Programme
Welcome To
Hi and welcome to Liverpool’s Royal Court and this production of Come Together.
If there is one thing that Liverpool should make more of, it’s the Beatles.
Those four lads who shook the world are celebrated all around the city in bars, restaurants, hotels and museums. Every scouser has got a story about how one of the fab four was involved with a friend or family member. Showcasing their music on stage here is the least that we could do!
The writers of this show, Tom Connor and Mark Newnham, have pulled on the mop-top wigs a few times before. They first met in a production of Lennon here in 2013 playing a young Paul McCartney and a young John Lennon respectively. They hit it off immediately, sharing a love of all things Beatles and I think that they knew then that this would be a long and winding road for them. They were back as John and Paul when Lennon returned in 2014, and also in 2019s Girls Don’t Play Guitars. They then headed up the band in the Beatles songbook Two Of Us, followed by 2024s Come Together which we’re bring back before it goes on tour!
This show came about because they had such a great time, they decided to write their own celebration of Lennon and McCartney.
When you are dealing with the work of the Beatles, there is no better man to turn to than our director, Bob Eaton. His wealth of stage musical and Merseybeat experience means he can provide incredible insight into the lives of the main men. More than ably supported by our Musical Director Howard Gray, we knew that they would make this into something of which George Martin would be proud.
The fab two wouldn’t make much of a show and so they needed a band. Mike Woodvine is the best guitarist in the city, Greg Joy bangs the drums like no other, Adam Keast has been laying down Beatles baselines with style and aplomb for a number of years (he won’t tell us how many) and Ben Gladwin plays everything and anything else. Together, we know that we have got performers who can do the music justice.
With a show like this, sound quality is key so we are delighted to have Kate Harvey making it pitch perfect. Doug Kuhrt has lit the stage up like Shea Stadium and Jamie Jenkin’s video takes us on a mystery tour that is truly magical.
Some of you in the audience will have been lucky enough to see the Beatles live in concert. For the rest of you… here is the next best thing.
Enjoy the show!
Kevin Fearon
Executive Producer
Liverpool’s Royal Court
Directed by Bob Eaton • Musical Director Howard Gray • Designed by Christopher McCourt
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Liverpool’s Royal Court presents Come Together
Written by Tom Connor and Mark Newnham
Starring Tom Connor, Mark Newnham, Ben Gladwin, Greg Joy, Adam Keast and Mike Woodvine
Lighting Design by Doug Kuhrt
Sound Design by Kate Harvey
AV by Jamie Jenkin
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Peter Grant On The Beatles
Former
Liverpool Echo Beatles’ Correspondant & Author of The Fab Four
They were the poets of a generation.
That’s not some latter day Beatles academic analysing the songwriting talents of Lennon and McCartney, it was an observation from Paul himself in a 1964 interview. He didn’t say exactly what generation but then again, he didn’t have to.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney - two poets from Liverpoolwrote more than 300 songs together. Two grammar schoolboys who were inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Wind in the Willows. Just William, Dick Barton and Rupert Bear were in the literature mix, too, and throw in some Chaucer, Dickens and Shakespeare and a back-catalogue of inspirations evolves.
They could not read music but that didn’t stop them. John and Paul also also shared a love of the surreal humour of radio favourites The Goons, but it was music that became their driving force.
When a mutual school pal suggested to Paul that he should see a band playing at St Peter’s Church fete in Woolton on July 6, 1957 the Liverpool Institute lad went along. There would be plenty of girls attending so that was a good enough reason to cycle over to Woolton. He was pleasantly surprised and impressed by John looking every bit like a rebel with a cause.
John was clearly the leader of the raw Quarrymen skiffle group named after his nearby school.
The charismatic John was a fan of American rock and rollers such as Gene Vincent.
Paul, having swapped a trumpet for a guitar, knew a thing or two about Eddie Cochran and Twenty Flight Rock as well as the innocent joy of pre-war musicals instilled in him by his pianoplaying dad - the leader of the popular Jim Mac’s Jazz Band. John and Paul had diverse influences from so many genres, they would go on to complement each other for years to come.
