The Chrysalids

Director

Shane Dempsey trained at The National Theatre Studio and E15 Acting School.

Theatre: Hamlet (Movement Director), Translations (Staff Director) both National Theatre.

Other productions include: Taboo (Irish tour), My Future at Donmar Warehouse, We End Up Breathing Rust (Druid, Galway International Festival), The Jungle Book (Kew Gardens), rob steal swindle (Mountview), Continuity and The Non-Stop Connolly Show (Finborough), Seven Jewish Children (Arcola), and The Master and Margarita (Te Pooka, Edinburgh).

Movement Director and Intimacy Support

Steve teaches movement at many of the country’s leading Drama Schools.

He trained at Mountview and has honed his skills over the last twenty years in numerous scripted, devised and physical theatre productions as a performer, co-creator and director notably working with Rufus Norris, John Cleese and Jenny Sealey.

In his role as Movement Director and Support at Mountview he has been involved with productions including Nativity, Richard II and Marat Sade.

Steve’s previous projects included creating a piece of devised theatre with students at Drama Studio London.

Lighting Designer

Mark’s credits include: Once, Clybourne Park and Betty Blue Eyes (first national tours), Tony! Tony Blair the Rock Opera (Harry Hill and Stephen Brown), Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Mast Mayflower Made), The Standard Short Long Drop (nominated for Offie Best Lighting Design - The Vanguard, Camden), Ken (Terry Johnson and Hampstead), House and Garden (The Watermill), Return to the Forbidden Planet (25th Anniversary tour), Don’t Look Now (nominated for Offie Best Lighting Design - Queen’s Theatre), Michael Morpurgo’s Butterfly Lion (Kenwright), Dell Computers Gala (Buenos Aires), The Full Monty, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Oliver! (Bermuda City Hall), working with Willy Russell on Educating Rita and Breezeblock Park (Liverpool Playhouse), Shirley Valentine (Royal Court Liverpool), Pride and Prejudice, Farm Boy, The Hired Man and Kissing Sid James (New York E59).

Sound Designer

Beth’s credits include Retrograde (Apollo Theatre West End), Derren Brown Only Human Live (UK tour), Silence (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch/UK tour), Coming to England (Nicoll Entertainment, UK tour), Bedroom Farce (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), Hasbian (Clapham Omnibus), Party Games (Yvonne Arnold Theatre/tour), The Other Boleyn Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre), Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Watermill Theatre), Richard, My Richard (Shakespeare North Playhouse), The Jolly Christmas Postman (Royal Derngate), The Frogs (Royal Derngate/Kiln Theatre), Wishmas: A Fantastical Christmas Adventure (Secret Group), Jack and the Beanstalk, Lovestuck (Stratford East), Syncopation (Bridewell Theatre), What It Means (Wilton’s Music Hall), Strategic Love Play (Belgrade Theatre/ Soho Theatre/UK tour), The Trial of Josie K (Unicorn Theatre), Akedah (Hampstead Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland (Mercury Theatre), Amma VR Experience (Tara Theatre), Death Drop: Back in the Habit (Garrick Theatre/UK tour), A Single Man (Park Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest (English Touring Theatre) and Bridgerton (Secret Cinema).

Fight Choreographer 
Marcello Marascalchi (he/him)

Voice Coach 
Jenru Wang

Assistant Director
Eric Moll * (he/him)

Production Manager
Naomi Wildridge (she/her)

Costume Supervisor
Charlie Rowen (she/her)

Costume Manager
Kate Page (she/her)

* MA Theatre Directing student

Stage Manager
Molly Nice ¤ (she/her)

Deputy Stage Manager
Finley Wilson ¤ (he/him)

Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager
Hannah Fenwick (she/her)

Assistant Stage Managers
Immi Dunn ¤ (she/her)
Nellie Gleave ¤ (they/them)

Production Electrician 
Jack Goodwin (he/him)

LX Programmer & Operator
Kian Reeves ¤ (he/him)

Scenic Construction Manager
Hannah Smith (she/her)

Scenic Art Manager
Steven Peters (he/him)

Scenic Painters 
Scarlett Fraser
Alex Holl
Amy Kennington

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