Annual Review 2019/20

ANNUAL REVIEW 2019/20

Shows “I will always be grateful to the Playhouse Participation team.”

Encore Participant

“Nottingham Playhouse is full of surprises, after all that’s what you’re there for.”

Community Participant

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“You have made a difference today, I hope you are able to continue making a difference for years to come.”

Audience Member

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WELCOME In a year that ended with so many uncertainties for the entirety of the arts sector, Nottingham Playhouse has managed to continue producing theatre, serving its local community and welcoming its loyal patrons.

In a stellar year, highlights included Kemp Powers’ One Night In Miami... which had us spend an incredible night with Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke, and consider the effects of prejudice and the power of brotherhood. Coram Boy, our community production which featured a cast of over 70 local people, showed us the power we have when we all come together to create. ER and Doctor Who star Alex Kingston, and Olivier Award nominee Malcolm Sinclair joined us for Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s vital reworking of Ibsen’s classic drama, An Enemy of the People. Meanwhile, playing the Neville Studio, LIT earned Eve Austin a nomination for Best Actress in a New Production of a Play in the Broadway World UK Awards. We welcomed back many familiar faces, including Director Bill Buckhurst for Sondheim’s Assassins – a coproduction with our friends at The Watermill Theatre. And of course, a Playhouse year wouldn’t be complete without another fantastic panto and Neville Studio Christmas show.

Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio rang in the New Year for us to large audiences.

We were thrilled to co-commission Wasteland, the follow up to Gary Clarke’s award-winning Coal and to feature a community chorus alongside the professional company – a life changing experience for those participants.

Throughout the year we developed our work with, by and for our many communities. We have loved expanding our free Shine youth theatres, work experience, our Encore group for older audiences, Playhouse Platform for adults with learning disabilities, Young Critics, In House and brand new Nottingham Playhouse Choir… to name but a few. This area of work continues to expand year on year – we believe the joy generated by taking part in something creative has never been more necessary.

A wake-up call was also in order for the sector, with mass protests taking place to mark the Black Lives Matter movement. These events ensured we took an even closer look at our organisation and how we represent our local communities. Since then, we have published our Anti-Racism Action Plan and formed a Diversity in the Workforce Working Group in order to ensure Nottingham Playhouse fully represents people of colour within its teams.

Although this year didn’t end as anyone anticipated, we are still immensely proud of the work we were able to present.

And of course, none of it would have been possible without the support of our incredible audiences, members, funders, sponsors, staff team and board - especially coping with a situation which none of us could have foreseen.

With your help, we hope to continue being able to deliver world-class theatre here in Nottingham.

Stephanie Sirr, Chief Executive

Adam Penford, Artistic Director

Caroline Shutter, Chair

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Shows Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company

SKELLIG

By David Almond Fri 22 Mar - Sun 7 Apr 2019 The Times East Midlands Theatre What our audiences thought: “Fabulous scenery and effects” “It was an excellent production, very interesting” “It’s really accessible to all ages”

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THE MEMORY OF WATER

By Shelagh Stephenson Fri 3 - Sat 18 May 2019 ReviewsGate East Midlands Theatre What our audiences thought: “It was so funny” “It was poignant, funny and an amazing exploration into how three sisters navigate their way through a really challenging time of grief”

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Shows Produced by special arrangement with ABKCO

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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...

By Kemp Powers

Fri 7 - Sat 22 Jun 2019 The Stage Metro What our audiences thought: “It’s not often you see a play with six black actors, doing something really positive, educational and entertaining” “The story… it really feels like it’s a story for now”

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Shows C o ra m place in B oy to ok H a ll a n d t h e Al b e r t w over 2 0 0 as se en by I t f e a t u r 0 p e o pl e .

1 0 0 p e o e d almos t pl lo c al come from the muni ty.

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CORAM BOY

Adapted by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Jamila Gavin Wed 7 - Sat 10 Aug 2019 Always Time For Theatre What our audiences thought: “Captivating” Participant Feedback: “From being scared stiff at the prospect of being on the Playhouse stage I sang in front of a packed house for the first time at the age of 71.” Roger, choir member “I didn’t really have much selfconfidence, but then when I found out I got fully through, I was really excited and I felt like I’d really achieved something.” Isaac, acting ensemble Annual Review

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Shows Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company Henrik Ibsen’s

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

A New Version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Fri 13 - Sat 28 Sep 2019 The Guardian The Stage WhatsOnStage What our audiences thought: “It was really topical for today’s society” “Alex did a really amazing job adapting Dr Stockmann into a female role” “It brings a modern audience but still holds the intention of what the script was meant to be”

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L I T play e to a soldd ou t crow d

HighTide and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company

LIT

By Sophie Ellerby Tue 24 Sep - Sat 5 Oct 2019 The Guardian Broadway World What our audiences thought: “Just blew me away” “Absolutely loved every minute”

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Shows Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and The Watermill Theatre

ASSASSINS

By Stephen Sondheim Wed 30 Oct - Sat 16 Nov 2019 The Times East Midlands Theatre A Spy in the Stalls What our audiences thought: “It’s an amazingly well-acted, beautifully set piece, intelligent, clever” “I think it’s a very relevant piece to this time” “I learnt some American history I didn’t know before”

n of o i t uc he ro d was t rp s Thi assins e ac to ap Ass t to us nd sw firs cians a of the le i a e m u s h e r ol t o f e m l e . t er ma lader than l a B the ra

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Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company presents Kenneth Alan Taylor’s

SLEEPING BEAUTY Fri 22 Nov 2019 - Sat 11 Jan 2020 The Stage What our audiences thought: “It’s a fantastic, proper Nottingham Panto” “Really funny, witty, great for kids and also some jokes in there for the adults too” “It’s the best. I’ve done six years. It is the best!”

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Shows Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company

PINOCCHIO

By Sarah Middleton Wed 11 Dec 2019 - Sat 4 Jan 2020 The Stage East Midlands Theatre What our audiences thought: “I liked the songs” “It makes me a little bit happy”

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MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS

By Ron Hutchinson

Fri 21 Feb - Sat 7 Mar 2020 Daily Mail British Theatre Guide East Midlands Theatre What our audiences thought: “It’s really fast-paced, hilarious, it’s got some great moments of drama in it as well” “The acting’s fantastic, the set’s brilliant” Annual Review

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WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN How the Playhouse responded to Covid-19 March 2020 brought with it something which affected not only the Playhouse, not only the arts sector, but the whole world.

