Carrie

Urinetown - Director

Richard is International Associate Director of Back to the Future The Musical (West End/Broadway). He is also UK Associate Director of MJ The Musical.

Previous directing credits at Mountview include Carrie and The Addams Family.

Other directing credits include Funny Girl (UK tour Director), GROWL (UK tour/China), Bandstand, Legally Blonde, Once on This Island and Top Hat (Arts Educational), Ruthless! The Musical (Arts Theatre) and The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatr Clwyd)

Musical Director

Nicholas is the Head of Music at Mountview. He trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, and Mountview in Musical Direction.

Musical direction credits for Mountview include: Disney's The Little Mermaid, Carrie, Dogfight, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as multiple showcases for Musical Theatre and Actor Musicianship students.

He has been Musical Supervisor for Hertford Theatre’s annual pantomime for over seven years with shows including The Snow Queen,The Astonishing Adventures of Pinocchio and Rapunzel, and has previously been Musical Director for multiple productions with the National Youth Music Theatre.

Choreographer

Havana-born Arielle was raised in Camden.

She came to prominence choreographing Jolly Folly for English National Ballet, for which she won an Olivier for Outstanding Achievement in Dance and has been nominated for a National Dance Award for Best Classical Choreography.

She has been celebrated in The Stage 25 as one of 25 individuals to become future stars of the UK theatre industry and been named on The Guardian’s ones to watch for 2022.

Fight Choreographer

Hadley graduated from Mountview in 2015.

He has worked as an actor, fight performer and stunt double on a variety of productions.

Some highlights include: Wendy and Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), Emmerdale (ITV) and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4).

In 2021, Hadley qualified as stage combat instructor with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat.

His recent choreography credits include: The Mirror and The Light (RSC), Kynren – An Epic Tale of England (Eleven Arches).

Urinetown - Set Designer

Sophia is a set, costume and puppet designer.

She most recently designed How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Southwark Playhouse), Once (Barn Theatre) and Compositor E (Omnibus Theatre).

Further credits include the UK premiere of Head Over Heels (Hope Mill Theatre), Daddy Issues (Seven Dials Theatre), The Moors (Hope Theatre), Clinton Baptiste (Hackney Empire/UK tour), Dirty Hearts (Old Red Lion Theatre), A Christmas Carol (The Barn Theatre), How to Make a Revolution (Finborough Theatre), Gorgon: A Horror Story (VAULTS Festival), Faustus (Queen Elizabeth Hall), Neck or Nothing (Pleasance Theatre), The Little Prince (Omnibus Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arthur and Merlin (St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden).

Sophia previously assisted designer Philip Witcomb on the production Bonnie & Clyde (Arts Theatre).

Lighting Designer

Louisa is a lighting and production designer working internationally across music, dance, theatre and immersive events.

Recent credits include 201 Dance Company, Keane, London Borough of Culture, Celeste, Bananarama, Florence and the Machine, Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey, Glass Animals, Gang of Four and Rag’n’Bone Man, for which she was shortlisted for a Knight of Illumination award.

Sound Designer

Credits include: The Phantom of the Opera (Greece tour), The Wizard of Oz (Palladium/Curve), Cinderella (Hope Mill), Into the Woods (Theatre Royal Bath), Yeast Nation (Southwark Playhouse), Billy Elliott (Curve), Our Man in Havana (Watermill), The Last Five Years (Garrick/Southwark Playhouse), The Show Must Go On! (Palace), Beauty and the Beast (Nottingham Playhouse), The View Upstairs, Soho Cinders (Soho Theatre), What I Go to School For (Brighton Theatre Royal).

Video Designer

Ben is Co-director of Big Tele Ltd.

Awards: 2020 Offie for Video Design (Baby Reindeer).

Theatre credits: Oti Mabuse I AM HERE (UK tour), An Audience with Anton Du Beke (UK tour), Sasha Regan’s all-male HMS Pinafore (2022 UK tour), Mission (Big House), Digital and Centre Stage (MS Iona), Sasha Regan’s all-male The Pirates of Penzance (The Palace Theatre/Wilton’s Music Hall), The Effect (English Theatre Frankfurt), Symphony (RMS Queen Mary 2), Mr Tickerton’s Clockwork Circus (MS Brittania), Baby Reindeer (The Bush Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe), Fast (Park Theatre), Eden (Hampstead Theatre). Stream and television credits: Song For Nature (London Coliseum/Sky Arts), Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2020 (Apollo Theatre/TikTok/stream.theatre), WhatsOnStage Awards 2020 (Turbine Theatre/stream.theatre), The Last Five Years (Southwark Playhouse/stream.theatre), Tonight at the London Coliseum (London Coliseum/stream.theatre).

Rehearsal Movement Director
Amelia Ohara

Voice Coach
Laura Neel

Assistant Director
Yani Wang
MA Theatre Directing student

Assistant Musical Director
Honor Halford-MacLeod
MA Musical Direction student

Assistant Lighting Designer
Efa Gregory†
Theatre Production Arts student

Production Manager
Davin Patrick

Assistant Production Manager
Cory Duffill

Wardrobe Supervisor
Katie Higgins

Stage Manager
Sam Harcourt†

Deputy Stage Manager
Emily Darley†

Assistant Stage Manager
Louisa Kemp†
Ro West†
Mimi Peers-Smith†

Production Electrician
Sofie Mirza†

Production Sound Engineer
Wayne Harris

LX Programmer
Freddy Sherwood

LX Programming Mentor
Steve Heywood

LX Crew
Beril Yavuz

LX Crew/Follow Spots
Beth Jefferies
Jonathan Scouse

Video Production Engineer & Programmer
Ethan Traynor

Sound 1
Matthew Greed†

Sound 2
Matthew Giles

Sound 3
Natasha Guzel†

Recording Engineer
Alistair Hobson

Scenic Construction Manager
Dan Cheyne

Deputy Scenic Construction Manager
Tom Barnett

Lead Scenic Artist
Ellie Pitt

Props Supervisor
Lisa Martin

Scenic Art & Prop Making Assistant
Jasmine Schofiled

Scenic Artists / Prop Makers
Mikayla Moxam ‡
Joanna Townley

* MA Theatre Directing student
** MA Musical Direction student
† Theatre Production Arts student
‡ Scenic Art and Prop Making student