whatsit Iain Stirling 8 March 2020 18 May 2019 Night Of The Living Dead, imitating The Question 18 May 2019 the dog 10 – 11 March 2020 Feminists Don't Wear Pink Tommy Tiernan 12 March 2020 19 May 2019

Hires Amplify Festival 2019 Young Creative Awards Five Years 8 October 2019 21 May 2019 Trade 9 October 2019 Gedling Ballet 25 & 26 May 2019 Joygernaut 10 October 2019 MADD Showcase 28 & 29 June 2019 BOAR 11 October 2019 Katie Wright School of Dance MissImp: The Vox Pops 12 October 6 & 7 July 2019 2019 Sister Act, Spotlight School of Dance Ruby and Cedar 16 October 2019 12 & 14 July 2019 Digging Deep 17 October 2019 A Cappella Championship It's True, It's True, It's True 19 January 2020 18 & 19 October 2019 Jimi: The Legend Lives On The Magician’s Penguin 13 February 2020 19 October 2019 London Film Orchestra (Freddie Andromeda 19 October 2019 Mercury) 13 February 2020 Guitar Heroes 14 February 2020 Amplify Festival 2020 In Progress… (The Glad Game/ The Party Somewhere Else Aftershock/Me, Nic & Jo) 2019 13 Feb 2020 Blood, Sweat & Vaginas 14 May 2019 If I Can Get This Bit Right At Least Algorithms 14 May 2019 14 Feb 2020 Sexy Lamp 15 May 2019 Dinosaurs Don't DJ 15 Feb 2020 Adventures In Menstruating A Seventh Man 15 Feb 2020 15 May 2019 PVC 15 Feb 2020 Kill The Princess 16 May 2019 In Progress… (The Foundation/Noot Greyscale 17 & 18 May 2019 Patoot) 15 Feb 2020 Girls 17 May 2019 Icarus 15 Feb 2020 Ladykiller 17 May 2019 DadMan 18 May 2019 Island Home 18 May 2019

Annual Review 23 AMPLIFY

Our Artist Development programme Our work with partners Open Door Amplify continued to grow in Alongside the programme of Offering workshops and rehearsal 2019-20 and now has nearly 400 work we offered here, we also space for young people from members. Last year, we were partnered with organisations economically disadvantaged pleased to support the development across the country in order to offer backgrounds of our members’ work through Amplify Members a wide range a variety of programmes and of experiences and opportunities Common opportunities, including: for development. Our work with Holding Common Ground partners included: Consultations with artists from lower Hours of One-on-One socio-economic backgrounds Advice Given Regional Theatre Young Over 180 Director Scheme Young Vic Katie Brailsford, six month placement Hosting Reach Out workshops for emerging directors Hours of Donated Rehearsal Space Given National Poetry Day, Nottingham City of Literature, Over 150 Nottingham Trent University and Ben Norris Hours of Technical A Quite Enormous Poetry Event for Support Given National Poetry Day

Over 50 The Party Somewhere Else Hosting their annual festival of work Amplify Festivals Held by female and non-binary artists 2 In Good Company Leading their new writing initiative, Ideas Submission Take Off Windows Held Co-hosting the IGC Directors’ Book Club 2 Supporting Holly Boyden’s new play, It Kind of Looks Like A Donut New Writing Pieces Supported JMK Trust Leading workshops for emerging 2 directors

