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Production Arts Department Staff
About our Production Arts staff
All the teaching staff have had long and varied careers in professional theatre or live events. The Department maintains current industry contacts via incoming directors, designers and lighting designers, as well as freelance costume supervisors, scenic artists, prop makers, production managers and lighting programmers. It also has strong links with professional colleagues and ex-students working with all major UK theatre and opera companies, productions and suppliers.
Designers and lighting designers who have worked at the School include: Ana Inés Jabares-Pita, Adrian Linford, Jess Curtis, Anna Reid, Louie Whitemore, Sarah Beaton, Kai Fischer, David Howe, Matt Daw, Robbie Butler, Jake Wiltshire and Charlie Morgan Jones.
Production Arts Staff
Vice-Principal & Director of Production Arts
Andy Lavender
Programme Leader
Gill Allen
Programme Leader, BA Digital Design & Production (formerly BA Video Design for Live Performance); Head of Theatre Technology
Andy Taylor
Programme Leader, MA Collaborative Theatre Production & Design
Emily Orley
Head of Costume
Rachel Young
Head of Design Realisation
Vanessa Cass
Head of Stage Management
Helen Barratt
Associate Producer
Stuart Calder
Outreach Manager (Production Arts)
Jon Hare
Lecturer in Construction Management
Lecturer in Prop-Making
Lecturer in Scenic Construction
Design Realisation Assistants
Lecturer in Lighting Design and Technology
Lecturer in Stage Technology
- Alastair Pullan
Theatre Technology Assistant
- Ben Collins
Lecturer in Digital Performance Technology
- Angeline Ferguson
- Derek Richards
- Pete Wallace
Lecturer in Design and Contextual Studies
Interim Contextual Studies Module Coordinator
Creative Director
Account Director, Guildhall Live Events
Production Manager
- Clare Partington
Production Assistant
- Kim Nicholson
Head of Performance Venues
Technical Supervisor
- Oliver Donaldson
- Natalie Jones
- Rob Pell-Walpole
- Daniel Whewell
Technicians
- Paolo Carlotto
- Gauthier Gareau
- Ethan Kent
- Violeta Martin-Fernandez
- Shakeel Mohammed
- Dean Simister
- Viktor Volaric- Horvat
Performance Venues Coordinator
- Jo Hawes
- Ben Delfont
- Tom Leggatt
- Lucy Serjeant
- Matt Holliday
- Matt Coward - Tax and Finance
- Lee Dennison & Stuart Crane - White Light Live Events
- Andrew Killian - Theatre History
- Phil Wright
- Tom Lishman
- Vicki Brennan
- Sarah Brown
- Chris Clarke
- Jane Dutton
- Richard Godin
- Rob Halliday
- Laura Howells
- Jenifer Kershaw
- Warren Letton
- Max Narula
- Katie Pitt
- Declan Randall
- Jack Ryan
- Cat Carter
- Nick Simmons
- Becky Stoddart
- Daniel Street
- Nadene Wheatley
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 Manager (Records & Assessments)
Lana Robinson
Drama Administration Manager (Records & Assessments)
Alice Degei
Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Admissions)
Lisa Evans
Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Programmes)
Willow Welch
Production Arts & Drama Administration Assistant
Rebekah Patterson