In 1957 when Macca agreed to accept JL’s invitation to join his group they knew they had got something going, it was natural to them to create lyrics and melodies that would stand the test of time. They were making history and knowing it. From Hamburg to The Cavern they went on to be global communicators because they knew and cared about their audience.
“Where are we going fellers?” John would ask his band members when fame and fortune seemed like an impossible dream.
“To the toppermost of the poppermost,” they would respond in perfect harmony.
Paul recently recalled the optimism of those early years: “We always said something will happen - and it always did.”
As songwriters Lennon and McCartney did more than other hit-making partnerships. They didn’t just write for themselves but they inspired other musicians to start writing and owning their own material and creative output.
Apart from their own fab four hit songs they also wrote for Billy J Kramer, P.J.Proby, Peter and Gordon, The Fourmost and Cilla Black and more than 60 years on Lennon and McCartney songs continue to dominate radio play-lists.
But why?
They have not dated and they sound as fresh now as when the two pop geniuses made musical magic with original songs where no two songs were ever the same.
John and Paul were each prolific writers of both lyrics and melodies. They were the UK’s Rodgers and Hammerstein - except those two US legends wrote separately just like Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
They admired Lieber and Stoller and Goffin and King who wrote about love-gone-wrong scenarios but The Beatles took lyrical content even further especially on Sgt Pepper - breaking down barriers when writing about traffic wardens in Lovely Rita and circus performers in BEING FOR the Benefit of Mr Kite.
They were used to scouring newspaper headlines for subject matter. A Day in the Life is a classic example of their individual and collective songwriting imaginations coming together.
They would also write about their formative years in Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.
To track down where their songwriting began in earnest you only have to look at their childhood homes: Number 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton was the McCartney family homestead from 1956 to 1964. A welcoming council house where Jim - following his wife Mary’s death - allowed and encouraged the Quarrymen to rehearse and write.
Love Me Do and She Loves Me emerged from Forthlin Rd and the music hall seeds of When I’m Sixty Four were planted there when Paul was just sixteen, I Saw Her Standing There was written there, too in the front room. Originally called ‘Seventeen’ John and Paul would play truant or sag off school and treat songwriting as a job. They called these the ‘Eyeball-to-Eyeball’ sessions both sitting down with guitars and a school exercise notebook.
As each album was released it was clear they were starting to write songs on their own. They would often chip in on a
composition when the other would get stuck on a lyric or middle eight section. The joint credit of Lennon and McCartney remained up until the final split.
Following the release of the 2021 Peter Jackson Get Back documentary films the world saw how John and Paul worked together in the studio. Watching them spark off each other confirmed what we knew all along - Lennon and McCartney loved each other. Now and Then - the final Beatles release - is a musical love letter. The news that four bio-pics of The Beatles will be made in 2027 by director Sam Mendes means that The Beatles are with us forever.
So why are The Beatles and the songs of Lennon and McCartney still so important to us?
I once asked Paul McCartney a question that I thought he would have no possible answer for.
“Paul,” I nervously said, “in a nutshell, can you tell me what were The Beatles?”
He didn’t hesitate for a second.
“Just go home and play the songs...”
Peter Grant is a former Liverpool Echo Beatles’ Correspondent and author of the bookazine The Fab Four. He is a tour guide at the Beatles’ Childhood Homes run by the National Trust.