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In the Artists’ Own Words: other big regional theatre I’ve been it was exciting to be pushed to Ben Norris, Creative Associate: involved with in my career. Amplify explore my play further. As a result put me in touch with other artists of this examination of my work I was “My time as a Creative Associate and opportunities I wouldn’t have able to achieve my outcomes for at Nottingham Playhouse has previously had available to me. the development process, namely, been artistically fruitful and Artists such as Luke Barnes of Middle a new draft of the play ready for professionally validating. Having Child Theatre, a writer whose work I performance.” had a relationship with the building greatly admire. Showcasing my play since I was a teenager, as a youth as part of the Amplify Festival was a theatre performer, it's great to see professional leg up for me. It allowed this transition into something more me to see the possibilities of my substantial that supports me at the work could not simply be confined beginning of my career proper. It to fringe theatres, but could hold its has meant meaningful relationships own in more prestigious spaces with with the Artistic Director and Artist greater capabilities. I can now say my Development Producer and the work has been staged at Nottingham beginnings of relationships with the Playhouse, which is a real draw on new in-house Producer, the Chief my CV.” Executive and the Participation team. I have felt like a valued member of Amplify Member Sabrina Smith’s both the local and national artistic play, The Holy Bible was developed community, and someone whose as part of the Spring ’19 Ideas contributions to the life of the Submissions Window: building, its programme (both main stage and studio), its identity and “The Ideas Submissions Window its working practices are genuinely was the perfect process for me valued. I am hopeful that this will and my work to go through. I was translate into a longer-term mutually very clear about what I needed to beneficial relationship with the take my work forward: time, space, building that lasts far beyond the end money and expertise and Amplify of the Associateship this autumn.” were able to provide those. Having never filled out an ACE application Doug Deans, Amplify Member, before it was a daunting task but presented his work at the 2020 Craig guided me along the way and Amplify Festival: steered me in the right direction. The workshop of my play was a “I was relatively new to Nottingham professional, informative, creative when I applied to be part of Amplify process and I learned something at Nottingham Playhouse, and in new every day. Through Amplify I the six months I’ve been involved was able to work with experienced with the theatre they have offered actors and a director with lots of more support and guidance and knowledge about developing new been more welcoming than any plays. For an inexperienced writer

Annual Review 25 PARTICIPATION

At Nottingham Playhouse, our Ignite with Open Door invited 150 material that’s inspired by our shows. diverse community are at the heart teenagers to meet Vicky McClure Three seasons of highly popular of everything we do. After a bold and and many other hugely influential Classes and Courses included Stand- ambitious year, we now run over 30 industry professionals to learn about up Comedy, Song-writing, Public programmes for all ages and abilities. careers. Speaking, Ballroom Dancing and 15 young people undertook a week much more. Highlights from 2019/20 include: of intensive work experience. We hosted 27 backstage tours. Young People Encore 20 young people spent a year on our Our flagship Shine programme of We ran 191 classes for people aged Homegrown professional training free drama and dance workshops over 50, from Creative Writing to programme, and created the Messy around the city and county has Drama, Online Dance to Play Reading Unity Festival 2020. Contributors grown to include 11 weekly groups. and much more. included Matthew Xia, Jeff James, This year Shine had over 4,000 Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole, Luke Barnes, engagements with young people. Prema Mehta and many of the Families Every Shine member was given Playhouse team. Our expanded half term Family tickets to attend our annual Festivals, with over 50 different We hosted 20 placements for Pantomime and another show of sessions of baby discos, writing, University students across all their choice. departments. drama, dance, circus and much more There were 1,710 attendances at our were attended by 2,148 people. popular weekly Young Companies for Our Story Explorers shows for Adults all ages. under 5s, in partnership with Inspire In House, our theatre company for Libraries, played to over 1,000 people with experience of living Schools children. homeless, has grown and flourished 300 school children took to the stage this year – performing three shows Glow, our extra special story sessions to perform their own unique version and securing National Lottery for little ones and their grown-ups, of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as funding for another three years. had 300 attendances. part of the annual Schools Massive. Our theatre company for adults Story Builders in Strelley Library Our new production of The with learning disabilities, Playhouse explored language and speaking with Merchant of Venice was booked to Platform, made 3 shows, took part in 34 diverse young children and their play 14 Nottingham schools and the Nottingham Light Night parade, carers. Birmingham MAC before lockdown. ran parts of sessions for other groups and volunteered with our Front of This year we created 12 Insight Packs Careers House team. to support schools and parents We continued to work hard to ensure in exploring our productions and The new Nottingham Playhouse our local community is informed creative teams in depth. Choir is our most popular about and can access opportunities programme, working weekly on in the arts industry.

