The Merry Wives of Windsor

Director

Steve 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 include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Our Country’s Good, Swallows and Amazons, Coram Boy, Nell Gwyn, Once and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Set and Costume Designer

Rhyannon has been working in professional theatre for over 20 years, both as a set and costume designer and as a maker.

Much of her work has been with community groups, theatre in education and drama schools, but she has also designed for a wide range of both small and large scale productions and tours, including the Chester Mystery Plays.

She designs for events, festivals and theme parks, and works as a mural artist and illustrator.

She is also Design Facilitator here at Mountview.

Lighting Designer

Jasper is currently a Lighting student in his final year at Mountview.

His lighting design credits include The Mind Mangler, Assistant LD (Apollo Theatre), 2023 Directors Showcase: How to Get to Eudemonia, Seven, Scenes from Yen, Run Sister Run, After Glow, Café on the Beach, The Little Mermaid (Asst.LD), 2023 Foundation Musical Theatre Showcase, 2022 Foundation Acting Showcase and The Queen’s Gambit immersive experience (Mountview).

Whilst at Mountview Jasper has also worked on various West End productions: Matilda, Tina the Musical and Moulin Rouge (The London Palladium).

Sound Designer

Sonum is a Yorkshire-based musical director, composer and sound designer.

Credits as MD/pianist include: Guts The Musical (Hull Truck Theatre, upcoming), Beauty and the Beast (Cast), Pinocchio (Hull Truck), Spring and Port Wine (Bolton Octagon), Sleeping Beauty (Cast), Just an Ordinary Lawyer (Leeds University/Hull Truck), 71 Coltman Street and The Railway Children (Hull Truck), Aladdin (Buxton Opera House/ Embassy Theatre), Dick Whittington (Grange Theatre), Bend it Like Beckham (workshop, Dominion Theatre), Bring on the Bollywood (Belgrade Theatre), His Indian Boyfriend and Kat in Kixx (Theatre Royal Stratford East), John and Jen (Rosemary Branch), Swallows and Amazons (Bristol Old Vic), They’re Playing Our Song (Catford Broadway).

Recent credits as Composer and Sound Designer include: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Blue Stockings (Mountview), Lumbejills (Capitol Theatre, upcoming), Ladies Unleashed (Hull Truck), Animalis Carnivale (Roehampton University), Favour (Bush Theatre), Red Sky at Night (Mikron Theatre), Arabian Nights (Hoxton Hall), Relativity (Finborough Theatre), Not the End of the World (Edinburgh Fringe), Rare Dreams and Persona both for Youth Music Theatre UK and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warhorse Theatre Works).

Movement Director
Dominic Burdess

Fight Director
Marcello Marascalchi

Choreography Supervisor
Cristian Valle

Voice Coach
Andrea Lewis

Intimacy Coordinator
Steve Brownlie

Assistant Director
Elliot Aitken *

* MA Theatre Directing student

Production Manager
Cory Duffill

Deputy Production Manager
Connie Yip

Costume Supervisor
Kate Page

Stage Manager
Callum Mack †

Deputy Stage Manager
Owen Spencer †

Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager
Dani Jones ±

Assistant Stage Managers

Erika ‘Loren’ Gordoa ±

Nancy O’Melia

Production Electrician

Ryan Littler †

Production Sound Engineers

Ollie Brennan

Wayne Harris

LX Operator

Elisabeth Moss †

Scenic Construction Manager

Hannah Smith

Scenic Art Manager

Steven Peters

Lead Scenic Artist

Alex Holl ‡

Scenic Artists / Prop Makers

Will Coyne ‡

Amy Kennington ‡

± Dip Stage and Production Management Student
† FdA/BA Theatre Production Arts Student
‡ Scenic Art and Prop Making Student