Although at first Coronavirus seemed like a distant issue taking place thousands of miles away, it soon made its way to the UK and to Nottingham, and meant that we had to swiftly close our doors.

Our team of dedicated staff had to find new ways of working, still with the hope that we would soon be producing again.

At the end of 2020 we remained in a similar situation, though throughout that time we were able to find new ways to bring the arts to our communities.

Many of our regular programmes moved online, including the Nottingham Playhouse Choir, Encore and Shine. Our participants embraced these changes with open arms and were so pleased to still be able to engage with us during a strange and unsettling time.

We also launched The Revival, a brand new podcast with Theatre Royal Stratford East which looked

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back at some of both venues’ productions with the teams who created them.

Sadly, the pandemic meant we had to reschedule a huge amount of work to 2021 or later, but we still managed to release sneak peeks for some shows, including a wonderful rendition of Hymne A L’Amour from Piaf, performed by the would-be cast and band.

And although we weren’t able to produce anything live in person, we did manage to do something brand new – a play, live on Zoom! Thanks to Jeff James who was due to be directing First Touch, Noah and the Peacock came to life digitally for hundreds of families.

This was a very worrying time financially and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person who engaged with us, showed their support or donated to our Curtain Up Appeal.

Without you, we might be in a very different situation.

“Hi, we just took part in Noah and the Peacock and wanted to say a big thank you for an amazing experience. We were fortunate enough to be given tickets by Derbyshire Young Carers. My daughter couldn't stop giggling, which is amazing as she has been without her mum now for 15 weeks (been in hospital and we've not always been allowed to see her), so to hear and see her laugh has been very special. Can not thank you all enough for that, you have made a difference today, hope you are able to continue making a difference for years to come.”

Audience Member, Noah and the Peacock

How the Playhouse responded to Covid-19

Distan-sing with Alex Patterson

Hymne A L’Amour from Piaf

The Revival on Shebeen

Noah and the Peacock trailer

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2019/20 In Figures

AWARDS WON Tickets Booked

127,042

plus thousands more booked to see Nottingham Playhouse productions on tour

Rebecca Trehearn

Best Performance in a Musical for Sweet Charity UK Theatre Awards 2019

Earned Income vs Subsidy

£3,361,673 vs £1,638,506 Local Authority Funding Compared to Turnover

2.38%

Under 26s Tickets Sold

5,494

School and Group Tickets Sold

10,516

Average Yield

£15.81

Pay What You Can Tickets Allocated

1,883

50:50 Tickets Allocated

1,822

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Total Events

635

Actors Employed

67

Total Weeks of Employment for Actors

350

Freelancers Employed

197

Total Bookers

25,558

First-Time Bookers

7,320

2019/20 In Figures

OUR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY FIGURES The belief that theatre is for everyone lies at the heart of Nottingham Playhouse, but we acknowledge that people of colour, people from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups, feel underrepresented at Nottingham Playhouse and we are striving to address this.

We acknowledge that we have not done everything right, despite our best intentions and recognise that we need to improve. We understand that not everything we do is seen.

In a bid to hold ourselves accountable and to ensure changes are made, we are publishing figures showing the breakdown of ethnicity within our teams.

Our board members identify as Asian 23.1% Black 7.7% Mixed Race 0% Other 0% White 69.2% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Female 38.5% Male 61.5% Non-Binary 0% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Disabled 69.2% Disabled 15.4% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 15.4% Our professional actors identify as Asian 1.5% Black 18% Mixed Race 10.4% Other 0% White 70.1% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Female 40.3% Male 59.7% Non-Binary 0% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Disabled 89.5% Disabled 3% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 7.5%

Our permanent and casual employees identify as Asian 1.4% Black 0.7% Mixed Race 2.9% Other 0% White 92% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 2.9% Female 55.8% Male 43.5% Non-Binary 0.7% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Disabled 79% Disabled 10.9% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 10.1% Our writers on commission identify as Asian 0% Black 0% Mixed Race 20% Other 0% White 80% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Female 40% Male 60% Non-Binary 0% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Disabled 80% Disabled 20% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%

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ASSOCIATE ARTISTS All four of our Associate Artists bring their own unique set of skills, experiences and interests, and help to shape our programming by providing a sounding board for our artistic team, reading scripts and watching plays.

We’re delighted to have them on board.

His most recent film for Channel 4, Brexit: An Uncivil War, tapped into a national conversation, garnering huge public attention and critical acclaim. It was broadcast on Channel 4 and HBO, and starred Benedict Cumberbatch.

James Graham James Graham is a playwright, and film and television writer. His play This House premiered at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre in September 2012, directed by Jeremy Herrin, and transferred to the Olivier in 2013 where it enjoyed a sell out run.

It then went on to have an Oliviernominated sell-out revival in the West End in 2017.

Ink, his play about the early days of Rupert Murdoch, opened to critical acclaim at the Almeida and transferred to the West End in September 2017 where it played in the theatre next door to James’ other new play – political romantic comedy Labour of Love – creating theatre history. Labour of Love went on to win an Olivier Award.

Ink went on to transfer to Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway and be nominated for six Tony Awards.

James wrote the book for Finding Neverland the musical, which had music by Gary Barlow. It opened in Boston in Summer 2014 and transferred to Broadway in Spring 2015.

His first film for television, Caught in a Trap, was broadcast on ITV1 on Boxing Day 2008. His single film Coalition aired on Channel 4 and won plaudits for its retelling of the 2010 general election and the formation of the coalition government.

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His film X and Y was produced by Origin Pictures and BBC Films and starred Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan.

He is currently developing films with Lenny Abrahamson, Paul Greengrass and Jeremy Herrin and adapting his play Ink into a screenplay.

Amanda Whittington Amanda Whittington is one of the most performed playwrights in the UK. Be My Baby, a GSCE-recommended text, was first produced by Soho Theatre in 1998 and most recently at Leeds Playhouse (2019). Ladies Day and its sequel Ladies Down Under (Hull Truck/UK Tours) are widely staged in community settings across the country. Recent theatre work includes Kiss Me Quickstep (New Vic Theatre), Mighty Atom (Hull Truck) and The Thrill of Love (New Vic/Stephen Joseph Theatre). All are published by Nick Hern Books.

Amanda has a long association with Nottingham Playhouse, her home theatre: productions include My Judy Garland Life, Amateur Girl and Satin ‘n’ Steel. She also has numerous writing

Associate Artists credits for BBC Radio 4, including The Archers and seven series of the Children in Need drama D for Dexter, which won Best Series/Serial in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016.

the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab. Sarah’s first play Notts Sweet Home was a part of a short regional tour as part of an attachment with New Perspectives Theatre company.

