Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Staff biographies

• Director of Drama

  • Christian Burgess

• Director of Technical Theatre

  • Ben Sumner

• Head of Design Realisation

  • Vanessa Cass

• Props Lecturer

  • Pat Shammon

• Construction Management Lecturer

  • Andy Wilson

• Scenic Carpentry Lecturer

  • Edd Smith

• Design Realisation Assistant

  • Abigail Emmett

• Head of Stage Management & Costume Pathway

  • Jonathan Woolf

• Costume Lecturer

  • Sue Hudson

• Costume Lecturer

  • Annie Crawford

• Stage Management Lecturer

  • Karen Kerr

• Stage Management Lecturer

  • Kate John

• Costume Assistant/Technician

  • Manuela Rey-Alvarez

• Head of Theatre Technology

  • Steve Huttly

• Automation and Stage Technology Lecturer

  • To be announced

• Lecturer in Digital Performance Technology (Video)

  • Dan Shorten

• Lecturer in Digital Performance Technology (Sound)

  • Neil Alexander

• Lighting Design and Technology Lecturer

  • Nick Peel

• Head of Production

  • Stuart Calder

• Production Management Lecturer

  • Rhian Jones

• Production Management Lecturer

  • Matt Holliday

• Head of Performance Venues

  • Chris Wheal

• Technical Stage Manager (Stage)

  • Simon Bond

• Technical Stage Manager (Lighting and Sound)

  • Daniel Whewell

• Head of Drama Administration

  • Gareth Higgins

• Assistant Head of Drama Administration (Admissions)

  • David Cox

• Assistant Head of Drama Administration (Student Systems and Information)

  • Rachel Payant

• Administrative Assistant

  • Sharon Clarke

• Personal Assistant

  • Lisa Evans

• Visiting Staff

  • Alex Hitchcock - Automation
  • Susannah Henry - Contextual Theatre Studies
  • Tom Rogers - Period Styles
  • Andrew Killian - Theatre History
  • Polly Armfield - Stage Management
  • Stephen Rice & Graham Reid - Equity
  • Lee Dennison & Stuart Crane - Live Events
  • Di Willmott - Interview and CV Technique
  • David Babani - Producing West End & Broadway
  • Heather Gordon - Tax and Finance

• Directors include:

  • Ashley Dean
  • Christian Burgess
  • Edd Dick
  • Harry Fehr
  • Joseph Blatchley
  • Martin Lloyd Evans
  • Nadia Fall
  • Nick Bagnall
  • Owen Horsley
  • Owen Lewis
  • Patsy Rodenburg
  • Richard Twyman
  • Stephen Barlow
  • Stephen Medcalf
  • Tom Daley
  • Wyn Jones
  • Martin Connor
  • Sue Lefton

• Designers include:

  • Agnes Treplin
  • Cordelia Chisholm
  • David Farley
  • Dick Bird
  • Dora Schweitzer
  • Isabella Bywater
  • Jamie Todd
  • Libby Watson
  • Mark Bailey
  • Mark Simmonds
  • Nicky Bunch
  • Signe Beckmann
  • Simon Corder
  • Simon Daw
  • Susannah Henry
  • Tom Rogers
  • Yannis Thavoris

• Lighting Designers include:

  • Colin Grenfell
  • David Holmes
  • Ruth Butler
  • Simon Sturgess

• Costume Supervisors include:

  • Alexandra Kharibian
  • Amanda Brothwell
  • Chrissy Maddison
  • Dee Churchfield
  • Lesley Lightfoot
  • Pat Doyle