For information about visiting the two world famous inspirational properties contact: nationaltrust.org.uk
Photographs by Liverpool’s Royal Court
Cast
Tom Connor
Mark Newnham
Tom Mark
Band
Ben Gladwin
Greg Joy
Adam Keast
Mike Woodvine Keys Drums Bass Guitar
Company
Tom Connor
Mark Newnham
Bob Eaton
Howard Gray
Christopher McCourt
Doug Kuhrt
Kate Harvey
Jamie Jenkin
Mitch Fujii-Williams
Marie Jones
Sean Gannon
Danny Haydock
Writer Writer Director
Musical Director
Set & Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
AV Designer
Head of Wardrobe
Wardrobe Supervisor
Production Manager
Senior Sound Technician
Workshop Manager
John Kavanagh
Scenic Art Manager
Jen Baron
Workshop
Scenic Artists
Amy Coleclough
Steph Carter
Dan Taylor
Phil Dickinson
Mark Ellis
Jimmi Richardson
Holly Freeman
Johnathan Tringham
Joe Baron
Tom Evans
Dan Walters
Katie Hinson
Technical Company SM
Deputy Stage Manager
Technical Manager
Deputy Technical Manager
Senior Stage Technician
LX Programmer
LX No 1
Sound No 1
Sound No 2
AV Programmer
Production Electrician
Dresser
Abbie Jones Carpenters
Mike Gray
Shaun Gillespie
Connor McLeod
Thanks to
Gary at Envision
Barry at Colourcreate
Cast Biographies
Tom Connor Tom
Tom trained at Arts University Bournemouth Tom’s Theatre Credits Include: Dandini, Cinderella (Leeds City Varieties); James Campbell, Maggie May (Liverpool’s Royal Court); Damage Control, Return to the Forbidden Planet (Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne); Flounder, The Little Mermaid (Liverpool Everyman); The White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland (Chester Open Air); Suki Tawdry/ Ben Budge, Beggar’s Opera (Chester Storyhouse); Sir Cyril of the Wirral, Beauty and the Beast (Liverpool Everyman); Joe Meek/Dave Cooper, Tom: A story of Tom Jones (UK Tour); Lord Alistair Banister, Rapunzel (Liverpool Everyman); Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet (Grosvenor Park Theatre); Simple/Bardolf/Robin, Merry Wives of Windsor (Grosvenor Park Theatre); Coppit/ Irvin, Wind in the Willows (Grosvenor Park Theatre); Lloyd, Eye of the Story (Theatr NaNag); Paul McCartney, Lennon, (Liverpool’s Royal Court); Vic, Carnaby Street (UK Tour); Mugsy, Mods and Rox (Ipswich Wolsey); Cecil, Yesterday (Theatr Clwyd); Rock’n’Roll Panto’s (Theatr Clwyd); Assorted Characters and Impressions, News Revue (Edinburgh Run 2010) Tom’s TV Credits Include: Paul McCartney, Scrambled Eggs - Urban Myths, SKY Arts Tom’s Film Credits Include: Gulag Prisoner, Muppets Most Wanted, Disney. Twitter: @thetomcon
Mark Newnham Mark
Acting Credits Include: Robot’s Search for Snow (The Storeroom, Letchworth), Sunny Afternoon (UK No.1 Tour), Return to the Forbidden Planet (25th Anniversary UK Tour), Lennon, Two Of Us (Liverpool’s Royal Court), All or Nothing (The Vaults & West End), Cinderella (Medway Theatre, Chatham), Cinderella Rock and Roll Panto (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich), Bananaman (Southwark Playhouse), Oxy and the Morons (New Wolsey, Theatre Ipswich), Cinderella and the Beanstalk (Sleeping Trees Theatre 503), Jack and the Beanstalk, Bouncers, A Passionate Woman (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch), Up in the Attic (Floods of Ink), Horrible Christmas (Birmingham Stage Company), Last Five Years (1826 Productions, Brighton Fringe), A Real Mans Guide to Sainthood (Milk Presents... UK Tour), The Curators Daughter (Trailblaze Theatre), Moon and Genie, Scrub a Dub (Half Moon Theatre), Tiny Tempest (Mini Mall Theatre Company).
Composing and Writing Credits Include: Cinderella and the Beanstalk (Sleeping Trees & Theatre 503), Party (Half Moon Theatre), Cat-Astrophic Adventures (Half Moon Theatre & Apples and Snakes), Robot’s Search for Snow (Singing Cactus).
Other Credits Include: Voiceover BBC (Radio 6 Music), Eastenders (BBC), Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV).
Ben Gladwin Keyboard
Ben is a pianist, arranger and musical director. He’s been with the Royal Court for the last 10 years as part of the musical magic of the Christmas Shows, and this year he’s back again with Come Together.
