Staff biographies

• Vice-Principal & Director of Production Arts

  • Ben Sumner

• Head of Design Realisation

  • Vanessa Cass

• Lecturer in Prop-Making

  • Pat Shammon

• Lecturer in Construction Management

  • Andy Wilson

• Lecturer in Scenic Carpentry

  • Matthew Farley

• Design Realisation Assistant

  • Emma Glithero
  • Marta Zen

• Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Production Arts; Head of Stage Management & Costume

  • Gill Allen

• Lecturer in Costume

  • Sue Hudson
  • Vanessa Lingham

• Lecturer in Stage Management

  • Karen Kerr
  • Caroline Moores

• Stage Management Assistant

  • Kate Russell

• Costume Assistant/Technician

  • Manuela Rey-Alvarez

• Head of Theatre Technology; Programme Leader BA Video Design for Live Performance

  • Andy Taylor

• Theatre Technology Assistant

  • Ben Collins

• Lecturer in Stage Technology

  • Sam Bull

• Lecturer in Video

  • Karl Dixon
  • Pete Wallace

• Lecturer in Lighting Design and Technology

  • Jon Armstrong
  • Nick Peel

• Associate Producer

  • Stuart Calder

• Lecturer in Production Management

  • Julia Bermingham
  • Rhian Jones
  • Ben Wallace

• Lecturer in Design and Contextual Theatre Studies

  • Susannah Henry

• Head of Performance Venues

  • Chris Wheal

• Technical Supervisor

  • Greg Borrell
  • Rob Pell-Walpole
  • Daniel Whewell

• Technicians

  • James Delamere
  • Caitlin Crosby
  • Anna Matthews
  • Shakeel Mohammed
  • Dean Simister
  • Adam Stevens
  • Kieran Taylor
  • Duane Williams

• Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration

  • Gareth Higgins

• Deputy Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration (Admissions)

  • Lynne Buckley

• Deputy Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration (Programmes)

  • Charlotte Hurt

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Programmes)

  • Willow Welch

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Assistant

  • Elena Clements

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Admissions)

  • Lisa Evans

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Manager (Records & Assessments)

  • Ellen Paine

• Visiting Staff

  • Jo Hawes
  • David Curl
  • Tom Leggatt
  • Matt Holliday
  • Matt Coward - Tax and Finance
  • Lee Dennison & Stuart Crane - White Light Live Events
  • Kate Elliott - BECTU
  • Andrew Killian - Theatre History

• Programming Mentors

  • Vicki Brennan
  • Sarah Brown
  • Chris Clarke
  • Jane Dutton
  • Richard Godin
  • Rob Halliday
  • Laura Howells
  • Jenifer Kershaw
  • Warren Letton
  • Max Narula
  • Katie Pitt
  • Declan Randall
  • Nick Simmons
  • Becky Stoddart
  • Daniel Street
  • Nadene Wheatley

• Recent directors include:

  • Lucy Bailey
  • Stephen Barlow
  • Lisa Blair
  • Joseph Blatchley
  • Christian Burgess
  • Martin Connor
  • Ashley Dean
  • John Haider
  • Wyn Jones
  • Chris Kelham
  • Martin Lloyd-Evans
  • Stephen Medcalf
  • Tim Redmond
  • Patsy Rodenburg

• Designers include:

  • Dick Bird
  • Frankie Bradshaw
  • Cecilia Carey
  • Cordelia Chisholm
  • Simon Corder
  • William Dudley
  • Susannah Henry
  • Francis O’Connor
  • Dora Schweitzer
  • Polly Sullivan
  • Takis
  • Libby Watson
  • Adam Wiltshire

• Lighting Designers include:

  • Rory Beaton
  • Robbie Butler
  • Simon Corder
  • Chris Davey
  • Tim Deiling
  • David Holmes
  • Howard Hudson
  • Mark Jonathan
  • Tim Lutkin
  • Peter Mumford
  • Nick Peel
  • Declan Randall
  • Johanna Town
  • Kevin Treacy

• Sound Designers include:

  • Russell Godwin
  • Mikko Gordon
  • Ben Harrison
  • Gareth Owen
  • Colin Pink
  • Kerry Yong

• Video Designers include:

  • Bill Dudley
  • Duncan McClean
  • Dan Shorten
  • Kate Yoland

• Production Managers include:

  • Ed Borgnis
  • Robert Holmes
  • Benjamin M. Wallace
  • Clare Partington

• Costume Supervisors include:

  • Clare Amos
  • Anna Barcock
  • Freya Edmundson