DIGITAL PROGRAMME
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL | 31 JULY - 25 AUGUST 2025
FOREWORD FROM KC
“I have dreamt of this moment for a long time and finally my dream has arrived with Who Do Ya Love? The Musical. I wanted to tell the story of three of my friends and me growing up in Miami, just out of high school, in the early 70s. One of those four just happened to want to be a star and that was me. We dealt with many emotions during those times including fear, self-discovery, and all the things life has to offer a young mind at that age and many other things on a personal level. This musical takes us on that journey with the accompaniment of 30 songs I wrote, some of my most wellknown hits and a few new ones. Enjoy a treasured part of my life. The Music, The Magic, The Musical.”
Harry Wayne Casey
ATG Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, CTK Management and LPO with Dudley Hinton Productions present
Lydia Bell | Ensemble / Baby
Evan Taylor Benyacar | Ensemble / Boogie
Peter Camilleri | Orly
Paige Fenlon | Dee
Ashley St. John | Ensemble / Star
Sheehan Parsons | Ensemble / Shake
Annabelle Terry | Gina Fionån O’Carroll | Harry
Evan Taylor Benyacar and Ashley St. John | Dance Captains
Harry Wayne Casey | Voice of Henry
Jan Baird | Voice of Store Manager
Richard Darbourne | Voice of Mike
Jan Baird | Company Stage Manager
Alex Kewley | Wardrobe ASM
Patrick O’Sullivan | Sound One
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Adam Speers | Executive Producer
Richard Darbourne | Senior Producer
Andra Gavin | Associate Producer
Dudley Hinton | General Manager
Celina Chan | Production Coordinator
Arthur Jones | Head of Marketing
Liv Buckley | Development Associate
Wesley Nash | Development Associate
Caitlin Mai Ball | Admin & Dev Assistant
CREATIVE TEAM
Harry Wayne Casey | Music
J. F. Lawton | Author
Lisa Stevens | Director & Choreographer
Mark Crossland | Music Supervisor
Tom Rogers | Set & Costume Designer
Gillian Tan | Lighting Designer
Chris Whybrow | Sound Designer
Anne Vosser | Casting Director
Chris Buffham | Production Manager
Frankie Lamb | Costume Supervisor
Demmileigh Foster | Asst Choreographer
Kyla Musselman | Associate Director
Cup of Ambition | Marketing
Mobius PR | Press & PR SETSTAGE | Scenic Construction
PRODUCERS
ATG Productions | Producer
Gavin Kalin Productions | Producer
Eilene Davidson Productions | Producer
Nicole Eisenberg | Producer
Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra | Producer
CTK Management | Producer
LPO | Producer
Dudley Hinton Productions | Producer & General Manager
SONG LIST
1. KEEP IT COMIN’ LOVE - Harry & Ensemble
2. MONTAGE: ROCK YOUR BABY / (SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY / THAT’S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)Ensemble
3. GIVE IT UP - Gina, Harry & Ensemble
4. MAKE ME A STAR - Harry
5. LOVE ME / I GET LIFTED - Dee
6. GOING OUT OF YOUR MIND / I’M YOUR BOOGIE MANDee, Orly, Gina, Harry & Ensemble
7. DO YOU WANNA GO PARTY / I LIKE TO DO IT - Gina, Orly, Harry & Ensemble
8. BOOGIE SHOES - Orly & Ensemble
9. DISCO MEGAMIX: DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR / (SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY / THATS THE WAY (I LIKE IT) / QUEEN OF CLUBS - Harry, Gina, Dee, Orly and Ensemble
10. MY FRIEND - Dee
11. WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME - Orly
12. ARE YOU IN HIS ARMS TONIGHT? - Gina
13. SO GLAD - Harry
14. WHO DO YA (LOVE) - Gina, Ensemble
15. ROCK YOUR BABY - Harry
16. I LIKE TO DO IT (REPRISE) - Boogie
17. PLEASE DON’T GO / I NEVER THOUGHT I’D LOVE AGAINDee, Harry, Orly, Gina & Ensemble
18. REMEMBER - Dee, Harry, Gina, Orly & Ensemble
19. GET DOWN TONIGHT - Harry, Gina, Dee, Orly and Ensemble
20. PLAYOUT
CAST
LYDIA BELL | ENSEMBLE / BABY
THEATRE CREDITS: THE BEST - Whitney & Tina (Almaty, Kazakhstan); Cinderella (Imagine); RRENT, Just So, The Addams Family (PPA).