In addition to Sarah’s creative talents, she is also a practising Social Worker of 10 years having worked primarily with Looked After Children and Care Leavers. Through the recent Research and Development of Rootless Island Baby, Sarah piloted ‘Rootz’ group, a new theatre group aimed at Care Leavers and young people with experience of the Care system.

Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole is a Spoken Word artist, poet and Soho Theatre alumna playwright originally from Nottingham. She has been writing poetry and performing spoken word for 15 years and has been playwriting for six. In that time, Sarah has written poetry for a variety of commissions and events, including the Takeover Festival, Derby Book Festival, writing for the Windrush anniversary, the Big Session Festival, Ken Saro-Wiwa anniversary, The Primary Gallery at The Welbeck Estate and other regional and national events. In addition, as a performance poet, she has performed alongside and in support of a number of writers, including Benjamin Zephaniah, Lemn Sissay, Michelle Mother Hubbard, Yasus Afari and Salena Godden.

Sarah’s playwriting would be described as poetic and her most recent play, Rootless Island Baby, was shared at Nottingham Playhouse through a Rehearsed Reading following a Research and Development project.

This was originally developed whilst on

Matthew Xia Matthew Xia is the Artistic Director at ATC (Actors Touring Company), a company dedicated to producing and touring new international and crosscultural plays. Matthew was previously Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Director in Residence at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, and Associate Director at Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Directing credits for the ATC include: Amsterdam (Plymouth Theatre Royal/ The Orange Tree).

East) and One Night In Miami...

Other directing credits include: Blood Knot (The Orange Tree); Blue/Orange, The Sound of Yellow and Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Young Vic and Eclipse); Dublin Carol (Sherman Theatre); Eden (Hampstead Downstairs); Suckerpunch: Boom Suite (The Barbican and NitroBEAT); Migration Music and Scrappers (Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse); Frankenstein, Wish List (also Royal Court), Into the Woods and Brink (Royal Exchange Manchester); Cinderella, The Blacks and I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (Co-Director, Theatre Royal Stratford East and The Barbican); Mad Blud and Aladdin (Associate Director) and Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Soundbites: Ruth the Divorcee and Barry the Love-Sick Bee (Lyric Theatre Studio & Bestival); Soundbites: Abandonment (Rich Mix); and Wild Child (Royal Court Rough Cut).

Composing/Sound Design credits include: Paralympics Opening Ceremony (DJ); The People are Singing (Royal Exchange); Free Run (Underbelly); That’s The Way To Do It (TimeWontWait); Pass The Baton and Bolero Remixed (New London Orchestra); Da Boyz, Family Man, The Snow Queen, Hansel and Gretel, Medea and Squid (Theatre Royal Stratford East).

Matthew is a founding member of Act for Change and a trustee for Cardboard Citizens and Artistic Directors of the Future.

Credits for Nottingham Playhouse include: Shebeen (Nottingham Playhouse and Theatre Royal Stratford

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CREATIVE ASSOCIATES Our Creative Associates develop a significant relationship with Nottingham Playhouse over the course of a two year period.

During this time we offer a bespoke partnership, supporting the development of their career – this might be through offering rehearsal space and building resources, giving artistic support, or an opportunity to make work. We’re so happy to champion some of the most exciting talent from our region through this scheme.

Frances Brown (Small Island, National Theatre). Major Labia are a Nottingham based collective who are graduates and associates of the BAFTA award-winning Television Workshop, and have been tickling audiences for over three years.

They tackle the insidious notion that women aren’t funny through live sketch shows, recorded work on their YouTube channel, and educational programmes.

Lewis Doherty

Our 2019/20 Creative Associates were:

Ben Norris

Major Labia Major Labia are here to smash the patriarchy through vaginal comedy.

More raucous than righteous, Major Labia are an all-female comedy collective founded by Artistic Director Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie (The Elves and the Shoemaker, Nottingham Playhouse). Performers include Gemma Caseley-Kirk (My Mad Fat Diary, Channel 4), Narisha Lawson (The New Worst Witch, CITV) and Phoebe

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Ben Norris is a writer and performer from Nottingham, and the voice of Ben Archer in The Archers on BBC Radio 4. Twice a national poetry slam champion, Ben has appeared everywhere from Latitude Festival to the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

His debut solo show, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Family, won the 2015 IdeasTap Underbelly Award at the Edinburgh Fringe before touring the UK and Australia, including a sold-out run at Nottingham Playhouse. His first short film, commissioned by Channel 4 for their Random Acts programme, was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award, and his second is currently in development with BBC Films and BBC Drama.

Lewis is an East Midlands based actor, writer and theatre-maker. After studying Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham, he then trained as an actor at the Oxford School of Drama. As the Creative Director of production company, BEASTHOUSE, Lewis has received critical success with his shows WOLF and BOAR. The work Lewis makes is physical, filmic, and funny. He plays every single character, mimes every prop, and makes all the sound effects in his one man Hollywood blockbuster style theatre shows. Both shows have enjoyed sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and have completed successful UK tours too, performing at theatres and festivals including The Lowry, The Other Room, The North Wall, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham REP, Latitude Festival, and Soho Theatre.

Nottingham Playhouse on tour

NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE ON TOUR The Memory Of Water Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 21 – 25 May 2019

One Night In Miami…

Bristol Old Vic 25 – 29 June 2019 HOME Manchester 2 – 5 July 2019

LIT Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 11 – 14 September 2019 Omnibus Theatre, London 17 – 21 September 2019

Fernwood Primary & Nursery School Lady Bay Pre-school Willow Brook Primary School The Acorn Community Theatre Worksop

Story Explorers: Fantastical Forests – Apr/May 2019 Arnold Library Beeston Library Bingham Library Hucknall Library Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library Mansfield Central Library Newark Library Retford Library Southwell Library Sutton-in-Ashfield Library West Bridgford Library Worksop Library

Story Explorers: Dramatic Deserts - Sep/Oct 2019

Assassins Arnold Library

The Watermill Theatre, Newbury 26 September – 16 November 2019

Pinocchio Schools Tour 7 Jan – 1 Feb 2020

All Hallows CE Primary School Bluebell Hill Primary School Seely Primary & Nursery School Windmill L E A D Academy Bentinck Primary & Nursery School Jesse Gray Primary School Crabtree Farm Primary School QMC Hospital School Willington Primary School Fairfield Prep School Oakfield School John Blow Primary School Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary School Melbury Primary School Kirkby Woodhouse Primary School