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Digital and Covid-19 During Lockdown… Programmes moved online and we were proud to have found innovative ways to continue all of our 31 participation programmes despite the lockdown. We designed and delivered over 1,500 PlayPacks to homes, libraries, children’s centres and support service centres throughout the city. 86 people took part in our Big Distan- Sing project, each playing their own part in an extra special music video celebrating community, diversity and the power of music. We created the hugely popular Playhouse Pen Pals scheme – for which over 170 letters were exchanged with people living in Nottingham care homes.

Annual Review 27 PLAYHOUSE 50:50

PASS Generous audience members continued to donate to our 50:50 Our Playhouse Pass members appeal to enable us to invite are at the heart of what we do. people facing social and economic Members donate over four times disadvantage to experience shows as much on average as bookers at Nottingham Playhouse. in general and are especially keen supporters of our 50:50 appeal, We allocated almost 2,000 tickets enabling us to invite others to to both visiting and Nottingham share the pleasure of attending Playhouse productions, including Nottingham Playhouse. our famous annual pantomime.

Once again, Playhouse Pass Help us to continue giving local members have enjoyed substantial disadvantaged people the chance discounts and priority booking to experience theatre by donating opportunities all year. Their loyalty to 50:50. You can do this on our also brings them bonuses like free website or by contacting the Box programmes and members-only Office team. events. Thank you for your support. Interested in becoming a Playhouse Pass member? Head to our website or call Box Office to find out more.

28 Nottingham Playhouse THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND DONORS

Thanks to Sir Harry Djanogly, County Council, the Thomas Farr Charity, The Chetwode Foundation, The Thoresby Charitable Trust, The JN Derbyshire Trust, The Mighty Creatives.

