Songs for a New World

Director

As Director: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (London Palladium/Tokyu Theatre Orb), Roam: a new musical (Workshop, NYC), The Society for New Cuisine (Omnibus), Wendy and Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), Otto Weidt (Workshop, Leeds Playhouse), Dirty Hearts (Old Red Lion), Blackbird (The Other Room), The Secret Garden (Ambassadors), High Society (ArtsEd), Six Characters Looking for an Author, Oh What a Lovely War, Candide (all Mountview), Carrie, Edward II, Spring Awakening, Company, Between Riverside and Crazy (all RWCMD).

As Associate Director: Evita (Palladium), Sunset Blvd. (Broadway/West End), Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse/Pinter) and King Lear (Duke of York’s).

Musical Director

Theatrical credits: The Phantom of the Opera (West End/world tour), Scissorhandz (Southwark Playhouse), Chicago (international tour), Hello, Dolly! (London Palladium), Ben and Imo (Royal Shakespeare Company), The King and I (UK tour), Flowers for Mrs. Harris (Riverside Studios), Polly & Esther (Edinburgh Fringe/Adelaide Fringe/Sherman Theatre), Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company UK tour), Les Misérables (UK & Ireland tour), Royal Shakespeare Company 2019/20 Season: As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure (Barbican, UK, US and Asia tour), Queen of the Mist (Charring Cross Theatre/Jack Studio Theatre), Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse).

Prizes and awards: 2nd prize in the 2019 International Liszt Society Piano Competition, 2016 Worshipful Company of Musicians Musical Director Award.

Choreographer/Movement Director

Hollie began her training at The Betty Chappelle Dance Centre in Penistone and Northern Ballet in Leeds, and then continued onto professional training at Bird College Conservatoire.

Performing credits include: Ensemble in Austenland (Savoy Theatre), Swing in Guys and Dolls (Bridge Theatre), Joanne in Mother Goose (Cheltenham Everyman Theatre), Ensemble/1st cover Pam & Vanessa in Strictly Ballroom (UK tour), Hunyak in Chicago the Musical (UK & Ireland tour), Joule/ cover Dinah, Carrie and Rocky 3 in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany).

Choreographic credits include: Associate Choreographer for High Society (ArtsEd).

Set & Costume Designer

Emily is a designer based across London and Cardiff.

A graduate from RWCMD, theatre credits include Scenes With Girls (Golden Goose Theatre), Urinetown and Oh What a Lovely War! (Mountview), I, Joan and Charity (East15), Quiz and Earthquakes in London (Italia Conti), Crazy for You (WAVDA).

She also works across various TV and film projects.

Associate work includes The Christmas Lobster (Farnham Maltings), Project Dictator (Rhum & Clay’s UK & Norway tour), as well as NTW and Collective Cymru’s Galwad.

Lighting Designer

Catja is a freelance lighting designer.

She is a former Creative Associate of Jermyn Street Theatre and Resident Designer at NDT Broadgate.

Catja is also a Co-Director of Airlock Theatre.

Her former work includes Puppy (King’s Head Theatre), The Mosinee Project (New Diorama Theatre), Count Dykula (Soho Theatre), ...Earnest? (UK tour), Acid’s Reign (Pleasance), Oh My Pain! My Beautiful Pain! (Pleasance), The Maids (Jermyn Street Theatre/Reading Rep), Utoya (Arcola Theatre) and The Turn of the Screw (Waterperry Opera Festival).

Sound Designer

Matthew’s credits include: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Girlhood, Sister Act, Urinetown, 9 to 5, Serious Money, Dance Nation, Made in Dagenham, Alice in Wonderland, But I’m a Cheerleader, Cabaret, Little Women, Smile, Death Drop, Legally Blonde, Alarms and Excursions, Les Misérables, The Beau Defeated, The Roaring Girl, Hymn, Thriller Live, The Producers, Flashdance, In the Heights and The Railway Children.

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Assistant Director

Eilidh is a director of Scottish descent, born and raised in Birmingham.

She is a recent graduate of Mountview’s MA Theatre Directing course, and an alumnus of Playbox Theatre, Shakespeare Young Company, and Ustinov Theatre School.

As Assistant Director: The Society for New Cuisine (Omnibus Theatre/Norden Farm), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (London Palladium), Global Majority (Norden Farm/Attenborough Arts).

While training: Hansel & Gretel - a nightmare (Writer/Director), Six Characters Looking for an Author (AD), Cloudfall (1st AD, Short Film), Three More Sleepless Nights (Director), The IT & The Accordion Shop (AD)(all Mountview), LADY BIRDS (Writer/Director, Short Film) and Ceramic Flowers (Co-Director, Short Film).

Voice Coach
Maddy Joyce

Assistant Director
Eilidh Evans (she/her)

Assistant Musical Director
Alex Tilley * (he/him)

Production Manager
Connie Yip

Costume Supervisor
Naomi Wright

* MA Musical Direction student

Stage Manager 
Fanis Christou † (he/him)

Deputy Stage Manager
Nellie Gleave † (they/them)

Assistant Stage Managers
Olivia Parsons † (she/her)
Mae White † (she/they)

Production Electrician 
Alex Adshead †

Lighting Programmer
Ben Spreckley †

LX Operator
Grace Ho †

LX Crew 
Joseph Lofthouse †

Sound Operator 
Carlos Quitumbo †

Scenic Construction Manager
Hannah Smith

Scenic Art Manager
Steve Peters

Scenic Painters
Megan Elliott
Scarlett Fraser
Bex Watters † (she/her)

Fit Up Crew
Audrey Camberlin † (she/her)
Elisabeth Moss †

† Dip/FdA/BA Stage Management/Technical Production student

MD/Conductor/Keys 1 
Connor Fogel

Assistant MD/Keys 2 
Alex Tilley * (he/him)

* MA Musical Direction student