Credits include: Come Together, You’ll Never Walk Alone, The Scouse Nativity, Celtic The Musical, Something About George, The Scouse Cinderella, Scouse of The Rising Sun
Greg Joy Drums
Greg is very excited to be hitting the road with Come Together. After graduating from the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Founded by Sir Paul McCartney, with a BA Hons in Music.
Greg has worked extensively in the performing arts industry, from touring as a session drummer for various artists such as XAMVOLO, The Farm, China Crisis and more.
Greg has also featured as a solo artist with Live performances at the UK Drum show.
In additions as an Actor-Musician and Pit Drummer in many theatres.
Theatre credits at the The Royal Court include: Scouse of The Rising Sun, The Scouse Nativity, Royal Court’s 80th Anniversary, The Scouse Cinderella, The Scouse Pacific, The Scouse Snow White, The Royal Court Selection Box, Homebaked, The Scouse Sleeping Beauty, Mam I’m Ere, The Scouse Jack and The beanstalk, Two Of Us, The Scouse Dick Whittington, Come together Other theatre credits include: The Beggars Opera (Storyhouse, Chester), Celtic The Musical (SEC Armadillo), The Sunderland Story (Sunderland Empire).
Adam Keast Bass
Adam trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Credits for the Everyman & Playhouse: Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Two Gentlemen of Verona (co-production with Shakespeare’s Globe), Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Sleeping Beauty and Twelfth Night and A Christmas Carol, The Sound of Fury and Ferry Cross The Mersey which toured.
Other Liverpool show credits include: The Show Must Go On (Liverpool St Luke’s Bombed Out Church), Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels, Our Day Out, Lennon, Good Golly Miss Molly, Two Of Us, Come Together and You’ll Never Walk Alone (Liverpool Royal Court).
Other theatre credits include: The Crocodile (Liverpool Tidal Town), Merry Wives of Windsor, Wind in the Willows, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Julius Caesar (Chester Storyhouse/Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre); Midsummer Songs (New Wolsey, Ipswich); Forbidden Planet, Wake Up Little Suzie, Sweet Charity, From a Jack to a King, Curtain Up (Oldham Coliseum); 8 Miles High, Once Upon a Time in Wigan, Looking for Buddy and Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Bolton Octagon): Pump Boys and Dinettes (Stoke New Victoria Theatre); Three Steps to Heaven (Chester Gateway and tour): Cinderella (Theatr Clywd); Elvis - The Musical and Puss in Boots (Theatre Royal Windsor): Like A Heartbeat (Leeds Playhouse Studio): Just Like That (Edinburgh/ Tour): The Buddy Holly Story (Victoria Palace, London and Toronto) and Celtic: The Musical (Glasgow Pavillion).
On tour Adam has appeared in: Timewarp, Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven, Rave On, This Lonely Heart, Itchycoo Park and Norah’s Ark.
TV credits include: Emmerdale, Crimewatch, The Big Time, The Queen’s Nose and All Very Well.
Film credits include: Carvery. Mike Woodvine
Graduating from Lipa in 2018, Mike made his Royal Court Debut, joining us for Scouse Pacific in 2019. Back again for Come Together, can’t wait!
Company Biographies
Bob Eaton Director
In over 50 years making a living in theatre, Bob has directed something like 200 productions, and written or co-written over 50 shows, many of them involving rock & roll. In 1981, as Artistic Director of the Liverpool Everyman, he wrote and directed Lennon, the world’s first professional actor/musician show, which transferred to Off Broadway and then to the West End. Other productions include Good Golly Miss Molly, at the New Vic and Arts Theatre London, Three Minute Heroes, the Coventry Two Tone musical, and Willy Russell’s Our Day Out. For the last eighteen years he has been heavily involved here at The Royal Court, directing many shows, including Dave Kirby’s Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Alan Bleasdale’s On The Ledge, and the musical Maggie May which he wrote with Sayan Kent. His production of Girls Don’t Play Guitars, the true story of Liverpool’s own Liverbirds, returned to The Royal Court in 2024, along with the production of Come Together which returns this spring before it tours.
