Creatives

Jon Hare - Writer / Composer / Lyricist

Jon’s other shows include ‘80s jukebox musical Charming, First World War musical Never Again, and children’s show The First Chris Moose. Jon is a Governor member of the RNLI.

 

Charlotte Westenra - Director & Dramaturg

Olivier award-winning director & dramaturg. Credits include The Agreement by Owen McCafferty (Lyric Theatre Belfast; IAC New York); The Wicker Husband by Darren Clark & Rhys Jennings (Watermill Theatre); and Indecent Proposal by Michael Conley & Dylan Schlosberg (Southwark Playhouse).

Mary Erskine - Musical Director

Mary is a classically trained pianist and cellist and acclaimed singer/songwriter, under the name Me For Queen. As Me For Queen she has toured the UK & Europe and has had her songs played on BBC 6Music, Radio 3, Amazing Radio, BBC Scotland & BBC Wales.

Anna Kelsey - Designer

Anna is a theatre designer based in North London. She is also an associate artist at The Watermill Theatre. Recent design credits include: Shakespeare’s R&J (Reading Rep), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse), The Wicker Husband (The Watermill Theatre), and Indecent Proposal (Southwark Playhouse).

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Joe Dines - Sound Designer

Joe is has worked across Europe, collaborating with theatre companies such as Complicité, The Young Vic, the National Theatre, the Barn Theatre, and the Schaubühne in Berlin.He was recently nominated for an Offie Award for his sound design work with David Denyer for 'Surfacing' at the Omnibus Theatre. Additionally, he was nominated for Best Sound Design at the Wolverhampton Film Festival for his work on 'Our Charlie'. He was most recently Associate on Grapes of Wrath at the National Theatre. Joe has a background in writing, recording, and performing music, including playing keys, piano, bass, and drums. He graduated in Theatre Sound from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2018.

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Sam Bernstein - Lighting Designer

Sam graduated from Guildhall in 2024, and already has a strong of credits to his name including Much Ado About Nothing (Milton Court Theatre), Matilda, Little Shop of Horrors ( Kingswood Theatre) and Vocalworks (Bath Pavilion).

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Jane McMurtrie - Choreographer

Choreographer credits include Marella Cruises, Indecent Proposal (Southwark Playhouse) Our Girls Our Game, The Good Life (Uk tour), Cinderella (Glasgow Kings Theatre, New Victoria Theatre), Spring Awakening (Edinburgh Fringe), Sweet Smell of Success (Guildford School of Acting). Associate Choreographer credits include Newsies (Wembley Troubadour), Identical (Nottingham Playhouse), Fiddler on the Roof (The Playhouse London),Oklahoma (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Producers (International Tour) Bodyguard (Germany, South Korea, Vienna) Groundhog Day (The Old Vic), Gypsy (Savoy Theatre), Legally Blonde (Sydney Lyric Theatre).

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​​Jake Alexander - Community Choir Facilitator

Jake is a Cornish musician who studied composition at Trinity College of Music. He directs several choirs, including Raised Voices, a political protest choir. He specialises in writing accessible, three-part, a cappella arrangements of folk songs, pop songs & sea shanties.

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Steph Weller for PlayWell Productions - Producer

PlayWell Productions works to elevate visibility and give equality of opportunity and voice to artists and their stories. These stories include (but are not limited to) the voices of: isolated communities; the queer lived experience; women and those who identify as non-binary; those who identify as disabled; and the lived experience of people of the global majority. Commissions and credits include Very Special Guest Star, Omnibus Theatre London; I Ain’t Dumb, Belgrade Theatre Coventry; Live To Tell: A Proposal for the Madonna Musical, Omnibus Theatre London, Camden People’s Theatre London; Black Power Desk, Brixton House London. Company founder Steph Weller is an Old Vic 12 and Stage One producer, who has previously produced the award-winning Reading Fringe Festival and the Fizzy Sherbet Podcast, promoting work by women playwrights. She has worked for companies including MAYK, Reading Rep and Inspector Sands. She is the Chair of the Board of Directors for IronClad Creative (Brighton), a disabled-led not-for-profit cultural organisation that provides training, networking and commissioning for writers and theatre-makers, especially those who are neurodivergent, and those with low incomes. Steph is supported by China Plate via their Dark Room scheme.

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Alasdair Buchan - Associate Director

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Robert Gathercole - Associate Musical Director

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Harry Armytage - Production Manager

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Lexi Clare - Associate Producer

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Elizabeth Peace - Assistant Producer

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Lara Aabar - Access Support Worker

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The show is presented by PlayWell Productions

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