Annual Review 29 The Nottingham Playhouse Team

The Nottingham Playhouse Team Derek Graham - Memberships Manager Orla O’Connor – Participation Officer Nicola Grant - Wardrobe Supervisor (Coram Boy) Jake Orr – Producer Alice Adams - Production Casual Emma Greenhalgh - Wardrobe Assistant/Dresser Emily Owen - Usher Hollie Anderson - Media & Communications Philip Gunn - Deputy Head of Construction Natalie Patuzzo – Usher Manager Laura Guthrie - Agent For Change Michael Parnham – Cleaner Rachel Amery - Head of Finance Emily Hackett - Deputy Head of Paintshop Kushal Patel - Stage Technician Bryony Arnold - Production Casual William Hall – Casual Frances Pearson - Admin Assistant Liam Aston - Production Casual Alex Hatton - Deputy Head of Props Louise Pearson - Assistant / Stage Manager Kathryn Bainbridge-Wilson - Assistant Stage Richard Heappey - Lighting, Sound & Video Adam Penford - Artistic Director Manager Technician Lily Pickard – Usher Esther Bartholomew – Usher Bill Henshaw - Usher Paul Preston - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher Andy Bartlett - Production Manager Karon Hill - Box Office Assistant Michael Radford - Participation Administrator Christine Baxter – Usher Nicola Himsworth - Production Casual Oliver Read - Production Casual Adam Bee - Production Casual Rebecca Hogarth - Audience & Community Hannah Redfern - Marketing Officer Manya Benenson - Participation Officer Engagement Manager Lewis Reid - Production Casual Martin Berry - Head of Participation Christine Hollinshead - DSM (Assassins) Richard Renshaw - Production Casual Michelle Bland – Wardrobe Chris Howitt – Usher Sarah Richard - Paintshop Casual Charli Blighton - Graphic Designer Liam Hudson - Production Casual Dave Richardson - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher/ Karl Bock - Head of Lighting, Sound & Video Dale Hurren – Usher Dawn Richmond-Gordon - Participation Officer Lisa Booth-Blake – Usher Cindy Hutchinson - Cleaning Supervisor Roshaan Riyahi-Boni – Usher Lottie Bluewater – Usher Laura Hutchinson - Box Office Supervisor/Usher Anna Roberts - Deputy Head of Paintshop Harry Bridge - Production Casual Tracy James - Theatre Manager Olivia Roberts - DSM (Skellig) Kerry Britnell - Box Office Manager Tom Jeavons - Marketing Manager Jill Robertshaw - Assistant Production Manager Natalia Bruce - Participation Specialist Clare Johnson – Usher Olivia Robinson - Marketing Officer Andrew Bullett - Information and Liz Johnson - Production Assistant Nathan Rose - Head of Props Communication Technology Manager Edward Jones - Box Office Assistant Beth Shaw - Lighting, Sound & Video Technician Pamela Bullett – Usher Josh Jones - Production Casual Beth Shouler - Artist Development Producer Linda Burrows – Wardrobe Lydia Jones – Usher Joanna Sigsworth - Head of Marketing & Louise Carney - Stage Doorkeeper Isla Kay - Events Apprentice Communications Jonathan Child - Finance Manager Bethan Keen - Production Casual Stephanie Sirr - Chief Executive Sophie Collier – Usher Joseph Kelly - Production Casual Jamie Smith - Technical Manager Sophie Corner - Box Office Assistant Susan Kind – Cleaner Julian Smith - Head of Construction Will Cottrell - Deputy Head of Lighting, Sound & Francesca Lawson – Usher Matt Smith - Box Office Supervisor Video (Sound) Imogen Lea – Usher Ollie Smith - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher/Duty FoH Josie Crooks - Marketing Assistant Marian Lenaghan – Usher Manager James Curtis - Production Casual Georgie Levers - Usher/Box Office Assistant Stewart Smith - Head of Operations Martin Curtis - Production Casual Geoff Linney - Stage Doorkeeper Wesley Smith - Usher Sophie Curtis - Usher Abbie Lloyd - Finance Apprentice Sally Smithson - Usher/Cleaner Katy Daniels – Usher Richard Lodge - DSM (An Enemy Of The People) Richard Surgay - Sales & CRM Manager Patricia Davenport - DSM (One Night In Miami…) Dino Loizou - Production Casual Bobby Sunda - Duty Manager Jonathan Davies - Box Office Manager Vickki Maiden - Deputy Stage Manager Richard Swift - Production Casual Olwen Davies - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher Mufaro Makubika - Production Casual Amber Jane Taylor - Stage Manager (LIT) James de Carle - LX Casual Greg Malone - Production Casual Carrie Teodorescu - Usher/Box Office Clare Devine – Usher Christopher Marsh - Production Casual Claire Thompson - Deputy Head of Paintshop Alessandra Doogan - Usher/Marketing Assistant Richard Marson – Usher Rob Throup - Duty FoH Manager Ian Dowling - Production Casual Eliot Martin - Production Casual Andrew Tinley – Usher Alex Dugdale - Production Casual Chloe McMackin - Marketing Manager Tony Topping - Deputy Technical Manager Felix Dunning - DSM (Moonlight & Magnolias) Livia McLauchlan - House Manager Natalie Toney - ASM (Assassins) Jane Eliot-Webb - Company and Stage Manager Charlie Middlemass – Usher Daniel Turner - Production Casual Valerie Evans - Head of Administration Gary Miller - Box Office Assistant Michael Turton - Maintenance Technician Amy-Marie Field - Production Casual Hazel Monaghan - Stage Manager (Pinocchio) Joe Tutty - Production Casual Erin Fleming - Paintshop Casual Dylan Morris - Participation Administrator Helen Tye - Head of Wardrobe Heather Flinders - Wardrobe Assistant Nick Morris - Production Casual Charlotte Vickers - Box Office Stacey Foster – Usher Alexandra Moxon - Participation Casual Jeremy Walker - Box Office Supervisor Rowena Fry – Usher Dominic Murray - Production Casual Martina Walker – Cleaner Craig Gilbert - Amplify Producer Sara Oakden - Finance Officer Patricia Walsh – Cleaner William Goodman – Cleaner

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Bronwen Webster - Production Casual Rochene Johnson Jonathan English Suelin Webster - Assistant Carpenter Miriam Keye Rastarella Falade William Welch - Deputy Head Lighting, Sound & Sarah Kolawole Helen Flach Video (Lighting) Narisha Lawson Mark Fletcher Sarah West Valstar - Participation Specialist Amy Legge Harvey Goodman Paul White – Cleaner James Lloyd Sarah Grandage Cherelle Wilks - Box Office Assistant Lucy Mackay Jones Cllr Brian Grocock Molly Williams – Usher Liam Maloy Roger Harcourt Elaine Williamson - Participation Manager Bradley Mansell Suma Harding Olivia Wood – Fundraiser Sarah Manton Tom Huggon Susan Yeoman – Receptionist Delilah Martinez Kurban Kassam Fraser Youngson - Digital Producer Rikki Martinez Cressida Laywood Alex Moxon Thulani Molife Sarah Ogando Howard Morris Volunteers Jo Petch Jackie Morris Ilija Barosevcic Michael Radford Anna Murphy Karl Bloch Dawn Richmond Gordon Bernadette O’Driscoll Richard Brown Simon Sanchez Cllr Jill Owen Louise Carney Biant Singh Cllr Michael Payne Duncan Carty Melissa May Smith Prof. John Pike OBE Lynn Coxon Lauren Stephenson Mich Stevenson Lisa De Vivo Jessica Temple David Stewart OBE Teri Forey Christina Tsoutsi Tony Wills Katy Gore Bronwen Webster Cllr Malcolm Wood David Lumb Sharon White Josephine Yousaf Susan MacCormick Lauren Whitter Tim Challans Olivia Trivett Judith Winwood Nieves Zuniga TamTam Winwood

Participation Workshop Leaders Board of Trustees Doug Allen Mark Aldrich Rebecca Allen Anthony Almeida Ria Ashcroft Cllr Steve Battlemuch Jazzmine Augustin Andy Batty Chloe Bancroft Alex Bayley Manya Benenson Tom Davies Sara Bodinar Natalie Gasson Debbie Bryan Ian Lund James Cook Sofia Nazar-Chadwick (Vice Chair) Olwen Davies Cllr Anne Peach Philip D’Orleans Danielle Russell Tia Elvidge Neena Sharma Tim Evans Caroline Shutter (Chair) Maggi Fazzini Paul Southby Erin Fleming Pip Forbes Joshua Goodman Wider Board Members include: Krystal Groves Katie Aungles Laura Guthrie Andy Barrett Jane Hart Fred Brookes Joe Heap Michaela Butter MBE David Higgins Sue Cullen Kate Houghton Sue Dewey OBE Karla Jones Stephanie Drakes Lisa Judson

