Spring Awakening

Director

Sherrill Gow is Director of Learning & Teaching at Mountview, and a Canadian delighted to be directing Come From Away.

Previous directing credits at Mountview include Spring Awakening, The Penelopiad, Pippin and Anne of Green Gables.

Sherrill holds a PhD from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where her research focused on feminisms, musical theatre and performer training.

Her publications include Reconsidering the Link between Text, Technique and Teaching in Actor Training (Routledge, 2024) and Queering Brechtian Feminism: Breaking down gender binaries in musical theatre pedagogical performance practices (Studies in Musical Theatre, 2018).

Musical Director

Nicholas is Joint Head of Music and Course Leader for the world first BMus Piano for Theatre course at Mountview.

Musical direction credits for Mountview include: Spring Awakening, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Carrie, and Dogfight. He has been Musical Supervisor for the annual pantomime at BEAM (previously Hertford Theatre) for over seven years with shows including The Snow Queen, and The Astonishing Adventures of Pinocchio, and has been Musical Director for multiple productions with the National Youth Music Theatre, including Into the Woods (Southwark Playhouse/Elephant) and this year's 50th Anniversary production of The Ragged Child (Rose Theatre, Kingston). 

Nicholas trained at Trinity Laban and Mountview.

Choreographer

Gerrard credits include Associate Choreographer: Stranger Things (Westend); Assistant Choreographer: English National Opera’s (Olivier Award-winning), Porgy and Bess, One Love: The Bob Marley Musical, and the 40th UAE Royal Anniversary Performance (Abu Dhabi); choreography and movement direction credits: Shepard’s Chameleon, Lady Macwata, GHB Boy, BEAM, CAKE, 6O Miles by Road or Rail, Foxes, The Frontline, Tate Modern, Outbox Theatre, Longborough Opera, British Museum, Pegasus Opera, National Portrait Gallery, The Place, Curve Theatre, Rich Mix, South Bank, Let’s Dance International, Cloud Dance Festival. Ident Festival, The Field Film festival, Athens Video Dance Project, and the West Bengal Federation of Dance, India.

Set & Costume Designer

Bob is an interdisciplinary creative, specialising in storytelling, innovation & experiential design.

His theatrical credits include Avenue Q (Sondheim Theatre), Pan! (Theatre Peckham), Gay Pride & No Prejudice (Union Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Bridewell Theatre), She Loves Me, Pippin and Made in Dagenham (Mountview), The Hunt (Union Theatre/Brisbane Powerhouse), Then, Now & Next (Southwark Playhouse), The Hello Girls (St Peters Arts Centre, Preston), Cinderella (The Capitol, Horsham) and Ordinary Days (The Cockpit).

With over 15 years’ experience as a creative in the events industry, Bob has designed live and immersive experiences across the globe with clients including Facebook, Adidas and Sony.

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Lighting Designer

Alex designs lighting for theatre and opera across the UK and Internationally.

Most notably Home at Chichester Festival Theatre, Figaro the Musical (London Palladium), The Forsyte Saga – Part 1 & 2 (Swan Theatre – RSC / Park Theatre) and The White Factory (Marylebone Theatre).

Alex has been nominated for two Offie Awards for Best Lighting Design.

Other venues include Soho Playhouse - New York, Wolly Mammoth Theatre - Washington DC, The Sailsbury Playhouse, The Lowry - Salford and the Birmingham Hippodrome.

Director
Sherrill Gow (she/her)

Musical Director
Nicholas Chave (he/him)

Choreographer
Gerrard Martin

Set Designer & Costume Designer
Bob Sterrett (he/him)

Lighting Designer
Alex Musgrave

Sound Designer
Matthew Giles

Fight Director
Marcello Marascalchi

Intimacy Director
Christina Fulcher

Voice Coaches
Sterre Maier
Andrea Lewis

Assistant Musical Director
Charles Crawford *

Assistant Lighting Designer
Ryan Littler †

Production Manager
Naomi Wildridge

Deputy Production Manager
Connie Yip

Production Assistant
Holly Stocker **

Costume Supervisor
Kat Stone

** MA Creative Producing student
* MA Musical Direction student
† Dip/FdA/BA Stage Management/Technical Production student

Stage Manager
Mae Pugsley Birch † (she/her)

Deputy Stage Manager
Elisabeth Moss † (she/her)

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

Programming Mentor
Rob Halliday

Lighting Programmer
Ben Spreckley †

Lighting Operator & LX1
Will Mortimer †

Sound No. 1
Phil Michael

Sound No.2 Mentor
Alex Duckworth

Sound No. 2
Joe Lofthouse †

Sound No. 3
Edward Morley †
Olivia Parsons †

Scenic Construction Manager
Hannah Smith

Lead Scenic Artist
Steven Peters

Scenic Artist
Kayla Warham †
Joe Doyle †

** MA Creative Producing student
* MA Musical Direction student
† Dip/FdA/BA Stage Management/Technical Production student

MD/Conductor/Keys 1
Nicholas Chave

Assistant MD/Keys 2
Charles Crawford *

Guitars
Jack Hartigan

Cello
Pippa Mason

Bass
Meelie Traill

Drums/Percussion
Isis Dunthorne

* MA Musical Direction student