WORKSHOP CREDITS: Chasing Rainbows (WorkshopHunter Arnold, Tina Maria Casamento & Kayla Greenspan).
TRAINING: Performance Preparation Academy (Musical Theatre BA); Rare Studio (Musical Theatre BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma).
EVAN TAYLOR BENYACAR | ENSEMBLE / BOOGIE / DANCE CAPTAIN
THEATRE CREDITS: Grease, Mamma Mia! (Mayfield); Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music (Drayton Entertainment); Rock of Ages (Elgin & Winter Garden); Jersey Boys (Stage West); Charlottetown Festival (Three Seasons).
SHORT FILM CREDITS: One In the Chamber; Losing Faith; Gift Giver.
TELEVISION CREDITS: The Boys; Hotel Paranormal; Fear Thy Neighbor.
TRAINING: Randolph College for the Performing Arts.
PETER CAMILLERI | ORLY
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Mamma Mia! (UK & International Tour); We Will Rock You (Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines); Vocal Xtr3me; The Ultimate Boyband Party Show (UK Tour).
TRAINING: MPAA (Musical Theatre); Royal Academy of Music (Musical Theatre MA).
Peter is a Maltese performer who has lived in London for 10 years. He studied at MPAA & The Royal Academy of Music, is beyond excited to be performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time and would like to give a special thanks to his astonishing agents at BBA Management as well as his tutors, family and friends who have been a constant support throughout the years.
PAIGE FENLON | DEE
THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE: Pretty Woman (UK & Ireland Tour / Savoy); Bingo Star (Liverpool Royal Court); Berlin, Berlin (Berlin Admiralspalast); Identical (Nottingham Playhouse / Lowry); Zorro (Charing Cross); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival); Elegies for Punks, Angels and Raging Queens (Union).
TRAINING: Bird College.
Paige was the runner up in the Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award 2019.
ASHLEY ST. JOHN | ENSEMBLE / STAR / DANCE CAPTAIN
THEATRE CREDITS: Grease, Mamma Mia! (Mayfield); Cats (Toronto CAA); Don Giovanni, La Traviata (Toronto Four Seasons Centre); Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat (King’s Wharf / St. Jacobs Country Playhouse); The Prom, Mamma Mia! (St. Jacobs Country Playhouse); West Side Story (Huron Country Playhouse / St. Jacobs Country Playhouse); Anne of Green Gables, Kronborg: The Hamlet Rock Musical, Mamma Mia! (Charlottetown Festival); Beauty and the Beast (Neptune); Young Frankenstein (Stage West); Celebrity Cruises.
FILM CREDITS: In the Tall Grass.
SHORT FILM CREDITS: The Ugly Chickens; Thief is an Ugly Word; One in the Chamber.
TELEVISION CREDITS: Schmigadoon!; Rise; Mas.
TRAINING: Toronto Metropolitan University for Performance Dance.
SHEEHAN PARSONS | ENSEMBLE / SHAKE
THEATRE CREDITS: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Aylesbury Waterside); Schwartz at 75 (Lyric); Flashdance (Urdang Academy; Associate Choreographer).
TELEVISION CREDITS: Doctor Who; Ella Eyre Formula E World Championships; Britain’s Got Talent.
TRAINING: Urdang Academy.
Sheehan is so excited to be making his professional musical theatre debut joining Who Do Ya Love? and wants to thank his friends, family & agents for all their love and support.
@sheehanparsons
ANNABELLE TERRY | GINA
THEATRE CREDITS: RENT (Leicester Curve); WHATSHERNAME (Orange Tree; Writer/Composer); Now and Then (English Theatre Frankfurt); Hamlet (National); Dick Whittington (Nottingham Playhouse); Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (AFTLS USA Tours); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Tales from Hans Christian Anderson, Macbeth (Guildford Shakespeare Company); Swallows and Amazons, The Snow Queen, The Tempest, Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol (Creation); Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal / UK Tour); Newsrevue (Canal Cafe); She Stoops to Conquer, All’s Well That Ends Well (Changeling).
TRAINING: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
FIONÁN O’CARROLL | HARRY
THEATRE CREDITS: The Rocky Horror Show (UK & International Tour); Urinetown, Children of Eden (Urdang).
TRAINING: Urdang Academy.
PRODUCTION
JAN BAIRD | COMPANY STAGE MANAGER
With over two decades in the Performing Arts industry, in various stage management roles in both the UK and internationally, Jan’s credits include The Sound of Music (Broadway International/Hong Kong); Disney’s The Lion King (UK, Ireland and Zürich Tour); The Color Purple (Made at Curve / UK Tour); Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World (Kenny Wax Productions / UK Tour) and Cats (David Ian Productions / International Tour). For Stage Entertainment in The Netherlands, Jan’s work includes Billy Elliot, Wicked, and Disney’s Mary Poppins and Tarzan (AFAS Circustheater Scheveningen); War Horse, Ciske de Rat, Titanic, and 42nd Street (Netherlands National Tours). As well as his work in the theatre, Jan was also one third of The Young Pretenders, a successful burger and cocktail ”roaming dive bar” in and around Amsterdam.
ALEX KEWLEY | WARDROBE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Alex trained in Stage Management at Guildford School of Acting. Previous Stage Management experience includes: Moby Dick (Simple8/UK Tour); The Burnt City (Punchdrunk); Anything Goes (Urdang Academy); Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Murdér Express (Funicular Productions); The Great Gatsby: Immersive (Hartshorn-Hook). Instagram: @alexkewley_sm
PATRICK O’SULLIVAN | SOUND ONE
Patrick studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Some of his recent credits include: 2:22 at the Apollo Theatre; Cold War and King Lear for the Almeida Theatre; and Bluets for the Royal Court Theatre.
CREATIVES
HARRY WAYNE CASEY | MUSIC
KC and the Sunshine Band are still as widely popular today as they were when they first danced into the music scene 50 years ago. Harry Wayne Casey—KC for short—developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion groove, giving us an impressive string of hits like “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s The Way (I Like It)” and “Shake Your Booty.” With sales of over 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, KC and the Sunshine Band was one of the most progressive bands of the 70s and is credited with changing the sound of modern pop music. Today, KC and the Sunshine Band play over 100 live shows annually, circling the country and playing dates regularly throughout Europe, Australia and South America. This year KC will celebrate 50 years of entertaining us, writing songs, and performing around the world and has no intention of stopping.
In the last decade KC has continued to influence the dance and disco scene by releasing new music, most recently his single, “Unconditional Love featuring Bimbo Jones.” In March of 2015 KC and the Sunshine Band released, “Feeling You! The 60s.” The album was a tribute to the era that shaped KC into the revolutionary artist he became in the 70s. Covers on the album include songs by sixties legends Bob Dylan, Ben E. King, The Kinks, The Righteous Brothers, Jackie DeShannon, Aaron Neville and many more. Just like the rest of America during that time he was inspired by the music, innocence, sex, social and political movements and counterculture of the era, which led to him founding the Dance Revolution and teaching the world how to boogie.
“The widespread social and political issues of the 1960s was, in part, the inspiration to do something that would make people forget about their problems and be happy,” said Casey. “People were looking for something that would divert their attention from the negative aspects of everyday life surrounding them.”
KC started working in the music business at age 17, performing menial tasks around the T.K. Records/Studio complex in his hometown of Miami. The Sunshine Band originated in 1973.
Their first record, Blow Your Whistle, made the top 15 on the R&B chart. Their second album, KC and the Sunshine Band, was released in 1975, went triple platinum and contained the #1 hits “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s the Way (I Like It),” “Boogie Shoes” and “Rock Your Baby.” KC and the Sunshine Band became the first act to score four #1 pop singles in one 12-month period since the Beatles in 1964. Three of those singles also crossed over to become #1 R&B tracks.
KC’s third album, Part 3, released in 1976, also went triple platinum and contained the #1 singles “I’m Your Boogie Man,” “Shake Your Booty” and “Keep It Comin’ Love.” The band’s string of hit singles continued with “Boogie Shoes,” which was included on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, “Please Don’t Go” and “Yes, I’m Ready,” a duet with high school friend Teri DeSario. KC returned to the charts in 1983 with “Give It Up,” which also hit #1 in the UK.
KC’s success in music has earned him an extensive list of accolades including an American Music Award for Best R&B Artist in 1975 and a songwriting Grammy for Best R&B song for “Where Is The Love,” which was recorded by Betty Wright. He also received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as well as Producer of the Year in 1978 for his work on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. In 2001, KC was honored with the NARAS Governor’s Award, the highest honor given by a chapter of the Academy. He received a coveted Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002, where Dick Clark and music producer Michael Lloyd turned out to honor him. This particular recognition represents the passion that KC has in writing music, implementing elements of various eras in his songs, proving him to be a passionate, veteran craftsman. All of these career highlights are chronicled in his book, That’s The Way I Like It – The Harry Wayne Casey Story, which was published that same year.
KC’s music continues to be a favorite today. His songs have appeared in ads for companies like General Motors, Burger King, Payless Shoes, Papa John’s Pizza, Old Navy and Nick at Nite. His music has also been featured in over 200 commercials and movies such as Forrest Gump (“Get Down Tonight”), Boogie Nights (“Boogie Shoes”), Boys Don’t Cry (“Rock Your Baby”), Rush Hour (“Get Down Tonight”), Carlito’s Way (“Rock Your Baby,” “Shake Your Booty” and “That’s The Way I Like It”) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (“Shake Your Booty”). In the summer of 2003, KC also had a cameo in the feature film The In-Laws starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks. KC’s songs are regularly heard at sporting events, were featured during Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy and he even performed a free concert in Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics. No stranger to the small screen, KC’s songs have been featured in such shows as Desperate Housewives, Ally McBeal, American Bandstand’s 50th Anniversary Party and most recently American Idol and Dancing With The Stars with the help of the USC marching band. Additionally, KC and the Sunshine Band have the distinction of having made more appearances on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve than any other artist in the program’s history!
Music acts like White Zombie, Baha Men, Beyoncé and American Idol’s Kelly & Justin have covered his music. Additionally, KC and the Sunshine Band’s grooves and bass lines have been sampled in everything from “Rap” by Snoop Dogg to “Trick Daddy to Dance” by Ultra Nate and many, many more.
You can count on hearing his music on the radio, at a nightclub, at the movies, in a sports arena or at one of the 100-plus concerts KC and the Sunshine Band plays every year. It is always fun and truly makes all who hear it happy enough to dance!
For more information and to stay up-to-date, visit heykcsb.com and connect on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
J.F. LAWTON | AUTHOR
THEATRE CREDITS: Pretty Woman: The Musical (Nederlander / Savoy / UK Tour).
FILM CREDITS: Pretty Woman; Under Siege; The Hunted; Chain Reaction; Mistress; Blankman.
TELEVISION CREDITS: V.I.P.
TRAINING: Sundance Institute; Shakespeare’s Globe.
LISA STEVENS | DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Lisa Stevens is an International Emmy Award-nominated Choreographer with credits spanning the globe. Before her move to NYC, Lisa resided in London, where the majority of her performing career took place.
HIGHLIGHT CREDITS: THEATRE - Chicago (Cambridge; Original Cast); Bombay Dreams (Apollo Victoria / Broadway; Original Cast & Choreographer on Broadway); Disney’s High School Musical on Stage! (Hammersmith Apollo / US Tour / Australia / Spain / Japan); Disney’s High School Musical 2 on Stage! (New Wimbledon / US Tour); 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy / US & UK Tour / Australia; Choreographer). FILM & TELEVISION - The Phantom of The Opera; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Star for a Night (BBC); Royal Variety Performance.
MEMORABLE DIRECORAL & CHOREOGRAPHIC CREDITS: THEATRE - 9 to 5 the Musical (Savoy / Australia); The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); The First Wives Club (Globe); Cutman: A Boxing Musical (Goodspeed Opera House); Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach); Fiddler on The Roof, West Side Story, Grease! (Drayton Entertainment); Guys & Dolls (Axelrod, New Jersey); The Witches of Eastwick (Ogunquit Playhouse, Maine); In The Heights (Vancouver Arts Club). FILM & TELEVISION - Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2; Fear Street Prom Queen; Dreaming of A Jewish Christmas (Emmy nomination for Best Arts Programming); High School Musical: The Musical (Disney+).
OTHER - Artistic Director for the National Artists Program (Canada Winter Games); Victory Ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Lisa was honored with an induction into UNESCO’S CID (Conseil International de la Danse) the official umbrella organization that recognizes prominent federations, organizations, and selected individuals in all forms of dance worldwide.
@lisa_l_stevens www.lisastevens.biz
MARK CROSSLAND | MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Mark is a freelance composer, arranger, conductor and a musical supervisor. He is currently Head of Music for Selladoor Worldwide as well as a partner in Music Dimension Ltd. which provides orchestral management as well as a host of other musical services.
TELEVISION & FILM CREDITS – AS MUSIC SUPERVISOR & COMPOSER: Penny on MARS; Alex and Co; The Sound of Musicals (Theme Tune Composer, Arranger, Copyist); Another Mothers Son (Arranger); Singled Out (Composer); Dating Hell, Lorraine Kelly’s Friday Fever (House Band); John Barrowman Show, This Morning and Saturday Night Takeaway, The One Show (Composer); Polka Dot Shorts, Wheels on the Bus (UK Tour; Composer). He is also working with Factory Films on a project aimed for Sky Arts 2022 alongside working on a feature film called Dartmoor Escape with Amoux Films.
THEATRE CREDITS – AS SUPERVISOR / ARRANGER: Rent (Peterborough New); The SpongeBob Musical, Bring It On (London Southbank Centre / UK Tour); 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy / UK Tour/ Australian Tour / South Korea); We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys (World Tour); Madagascar (UK, US, Australia & New Zealand Tours); Trump L’Oeil (The Other Palace); Footloose (Peacock / UK & European Tour); A Christmas Carol (Barnstaple Queen’s); Falsettos (The Other Palace); Little Miss Sunshine (Arcola / UK Tour); Avenue Q, Our House, Spamalot, The Producers, High School Musical 1 and 2, Little Shop of Horrors, Hello Dolly, Electric Lipstick, Miracle on 34th Street (UK Tour); Fame (Peacock / Troubadour / UK Tour); Flashdance (UK Tour / South Korea); Wizard of Oz (Blackpool Opera House); Annie (UK Tours / Singapore / Hong Kong / New Zealand); The Snow Gorilla (Kingston Rose); Oliver! (Lincoln Theatre Royal / Kuala Lumpur); Teen Scream (Lincoln Theatre Royal / Edinburgh Fringe); Bor Productions for MSC, CMC for P&O plus, various Pantomimes.
THEATRE CREDITS – AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Heathers (Haymarket Theatre Royal); War of the Worlds (Dominion); Dance ‘til Dawn (Aldwych); American Idiot, Knights of the Rose (Arts); Carrie (Southwark Playhouse); Stripped (Lyric); Altar Boyz (Greenwich); Batboy (London Palladium); From a Jack to a King (Ambassadors); Return to the Forbidden Planet (Cambridge); 9 to 5 The Musical, La Cage au Folles, Sister Act, Hairspray, High School Musical 1 and 2, Seussical, Annie, The Roy Orbison Story, Thank you for the Music, Elvis the Musical, All You Need Is Love, Blues Brothers Meet Soul Sisters, Harrys Web, Phantom of the P’Opera, Rock N Roll Heaven (UK Tours).
Mark is currently writing for a new animation series as well as working on a new musical. For more information please visit www.fillinghamweston.com.
TOM ROGERS | SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
THEATRE INCLUDES: Pretty Woman (Piccadilly / Savoy / UK Tour); 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy / UK Tour); I Should Be So Lucky, The Cher Show (UK Tour); The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Ambassadors / Menier Chocolate Factory / Leicester Curve); We Will Rock You (International Tour); Phantom (Tokyo); Dreamworks’ Madagascar - The Musical (UK & International Tour); Big Fish (The Other Palace); The Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol, The Snow Queen, The Rivals, The Misanthrope (Bristol Old Vic); Racing Demon, 20 Tiny Plays About Sheffield (Sheffield Crucible); My Judy Garland Life, Joking Apart (Nottingham Playhouse); The Choir (Glasgow Citizens); Ragtime (Charing Cross); Grey Gardens, The Chimes (Southwark Playhouse); Five Guys Named Moe (Edinburgh); Moonfleet, Echo’s End, Bedroom Farce, Separate Tables, The Recruiting Officer, Joking Apart, The Spire, Epsom Downs, The Game Of Love and Chance (Salisbury Playhouse); Oliver!, The Secret Adversary, A Bunch Of Amateurs, The Witches Of Eastwick, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Radio Times (Watermill); Each His Own Wilderness, The Man Who (Orange Tree); Philip Pullman’s Immersive Grimm Tales (The Bargehouse, South Bank/Shoreditch Town Hall); Beacons (Park); Beyond The Fence (Arts); Moominland Midwinter (The Egg, Bath Theatre Royal); Happy Days, Radio Times (UK Tour); Llwyth, Tylwyth (Sherman Cymru / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Tour / Taiwan); Laughing Gas (Plymouth Theatre Royal / UK Tour).
OPERA INCLUDES: Written On Skin, Powder Her Face (Opera Philadelphia); Carmen (Teatro Petruzelli Bari, Italy / Castleton Festival, USA); Il Matrimonio Segreto, La Cenerentola (Scottish Opera); La Fille Du Regiment (Opera Holland Park); Let’s Make An Opera (Aldeburgh).
DANCE INCLUDES: Death Trap, Goat (Rambert, Sadler’s Wells/UK Tour); House Of Jojo (UK Tour);
Arrangement, Decommision, On The Habit Of Being Oneself (Joe Moran Dance, Sadler’s Wells), Obverse (Joe Moran Dance, The Place) Les Amoreux (Company Chordelia, UK Tour).
TELEVISION AND MUSIC INCLUDES: Costume Designer for Britain’s Got Talent since 2015; Mamma Mia: I Have A Dream (ITV); The Courtship (NBC); Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways (Worldwide Tour); Festival of Remembrance (BBC); Game Of Talents (ITV); Even Better Than The Real Thing (BBC); Let It Shine (BBC).
TRAINING: Motley Theatre Design Course.
GILLIAN TAN | LIGHTING DESIGNER
THEATRE CREDITS: Mind Mangler (Apollo / New World Stages, New York / Virgin Cruises / UK Tour); Elephant; A Playlist for the Revolution (Bush); South Pacific (Chichester Festival / Sadler’s Wells / UK Tour); Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid Of Ghosts (Polka); Cabaret Royale (Charleston Gaillard Center); The Body Remembers (Fuel); Black Love, Really Big & Really Loud (Paines Plough / Belgrade Coventry); Cinderella - The Awesome Truth (Polka); Alyssa, Memoirs of A Queen! (Vaudeville); Aisha and Abhaya (Royal Ballet / Rambert); Majestique (Skråen); The Song Project – Is In Our Blood (Royal Court); 4.48 Psychosis (Lyric Hammersmith / Royal Opera House); La Soirée (Aldwych / Southbank Centre / Skråen); Coraline (Barbican / Royal Opera House); Tamburlaine (Arcola); Invisible Treasure (Ovalhouse); Crocodiles (Manchester Royal Exchange).
FILM CREDITS: NYX and Gazelle Twin Present: Deep England; Held Momentarily. She was the recipient of the Spring 2022 Unreal Engine Fellowship.
CHRIS WHYBROW | SOUND DESIGNER
Chris has worked in various fields of the sound industry over the last 20 years as a sound designer and mix engineer, working on numerous productions and with many mainstream bands, artists, and orchestras.
THEATRE CREDITS: Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical, Falsettos (The Other Palace);The Full Monty Dreamboats and Petticoats, Footloose, Our House, Wonderland (UK Tour); Dirty Dancing (Dominion / UK & EU Tours); Hairspray, Carousel, Half a Sixpence, Cats, Guys & Dolls, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Top Hat, Kiss Me Kate, Thoroughly Modern Millie, West Side Story, Legally Blonde, Singin’ In The Rain, South Pacific, Sister Act, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, The Sound of Music, Me and My Girl, Little Shop of Horrors, The Pirates of Penzance, Guys and Dolls (Kilworth House); Gypsy, Top Hat (Sonning Mill); Allegiance (Charing Cross); Mayflies (York Theatre Royal); West Side Story (Ljubljana Križanke); Rehab the Musical (The Playground); But I’m a Cheerleader (Turbine); Chicago (Ljublijana Festival); American Idiot (Arts / UK Tour; BWW Award for Best Sound Design); Madagascar the Musical (UK & USA Tours); The Producers (International Tour); TriOperas (The Peacock); Thriller - Live (Lyric / Worldwide & Arena Tours); Knights of the Rose (Arts); Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk (New Wimbledon); Ricky Gervais Humanity Tour (European Arenas); The Wizard of Oz (Blackpool Winter Gardens); 20th Century Boy The Musical (UK Tours / Coventry Belgrade); Sleeping Beauty (Woking New Victoria); Aladdin, Dick Whittington (Stoke Regent); Sleeping Beauty (Aylesbury Waterside); Peter Pan (Manchester Opera House); Christmas with the Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas (Wyndham’s); The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas (Adelphi / UK Tour).
OTHER CREDITS: Anne-Marie (International Arena Tours & Festivals ); British Summer Time, Hyde Park 2017/18/19; Wildlife Festival 2017; Sentebale, Kensington Palace; UCI 2016 Track
Cycling World Championships; Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games; London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics, Velodrome; BAKU European Games HAA Arena; Opening & Closing Ceremonies Invictus Games 2014; Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Warwick Castle; Jaguar XE Car Launch Earls Court; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Warwick Castle; A Night At The Opera, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Glen Campbell (UK Tour); Dancing in the Streets (Munich, Scandinavia & UK Tour); Swan Lake on Ice, What a Feeling, Sweet Soul Music, Vega 4 (Ireland & UK Tour); Hybrid (Global Gathering). www.chriswhybrow.com
ANNE VOSSER | CASTING DIRECTOR
Anne started casting in 1992 as in-house Casting Director for the Apollo Leisure Group. She has cast numerous West End and touring productions.
APOLLO LEISURE CREDITS: Barnum (Dominion); Aspects of Love, Copacabana (Prince of Wales); Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol (London Palladium); Scrooge (Dominion); Doctor Dolittle, Summer Holiday (Apollo Hammersmith) and numerous number one touring musicals.
FURTHER MUSICAL CREDITS: I Should Be So Lucky, Identical, Strictly Ballroom, Guys and Dolls (UK Tour); Mother Goose (Duke of York’s / UK Tour); We Will Rock You (London Coliseum / UK Tour); Bat Out of Hell (Dominion / UK Tour); 9 to 5 the Musical (Savoy / UK Tour); The Grinning Man (Trafalgar); Hairspray, Carousel, Half a Sixpence, Guys and Dolls, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats (Kilworth House); The Life (Southwark Playhouse); Dance ‘til Dawn (Aldwych); Loserville, Zorro (Garrick); Taboo (Venue); Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria); Fame (Shaftesbury).
PLAY CREDITS: Fawlty Towers (Apollo); Home, I’m Darling, Fatal Attraction, Abigail’s Party, Strangers on a Train, Flare Path (UK Tour); The Old Vic New Voices Festival (Old Vic); The Mentalists starring Stephen Merchant, Barking in Essex starring Lee Evans (Wyndham’s); What the Butler Saw (Vaudeville); Stones in His Pockets (Tricycle).
TELEVISION CREDITS: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria; Any Dream Will Do; I’d Do Anything; Over the Rainbow; I Dream; Superstar; An Evening with Take That.
@AnneVosser
CHRIS BUFFHAM | PRODUCTION MANAGER
Chris is a freelance Production Manager based in Scotland, and having worked across many areas of the industry including previously working for Assembly Festival as Production and Technical Manager, he is delighted to be returning to Assembly to be on the other side of the fence bringing Who Do Ya Love to Assembly Festival 2024.
THEATRE CREDITS: The Creakers (Theatre Royal Plymouth / Impossible Productions); