SAT 16 NOVEMBER 2019 – SAT 25 JANUARY 2020

BY ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY

CASTDAVID AHMAD THE HERO (MILES HENDON / MINSTREL)

DANIELLE BIRD APPRENTICE HERO (EDWARD)

NICHOLE BIRD APPRENTICE FOOL (TOM)

KIERAN BUCKERIDGE PLAYER MANAGER (FIRST LORD OF EVERYTHING / MINSTREL)

GARETH CASSIDY PLAYER QUEEN (MARY TUDOR / BEEFEATER)

MATTHEW GANLEY FOOL (PA CANTY / MINSTREL)

ELLIOT GOOCH APPRENTICE PLAYER (UNDERSTUDY / MINSTREL)

JASMIN HINDS PLAYER PRINCESS (ELIZABETH I)

SUFIA MANYA DAME (MA CANTY / MINSTREL)

FAZ SHAH PLAYER (SHOW MUSICAL DIRECTOR / MINSTREL)

TOM RICHARDSON PLAYER KING (HENRY VIII / BEEFEATER)

MARGIT VAN DER ZWAN PLAYER (MINSTREL)

JOSS WYRE APPRENTICE PLAYER (UNDERSTUDY)

Set and made props by the New Vic Workshop

Costumes by the New Vic Costume Department

Lighting and sound operated by Aaron Batley, Daniella Beattie, Alex Day, James Earls-Davis, Sam Eccles and Peter Morgan

The New Vic’s production of The Prince and The Pauper opened on 16 November 2019

WITH THANKS FOR THIS PRODUCTION TO:

Pippa Church for puppetry tuitionRoger Bartlett for associate Fight Direction

Dave Culling for music direction for Summer School

BY

CREATIVE TEAMTHERESA HESKINS ADAPTER AND DIRECTOR

JAMES ATHERTON COMPOSER & MUSICAL DIRECTOR

LAURA WILLSTEAD SET AND PUPPET DESIGNER

LIS EVANS COSTUME DESIGNER

DANIELLA BEATTIE LIGHTING DESIGNER

BEVERLEY NORRIS-EDMUNDS CHOREOGRAPHER

ALEX DAY CO-SOUND DESIGNER

JAMES EARLS-DAVIS CO-SOUND DESIGNER

PHILIP D'ORLÉANS FIGHT DIRECTOR

ANJI CARROLL CDG CASTING ASSOCIATE

DAN HUTTON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

ABIGAIL MIDDLETON ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER

INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES:Sign Language Interpreted Performance: Thu 28 Nov 10.30am

Audio Described: Wed 8 Jan 10.30am, Sat 11 Jan 2.15pmCaptioned: Tue 14 Jan 2.15pm, Sat 18 Jan 2.15pm

Relaxed Performance: Mon 13 Jan 6.00pm

YOUNG COMPANY TEAM FORTUNES

ELLA BRADSHAW, ISOBEL BURKE, MOLLY CLEWES, CALLUM DAY, MOLLY FERNEYHOUGH, MARTHA GLOVER-EDGE, MAI MCGREGOR, ANYA SNAPE

TEAM ROSESLILY BOWERS, BEATRICE BOWERY-TAYLOR,

HOLLY EDWARDS, GEORGE FORSYTH, EVANGELINE GIANNITTO, JESSICA LELLO,

MILES LESNIAK, EMILY MARSHALL

TEAM SWANSTHEA BAILEY, JACQUE BOWEN, OLIVIA CLIFFE, ETA CULLEN-CORNES, ELIZABETH DAILY-HUNT,

MARIKA OAKES, JAROM SHERRARD, EMILIA WILDMAN

STEVE HALL COMPANY STAGE MANAGER

ASHLEIGH GERMAN DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER

KAYLEIGH COOPER & TRACEY BOOTH ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

AARON BATLEY ASSISTANT STAGE TECHNICIAN

CHAPERONES MARIA BOONE – LEAD CHAPERONELOUISE GRATTAGE, WILL HENSHALL

PATRICK JERVIS, MATT JONESPETER LOWE, MELANIE OSBOURNE

GILL POLLARD

ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY

IN REHEARSALPhotos by Andrew Billington

I’ve written the New Vic’s festive show every year since 2009. It’s a huge privilege to make a production that’s seen by the equivalent of 1 in 10 of the Potteries population, with many of the audience being children having their first ever trip to the theatre or families out for their Christmas treat. That’s quite a responsibility. I start writing in January, and spend pretty much the whole year thinking of Christmas! Here’s how I go about it.

One: the idea I start by pondering what stories are brimming with Christmas spirit. Am I inspired to adapt a particular story? What is on at a nearby theatre? How do teachers and schoolchildren respond when we consult them? These factors all contribute to the decision.

I knew the concept of The Prince and The Pauper well, both from the BBC TV version in the mid-70s, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst prior to Only Fools & Horses fame, but also from other films and versions that use the trope, from Trading Places through Blood Brothers to Mickey Mouse and even an episode of Blackadder. More recently, Barbie has starred in her own movie, The Princess and the Popstar; Sega created a console game; and Netflix’s The Princess Switch was a seasonal movie. I knew it was a popular idea that can fuel a compelling story.

Two: the crash edit But what would that story be? The novel, and the Errol Flynn film, contain a lot of court intrigue. Whilst fur-robed men whispering in candlelit corridors can make a thrilling Wolf Hall, I didn’t feel that would make the cut for family audiences at the New Vic festive show. I knew that I wanted to focus more on the adventure side of the story, and that I might replace characters like scheming Lord Hertford (played by Claude Rains in the ‘30s movie) with historical figures who are more widely known, yet who might serve a similar plot function. I felt that the repetitive nature of the prince’s journey outside the palace would need to be modified; and that the pauper’s experiences inside the palace would need to be equally important.

Three: a shed load of research It seems counter-intuitive to do this after putting

together the first rough draft, but some subjects are so big that you can find yourself drowning in research, so doing it this way round allowed me to focus on solving problems and enhancing scenes. I needed to know more about the historical characters themselves: Edward VI, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I. I read up on banquets, including dishes of swan and peacock; how Royalty would demonstrate their majesty to the general public, in the form of processions and river pageants. I visited Westminster Abbey and the Globe Theatre, and found Bruegel’s paintings Children’s Games and The Fight Between Carnival and Lent to be useful in getting a sense of life for the poorer sort.

The next two steps, four and five, are better the other way round, but I was busy transferring Around The World In 80 Days to New York and The Worst Witch to the West End, so the design team had to do their work before I could find time to complete the script.

Four: the design process The Tudor period was new to us as a creative team. I visited Coventry’s Spon Street for inspiration: this fascinating street is a collection of all the medieval buildings that survived second world war bombing campaigns. It is especially well recorded in diagrams and drawings, so we’ve been able to use it as our model of a Tudor street. Set designer Laura Willstead went to research the structure of an Elizabethan playhouse, accompanying a tour group around London’s Globe Theatre (I enjoyed imagining her as the only person bending down to take photos of how the walls sit upon their brick foundation so that she could replicate this in the set). With costume designer Lis Evans we learned about the Sumptuary Laws which restricted the wearing of certain types of cloth and fur to certain ranks of nobility (with the notable exception of actors) and were dazzled by the accounts of the Master of the Revels, including itemisation of expenditure on costumes for the players performing during coronation pageants, which helped me resolve a plot wrinkle that I knew needed to be reached more satisfyingly than in Mark Twain’s original.

Five: writing a detailed draft This one was quite a remarkable experience, as it mainly took place whilst floating on a lilo in a Florida

A Note from the Director...

pool. I stayed there for a holiday after opening Around The World In 80 Days in Sarasota, and it’s only now that I realise that quite a lot of the spirit of that production has made its way into this one.

Another theatrical influence crept in at this point, too. Mark Twain was massively inspired by Shakespeare, so perhaps it’s not surprising that I have been as well. Whether it be his exhortation to the audience to use their imagination; his vivid interest in ghosts and witches; his focus on how clothes maketh the man (or woman), and how easily they can provide an impenetrable disguise. And he can always be relied upon for a choice insult.

Six: working with the Composer Composer James Atherton and I took a deep breath and delved into the world of hautboys, crumhorns and psalteries, listening to composers such as John Dowland, Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons and even Henry VIII himself, whose song book has inspired two of the songs in this production. We were delighted to stumble across the suggestion that the nursery rhyme three blind mice had perhaps been inspired by Mary Tudor.

Seven: rehearsal Getting the play script into the rehearsal room is when

it undergoes the next big change. The first day, when we sit in a big circle with all the craft and production and marketing and education departments and read it aloud for the first time, is an anxious experience for us all. But then as the actors start to interrogate the text and put it on its feet in the rehearsal room, the magic starts to happen. This is my favorite bit of the writing process. It’s when the words really start to come to life: the characters become vivid, and the actors bring their special brand of charisma and energy and ingenuity to the play.

Opening night! Finally, having been lost in the world of the play for months, I get to see the play as if for the first time, all the moments where I’ve completely missed essential pieces of plot; or a moment that’s potentially confusing but none of us had spotted. It’s also the moment where the play gets to meet its most important character: the audience.

Finally... Of course, I’m already thinking about what next year’s festive show will be, and plan to sit down and start writing it just a few weeks from now…

By Artistic Director Theresa Heskins

The Fight Between Carnival and Len by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Designer Laura Willstead’s stunning wrap-around design of miniature Tudor houses looked striking on her model box but how could we practically produce 110 handmade 3D houses whilst still building all the

other props and set for The Prince and The Pauper?

The houses aren’t the first time the New Vic has made use of the exciting equipment and expertise at Wavemaker, a digital technology specialist based in Hanley. You may remember the

beautiful willows hanging from the balcony for last year’s The Wind In The Willows and the vinyl cuts for The Snow Queen chandeliers; they were all laser cut at Wavemaker. So we were lucky to be able to make use of Wavemaker’s equipment and technology again.

SO HOW DID WE MAKE THE HOUSES?

STEP ONE Designer Laura hand drew four designs which Melissa from the Workshop team and Danni our Chief Electrician digitally converted into Inkscape Software so it could be exported as a file which can be read by the laser cutter.

STEP TWO By drawing in different colours the team differentiated between a “kiss cut” which looks like a

line drawn on the card and a “cut” which will cut all the way through the card. The drawings were then uploaded on to the computer at Wavemaker, downloaded into the laser cutter and the first test cuts were done!

STEP THREE With some editing and refining of the designs we were able to get the laser cutter to cut out a house in just over 5 minutes! And so the cutting of houses began…

STEP FOUR They then returned back to the workshop where Scenic Artist Denise painted and textured them.

STEP FIVE The houses returned to the technical team who installed internal LED lighting to give the houses life.

STEP SIX The houses were mounted and attached to the balcony balustrade where you can see them twinkling during the show.

The whole process was a real team effort which would have been impossible without the equipment at Wavemaker.

Wavemaker is a digital inclusion and engagement specialist which offers opportunities to grow skills in all areas of digital technologies.

With our digital inclusion

initiative, we provide digital upskilling workshops, activities and talks that teach key digital skills around enabling people to become more confident and competent with digital technology.

For younger learners studying at Key Stage 2 and 3 levels, we offer digital future skills – a programme of activities to enable students to interact, learn and engage with the creative and digital sectors.

NEW VIC BUILDS TUDOR LONDON TOWN!

Colour us in... Design by Lis Evans

Spot the Difference! Can you find the five differences in the pictures below?

Word Grid

ANSWERS ON PAGE 22!

3 LETTERSTOM

5 LETTERSROUNDHENRYMUSIC DANCE ACTOR

6 LETTERSEDWARDPRINCEPAUPERNEW VICPALACE

7 LETTERSTHEATREMA CANTYPA CANTYFESTIVE

8 LETTERSMARY TUDORCHRISTMASELIZABETH

Fill in the words to complete the grid!

Find the Crown Can you help Edward find his crown?

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Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)

Mark Twain is a celebrated author of major literary classics from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to The Prince and The Pauper.

He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the village of Florida, Missouri on 30 November 1835. The sixth child to John and Jan Clemens he was in ill health as a child and some of his early years of sickliness and time spent with his mother he would later incorporate into his novels, but very often through rose-tinted glasses. In 1839, his family moved east to the town of Hannibal on the Mississippi River where his father believed that their fortune could be made; here he would be influenced by these surroundings to write the stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

As a young boy he was imaginative and adventuring. He and his friends would often play pirates and other make believe stories or spend their time fishing, swimming and picnicking. Throughout his later life he was still drawn to the river as he was a keen riverboat pilot, as well as a journalist, lecturer and novelist.

His youth was peppered with tragedy, hardship and a very challenging social environment. He was witness to crime and murder in the town over his time there and his family

were not immune to tragedy either, as two of his siblings died in childhood and his father died in 1847 when Twain was just 13 years old.

In 1850 he became a typesetter for his elder brother at the Hannibal Journal, where he would start to write and draw sketches. It was during the American Civil War when Twain went to work as a reporter at the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise that he took the pen name Mark Twain. A riverboat pilot called Isaiah Sellers would sign off as Mark Twain, a reference to the boating term of ‘marking the twain’; he liked this, took the name and set about forging his writing career.

By 1869, due to his successful travelling trips lecturing and his career as a journalist, Twain was now one of the most famous writers in America. In 1876 his most famous works were published: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Twain married Olivia Langdon in 1870 who was the daughter of a rich New York merchant. He felt that this would raise his social standing. Though he had huge success as a writer he had severe financial failings, which consequently would have serious implications on his life and mental health.

It was in 1881 that he wrote his fanciful novel about Tudor England: The Prince and The Pauper. He said it was written for ‘young people of all ages.’

During his later years, death and grief would fill his world again, as he lost 3 of his 4 children to illness, but his work would see him honoured with degrees from Universities on both sides of the Atlantic.

Twain died on 21 April 1910 at the age of 74 and is buried in Elmira, New York. He is remembered for his tales of American life in the south, as a humourist, a novelist, a political philosopher.

DAVID AHMADTHE HERO (MILES HENDON / MINSTREL)For the New Vic: Jago’s Box.

Theatre credits include: The Kite Runner (Playhouse Theatre, West End); The Game’s Afoot (Les Enfants Terribles & EBP); Romeo & Juliet (Orange Tree, Richmond); The Man

Without A Past (New Perspectives); Eyecatcher (Sheffield Crucible); Potted Potter (Little Shubert Theater, New York / Melbourne International Comedy Festival); Potted Pirates (Pleasance, Edinburgh); Ernest & The Pale Moon (Les Enfants Terribles); Sleeping Beauty (Colchester Mercury); The Good Soul of Szechuan, Fear & Misery in The Third Reich (Watford Palace); A Christmas Carol (TNT / ADGE); Ideomotor (London Horror and Vaults Festivals); George’s Marvellous Medicine, Tom’s Midnight Garden (Birmingham Stage Company); Romeo & Juliet (Akademie der Kunst, Berlin).

Television and film credits include: Kat and The Band (Boudica Films); Doctors (BBC); Apple Tree Yard (Kudos); The Frank Skinner Show (Avalon).

DANIELLE BIRD APPRENTICE HERO (EDWARD)For the New Vic: Astley’s Astounding Adventures.

Theatre credits include: The Worst Witch (Vaudeville Theatre); Aladdin (Theatre Royal,

Wakefield); The Hypocrite (Hull Truck / Royal Shakespeare Company); Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre); Not Moses (Arts Theatre); The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Birmingham REP); Alice’s Adventures Underground (Les Enfants Terribles); Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Cyrano De Bergerac. (Chester Performs / Grosvenor Open Air Theatre); Princess and The Pea (York Theatre Royal); Father Christmas and The Icicle Bicycle, Tea Time (Oxford Playhouse); The Prince and The Pauper (Unicorn Theatre); Colin Hoult’s Real Horror Show (Leicester Square Theatre); No Ball Games (New Wolsey Theatre); As You Like It (Principal Theatre); Slick (Scarabeus Theatre Dance Company); Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet (Young Shakespeare Company); You Me Bum Bum Train (YMBBT).

Danielle also performs stilt walking, puppetry and storytelling shows with the circus theatre company Circo Rum Ba Ba.

Television credits include: Vengeance (Light Films); The Investigator (ITV / Netflix) The Wives Did It (Discovery); Holby City (BBC); The Double Life of Morton Coyle (The Comedy Unit / BBC).

Film credits include: Now You See Me 2 (Lionsgate); A Running Jump, Mike Leigh’s Olympic film (BBC Films / Film4).

CAST

KIERAN BUCKERIDGE PLAYER MANAGER (FIRST LORD OF EVERYTHING / MINSTREL)For the New Vic: By Jeeves and The Wind in the Willows.

Theatre credits include: Swallows and Amazons (York Theatre Royal);

Private Lives (London Classic Theatre); Up Down Man, Can’t Buy Me Love, Mother Goose, Dick Whittington, Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse); The Secret Adversary, Pinafore Swing (Watermill Theatre); Elektra, The Rivals, The History Boys, Our Country’s Good, The Recruiting Officer, Private Lives, The Deep Blue Sea, Loot, The Woman in Black, The Good Companions, All My Sons (Keswick Theatre by the Lake); Two, Merlin (The Dukes, Lancaster); Blithe Spirit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Moonlight and Magnolias, The Mikado (Stephen Joseph Theatre); David Copperfield, Travels with my Aunt, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Dick Barton (Oldham Coliseum); Hamlet, Alice in Wonderland (The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton).

Television and film credits include: Traitors (Channel 4); Darkest Hour (Working Title); Dementamania (Ronin Pictures); Ye Olde Dragon’s Den, Moving On, Pearly Gates, Worried about the Boy (BBC); Heartbeat and Emmerdale (ITV); Coronation Street (Granada).

Kieran is a composer and was recipient of a Cameron Mackintosh bursary resulting in a 6 month residency at Bristol Old Vic. He has written for Northern Broadsides, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Salisbury Playhouse, Tobacco Factory, Dukes Theatre, Mikron Theatre Company and York Theatre Royal.

NICHOLE BIRDAPPRENTICE FOOL (TOM)This is Nichole’s first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: The Dutch Lady, Look About Him, The Wits (Shakespeare’s’ Globe

/ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Immersion Theatre); Unmythable (Out of Chaos); Love’s Victory (Urania Theatre); The Rakes Progress (Theatre de Complicité / DNO); Peter Pan, Cinderella (Theatre Royal, Winchester); James And The Giant Peach (Sell A Door); After The Blue (GSP Studios); A Christmas Carol – More Or Less! (Climar Productions); Alice’s Adventures Underground (Les Enfant Terribles / Scarabeus); Dylan Thomas In Fiztrovia Festival; Comedy Of Errors, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night Dream, Cyrano De Bergerac, Othello (Storyhouse); The Prince And The Pauper (Unicorn Theatre); The Real Horror Show (Leicester Square Theatre); You Me Bum Bum Train; Death Of A Salesman (TNT / AGD Europe); Arden Of Faversham (Em-Lou Productions); The Woman Before (SOHO Theatre); As You Like It (Principal Theatre Company).

Film credits include: A Running Jump (Thin Man Films); Zoe (RSA Productions); Now You See Me 2 (Lionsgate / NYSM2 Ltd); Mousie (Smart Films)

Television credits include: The Wives Did It (Discovery ID); Holby City (BBC); The Tree Fairy (Remark! Media); The Double Life Of Morton Coyle (BBC).

Other credits include: Welsh Tourist in National Trust – Podcast (National Trust); Geraldine Clarkson Anthology, The Empty Horizon Poetry Anthology (Live Canon); Bose Sound Touch Animation (Minivegas) (Audio / Voice Over); The Life And Opinions Of Mary Read, Lady Percy (Queynte Ladies); Payback The Musical (Milton Morrissey Productions); Wounds To The Face (Constellation Creatives)

Nichole also performs with Street and Circus Theatre Company Circo Rum Ba Ba.

Nichole graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, BA Hons in Performance.

GARETH CASSIDYPLAYER QUEEN (MARY TUDOR / BEEFEATER)For the New Vic: Treasure Island, Astley’s Astounding Adventures and The 39 Steps.

Theatre credits include: Spring & Port Wine (Oldham Coliseum); Cinderella (LBT Huddersfield); The Hobbit, Beauty & The Beast, Hansel & Gretel, The Life & Times Of Mitchell And Kenynon, Christmas Carol, Pierre Point – A Hangman’s Tale, Peter Pan, Treasure Island (The Dukes, Lancaster); Beauty And The Beast, ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore, Vincent On Brixton and She Stoops To Conquer (Keswick Theatre by the Lake); Little Shop Of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse); Heidi, We Are Three Sisters (Northern Broadsides); Crying In The Chapel (Contact Theatre Manchester); In The Picture (M6 Theatre); Hard Times (Library Theatre Manchester); Around The World In 80 Days (Chipping Norton Theatre & Tour); Exchange Your Talent (Royal Exchange, Manchester); The Wild Adventures Of Robin Hood (Sticks Theatre); Hamlet, The Merchant Of Venice (Demi Paradise Theatre at Lancaster Castle); Pinocchio (Oldham Children’s Theatre) Cell (24 / 7 and Re:Play Festivals).

Television credits include: South Riding (BBC); The Great Train Robbery (World Productions); Curfew (Tiger Aspect for Sky); 7 Days That Rocked Elton (ITV for Channel 5).

Gareth has extensive Radio and Audio Book Credits including: Keep The Home Fires Burning, And Is There Honey Still For Tea (BBC Radio 4) and he is the voice of all the Meerkat Madness Audio Books.

A graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University,

MATTHEW GANLEY FOOL (PA CANTY / MINSTREL)For the New Vic: Around The World In 80 Days, The Snow Queen and Our Gracie (co-production with Oldham Coliseum).

Theatre credits include: Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (Octagon Theatre); Maggie May (Liverpool’s Royal Court); Bread and Roses, The Ladykillers (Oldham Coliseum); Beryl (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Once – the Musical (the Phoenix Theatre, London); Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (number one national tour); Much Ado About Nothing (Lancaster Castle); Aladdin (Everyman Playhouse, Liverpool); The Winter’s Tale (the Brindley Theatre, Runcorn); Word:Play tour (Box of Tricks Theatre); The Crypt Project (Happystorm Theatre); The Duchess of Malfi (Shakespeare’s Globe / Sam Wanamaker Festival); Once in a House on Fire (Monkeywood Theatre); The Play That Killed Me, The Lonely Clouds of Guernica, God Wept and the Devil Laughed (Come As You Arts – winner of the Manchester Theatre Award for Best Studio Performance); Macbeth (Pendley Shakespeare Festival); Romeo and Juliet (the Royal Armouries); The Laramie Project (Hope Theatre Company).

Television credits include: Prey – series two, Emmerdale (ITV); Accused – series two (RSJ Films); Waterloo Road (BBC); Shameless, Hollyoaks, Bradford Riots (Channel 4).

Film credits include: The Violators (Red Union Films); Block, The Lane (Silent Productions).

Radio credits include: Rock (Dark Smile Productions); Dreaming of Foxes (BBC).

Matthew trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

ELLIOT GOOCHAPPRENTICE PLAYER (UNDERSTUDY / MINSTREL) This is Elliot’s first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: Once on This Island (Southwark Playhouse); West Side Story (New Alexandra Birmingham); Boogie Nights (New

Alexandra Birmingham); 42nd Street (Wyvern Theatre); Brit Awards (02 Arena).

Film credits include: All Those Things (AOD); The Interview (Mystery Pictures).

Workshops: Bess: A Pop Musical.

Credits at Bird College: Jesus Christ Superstar, Legally Blonde, Love’s Labour’s Lost, People Places & Things, Promises Promises, Anything Goes, Little Revolution.

Credits at National Youth Music Theatre: Brass, Encore.

Other: Soloist / Principle Trumpet (New York International Music Festival – Carnegie Hall), 1st Trumpet (Music For Youth Proms – Royal Albert Hall).

JASMIN HINDSPLAYER PRINCESS (ELIZABETH I)This is Jasmin’s first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: Summer and Smoke (Duke of York’s).

Television credits include: The Amelia Gething Complex (BBC).

Jasmin graduated from RADA in July 2018.

SUFIA MANYA DAME (MA CANTY / MINSTREL)This is Sufia’s first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: The Hired Man (Queens Theatre Hornchuch

/ Hull Truck Theatre / Oldham Colesium); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Bolton Octagon Theatre); Miss Littlewood (Royal Shakespeare Company); 101 Dalmatians (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre); Venice Preserv’d (The Spectator’s Guild); The Smartest Giant In Town (Folksy Theatre UK Tour); Love; Lies And Lust (Queens Theatre Hornchurch); Consider This (Guildford Electric Theatre); Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ? (Artix Theatre – Bromsgrove); The Wizard Of Oz (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre); Urinetown (Derby Guildhall Theatre); The Dark Entry (Canterbury Festival); No Exit (Hexagon Theatre; Birmingham); Les Mains Sales (Crescent Theatre; Birmingham)

As Musical Director: Return to the Forbidden Planet, Lights Up! (Lytton Theatre); Honk! The Musical (Gordon Craig Theatre SDA); Summer Holiday, Their Scarves Were Red & Cruisin (Highbury Youth Theatre); Made in Dagenham (Impact Theatre, workshop)

Workshop credits include: The Wicker Husband (Unicorn Theatre); Verbatim (Key Theatre; Peterborough).

Sufia trained at Drama Studio London & Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (MMUS, BMUS (HONS), PGDip).

TOM RICHARDSON PLAYER KING (HENRY VIII / BEEFEATER)For the New Vic: Roots (co-production with Mercury Theatre Colchester / Nottingham Playhouse / Hull Truck).

Theatre credits include: Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Guildford Shakespeare Company); Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Storyhouse, Chester); Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, Sense & Sensibility, Single Spies, Dial ‘M’ For Murder, Watch It Sailor!, The Rivals (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick); Elton John’s Glasses (Watford Palace Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Snow White and Other Tales from The Brothers Grimm, Treasure Island, The Wind in The Willows (Creation Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo & Juliet, The Wind in The Willows, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors (Chester Performs); Twelfth Night: A Gender Experiment (The Rose Playhouse);

The White Carnation (The Finborough / Jermyn Street Theatre); The Winter’s Tale, The Rivals, The Grapes of Wrath, Arsenic and Old Lace (all for The Mercury Theatre Colchester’s acting company); The Mousetrap (Asia Tour and West End); Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes and Dad’s Army Marches On (UK No. 1 Tours).

Tom trained at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

FAZ SHAH PLAYER (SHOW MUSICAL DIRECTOR / MINSTREL)For the New Vic: Astley’s Astounding Adventures.

Faz Shah (Farhaan Aamir Shah) is an actor, composer, script writer and beatboxing violinist from Manchester and has performed all around the world in prestigious

venues both as a solo performer and with orchestras. He was invited to Buckingham Palace to attend a performance of Romeo and Juliet alongside other actors, dancers and musicians from all over the world and to meet Her Majesty the Queen & Prince Philip.

Credits include: Eid With the Neighbours (collaboration with Brimero Entertainment and Penny Appeal); The Awakening (UK Tour); Common Lore (Sophia Hatfield); Code Blue (Sam Glen); CBeebies, British Muslim TV, BBC Radio Liverpool International Music Festival (Garage Classical Orchestra in collaboration with the Royal Northern College of Music); The Hallé Orchestra – bringing classical music to disadvantaged communities, Music Action International (Freetown, Sierra Leone); Royal Northern College of Music (Workshops); Tipp (Prisons and care centres).

Faz has also delivered his own sessions in over a hundred schools across the UK. You can listen to Faz Shah on YouTube, iTunes and Spotify.

MARGIT VAN DER ZWAN PLAYER (MINSTREL)This is Margit’s first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: The Bacchae (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Cabaret (Carré Theatre, Amsterdam);

Lolly, Pops, Circus Props (Artful Playground); High Tea in Wonderland (Manchester International Festival); Love of Seven Dolls (Chickenshed Theatre, London); Sleeping Beauty (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Aladdin (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Jack and the Beanstalk (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Comedy of Composers (Fortune Theatre, London).

Television and film credits include: Mount Pleasant (Sky 1); Heading Out, In The Flesh, From There to Here, The Worst Witch, The A Word (BBC); Pat and Cabbage, Paranoid (ITV); Snatch (Sony Crackle); Ackley Bridge (All4); Years & Years (BBC / HBO).

As a cellist, Margit has recorded and toured with artists including Elbow, Cinematic Orchestra, Emeli Sande, I Am Kloot, ELO Experience, Richard Hawley, Dutch Uncles, Mat Halsall’s Gondwana Orchestra, The Maccabees, Beth Orton, Roy Wood, Mick Harvey, Danni Nicholls, The Slow Show, Taz Modi. She also teaches and is involved with several music charities (Music in Hospitals, Lime Arts, High Peak Community Arts).

Margit trained at Leeds University and Central St Martin’s /UAL.

JOSS WYRE APPRENTICE PLAYER (UNDERSTUDY)This is Joss’ first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: Vassa Zheleznova (Southwark Playhouse); Richard III (The Faction); Five Birds In a Cage, The New Poor, Pros and Cons, The Rest Cure (Optik

Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Watch Your Head); Between the Soup and Savoury (Love, Work and the Vote); Jane Eyre (Rosemary Branch); Print (Bridewell Theatre).

Television and film credits include: Winter Ridge (Chris Hardman Pictures / Camelot Films); The Hallow (Occupant Entertainment).

Joss trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

THERESA HESKINS ADAPTER AND DIRECTOR For the New Vic: The 39 Steps, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Votes for Women, Treasure Island, Around The World In 80 Days (US and UK tour), The Royal Exchange, winner of the Cameo Page to Stage Award); The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People); Peter Pan in Scarlet with Oxford Playhouse, Kiss Me Quickstep, Robin Hood & Marian, Unearthed and The Throne in association with the National Theatre Studio, Dracula, The Borrowers, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Widowers’ Houses, A Christmas Carol, Far From the Madding Crowd, Where Have I Been All My Life?, Alice in Wonderland; The Rivals, The

Admirable Crichton, Peter Pan, Bleak House, Humble Boy, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The Wicked Lady, A Voyage Round My Father, The Weir, Great Expectations, The Wizard of Oz, Cider With Rosie, Jamaica Inn, The Glee Club.

Theatre as Director: The Worst Witch (Vaudeville Theatre and UK tour), White Open Spaces (South Bank Show Decibel Award nominee), Silent Engine (Edinburgh Fringe First), Precious Bane for Pentabus Theatre; Grace for Jade Theatre.

Writing includes: BBC Women’s Hour radio dramas Lady Audley’s Secret, Wives and Daughters, Gunspowder Women. Shows created for the New Vic at Christmas have been produced all over the UK, including by the Watermill Theatre, Northern Stage, Edinburgh Lyceum, Cardiff Sherman, Kingston Rose and Northampton Theatres.

Trained at Birmingham Rep on the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme.

JAMES ATHERTON COMPOSER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR For the New Vic: The 39 Steps, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Treasure Island, Around The World In 80 Days (2017 co-production with Kenny Wax Family Entertainment, Simon Friend and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Dracula, The Snow Queen, Peter Pan in Scarlet, Kiss Me Quickstep, Robin Hood & Marian, the Hoard Festival, The Borrowers, Around The World In Eighty Days (2014 co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; 2013); The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Stones in His Pockets, A Christmas Carol, Phoenix From the Flames (Olympic torch relay); Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Theatre as Composer / Musical Director credits include: The Man Without A Past (New Perspectives); A Tiger’s Tale (M6 Theatre Company); Prom, When We Built A Rocket Ship (Oldham Coliseum), Hansel and Gretel (Live@TheLibrary Oldham) The Visitors Book (Hope Mill Theatre); The Giant Jam Sandwich, The Tiger’s Bones (New Perspectives – National

CREATIVE TEAM

YOUNG COMPANYThea Bailey, Jacque Bowen, Lily Bowers, Beatrice Bowery-Taylor, Ella Bradshaw, Isobel Burke, Molly Clewes, Olivia Cliffe, Eta Cullen-Cornes, Elizabeth Daily-Hunt, Callum Day, Holly Edwards, Molly Ferneyhough, George Forsyth, Evangeline Giannitto, Martha Glover-Edge, Jessica Lello, Miles Lesniak, Emily Marshall, Mai McGregor, Marika Oakes, Jarom Sherrard, Anya Snape, Emilia Wildman

Tour); ‘Tis Written In The Stars (Oldham Coliseum); Bedtime Stories (Upswing at Stratford Circus).

Television as Composer credits include: The History Of Christianity, Tales From the National Parks, The Lives of Gandhi, Around the World in 80 Faiths (BBC); Survivors, Kenny Everett: Licence to Laugh (ITV1); The Unseen Eric Morecambe (Channel 4); Roger to the Rescue (Cosgrove Hall); Colleen’s Secrets (Channel 5); All in the Game, starring Ray Winstone (Film4).James is also the Artistic Director of the renowned Oldham Theatre Workshop.

LAURA WILLSTEAD SET AND PUPPET DESIGNERFor the New Vic: The Wind in the Willows, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Treasure Island, The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People); Robin Hood & Marian, Dracula, The Borrowers, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Great Expectations.

For New Vic Education and Borderlines: The Knotty, The Flood, Katy Clay (Education TiE Tour); All Mixed Up (Borderlines TiE Tour); Cuba, The Government Inspector (Youth Theatre Main House); Fright Fest (Youth Opportunity).

Theatre design credits include: The Game (Northern Broadsides National Tour); Previous (Geese UK Theatre Company National Tour); Would Like to Meet (Stoke Rep); On the Home Front, Singin’ in the Rain, Sticks and Stones (Reveal Theatre Company); The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Good Woman of Szechwan (Arden Theatre); Dealing Dreams (Real Life Theatre Company).

Film and television credits include: Britannic Street, BT TalkWorks promotion, BP, International Climate Control, Manchester Mardi Gras (Ric Mellis Productions); Hollyoaks, Brookside (Mersey Television).

Laura is Head of Workshops at the New Vic Theatre.

LIS EVANS COSTUME DESIGNERAs Resident Designer for the New Vic, Lis has designed over 120 productions including: Brassed Off, Much Ado About Nothing (Northern Broadsides co-production, and International tour); Costumes for The Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Set and Costume designs for Playhouse Creatures, The Pitmen Painters, Around The World In 80 Days (2017 co-production with Kenny Wax Family Entertainment, Simon Friend and Royal Exchange, Manchester – winner of the Cameo Page to Stage Award); Dial M for Murder, Cyrano (co-production with Northern Broadsides), The Snow Queen (winner of

UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People); The Mountaintop, Talent, Diana of Dobson’s, Robin Hood & Marian, The Hoard Festival, Dracula, Merry Wives, Around The World In Eighty Days (2014 co-production with the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; 2013); I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire!, An August Bank Holiday Lark, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Stones in His Pockets, Talking Heads, A Christmas Carol, Proof, Spring and Port Wine.

Other theatre credits include: The Canterbury Tales, Merry Wives, Romeo and Juliet, Vacuum, The Tempest (Northern Broadsides UK and China Tour) and design, painting and making various productions in Nottingham, Manchester, Bradford Edinburgh and London

Lis has contributed to the National Life Stories collection for the British Library’s sound archive.

Costume drawings from various New Vic Productions are currently on display on the New Vic Front-of-House lampshades.

DANIELLA BEATTIE LIGHTING DESIGNERAs resident Lighting Designer at the New Vic, productions include: Handbagged, The 39 Steps, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Brassed Off, Much Ado About Nothing (co-production with Northern Broadsides), The Wind in the Willows, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Table, Votes for Women, Treasure Island, The Pitmen Painters, Dial M for Murder, The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People); Peter Pan in Scarlet (co-production with Oxford Playhouse); The Mountaintop, Diana of Dobson’s, Kiss Me Quickstep (co-production with Oldham Coliseum); Tale Trail to Robin Hood & Marian, Robin Hood & Marian, Seeing the Lights, the Hoard Festival, Dracula, Bell, Book and Candle, The Borrowers, Ghosts, Inherit the Wind, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Gaslight, Stones in His Pockets, Blonde Bombshells (co-production with Oldham Coliseum); Thrill of Love (co-production with St James Theatre); A Fine Bright Day Today, Alfie (co-production with Stephen Joseph Theatre and Oldham Coliseum); The Wicked Lady (Best Lighting Design at the 2009 TMA Awards).

Other theatre credits include: Ramshackle House (Upswing); Girls, Girls, Girls (Potboiler Theatre); The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, We Are the Lions Mr Manager, Dare Devil Rides to Jarama and Rouse, Ye Women! (Townsend Productions); Peter Pan (Halifax Victoria Theatre); Man Up, The Voyages, You Are Here (Restoke); Cyrano (co-production with the New Vic); Dick Whittington (Rotherham Civic); Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest (Northern Broadsides); Extra Yarn (Filament).

Daniella trained in Theatre Design and Technology at Bretton Hall (University of Leeds).

BEVERLEY NORRIS-EDMUNDS CHOREOGRAPHERBeverley has worked on over 50 productions at the New Vic, recent credits include: Handbagged, High Flyers (New Vic Borderlines); The 39 Steps, Much Ado About Nothing (co-production with Northern Broadsides); Around The World In 80 Days, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Playhouse Creatures, Treasure Island, The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People); Peter Pan in Scarlet, Kiss Me Quickstep.

Recent Choreography includes: The Worst Witch (Vaudeville Theatre West End, Royal and Derngate and National Tour); Cinderella, O What a Lovely War, Up ‘n’ Under, Hot Stuff, Chicago (MEN Theatre Award for Best Ensemble – Oldham Coliseum Theatre); Girls Don’t Play Guitars, Scouse Pacific, Maggie May (The Musical) Scouse Nativity, Our Day Out the Musical, (Royal Court Theatre Liverpool) Hard Times, For Love or Money, Cyrano (co-production with the New Vic); A Winter’s Tale, Loves Labours Lost (Northern Broadsides); The D Road (Claybody Theatre).

Tours include: Around The World In 80 Days (New Victory Theatre, Broadway, New York and UK Theatre Tour, co-production with New Vic Theatre, Kenny Wax Family entertainment, Simon Friend and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Return to the Forbidden Planet, The Man without a Past (New Perspectives Theatre Company); Carmen.

Television credits include: Disney’s The Evermoor Chronicles, Coronation Street, Butterfly, Hollyoaks, Cbeebie’s The Magic Door, Sunny D, Fernando Torres Nike Commercial, September Song and O Jerusalem (feature film).

Beverley has also worked on numerous productions for: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Bolton Octagon, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Liverpool Empire, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough, Hull Truck Theatre, Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke and Harrogate Theatre.

ALEX DAY CO-SOUND DESIGNERSound Designs for the New Vic: The 39 Steps, Votes For Women, Beryl, The Mountaintop.

Co-Designs: Astley’s Astounding Adventures, Treasure Island, The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People); Peter Pan in Scarlet (co-production with Oxford Playhouse); Kiss Me Quickstep (co-production with Oldham Coliseum); Robin Hood & Marian, Dracula.

Associate Sound Designer: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Around The World In 80 Days (2017 co-production with Kenny Wax Family Entertainment, Simon Friend and Royal Exchange – winner of the Cameo Page to Stage Award); Around The World In Eighty Days (2014 co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester).

Freelance Sound Designs: Stoke: A Love Story (Potboiler Theatre); Prom! The Musical – (Oldham Theatre Workshop).

JAMES EARLS-DAVIS CO-SOUND DESIGNERAs resident Sound Designer for the New Vic, productions include: Handbagged, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The 39 Steps, Intemperance, Much Ado About Nothing (co-production with Northern Broadsides), The Wind In The Willows (co-designed with Alex Day), Astley’s Astounding Adventures (co-designed with Alex Day); Educating Rita, The Pitmen Painters, Around The World In 80 Days (2017 co-production with Kenny Wax Family Entertainment, Simon Friend and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester – winner of the Cameo Page to Stage Award); Anna of the Five Towns, Dial M for Murder, The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People – co-designed with Alex Day); The Kitchen Sink, Peter Pan in Scarlet (co-production with Oxford Playhouse, co-designed with Alex Day); Kiss Me Quickstep (co-production with Oldham Coliseum, co-designed with Alex Day); Robin Hood & Marian, Dracula (co-designed with Alex Day); Seeing the Lights, The Hoard Festival, The Ladykillers.

Original music includes: Bell, Book and Candle, The Thrill of Love, Gaslight, Proof, Desire Under the Elms, Copenhagen, Blue/Orange, Misery, Dealer’s Choice, Romeo and Juliet, Broken Glass (solo); Talking Heads, Smoke, Once We Were Mothers, Kes, All That Trouble That We Had (with Russell Gregory); The Wicked Lady, Romeo and Juliet and A Fine Bright Day Today (with Sue Moffat).

Sound design and / or original music includes: Play (B-Arts); Devotion (Potboiler Theatre); The Game (Northern Broadsides); A Number (Library Theatre, Manchester); These Four Streets (Birmingham Repertory); Rebecca, Frozen (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick); King Macbeth, Silent Anger, Homefront, Sticks and Stones (Reveal Theatre Co); Twelfth Night (Belgrade, Coventry).

PHILIP D’ORLÉANS FIGHT DIRECTORFor the New Vic: Brassed Off, Treasure Island, Dial M For Murder, Much Ado About Nothing (co-production with Northern Broadsides), Cyrano and Hamlet (co-productions with Northern Broadsides); Kiss Me Quickstep, Robin Hood &

Marian, Gaslight, The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, The Ladykillers, Far From The Madding Crowd, The Rivals, Bleak House, Humble Boy.

Philip is an Equity Registered Fight Director, and a fight examiner for the BASSC. He teaches at RADA and Drama Studio London.

Other theatre includes: Shakespeare In Love (National Theatre, Norway); Agreed (Glyndebourne); Simon Boccanegra (Greek National Opera); Merry Wives Of Windsor, King Lear (Shakespeare’s Globe); Andrea Chenier, Simon Boccanegra (Royal Opera House); Lion In Winter, Jekyll & Hyde (Frankfurt English Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); The Outsider (Print Room); Romeo & Juliette (Korea National Opera); Titus Andronicus (RSC / Barbican); They Don’t Pay, We Won’t Pay, Brighton Rock (Theatre Royal York); The Kite Runner (Wyndham’s Theatre); Cabaret (National Tour); Alzira, Macbeth 1847 (Buxton Opera Festival); Robin Hood, Kindertransport, Our Country’s Good (Nottingham Playhouse); King Lear (Northern Broadsides); Treasure Island, Robin Hood (Duke’s Theatre); Great Expectations (National Tour); The Ladykillers (Hull Truck Theatre); Grapes of Wrath, Dedication (Nuffield Southampton); Corpse, Hamlet (Vienna English Theatre); Fox On The Fairway (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); Faustus (Creation Theatre Oslo).

Film includes: King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (Warner Bros); Pan (Warner Bros); The Knife That Killed Me (Universal Pictures); Dark Signal (Racing Snake Prods).

ANJI CARROLL CDGCDG CASTING ASSOCIATEOver 50 plays for the New Vic: including Around The World In 80 Days, – winner of the Cameo Page to Stage Award at New Vic, Royal Exchange, UK Tour, New York and Florida, Produced by Kenny Wax Family Entertainment. The Snow Queen (winner of UK Theatre Award, Best Show for Children and Young People); The 39 Steps – soon to be returning by popular demand, and Astley’s Astounding Adventures.

Other theatre credits include: Sleeping Beauty (Greenwich Panto); Pippi Longstocking, The Worst Witch – Royal & Derngate, Northampton, which after a successful UK tour transferred to the West End this summer. The Man Without A Past, The Giant Jam Sandwich, Harvest, The Lovesong of Alfred J Hitchcock, and others (New Perspectives); The Snow Queen, Pinocchio (Birmingham Old Rep); The Wizard of Oz (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); The Jungle Book (Northampton and UK Tour); Before The Party, Echo’s End, Aladdin (Salisbury Playhouse); Judgement Day (The Print Room); Precious Little Talent (Best Play at the London Theatre Festival Awards 2011 – Trafalgar Studios); Richard III, Macbeth, Othello (Ludlow Festival); Seasons for the Northcott Theatre Exeter and

Bristol Old Vic including Henry IV Parts One and Two, The Notebook of Trigorin, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?, Antigone, The Beggar’s Opera, A Chorus of Disapproval, Betrayal (Bristol Old Vic).

Television credits include: BBC2’s comedy drama series The Cup, The Bill (over 50 episodes); The Sarah Jane Adventures – Invasion of the Bane, two series of London’s Burning (32 episodes); The Knock (4 x 90-minute episodes).

Other credits include: – feature film 2.0 Lucy, feature film Papadopoulos & Sons, West Is West, Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution, Out of Depth, The Jolly Boys’ Last Stand, drama-documentary: Curiosity – What Sank Titanic?, Mayday, Joan of Arc.

Radio credits include: BBC Radio 4 political drama series Number 10.

Anji is a member of the Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain and BAFTA

DAN HUTTON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Directing credits include: CONSPIRACY (Barrel Organ, New Diorama Theatre); Bingo (Pleasance); Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here (Barrel Organ, Camden People’s Theatre); Big Guns (The Yard); The Spanish Tragedy (Old Red Lion).

Associate Director credits include: Daughters of the Sun (Camden People’s Theatre).

Assistant Director credits include: The Glass Menagerie (Headlong); Pioneer (curious directive); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Royal & Derngate, Northern Stage, Manchester Royal Exchange).

Dan is a founding member of touring theatre company Barrel Organ.

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Avoid the queues… You can pre-order your interval drinks at our bar using the slips provided and avoid the rush!

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SWEETS & ICESLocated in the downstairs foyer opposite the Box Office.

Tableware kindly supplied by Dudson, 2019

THE MENU FOR OUR NEXT SHOW IS:

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VEGETARIAN MOUSSAKA with salad or vegetables

We also have a wide selection of quiches and salads available.

Home-made food at value-for-money prices.

Wherever possible, the New Vic uses local produce and ingredients.

BOTTLE LOUNGE 6.00pm – The IntervalOur brand new Bottle and Gin Lounge has opened on the ground floor. Serving local gins and real ales.

NEW VIC PATRONSPATRONS CIRCLE Susan AndrewsGraham BagnallConstance BaileyDebra BaileyPeter BakkenistDavid and Jane BaldwinMr C I and Mrs J BarcroftAlan BarnettMark BarnishDavid and Anne BecketPamela BeechIan BellR and B BenistonNick BentleyColin BillingsBrian and Wendy BishopAngela BorehamGillian BougheyDorothy BoultLesley Boughey S and J BoultonDr Susan BradburyMrs Sandra BrasseyDavid BroomeMavis BrownMichael Buckley Brian BurgessGwyneth BurrellAnn CalderSandy CalderBryan and Jean CarnesTerry and Judith CarterJohn CharlesworthGeorge ChaytorsRomy CheesemanChris CoatesPhilip CollinsClare CooperColin CooperJane CooperCyril and Eileen CoxAlbert and Celia CrewDavid DawsonDavid DickinsonBob DicksonClive and Debbie DrinkwaterIan and Jane DudsonQuentin and Rachel DuerdenWilliam DuroseGraham and Suzanne EdwardsShirley EllwoodElizabeth EvansDavid FeltonSir Brian FenderBob FlowerIvan ForsterIrene FrostDavid and Margaret GartsideJohn GoodierTim and Jenny GrayChristine HaycockPhilippa HemsleySusan HiggsSheila HoldsworthZoe Elizabeth

HollingsworthDawn HowardSheila HowellsTessa and Rod HowgateSally HulmeRailton and Janet HydeClive JoynsonTed KennedyGill LaverJohn LeighAnthony LewisMr LeylandBarry LincolnSue ListerAngela MayerDavid McCannWendy McKieGraham and Jenny MelmothJanis and Eric MilesEunice MortimerJennie MurrayFay NelmsJillian NicholasRoderick NivenMelanie OsborneMiss E ParryNicholas PennellRalph and Katy PhippsLeslie PownerDavid PuxleySteve and Pat ReadJenny RichardsonR RobardsNeil Robinson and Laura ChannonCarol RowleyPeter RuckGraham RussellDavid and Liz SalmonDavid and Judy SandyJanette SeaberM ShallcrossPaul ShentonJonathan ShepherdJune SkidmorePhil SmithAnne SmithJeremy SowterKaren SpraggJennifer SpruceLora StockTerry StockPaul StoneAngie Stubbs Emma SurmanSallie TamsIan Atherton and Jane TillierKen and Sheila TunstallDorothy WilsonNigel VernonFiona WallaceColin WebbKathleen and Norman WebbVernon WilsonSuzanne WithingtonMike Woolford and Ann SouthallBrian WoolleyAdrian Yearsley

PATRONS Tessa AbberleySheila AllenJudi AshJoy Attwood-HarrisSarah BaileyMrs BakerC BarksEileen BarnettBarbara BaxSusan BenningKaren BerrisfordMichael BerrisfordD BillingeEric BirksJackie BlakeleyJohn BloorAngela BoardmanJean BodeDeborah BondMrs S.E BoonRichard BrayMargaret BrooksStephen BruntonRichard BunnJohn ButteryJane CameronC CampbellPeter CarlenAnne CarterAngela CatonDr Richard CaveMrs Patricia CaveArthur ChellVeronica ChristmasJohn ClaytonJohn and Patricia CoatesPhilip CollinsAlbert CooperAndrew CornJenny CrumpE CrutchleyG S D’ArcyMike DaveyC DavidsonTerence DavisYvonne DickPeter DonaldsonS DonnellyMrs DrageDavid DugdaleClive DyerAnita EborallMr EldsMike ElkinFrances EvansMrs FarringtonJan FirthJohn FisherKatherine FlavellJacqueline FrancisMrs Karen FreemanMichaela FysonStuart GadsenStephen GladdenMs S Godwin

Kathleen GolbyM GrahamMalcolm GreenGeorge GreenDon and Toni HainesLiz HallSusan HallamSheila HallmarkJane HamerEileen and Rodney HampsonMrs R HancockProf J HartleyMiss HaslockProf Garth HastingsM HatchardMrs HawleyMrs HayesMr and Mrs HearmanGeoff HeathBrenda HennesseyP HickenMr HopkinsMay HowardSheila HowellsMargaret HughesFred JeffriesSuzanne JeffriesA JohnsonTimothy JohnsonJilly JohnstonPhilip JonesTrevor JonesMihlela KelemanDorothy M KnottC KrahenbuhlMr and Mrs W G KynastonHelen LeeseDavid LittlemoreMr M LloydHelen LovattKevin LovattHarry LoweRonald LucasJ MacbethMrs Audrey MacintyreAnnette MajekodunmiN MarshallPamela MasseyChristine McMillanB MontgomeryMartin MooreJohn MottramJohn and Lindy MucklowMrs MullinarMichael NewtonFrank NicholsonVivian NixsonMrs E NussbaumJohn NutterMrs Beryl OwenMrs OwensMargaret PenalunaSarah PickeringSarah PittMr S PlantVictoria PlattJoan PottsJohn Powell

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Many thanks also to our Patrons and those who wish to remain anonymous.

ANNIVERSARY & CENTRE STAGE PATRONS Janet BennettEmma BridgewaterTricia Budd and Stuart NaylorDavid BudgettPhil Dann Mark and Carol EastwoodJanice EdwardsRachel EdwardsJean FodenJohn and Sheila FreemanAngela GlendenningMartin HarrisonJean HaynesPam and John HindleyKen HodgkinsonMark and Denise HodgkinsonSusan HollandJean HollingsIfor Jones and Esther Morris-JonesPhilip JonesAllan and Eleanor LewingtonDiane LlewellynSusan MarshAnthony MartinKeith MasonMargaret MichellJane MorrisKathy and Paul NiblettJohn and Kathy NormanJohn ParryKath and Walter PartingtonChristopher and Joyce PeelPhilip PottsRobin PowellJudith and Jason RowleyGareth SnellSophia SnellMr SpilsburyCatherine TaylorJohn TurnerMr L & Mrs B Walker

Artistic Director Theresa HeskinsManaging Director Fiona Wallace

Financial Controller Sarah TownshendFinance and Payroll Officer Tina PardoeFinance Officer Wendy KnobbsFinance Assistant Andrea Woodvine

Head of HR and General Management Tracey WainwrightAdministration Officer Hayley UnderwoodAdministration Assistant ( Job Share) Amy GallagherAdministration Assistant ( Job Share) Louise Grattage

Head of Fundraising Michelle Friel-Martin and Development Fundraising and Events Assistant Paula McArdle

Assistant Director Dan HuttonProducing and Programming Manager Martin Hayward

Appetite Director Gemma ThomasAppetite Project Manager Katharine Boon

Head of Production Suzy SomervilleCompany Stage Manager and IT Officer Steve HallDeputy Stage Managers Ashleigh German Kate WilcockAssistant Stage Managers Tracey Booth Kayleigh CooperAssistant Stage Technical/Operator Aaron BatleyHead of Technical Dept/Sound Designer James Earls-DavisChief Electrician and Resident Daniella Beattie Lighting Designer Deputy Chief Electrician Peter MorganSound and Lighting Technician Alex DayTechnical Temporary Staff Josh Carter Matthew Dean Guy Dunk

Beth Earls-Davis Ben Ford Kathy Jackson Ryan Jolley Liz Nelson Craig Sands Ruth Watson Casual Stage Crew Abigail Robertson

Head of Design Lis EvansHead of Workshop Laura WillsteadMaster Carpenter/Deputy Head of Workshop Lee WoodScenic Artist Denise SewellProps and Setting Maker Melissa McCannProduction Carpenter Adam Sutton

Costume Supervisor David ThorneDeputy Costume Supervisor/Cutter Sarah ThorneCostume Cutters Karen Norcross-Downs Alison SunnuckCostume Technician Deborah HallCostume and Wig Technician Christina WhitehillCasual Sewer Margaret Evanson Hilary WeaverCasual Costume Assisitant and Dresser Rhian Beavis

Maintenance Technician Mike Unwin Gardener Ron Gray

Maintenance Assistant Rory EvansHead of Marketing and Communications Emily ClarkeMarketing, Box Officer and IT Manager Pete LeverettPress Officer and Online Editor Claire WalkerMedia and Communications Officer (Temp) Becky LotonMarketing Officer Kay WilsonWeb and Graphic Designer Kevin Hegarty Deputy Box Office Manager Mandy FletcherGroup Booking Organiser Lyndsay WoodSales Officer Louise Clarke Deborah Kellett Tazmyn Rowley Bernadette Williams

Borderlines Director Susan MoffatOutreach, Project Rachel Reddihoughand Technical Manager Young People’s Theatre Pippa Church Company Director And Practitioner Community Arts Practitioner Brendan DaviesAdministrative Assistant Adhia Mahmood Associate Theatre Practitioner Cathryn Rayner Chaperone Jenny Holford

Head of Education Jill RezzanoEducation Project and Administration Manager Lynn Parry Youth Theatre Director and Katherine Hughes Education Practitioner Education Theatre Practitioner Becky SaltChaperones Maria Boone (Lead) Louise Grattage

Will HenshallPatrick Jervis

Matt JonesMary KeoghPeter Lowe

Melanie OsborneGill Pollard

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Front-of-House and Visitorr David Sunnuck Services ManageDeputy Front-of-House Manager Jo ThomsonFront-of-House Assistant Dominic WebberDuty Manager Mandy FletcherTheatre Attendants Norma Ball

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Dorothy RocheGordon Scott

Sue ScottRoy Smith

Gwynneth StirlandNicola StonesJoyce WatsonIrene Wilkes

Doreen Yorke

Senior Theatre Premises Alex Matthews and Fire Warden

Theatre Premises and Fire Warden Pauline Cregg Kevin Gough David Kirk Philip StanworthHead of Housekeeping Elaine CaldwellCleaners Debra Bloor Maureen Kimberley Barbara WicksCasual Cleaner Laura TimmisCar Park Attendants Julia Crooks Russell Gregory Adrian Harrison

Oliver Hulme Paul James Patrick Jervis Matt Jones Ricardio Sentulio

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Head of Catering Rachel LloydChef Aaron HeathAssistant Chef/Supervisor Roger HallSenior Catering Assistant Paula PrinceCommis Chef Rhiannon JamesCatering Assistants Megan Corcoran Terri-Louise Doyle Alyx Furnival Clair Hammersley Bethan Hill

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The New Vic gratefully acknowledges the time and assistance given generously by the New Vic Front-of-House Volunteers.

Angela AlcockJean AllenHazel AllmarkMargaret AustinNorma BallStuart BaylissErin BeechPam BeechDeepa BhattacharyyaSue BloorSusan BradfordBarbara BradleyCharlie BrownSue BirchJulie ColcloughPauline Conliffe

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Annemarie JamesonPatrick JerivsDeb JohnsonAnn JonesCerys JonesPam JonesMiles KitchenerKathleen LanyonMartyn LawtonPat LeeAline LewisMarion MachinAzita MarashiLynda MarenghiCorrine MeysGraham MulvihillIris MulvihillKaren NewsomeSue NoddingAna NovakovicCarolyn PalingBarry PalmerJanet PetrieBryan PickeringKathleen Pickering

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Laura WettonBarbara WilliamsCynthia WoodsDoreen YorkeStana Zahorodnyi

BOARD MEMBERSSTOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITEDDavid AmigoniColin BarcroftBryan Carnes MBE (Chair)Ann FisherGabriella GayCllr Mark HollandSusan HoneyandsGwenda HughesIona JonesChris Lewis

Cllr Lorraine BeardmoreCllr Ian ParryJohn SambrookJonathan ShepherdSara Williams

NEW VICTORIA PROJECTS LIMITEDFrances BromleyChris Lewis (Chair)Fiona Wallace (Secretary)Paul Francis

Honorary President – Albert Cooper

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Charity Registration number: 253242

Company Registration number: 911924

Registered Office: Etruria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0JG

If you wish to make use of any of these services, please inform the Box Office at time of booking. For more information on the above facilities, please contact dsunnuck@newvictheatre.org.uk

ACCESS

The New Vic welcomes all customers and is committed to providing access to the arts for all. Currently services includes:

Free parking available close to the theatre entrance for Blue Badge holders (reserve a space with our Box Office).

Automatic doors and level access into the foyer, ramped access to the auditorium on the ground floor and lift access to the first floor.

Wheelchair spaces available on both the ground and first floor. Disabled toilets available on both levels of the theatre.

Induction Loop (not available for amplified performances) and an Infrared assisted hearing system.

Baby-changing facilities available. You are welcome to breastfeed in any of our Front-of-House areas. If you would like a

private space, please speak to our Box Office Team.

Assistance Dogs are welcome, to take your dog into the auditorium, please let Box Office know when booking.

Balcony Seating Please note: our balcony seating is accessible by stairs only, is approximately 30ft above

the main stage and is not recommended for very young children and those with mobility concerns.

PLEASE NOTE

The Front-of-House Manager is on duty throughout the performance. Please ask if you require assistance.

All smoke effects in New Vic productions are safe and non-toxic.

Remember to silence mobile phones and digital devices.

If crossing the stage area, please exercise extreme caution as trip hazards may be present.

For copyright reasons, taking photographs or making sound recordings is not allowed.

Should you need to leave the auditorium during the performance, you may be asked to wait until a suitable break before you can be readmitted.

There is no smoking in the building. Under the no smoking legislation, where the artistic integrity of a performance makes it

appropriate, actors may be permitted to smoke on stage.

Achieving all the New Vic’s work would simply not be possible without the fantastic support of audience members who choose to become Patrons. New Vic Patrons support us with monthly or annual donations that fund our creative work as well as community and education projects that help some of the most vulnerable people in our area. This work is specialist and intensive, if we are to continue to invest in theatre-making and our pioneering work with local people we need your support.

JOIN NEW VIC PATRONS TODAY AND HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE

YOU CAN JOIN THE NEW VIC PATRONS TODAY – ASK FOR A FORM AT BOX OFFICE OR SIGN UP ONLINE AT

WWW.NEWVICTHEATRE.ORG.UK/PATRON

BECOME A NEW VIC PATRONLOVE THEATRE; CHANGE LIVES:

We’ve been creating excellent theatre-in-the round for over 30 years at our home in Newcastle-under-Lyme and, as a registered charity, our Supporters, Sponsors and Business Friends are crucial to our continued success.

The New Vic would like to thank our Business Friends for their support.

We welcome over 150,000 people through our doors each year to see world-class theatre, and participate in life-changing projects with the community.

Find out more about how you can work with one of the region’s outstanding success stories and add your business support to the culture of the local area.

Contact Fiona Wallace, New Vic Managing Director, on 01782 717954 or email fwallace@newvictheatre.org.uk

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Charity reg no: 253242

NEW VIC BUSINESS FRIENDS

The New Vic Theatre operates thanks to a unique partnership between Arts Council England, Staffordshire County Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

Charity Registration number: 253242 Company Registration number: 911924 Registered Office: Etruria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0JG

Box Office: 01782 717962 newvictheatre.org.uk

FRIDAY 31 JANUARY – SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY Written by Jim Cartwright Directed by Ruth Carney