Aspley Library Basford Library Beeston Library Bilborough Library Bingham Library Clifton Library Hucknall Library Kirkby-In-Ashfield Library Mansfield Central Library Newark Library Oakfield School Retford Library St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Southwell Library Strelley Library Sutton-In-Ashfield Library West Bridgford Library Wollaton Library Worksop Library

Story Explorers: Up, Up and Away - Dec 2019 Arnold Library Beeston Library Bingham Library Hucknall Library Kirkby-In-Ashfield Library Mansfield Central Library Newark Library Southwell Library Sutton-in-Ashfield Library West Bridgford Library

The Kite Runner Aylesbury Waterside Theatre 21 – 22 February 2020 Theatr Clwyd Mold 5 – 7 March 2020 Richmond Theatre 10 – 14 March 2020 Salisbury Playhouse 17 – 21 March 2020

Holes Royal & Derngate, Northampton 24 January – 2 February 2020 Nottingham Playhouse 5 – 8 February 2020 NST Campus Theatre, Southampton 11 – 15 February 2020 Belgrade Theatre, Coventry 18 – 22 February 2020 Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne 26 – 29 February 2020 Malvern Theatre, Malvern 4 – 7 March 2020 Theatre Royal, Plymouth 17 – 21 March 2020 Annual Review

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VISITING WORK Banff Mountain Film Festival 10 April 2019 Mo Amer and Guz Khan 12 April 2019 The Boy and The Mermaid 16 April 2019 AniMalcolm 17 April 2019 The Horne Section 18 April 2019 The Long Walk Back 23 April 2019 Motionhouse: Charge 24 April 2019 MissImp: Star Wars 4 May 2019 Out-Spoken 9 May 2019 Mathilda and the Orange Balloon 11 May 2019 Reginald D Hunter 22 May 2019 James Acaster 23 May 2019 Paul Merton’s Impro Chums 24 May 2019 Ben Macintyre 28 May 2019 Status 28 May 2019 Mary Portas 29 May 2019 Pasadena Roof Orchestra 30 May 2019 Sourpuss 1 June 2019 Julian Clary: Born To Mince 1 June 2019 Pizza Shop Heroes (part of Refugee Week) 18 & 19 June 2019 Electrolyte 20 June 2019 Why Mummy Doesn't Give a ****, Gill Sims 24 June 2019 Ian McKellen 25 & 26 June 2019 Dom Coyote - We Can Time Travel 27 June 2019 BOAR 28 June 2019 Inside 29 June 2019

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Comedy Summerslam, Upfront Comedy 30 June 2019 Urban Explorers 2019, Tom Dale Company 4 July 2019 James Acaster 9 July 2019 Chris Barber Band 10 July 2019 Boxes 25 July 2019 Bon Bon Cabaret 26 July 2019 Drag Queen Story Time 27 July 2019 Sarah Keyworth 27 July 2019 The Colour Of Love 24 August 2019 Big Band Divas 5 September 2019 Sindhu Vee 7 September 2019 The Scummy Mummies Show 22 September 2019 Ben Elton 30 September 2019 The Very Hungry Caterpillar 3 October 2019 A Quite Enormous Poetry Event 3 October 2019 Count Arthur Strong 4 October 2019 Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare 5 October 2019 Wireless Wise 6 October 2019 Rush 8 October 2019 Candoco 10 October 2019 Andy Parsons 11 October 2019 Swann & Blofeld Dancing Down The Wicket 12 October 2019 Austentatious 13 October 2019 Ballet Black 15 October 2019 Al Murray 16 October 2019 Ronnie Scott’s All Stars 17 October 2019 Frisky and Mannish 18 October 2019

Sophia and Cinzia 19 October 2019 Vikki Stone 21 October 2019 Black Men Walking 21 & 22 October 2019 Getting The Third Degree 23 October 2019 Wasteland 25 & 26 October 2019 Really Want To Hurt Me 26 October 2019 Mark 'Billy' Billingham 11 November 2019 Becoming Electra 29 November 2019 An Evening with Katherine Parkinson 14 January 2020 Judy Collins 15 January 2020 Daliso Chaponda 16 January 2020 Swinging At The Cotton Club 17 January 2020 Johnny Ball 18 January 2020 Gecko: Institute 23 – 25 January 2020 Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado 29 January – 1 February 2020 Josie Long 2 February 2020 Holes 5 – 8 February 2020 Vic & Bob 10 February 2020 An Evening of Eric and Ern 11 & 12 February 2020 Kenneth Clarke 14 February 2020 Alexei Sayle 15 February 2020 Miss Imp: Improv Triple Decker 22 February 2020 David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls 1 March 2020

Visiting Work

Man on the Moon 5 March 2020 Iain Stirling 8 March 2020 Night Of The Living Dead, imitating the dog 10 – 11 March 2020 Tommy Tiernan 12 March 2020

Margot and Mr Whatsit 18 May 2019 The Question 18 May 2019 Feminists Don't Wear Pink 19 May 2019

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Amplify Festival 2019

Young Creative Awards 21 May 2019 Gedling Ballet 25 & 26 May 2019 MADD Showcase 28 & 29 June 2019 Katie Wright School of Dance 6 & 7 July 2019 Sister Act, Spotlight School of Dance 12 & 14 July 2019 A Cappella Championship 19 January 2020 Jimi: The Legend Lives On 13 February 2020 London Film Orchestra (Freddie Mercury) 13 February 2020 Guitar Heroes 14 February 2020

The Party Somewhere Else 2019

Blood, Sweat & Vaginas 14 May 2019 Algorithms 14 May 2019 Sexy Lamp 15 May 2019 Adventures In Menstruating 15 May 2019 Kill The Princess 16 May 2019 Greyscale 17 & 18 May 2019 Girls 17 May 2019 Ladykiller 17 May 2019 DadMan 18 May 2019 Island Home 18 May 2019

Five Years 8 October 2019 Trade 9 October 2019 Joygernaut 10 October 2019 BOAR 11 October 2019 MissImp: The Vox Pops 12 October 2019 Ruby and Cedar 16 October 2019 Digging Deep 17 October 2019 It's True, It's True, It's True 18 & 19 October 2019 The Magician’s Penguin 19 October 2019 Andromeda 19 October 2019

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In Progress… (The Glad Game/ Aftershock/Me, Nic & Jo) 13 Feb 2020 If I Can Get This Bit Right At Least 14 Feb 2020 Dinosaurs Don't DJ 15 Feb 2020 A Seventh Man 15 Feb 2020 PVC 15 Feb 2020 In Progress… (The Foundation/Noot Patoot) 15 Feb 2020 Icarus 15 Feb 2020

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AMPLIFY Our Artist Development programme Amplify continued to grow in 2019-20 and now has nearly 400 members. Last year, we were pleased to support the development of our members’ work through a variety of programmes and opportunities, including:

Hours of One-on-One Advice Given

Over 180

Hours of Donated Rehearsal Space Given

Over 150

Hours of Technical Support Given

Over 50

Amplify Festivals Held

2

Ideas Submission Windows Held

2

New Writing Pieces Supported

2

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Our work with partners Alongside the programme of work we offered here, we also partnered with organisations across the country in order to offer Amplify Members a wide range of experiences and opportunities for development. Our work with partners included: Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme Katie Brailsford, six month placement National Poetry Day, Nottingham City of Literature, Nottingham Trent University and Ben Norris A Quite Enormous Poetry Event for National Poetry Day The Party Somewhere Else Hosting their annual festival of work by female and non-binary artists In Good Company Leading their new writing initiative, Take Off Co-hosting the IGC Directors’ Book Club Supporting Holly Boyden’s new play, It Kind of Looks Like A Donut JMK Trust Leading workshops for emerging directors

Open Door Offering workshops and rehearsal space for young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds Common Holding Common Ground Consultations with artists from lower socio-economic backgrounds Young Vic Hosting Reach Out workshops for emerging directors

Amplify In the Artists’ Own Words: Ben Norris, Creative Associate: “My time as a Creative Associate at Nottingham Playhouse has been artistically fruitful and professionally validating. Having had a relationship with the building since I was a teenager, as a youth theatre performer, it's great to see this transition into something more substantial that supports me at the beginning of my career proper. It has meant meaningful relationships with the Artistic Director and Artist Development Producer and the beginnings of relationships with the new in-house Producer, the Chief Executive and the Participation team.

I have felt like a valued member of both the local and national artistic community, and someone whose contributions to the life of the building, its programme (both main stage and studio), its identity and its working practices are genuinely valued. I am hopeful that this will translate into a longer-term mutually beneficial relationship with the building that lasts far beyond the end of the Associateship this autumn.”

Doug Deans, Amplify Member, presented his work at the 2020 Amplify Festival: “I was relatively new to Nottingham when I applied to be part of Amplify at Nottingham Playhouse, and in the six months I’ve been involved with the theatre they have offered more support and guidance and been more welcoming than any

other big regional theatre I’ve been involved with in my career. Amplify put me in touch with other artists and opportunities I wouldn’t have previously had available to me.

Artists such as Luke Barnes of Middle Child Theatre, a writer whose work I greatly admire. Showcasing my play as part of the Amplify Festival was a professional leg up for me. It allowed me to see the possibilities of my work could not simply be confined to fringe theatres, but could hold its own in more prestigious spaces with greater capabilities. I can now say my work has been staged at Nottingham Playhouse, which is a real draw on my CV.”

it was exciting to be pushed to explore my play further. As a result of this examination of my work I was able to achieve my outcomes for the development process, namely, a new draft of the play ready for performance.”

Amplify Member Sabrina Smith’s play, The Holy Bible was developed as part of the Spring ’19 Ideas Submissions Window: “The Ideas Submissions Window was the perfect process for me and my work to go through. I was very clear about what I needed to take my work forward: time, space, money and expertise and Amplify were able to provide those. Having never filled out an ACE application before it was a daunting task but Craig guided me along the way and steered me in the right direction.

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PARTICIPATION At Nottingham Playhouse, our diverse community are at the heart of everything we do. After a bold and ambitious year, we now run over 30 programmes for all ages and abilities.

Ignite with Open Door invited 150 teenagers to meet Vicky McClure and many other hugely influential industry professionals to learn about careers.

Highlights from 2019/20 include:

15 young people undertook a week of intensive work experience.

Encore We ran 191 classes for people aged over 50, from Creative Writing to Drama, Online Dance to Play Reading and much more.

Families Our expanded half term Family Festivals, with over 50 different sessions of baby discos, writing, drama, dance, circus and much more were attended by 2,148 people.

Our Story Explorers shows for under 5s, in partnership with Inspire Libraries, played to over 1,000 children.

Glow, our extra special story sessions for little ones and their grown-ups, had 300 attendances.

Story Builders in Strelley Library explored language and speaking with 34 diverse young children and their carers.

Careers We continued to work hard to ensure our local community is informed about and can access opportunities in the arts industry.

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material that’s inspired by our shows.

Three seasons of highly popular Classes and Courses included Standup Comedy, Song-writing, Public Speaking, Ballroom Dancing and much more.

We hosted 27 backstage tours.

Young People

20 young people spent a year on our Homegrown professional training programme, and created the Messy Unity Festival 2020. Contributors included Matthew Xia, Jeff James, Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole, Luke Barnes, Prema Mehta and many of the Playhouse team.

Our flagship Shine programme of free drama and dance workshops around the city and county has grown to include 11 weekly groups.

We hosted 20 placements for University students across all departments.

Adults In House, our theatre company for people with experience of living homeless, has grown and flourished this year – performing three shows and securing National Lottery funding for another three years.

Our theatre company for adults with learning disabilities, Playhouse Platform, made 3 shows, took part in the Nottingham Light Night parade, ran parts of sessions for other groups and volunteered with our Front of House team.

The new Nottingham Playhouse Choir is our most popular programme, working weekly on

This year Shine had over 4,000 engagements with young people.

Every Shine member was given tickets to attend our annual Pantomime and another show of their choice.

There were 1,710 attendances at our popular weekly Young Companies for all ages.

Schools 300 school children took to the stage to perform their own unique version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of the annual Schools Massive.

Our new production of The Merchant of Venice was booked to play 14 Nottingham schools and Birmingham MAC before lockdown.

This year we created 12 Insight Packs to support schools and parents in exploring our productions and creative teams in depth.

Participation

Digital and Covid-19 During Lockdown…

Programmes moved online and we were proud to have found innovative ways to continue all of our 31 participation programmes despite the lockdown.

We designed and delivered over 1,500 PlayPacks to homes, libraries, children’s centres and support service centres throughout the city.

86 people took part in our Big DistanSing project, each playing their own part in an extra special music video celebrating community, diversity and the power of music.

We created the hugely popular Playhouse Pen Pals scheme – for which over 170 letters were exchanged with people living in Nottingham care homes.

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PLAYHOUSE PASS Our Playhouse Pass members are at the heart of what we do.

Members donate over four times as much on average as bookers in general and are especially keen supporters of our 50:50 appeal, enabling us to invite others to share the pleasure of attending Nottingham Playhouse.

Once again, Playhouse Pass members have enjoyed substantial discounts and priority booking opportunities all year. Their loyalty also brings them bonuses like free programmes and members-only events.

Interested in becoming a Playhouse Pass member? Head to our website or call Box Office to find out more.

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50:50 Generous audience members continued to donate to our 50:50 appeal to enable us to invite people facing social and economic disadvantage to experience shows at Nottingham Playhouse.

We allocated almost 2,000 tickets to both visiting and Nottingham Playhouse productions, including our famous annual pantomime.

Help us to continue giving local disadvantaged people the chance to experience theatre by donating to 50:50. You can do this on our website or by contacting the Box Office team.

Thank you for your support.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND DONORS

Thanks to

Sir Harry Djanogly, Nottinghamshire County Council, the Thomas Farr Charity, The Chetwode Foundation, The Thoresby Charitable Trust, The JN Derbyshire Trust, The Mighty Creatives.

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The Nottingham Playhouse Team The Nottingham Playhouse Team Alice Adams - Production Casual Hollie Anderson - Media & Communications Manager Rachel Amery - Head of Finance Bryony Arnold - Production Casual Liam Aston - Production Casual Kathryn Bainbridge-Wilson - Assistant Stage Manager Esther Bartholomew – Usher Andy Bartlett - Production Manager Christine Baxter – Usher Adam Bee - Production Casual Manya Benenson - Participation Officer Martin Berry - Head of Participation Michelle Bland – Wardrobe Charli Blighton - Graphic Designer Karl Bock - Head of Lighting, Sound & Video Lisa Booth-Blake – Usher Lottie Bluewater – Usher Harry Bridge - Production Casual Kerry Britnell - Box Office Manager Natalia Bruce - Participation Specialist Andrew Bullett - Information and Communication Technology Manager Pamela Bullett – Usher Linda Burrows – Wardrobe Louise Carney - Stage Doorkeeper Jonathan Child - Finance Manager Sophie Collier – Usher Sophie Corner - Box Office Assistant Will Cottrell - Deputy Head of Lighting, Sound & Video (Sound) Josie Crooks - Marketing Assistant James Curtis - Production Casual Martin Curtis - Production Casual Sophie Curtis - Usher Katy Daniels – Usher Patricia Davenport - DSM (One Night In Miami…)

Jonathan Davies - Box Office Manager Olwen Davies - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher James de Carle - LX Casual Clare Devine – Usher Alessandra Doogan - Usher/Marketing Assistant Ian Dowling - Production Casual Alex Dugdale - Production Casual Felix Dunning - DSM (Moonlight & Magnolias) Jane Eliot-Webb - Company and Stage Manager Valerie Evans - Head of Administration Amy-Marie Field - Production Casual Erin Fleming - Paintshop Casual Heather Flinders - Wardrobe Assistant Stacey Foster – Usher Rowena Fry – Usher Craig Gilbert - Amplify Producer William Goodman – Cleaner

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Derek Graham - Memberships Manager Nicola Grant - Wardrobe Supervisor (Coram Boy) Emma Greenhalgh - Wardrobe Assistant/Dresser Philip Gunn - Deputy Head of Construction Laura Guthrie - Agent For Change Emily Hackett - Deputy Head of Paintshop William Hall – Casual Alex Hatton - Deputy Head of Props Richard Heappey - Lighting, Sound & Video Technician Bill Henshaw - Usher Karon Hill - Box Office Assistant Nicola Himsworth - Production Casual Rebecca Hogarth - Audience & Community Engagement Manager Christine Hollinshead - DSM (Assassins) Chris Howitt – Usher Liam Hudson - Production Casual Dale Hurren – Usher Cindy Hutchinson - Cleaning Supervisor Laura Hutchinson - Box Office Supervisor/Usher Tracy James - Theatre Manager Tom Jeavons - Marketing Manager Clare Johnson – Usher Liz Johnson - Production Assistant Edward Jones - Box Office Assistant Josh Jones - Production Casual Lydia Jones – Usher Isla Kay - Events Apprentice Bethan Keen - Production Casual Joseph Kelly - Production Casual Susan Kind – Cleaner Francesca Lawson – Usher Imogen Lea – Usher Marian Lenaghan – Usher Georgie Levers - Usher/Box Office Assistant Geoff Linney - Stage Doorkeeper Abbie Lloyd - Finance Apprentice Richard Lodge - DSM (An Enemy Of The People) Dino Loizou - Production Casual Vickki Maiden - Deputy Stage Manager Mufaro Makubika - Production Casual Greg Malone - Production Casual Christopher Marsh - Production Casual Richard Marson – Usher Eliot Martin - Production Casual Chloe McMackin - Marketing Manager Livia McLauchlan - House Manager Charlie Middlemass – Usher Gary Miller - Box Office Assistant Hazel Monaghan - Stage Manager (Pinocchio) Dylan Morris - Participation Administrator Nick Morris - Production Casual Alexandra Moxon - Participation Casual Dominic Murray - Production Casual Sara Oakden - Finance Officer

Orla O’Connor – Participation Officer Jake Orr – Producer Emily Owen - Usher Natalie Patuzzo – Usher Michael Parnham – Cleaner Kushal Patel - Stage Technician Frances Pearson - Admin Assistant Louise Pearson - Assistant / Stage Manager Adam Penford - Artistic Director Lily Pickard – Usher Paul Preston - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher Michael Radford - Participation Administrator Oliver Read - Production Casual Hannah Redfern - Marketing Officer Lewis Reid - Production Casual Richard Renshaw - Production Casual Sarah Richard - Paintshop Casual Dave Richardson - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher/ Dawn Richmond-Gordon - Participation Officer Roshaan Riyahi-Boni – Usher Anna Roberts - Deputy Head of Paintshop Olivia Roberts - DSM (Skellig) Jill Robertshaw - Assistant Production Manager Olivia Robinson - Marketing Officer Nathan Rose - Head of Props Beth Shaw - Lighting, Sound & Video Technician Beth Shouler - Artist Development Producer Joanna Sigsworth - Head of Marketing & Communications Stephanie Sirr - Chief Executive Jamie Smith - Technical Manager Julian Smith - Head of Construction Matt Smith - Box Office Supervisor Ollie Smith - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher/Duty FoH Manager Stewart Smith - Head of Operations Wesley Smith - Usher Sally Smithson - Usher/Cleaner Richard Surgay - Sales & CRM Manager Bobby Sunda - Duty Manager Richard Swift - Production Casual Amber Jane Taylor - Stage Manager (LIT) Carrie Teodorescu - Usher/Box Office Claire Thompson - Deputy Head of Paintshop Rob Throup - Duty FoH Manager Andrew Tinley – Usher Tony Topping - Deputy Technical Manager Natalie Toney - ASM (Assassins) Daniel Turner - Production Casual Michael Turton - Maintenance Technician Joe Tutty - Production Casual Helen Tye - Head of Wardrobe Charlotte Vickers - Box Office Jeremy Walker - Box Office Supervisor Martina Walker – Cleaner Patricia Walsh – Cleaner

The Nottingham Playhouse Team Bronwen Webster - Production Casual Suelin Webster - Assistant Carpenter William Welch - Deputy Head Lighting, Sound & Video (Lighting) Sarah West Valstar - Participation Specialist Paul White – Cleaner Cherelle Wilks - Box Office Assistant Molly Williams – Usher Elaine Williamson - Participation Manager Olivia Wood – Fundraiser Susan Yeoman – Receptionist Fraser Youngson - Digital Producer

Ilija Barosevcic Karl Bloch Richard Brown Louise Carney Duncan Carty Lynn Coxon Lisa De Vivo Teri Forey Katy Gore David Lumb Susan MacCormick Olivia Trivett Nieves Zuniga

Rochene Johnson Miriam Keye Sarah Kolawole Narisha Lawson Amy Legge James Lloyd Lucy Mackay Jones Liam Maloy Bradley Mansell Sarah Manton Delilah Martinez Rikki Martinez Alex Moxon Sarah Ogando Jo Petch Michael Radford Dawn Richmond Gordon Simon Sanchez Biant Singh Melissa May Smith Lauren Stephenson Jessica Temple Christina Tsoutsi Bronwen Webster Sharon White Lauren Whitter Judith Winwood TamTam Winwood

Participation Workshop Leaders

Board of Trustees

Doug Allen Rebecca Allen Ria Ashcroft Jazzmine Augustin Chloe Bancroft Manya Benenson Sara Bodinar Debbie Bryan James Cook Olwen Davies Philip D’Orleans Tia Elvidge Tim Evans Maggi Fazzini Erin Fleming Pip Forbes Joshua Goodman Krystal Groves Laura Guthrie Jane Hart Joe Heap David Higgins Kate Houghton Karla Jones Lisa Judson

Mark Aldrich Anthony Almeida Cllr Steve Battlemuch Andy Batty Alex Bayley Tom Davies Natalie Gasson Ian Lund Sofia Nazar-Chadwick (Vice Chair) Cllr Anne Peach Danielle Russell Neena Sharma Caroline Shutter (Chair) Paul Southby

Volunteers

Jonathan English Rastarella Falade Helen Flach Mark Fletcher Harvey Goodman Sarah Grandage Cllr Brian Grocock Roger Harcourt Suma Harding Tom Huggon Kurban Kassam Cressida Laywood Thulani Molife Howard Morris Jackie Morris Anna Murphy Bernadette O’Driscoll Cllr Jill Owen Cllr Michael Payne Prof. John Pike OBE Mich Stevenson David Stewart OBE Tony Wills Cllr Malcolm Wood Josephine Yousaf

Wider Board Members Katie Aungles Andy Barrett Fred Brookes Michaela Butter MBE Sue Cullen Sue Dewey OBE Stephanie Drakes

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Cast and Creatives Actors Joe Alessi - Moonlight and Magnolias Lisa Ambalavanar - Sleeping Beauty Eve Austin - LIT Toyin Ayedun-Alase - Sleeping Beauty Nicholas Bailey - The Memory of Water Donna Banya - An Enemy of The People Josh Barrow - LIT Tiger Cohen-Towell - LIT Christopher Colquhoun - One Night in Miami…

Beth Cordingly - The Memory of Water Philip Correia - Skellig Juliet Cowan - The Memory of Water Louise Dalton - Sleeping Beauty Simon Darwen - Skellig Hayley Doherty - Moonlight and Magnolias Peter Dukes - Assassins John Elkington - Sleeping Beauty Eddie Elliott - Assassins Richard Evans - An Enemy of The People Phoebe Fildes - Assassins Maxine Finch - LIT Daniel Fitzpatrick - An Enemy of The People Lillie Flynn - Assassins Tim Frater - Sleeping Beauty Dan Fredenburgh - Moonlight and Magnolias Conor Glean - One Night in Miami…

Luke Grant - Skellig Kieran Hardcastle - LIT Maddie Harper - Sleeping Beauty Tina Harris - Skellig Edward Harrison - Skellig Karl Haynes - An Enemy of The People Matt Henry - One Night in Miami…

Joey Hickman - Assassins Matthew James Hinchliffe - Assassins Evie Hoskins - Assassins Jasmine Jones - The Memory of Water Karr Kennedy - Pinocchio Alex Kingston - An Enemy of The People Gillian Kirkpatrick - Skellig Grace Lancaster - Assassins Rebecca Little - Sleeping Beauty Alex Mugnaioni - Assassins Oseloka Obi - One Night in Miami…

Kate Okello - Skellig

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Simon Oskarsson - Assassins Emma Pallant - An Enemy of The People Oscar Pearce - Moonlight and Magnolias Jordan Peters - An Enemy of The People Jim Pope - LIT Sara Poyzer - Assassins Jack Quarton - Coram Boy, Assassins Ned Rudkins-Stow - Assassins Steve Simmonds - Assassins Tim Samuels - Coram Boy, An Enemy of The People Malcolm Sinclair - An Enemy of The People Darren Southworth - Sleeping Beauty Andre Squire - One Night in Miami…

Katy Stephens - The Memory of Water Sam Swann - Skellig Tanya Vital - Skellig Lauren Waine - Skellig Deka Walmsley - An Enemy of The People Ben Welch - Pinocchio Stewart Wright - The Memory of Water Miles Yekinni - One Night in Miami…

Zheng Xi Yong - Assassins Child Actors Alfie John Atterby - Assassins Gabriel Boot - Assassins Remae Fairweather - An Enemy of The People Jaya Virk - An Enemy of The People Eva Robinson - An Enemy of The People Faith Konsek - An Enemy of The People Sleeping Beauty - Panto Chorus Poppy Ainley Olivia Anstey Abbie Blackmore Serai Bondswell Jack Bridgmount Gracie-Lou Brooks Heidi Fletcher-Smith Leila Fletcher-Smith Mackenzie Greenfield Olivia Holmes Harvey Newton Maisy Nicholson

Macey Palmer Florence Sudborough Jace Vaughan Larissa Wallington Jamillah Wells Coram Boy Community Actors Moira Balmer Suzanne Barlow Michelle Bland Elliot Briffa Kevin Brown Richard Brown Rachel Burbridge Sophie Collier Daniel Fitzpatrick Robin Gardner Emily Hallam Cody Harrison Michelle Holding Isaac Hull Ibraheem Hussain Alex Kelsall Karr Kennedy Blaise Kouassi Marie Lewin Joy Mandivenga Dominic Mills Mavis Moore Natelle Morgan-Brown Moyege Oke James Pacey Harry Pavlou Amanda Pearce Laura Reeve Rachel Sharp Jak Truswell Samantha Whitworth Coram Boy Community Choir Holly Alton Andy Batty Lottie Bluewater Hilary Booth Sarah Cannon Maye Chamberlain Gillian Chiswell Charlie Clarke Rachel Coates Anna Compton

Cast and Creatives Lola Davis Kali Dennett Ruth Donev Joanne Frearson-Smith Chloe Gorman Issy Greaves Rachel Hamilton Abigail Hardwidge Abigail Hart Elizabeth Hart Lily Holmes Danny Horan Martha Johnson Ines Kenwood Hazel Mapperley Robyn Marshall Katy McKenzie Clare Moss Emma Nicol Libby O’Hara Charlotte Pitts Sophie Pritchett Jane Pyke Melvyn Rawlinson Skye Redhead Paul Robinson Sandra Rose Jane Ruhrmund Rhona Sargeant William Smith James Stuart Blake Turner Oliver Walsh Jodeine Wheatcroft Leah Wilkins Aimee Wilkinson Roger Williams Diane Wright Supernumeraries Michelle Bland Lottie Bluewater Elliot Briffa Richard Brown Gillian Chiswell Sophie Collier Kali Dennett Emily Hallam Rachel Hamilton Cody Harrison

Abigail Hart Edward Jones Hazel Mapperley Clare Moss Laura Reeve Samantha Whitworth Musicians The Helix Ensemble - Coram Boy John Keys - Coram Boy Ian Maclean - Sleeping Beauty John Morton - Sleeping Beauty John Porter - Sleeping Beauty John Watterson - Sleeping Beauty Writers David Almond - Skellig Helen Edmundson - Coram Boy Sophie Ellerby - LIT Jamila Gavin - Coram Boy Ron Hutchinson - Moonlight and Magnolias Rebecca Lenkiewicz - An Enemy of The People Sarah Middleton - Pinocchio Kemp Powers - One Night in Miami…

Stephen Sondheim - Assassins Shelagh Stephenson - The Memory of Water Kenneth Alan Taylor - Sleeping Beauty John Weidman - Assassins Directors Lisa Blair - Skellig Bill Buckhurst - Assassins Stef O’Driscoll - LIT Adam Penford - Coram Boy, An Enemy of The People Kirsty Patrick Ward - Moonlight and Magnolias Hannah Stone - Pinocchio Kenneth Alan Taylor - Sleeping Beauty Adele Thomas - The Memory of Water Matthew Xia - One Night in Miami…

Designers Frankie Bradshaw - Skellig Laura Hopkins - The Memory of Water Kevin Jenkins - Coram Boy

Simon Kenny - Assassins Morgan Large - An Enemy of The People Tim Meacock - Sleeping Beauty, Moonlight and Magnolias Grace Smart - One Night in Miami…

Georgie White - Pinocchio Minglu Wang - LIT Lighting Designers Ciarán Cunningham - One Night in Miami…

Amy Mae - The Memory of Water Tina MacHugh - An Enemy of The People Ben Ormerod - Assassins Jamie Platt - Moonlight and Magnolias Peter Small - LIT Alexandra Stafford - Skellig Jason Taylor - Sleeping Beauty Will Welch - Coram Boy, Pinocchio Sound Designers Tom Attwood - Skellig Drew Baumohl - An Enemy Of The People Chris Full - Assassins Dominic Kennedy - LIT Adam P McCready - Coram Boy, Sleeping Beauty Max Pappenheim - One Night in Miami…

Elena Peña - The Memory of Water Ella Wahlström - Moonlight and Magnolias Composers/Musical Directors Frans Bak - An Enemy of The People Darren Clark - Pinocchio John Morton - Sleeping Beauty Alex Patterson - Coram Boy Tim Sutton - One Night in Miami…

Musical Supervisor/Arranger Catherine Jayes - Assassins AV/Video /Projection Designers Will Simpson - Moonlight and Magnolias

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Cast and Creatives Choreographers / Movement Directors

Associate Artists

Hayley Chilvers - LIT Chi-San Howard - Skellig Kane Husbands - One Night in Miami…

Georgina Lamb - Assassins Emma Lewis-Jones - Coram Boy Adele Parry - Sleeping Beauty Kitty Winter - Pinocchio

James Graham Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole Matthew Xia Amanda Whittington

Fight Directors Jonathan Holby - The Memory of Water, Coram Boy, LIT Kev McCurdy - One Night in Miami…, Moonlight and Magnolias Puppetry Directors Matthew Forbes - Skellig Associate Directors Georgina Lamb - Assassins Jack Quarton - Coram Boy Assistant Directors Katie Brailsford - Skellig Adele Parry - Sleeping Beauty Casting Directors Will Burton CDG - Sleeping Beauty Stuart Burt CDG - Skellig, The Memory of Water Sophie Parrott CDG - One Night in Miami…

Vicky Richardson CDG - LIT Ginny Schiller CDG - An Enemy of The People, Moonlight and Magnolias Voice/Dialect/Accent Coaches Elspeth Morrison - Skellig, Assassins Marianne Samuels - Moonlight and Magnolias Joel Trill - One Night in Miami…

Kay Welch - The Memory of Water, An Enemy of The People Costume Supervisors Nicole Grant - Coram Boy

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