Howard Gray Musical Director
For the Royal Court, Howard was the Musical Arranger and Musical Director for, Come Together and Girls Don’t Play Guitars, this year, as well as the Christmas shows, Scouse Dick Whittington and Scouse Red Riding Hood
Other work here includes: Lennon, Homebaked, (Co pro with Red Ladder) You’ll Never Walk Alone, Brick up the Mersey Tunnels, Our Day Out, Council Depot Blues, Eight Miles High, Sons of The Desert, Maggie May, Reds and Blues, The Scouse Nativity, Scouse Sleeping Beauty, Golden Oldies, Nightmare on Lime Street, Merry Ding Dong, Little Scouse on the Prairie, Hitch Hikers Guide to Fazackerley, Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk and Selection Box. He also directed two Royal Court Christmas shows, Scouse of the Antarctic and Pharoah Cross the Mersey.
He is the Creative Director of Alterean Media and has directed productions of, The Sunderland Story (Sunderland Empire) One Night in Istanbul(M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, plus a tour of Ireland); Celtic, The Musical (Pavillion Theatre and the SEC Armadillo Glasgow plus tour of Ireland) and You’ll Never Walk Alone (Royal Court Theatre Liverpool)
He was previously an Associate Artist of the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Shows include, The Blonde Bombshells of 1943, which won the Manchester Evening News award for Best Production. The show transferred to Hampstead theatre and subsequently toured for several years both Nationally and Internationally.
He was also involved with the original production at West Yorkshire Playhouse. Other work at the Octagon includes, Song of Singapore, Oh What a Lovely War, (Nominated for the Manchester Evening News Best production), Looking for Buddy(Co production with Live Theatre, Newcastle), Little Voice, Once Upon a Time in Wigan, I just stopped by to see the Man, Eight Miles High and composer for, Danny, The Champion of the World.
He was the Resident Musical Director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre and worked on numerous productions there including, Close the Coalhouse Door, Bread and Roses, Dick Barton, (which all received award nominations). Our Gracie, Curtain Up, Sweet Charity, Good Golly Miss Molly, The Ladykillers, Union Street, Women on the Verge of HRT, Private Lives, Feed, The Road to Nab End, Brassed off, From a Jack to a King and Return to the Forbidden Planet, plus a hatful of Coliseum Pantos.
At the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme: The Admiral Crichton, Spring and Port Wine, A Taste of Honey, The Magic Flute, The Mikado, (co-production with the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough) and several seasons under Peter Cheeseman.
For the Liverpool Everyman Theatre he co-wrote and Musically Directed, Alice in Boogie Wonderland, Puss in Blue Suede Boots and as a performer, Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Aladdin
For Harrogate Theatre, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Of Mice and Men, Macbeth and others.
Howard has also worked at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Coventry Belgrade, Worcester Swan, York Theatre Royal, Lancaster Dukes, Bristol Old Vic, Theatr Clwyd and Opera North
TV work includes, Johnny and the Bomb, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Family Affairs.
Christopher McCourt
Set & Costume Designer
Christopher is a forward-thinking and inventive designer based in Liverpool. He trained at LIPA and has a strong passion for creating fresh, innovative work and exploring new approaches to design.
His professional credits include It’s A Wonderful Life (St Georges Hall & Liverpool’s Royal Court, Studio). Come Together, The Peaceful Hour (Liverpool’s Royal Court). The Independent Socialist Republic of The Upper End of The Lower Breck Road (Liverpool’s Royal Court, Studio). Elves & The Shoemaker (Dukes Theatre Lancaster & Northwest Tour). Shrek The Musical Jr (The Empty Space, Media City). Cosmic (Liverpool’s Royal Court, Studio). Run Rabbit Run (Harrogate Theatre). A Day In
Company Biographies
The Life Of Us (Theatr Twim o’r Nant, North Wales). Aladdin Jr (The Empty Space, Media City). Hey Bunny, Get Loose! (Liverpool Royal Court, Studio). The Circus (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Playhouse Studio). Stepping Out (Merseyside Academy of Drama, Hope Street Theatre). Ageless (National Theatre Connections, The Lowry).