Annual Review 31 Cast and Creatives

Actors Simon Oskarsson - Assassins Macey Palmer Joe Alessi - Moonlight and Magnolias Emma Pallant - An Enemy of The People Florence Sudborough Lisa Ambalavanar - Sleeping Beauty Oscar Pearce - Moonlight and Jace Vaughan Eve Austin - LIT Magnolias Larissa Wallington Toyin Ayedun-Alase - Sleeping Beauty Jordan Peters - An Enemy of The People Jamillah Wells Nicholas Bailey - The Memory of Water Jim Pope - LIT Donna Banya - An Enemy of The People Sara Poyzer - Assassins Coram Boy Community Actors Josh Barrow - LIT Jack Quarton - Coram Boy, Assassins Moira Balmer Tiger Cohen-Towell - LIT Ned Rudkins-Stow - Assassins Suzanne Barlow Christopher Colquhoun - One Night in Steve Simmonds - Assassins Michelle Bland Miami… Tim Samuels - Coram Boy, An Enemy of Elliot Briffa Beth Cordingly - The Memory of Water The People Kevin Brown Philip Correia - Skellig Malcolm Sinclair - An Enemy of The Richard Brown Juliet Cowan - The Memory of Water People Rachel Burbridge Louise Dalton - Sleeping Beauty Darren Southworth - Sleeping Beauty Sophie Collier Simon Darwen - Skellig Andre Squire - One Night in Miami… Daniel Fitzpatrick Hayley Doherty - Moonlight and Katy Stephens - The Memory of Water Robin Gardner Magnolias Sam Swann - Skellig Emily Hallam Peter Dukes - Assassins Tanya Vital - Skellig Cody Harrison John Elkington - Sleeping Beauty Lauren Waine - Skellig Michelle Holding Eddie Elliott - Assassins Deka Walmsley - An Enemy of The Isaac Hull Richard Evans - An Enemy of The People People Ibraheem Hussain Phoebe Fildes - Assassins Ben Welch - Pinocchio Alex Kelsall Maxine Finch - LIT Stewart Wright - The Memory of Water Karr Kennedy Daniel Fitzpatrick - An Enemy of The Miles Yekinni - One Night in Miami… Blaise Kouassi People Zheng Xi Yong - Assassins Marie Lewin Lillie Flynn - Assassins Joy Mandivenga Tim Frater - Sleeping Beauty Child Actors Dominic Mills Dan Fredenburgh - Moonlight and Alfie John Atterby - Assassins Mavis Moore Magnolias Gabriel Boot - Assassins Natelle Morgan-Brown Conor Glean - One Night in Miami… Remae Fairweather - An Enemy of The Moyege Oke Luke Grant - Skellig People James Pacey Kieran Hardcastle - LIT Jaya Virk - An Enemy of The People Harry Pavlou Maddie Harper - Sleeping Beauty Eva Robinson - An Enemy of The People Amanda Pearce Tina Harris - Skellig Faith Konsek - An Enemy of The People Laura Reeve Edward Harrison - Skellig Rachel Sharp Karl Haynes - An Enemy of The People Sleeping Beauty - Panto Chorus Jak Truswell Samantha Whitworth Matt Henry - One Night in Miami… Poppy Ainley Joey Hickman - Assassins Olivia Anstey Coram Boy Community Choir Matthew James Hinchliffe - Assassins Abbie Blackmore Evie Hoskins - Assassins Serai Bondswell Holly Alton Jasmine Jones - The Memory of Water Jack Bridgmount Andy Batty Karr Kennedy - Pinocchio Gracie-Lou Brooks Lottie Bluewater Alex Kingston - An Enemy of The People Heidi Fletcher-Smith Hilary Booth Gillian Kirkpatrick - Skellig Leila Fletcher-Smith Sarah Cannon Grace Lancaster - Assassins Mackenzie Greenfield Maye Chamberlain Rebecca Little - Sleeping Beauty Olivia Holmes Gillian Chiswell Alex Mugnaioni - Assassins Harvey Newton Charlie Clarke Oseloka Obi - One Night in Miami… Maisy Nicholson Rachel Coates Kate Okello - Skellig Anna Compton

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Lola Davis Abigail Hart Simon Kenny - Assassins Kali Dennett Edward Jones Morgan Large - An Enemy of The People Ruth Donev Hazel Mapperley Tim Meacock - Sleeping Beauty, Joanne Frearson-Smith Clare Moss Moonlight and Magnolias Chloe Gorman Laura Reeve Grace Smart - One Night in Miami… Issy Greaves Samantha Whitworth Georgie White - Pinocchio Rachel Hamilton Minglu Wang - LIT Abigail Hardwidge Musicians Abigail Hart The Helix Ensemble - Coram Boy Lighting Designers Elizabeth Hart John Keys - Coram Boy Ciarán Cunningham - One Night in Lily Holmes Ian Maclean - Sleeping Beauty Miami… Danny Horan John Morton - Sleeping Beauty Amy Mae - The Memory of Water Martha Johnson John Porter - Sleeping Beauty Tina MacHugh - An Enemy of The Ines Kenwood John Watterson - Sleeping Beauty People Hazel Mapperley Ben Ormerod - Assassins Robyn Marshall Writers Jamie Platt - Moonlight and Magnolias Katy McKenzie David Almond - Skellig Peter Small - LIT Clare Moss Alexandra Stafford - Skellig Emma Nicol Helen Edmundson - Coram Boy Sophie Ellerby - LIT Jason Taylor - Sleeping Beauty Libby O’Hara Will Welch - Coram Boy, Pinocchio Charlotte Pitts Jamila Gavin - Coram Boy Sophie Pritchett Ron Hutchinson - Moonlight and Sound Designers Jane Pyke Magnolias Melvyn Rawlinson Rebecca Lenkiewicz - An Enemy of The Tom Attwood - Skellig Skye Redhead People Drew Baumohl - An Enemy Of The Paul Robinson Sarah Middleton - Pinocchio People Sandra Rose Kemp Powers - One Night in Miami… Chris Full - Assassins Jane Ruhrmund Stephen Sondheim - Assassins Dominic Kennedy - LIT Rhona Sargeant Shelagh Stephenson - The Memory of Adam P McCready - Coram Boy, William Smith Water Sleeping Beauty James Stuart Kenneth Alan Taylor - Sleeping Beauty Max Pappenheim - One Night in Blake Turner John Weidman - Assassins Miami… Oliver Walsh Elena Peña - The Memory of Water Jodeine Wheatcroft Directors Ella Wahlström - Moonlight and Leah Wilkins Lisa Blair - Skellig Magnolias Aimee Wilkinson Bill Buckhurst - Assassins Roger Williams Stef O’Driscoll - LIT Composers/Musical Directors Diane Wright Adam Penford - Coram Boy, An Enemy Frans Bak - An Enemy of The People of The People Darren Clark - Pinocchio Supernumeraries Kirsty Patrick Ward - Moonlight and John Morton - Sleeping Beauty Michelle Bland Magnolias Alex Patterson - Coram Boy Lottie Bluewater Hannah Stone - Pinocchio Tim Sutton - One Night in Miami… Elliot Briffa Kenneth Alan Taylor - Sleeping Beauty Richard Brown Adele Thomas - The Memory of Water Musical Supervisor/Arranger Gillian Chiswell Matthew Xia - One Night in Miami… Catherine Jayes - Assassins Sophie Collier Kali Dennett Designers AV/Video /Projection Designers Emily Hallam Frankie Bradshaw - Skellig Rachel Hamilton Will Simpson - Moonlight and Laura Hopkins - The Memory of Water Magnolias Cody Harrison Kevin Jenkins - Coram Boy

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Choreographers / Movement Directors Associate Artists Hayley Chilvers - LIT James Graham Chi-San Howard - Skellig Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole Kane Husbands - One Night in Miami… Matthew Xia Georgina Lamb - Assassins Amanda Whittington Emma Lewis-Jones - Coram Boy Adele Parry - Sleeping Beauty Chaperones Kitty Winter - Pinocchio Sharon Barr Angela Beere Fight Directors Karen Broughton Jonathan Holby - The Memory of Water, Poppy Cook Coram Boy, LIT Jane Crich Kev McCurdy - One Night in Miami…, Beatrice Findley Moonlight and Magnolias Cassie Hall Michelle Leek Puppetry Directors Emma Lewis-Jones Matthew Forbes - Skellig Janet Pavier Eva Sheppard Associate Directors Julie Sheppard Bronwen Webster Georgina Lamb - Assassins Jack Quarton - Coram Boy BSL Interpreters Assistant Directors Rebekah Cupit Katie Fenwick Katie Brailsford - Skellig Sarah Gatford Adele Parry - Sleeping Beauty Ali Green Stacey Green Casting Directors Elvire Roberts Will Burton CDG - Sleeping Beauty Donna Ruane Stuart Burt CDG - Skellig, The Memory Sam Waters of Water Adele Weeden Sophie Parrott CDG - One Night in Miami… Audio Describers Vicky Richardson CDG - LIT Jane Edwards Ginny Schiller CDG - An Enemy of The Sally Goulding People, Moonlight and Magnolias Derek Graham Tullia Randall Voice/Dialect/Accent Coaches Katie Yapp Elspeth Morrison - Skellig, Assassins Captioners Marianne Samuels - Moonlight and Stefanie Bell Magnolias Joel Trill - One Night in Miami… Kay Welch - The Memory of Water, An Enemy of The People

Costume Supervisors Nicole Grant - Coram Boy

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