Nell Gwynn

Director

Steven is Mountview’s Joint Head of Acting.

He originally trained as an actor, working with companies including The Young Vic, English Shakespeare Company and Trestle Theatre Co.

As a director he worked at The Royal Court, English Shakespeare Co, Jacksons Lane.

Directing credits at Mountview: Once The Musical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Our Country’s Good, Swallows and Amazons and Nell Gwyn

Musical Director

Since graduating with a Starred First Class Degree in Music from York University and First Class Degree in Actor-Musicianship from Rose Bruford College, Tarek has been working as a musical director, composer and arranger.

He regularly collaborates with the RSC, National Theatre, Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, and has conducted several West End productions.

Tarek is Musical Supervisor for the NT’s Public Acts programme, an Associate Learning Practitioner for the RSC and an Associate Artist for the Watermill Theatre.

Movement Director

Aline has been working in London as a movement director and choreographer.

Recent work includes: The Arrival (Bush), Romeo and Juliet (Globe), The Barbershop Chronicles, Emil and the Detectives, The Kitchen, Our Class (National Theatre), Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice (RSC), Dance Nation (Almeida), The Brothers Size (Young Vic) and Daphne (Opera La Monnaie, Brussels).

Set and Costume Designer

Alison trained in Theatre Design at Nottingham Trent University and has worked in theatre and theatre production training ever since.

Her extensive career as a set and costume designer has included work for West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hull Truck Theatre, Perth Theatre, Bolton Octagon, and the role of Head of Design at Colchester Mercury Theatre.

Her work in higher education has included a decade working at East 15 Acting School as Deputy Director of Technical Theatre before joining Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in the role of Head of Design for another 10 years. Alison left Mountview last summer to focus on various creative and freelance projects.

Lighting Designer

Peter trained at RADA.

His Theatre credits include The Smeds and the Smoos (Tall Stories), A Singe Man (Park Theatre), Pink Mist (Bristol Old Vic), Macbeth (Stafford Festival Shakespeare), Translunar Paradise (Theatre Ad Infinitium), Chicago (Pimlico Opera), and Orestes (Shared Experience).

His Opera credits include Paul Bunyan (Welsh National Youth Opera), and Orpheus in the Underworld (Royal College of Music), and his lighting for Dance includes work for the Royal Ballet, Sadlers Wells and the Gartnerplatz Theatre, Munich.

Fight Choreographer
Marcello Marascalchi

Voice Coach
Andrea Lewis

Assistant Director
Emily Oulton
MA Theatre Directing student

Assistant Musical Director
Alexandra Middleditch
MA Musical Direction student

Associate Lighting Designer
Alex Hannah
Theatre Production Arts student

Assistant Lighting Designer
Tristan Tereszczuk
Theatre Production Arts student

Keys 1 / Musical Director
Tarek Merchant

Keys 2 / Assistant Musical Director
Alexandra Middleditch
MA Musical Direction student

Violin
Kate Stuart

Production Manager
Cory Duffill

Wardrobe Supervisor
Katie Higgins 

Stage Manager
Chloe Astleford

Deputy Stage Manager
Deb Waters

Assistant Stage Managers
Sean Anthony †
Jude Merritt †
Mathilde Reynolds †

Production Electrician
Zihaire Adams †

Assistant Production Electrician
Jasper Anderson †

Shadow Sound Operator
Jeremie Ndombasi †

Lighting Programmer
Yann Rigott †

LX 2
Sofie Mirza †

LX 3
Jonathan Wing †

Programming Mentor
Imogen Clarke

Sound Operator
Ryan Perry 

Sound 2
Tahleesha Stone † 

Lead Carpenter
Daniel Cheyne 

Deputy Lead Carpenter
Tom Barnett

Lead Scenic Artist
Sofia Ejderos 

Scenic Artist
Amelia Thomson

† Theatre Production Arts student