Doug Kuhrt
Lighting Designer
Douglas has recently lit: Unfortunate (We Are Fat Rascal); Robin Hood and the Babes in The Wood (Oldham Coliseum); Strange Tale (Imaginarium, Shakespeare North); Masquerade (Epstien) Robin Hood (Liverpool Everyman); Peter Pan (Eden Court, Inverness); Greeks (Unicorn); Bingo Star and The Netherely Hillbillies (Liverpool’s Royal Court).
Other credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Puss in Boots (CBeebies); The Pitmen Painters (The Duchess Theatre, National Theatre and Broadway); Cinderella (Eden Court, Inverness); A Christmas Carol (Liverpool Playhouse); The Importance of Being Earnest (Lawrence Batley Theatre); Stiletto Beach (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Two Pence to Cross The Mersey, Lennons Banjo (Epstein); They Don’t Pay, We Won’t Pay (Northern Broadsides); I Told My Mum I Was Going On An R.E. Trip (20 Stories High); The Broke N Beat Collective (Theatre Rites/20 Stories High); 19 × Rock N Roll pantos (Liverpool Everyman); 7 × Pantos (Oldham Coliseum); Last Of The Duty Free, Black Coffee (Bill Kenwright Ltd); Black, Whole (20 Stories High); The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (Hull Truck Theatre); Pinocchio (Polka Theatre); Road Movie (Starving Artists), Educating Rita (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow); Geoff Dead: Disco for Sale (Live Theatre, Newcastle); Depth Charge (Gecko Theatre); The Deranged Marriage (Rifco); Tom, Dick and Harry (Duke of York’s Theatre, London); Zipp! (Duchess Theatre, London); Fascinating Aida (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Home and Beauty (Lyric Theatre, London); Dreaming (Queen’s Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, London) and Naked Justice (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Kate Harvey Sound Designer
A list of sound credits include: Corporate/Outdoor: Labour, Conservative, NUT, TUC. Symphony in the Park (Hoghton Tower) Liverpool Theatre Festival (Bill Elms Productions), Grimm Tales, Jungle Book, 80 Days Around the World, Alice in Wonderland (Williamson Park, Lancaster)
TV: Stan James World Match Dartsplay (Sky Sports), Strictly Ballroom (ITV), Danny La Rue (BBC) Spirit of Shankly (Granada DVD)
Cruises: P&O World Cruises, Island Cruises, Celebrity.
Arena: Hot Ice (Stageworks Worldwide Productions) You’ll Never Walk Alone (Alterean Media and Liverpool FC)
Music: The Christians, Chesney Hawkes, Sinita, Slade, Bad Manners, Toyah, Limahl, Cream UK Tour, Petula Clarke, Bobby Crush, East 17, Liberty X, Jane McDonald.
Comedy: Jason Mansford, Peter Kay, Roy Walker, Norman Wisdom, Jim Bowen, Brian Conley, Brendan O’Carroll, Paddy McGuiness.
Live Theatre: Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty (King Georges Hall) Mystique (Stageworks) Original TV Comedians (Blackpool Opera House) Paul Zerdin (Paradise Room Blackpool) Flags (Royal Exchange, Manchester) Mam I’m Ere (Life in Theatre) Eight Miles High, Council Depot Blues, Bouncers, Night Collar, Our Day Out, Shirley Valentine, Reds and Blues, Lennon, Noises Off, Canoeing for Beginners, Lost Soul 1&2, Girls Don’t Play Guitars, Golden Oldies, Come Together, Vernons Girls, Red Or Dead (Royal Court Liverpool) Twopence to cross the Mersey, Lennons Banjo and By The Waters of Liverpool (Pulse Records) SHOUT! (Max Emmerson Productions) Out of Order and It runs in the family (Ray Cooney Comedy Company) Bang Bang (A production for John Cleese at Mercury Theatre, Colchester) Omnibus (Unity Theatre) Judy and Liza National Tour (Produced by Royal Court Liverpool) Midsummer Nights Dream (Filter Theatre Company/ Lyric Hammersmith) Homebaked (Red Ladder Theatre Company) Something about George (Something About Productions) Insane Animals (HOME MCR) Cinderella (Imagine Theatre, Beck Theatre-Hayes) Beauty and the Beast, Robin Hood, A Christmas Carol (Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster) Cinderella (Imagine Theatre, Crewe Lyceum).
Company Biographies
Jamie Jenkin
AV Designer
Jamie is the in-house graphic and video designer at Liverpool’s Royal Court. Starting as marketing assistant at the theatre in 2005, he has been part of the Royal Court since it’s rebirth as a theatre in 2006. He now designs artwork for all Royal Court productions alongside working on video content for the Royal Court stage and beyond.
Video Designs for Theatre include:
Alan Bleasdale’s Boys From The Blackstuff by James Graham (Liverpool’s Royal Court, National Theatre and Garrick Theatre London), A Thong For Europe, Willy Russell’s Our Day Out - The Musical, A Fistful Of Collars, Lennon, Ladies Day, Hitchhikers Guide to Fazakerley, Ladies Night, Canoeing for Beginners, The Scouse Nativity, Father O’Flaherty Saves Our Souls, A Miracle On Great Homer Street, Home, Going Halves, The Royal, The Scouse Cinderella, My Fairfield Lady, Bingo Star, Two Of Us, Royal Court Selection Box, Macca & Beth, The Scouse Sleeping Beauty, The Menlove Avenue Murder Mystery, The Scousetrap, The Scouse Jack & The Beanstalk, The Scouse Dick Whittington, Haunted Scouse, Sisters Of Mersey, The Netherely Hillbillies, Haunted Scouse, Come Together, Girls Don’t Play Guitars, The Scouse Red Riding Hood, The Peaceful Hour and Red Or Dead (Liverpool’s Royal Court); Masquerade, Knee Deep In Promises, Hey Bunny Get Loose, Stocking Fillers, Cosmic and Pass The Parcel (Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio); Cured (Liverpool’s Royal Court in association with DaDaFest & Unlimited); The Dream Team and VR Family (Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre); Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Liverpool Shakespeare Festival); Judy & Liza (National Tour); YNWA (Alterean Productions, international tour); The Big I Am (Liverpool Everyman); Celtic The Musical (Alterean Productions, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow and SEC Glasgow); Sunderland The Musical (Alterean Productions, Empire Theatre Sunderland); Something About George (Something About Productions, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and national tour); The Salford Docker (Salford Community Theatre, Lighthouse Salford); Our Country’s Good (Hope St Theatre); and Peter Pan (Storyhouse Chester). Jamie was also Sound Designer on Hey Bunny Get Loose, Offered Up, Stocking Fillers and Cosmic (Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio) and Our Country’s Good (Hope St Theatre).
Marie Jones
Wardrobe Supervisor
Marie studied fashion and then moved on to theatre costume interpretation at Mabel Fletcher College. Marie’s work as a freelance costumier has included costumes for Oldham Coliseum, The Royal Exchange, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Jimmy McGovern’s film Liam, Beyond Friendship for Mersey Television and the many pantomime dames who have appeared on the Everyman stage.
She has worked extensively at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and has recently been employed as full time Wardrobe Supervisor at the Royal Court. Most recently Marie’s work at the Everyman and Playhouse has included: Much Ado About Nothing, The Electric Hills, The Flint Street Nativity, The Tempest, Unprotected, Billy Liar, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, Urban Legend, Fly, Breezeblock Park, The Entertainer, Still Life And The Astonished Heart, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Anniversary, Dr Faustus, The May Queen, Cruel Sea and All My Sons. Marie’s other credits include: Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Good Golly Miss Molly, Stags and Hens - The Remix, On The Ledge, Misery, Eight Miles High, Council Depot Blues, Night Collar, Dirty Dusting, Shirley Valentine, Our Day Out - The Musical, The Salon, Funny Money, Merry Ding Dong, A Fistul Of Collars, Lucky Numbers, Lennon, Scouse Pacific, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Little Scouse on the Prairie, Reds And Blues - The Musical, Ladies Day, Bouncers, Scouse Of The Antarctic, Pharaoh ‘Cross The Mersey and Down The Dock Road for Royal Court Liverpool, Brouhaha International Street Festival, Working Class Hero on the recent Imagine DVD, Costume Supervisor for many shows at LIPA, The Splash Project at MYPT and Twopence To Cross The Mersey at the Liverpool Empire.
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Royal Court Staff
Executive Producer Kevin Fearon
Chief Executive Gillian Miller
Head of Producing & Programming Jess Bolger
Head of Marketing Kofi Ohene-Djan
Head of Operations Ailsa Morris
Executive Chef David Assall
HR & Finance Manager Alison Ward
Graphic Designer & Brand Manager Jamie Jenkin
Producer Clare Carlucci
Marketing Managers Iain Christie and Lily Hagan
Workshop Manager John Kavanagh
Social Media Manager Clara Mbirimi
Head of Technical & Production Sean Gannon
Technical Manager Dan Taylor
Deputy Technical Manager Phil Dickinson
Head of Lighting Jimmi Richardson
Lighting Technician Holly Freeman
Senior Sound Technician Danny Haydock
Senior Stage Technician Mark Ellis
Scenic Art Manager Jen Baron
Box Office & Sales Manager Lauren Macauley
Assistant Box Office Manager Laura Lees
Head of Community Engagement Miriam Mussa
Head of Wardrobe Mitch Fujii-Williams
Wardrobe Supervisor Marie Jones
Finance Administrator Marie Williams
Finance & Payroll Assistant Izzie Litwin
Venue Administrator Phil McLoughlin
Assistant Producer - Talent Development Harvey Robinson
Stores & Maintenace Technician Gary Currin
HR Administrator Nichola Brady
Executive Assistant Joe Morris
Building Maintenance Technician Bob Smith
Box Office Assistants
Erica Drummond, Finn Goulden-Jennings, Carl Lees, Scarlet Lees, Anna Miller, Pat O’Neill, Susan Segar, and Angela Simms
Fire Officer Sam Massen
Stage Door Julia D’Arcy, Allan Dodd, Sven Key and Izzie Litwin
Kitchen
Chefs Thomas Alexander, Maciej Gumieniuk, Keane Pritchard, Jay Quinn and Jack While
Kitchen Porters Hezekiah Abramson, Dillion Bagley, Billie Chisam, Louise Dodd, Ezhra Hayden, Harry Lawlor, Emmeline Linforth, Harrison McLaughlin, Dean Robinson, Azeema Sheriff, Luke Sweeney and Lewis While
Front Of House
FOH Manager Kathy Hutson
Assistant FOH Manager Paul Imrie and Brendon Wright
FOH Supervisors Jordan Barkley, Sammie Hunter and Katie Sherman
Café 38 Supervisor Beth Baccino
Front of House Staff Kane Bagnall, Hazel Bawden, Rhianna Beesley, Cameron Brown, Mustafa Bshaena, Sam Byrne, Louis Carney-Smith, Emily Cook, John Donachie-Ashcroft, Summer Duckworth, Holly Evans, Charlotte Freyne, Lily Hutson, Michael James, Callum Johnstone, Thomas Kent, Raia Kiernan, Jackie Kirton, Abby Livingstone, Phil Lyne, Sahara Makavitage, Sam Massen, Lukas Matuzevicius, Amy McCormick, Faye McCutcheon, Joseph McGee, Joseph O’Neill, Niamh Powers, Anila Rais, Isabella Renshaw, Aaron Scarth, Theo Stock-Best, Aiva Tambourini, Ben Verdin, Ellie Weaver, Mohan Welstand-Keryk, Ellie Wilcox, Abbie Williams and Samantha Woolley.
Cleaning & KP Supervisor Debbie Chisam
Cleaners Joanne Kinsella, Claire Wilson and Julie Wright.
And a big thank you to all of our freelance and security staff for their hard work throughout the year.
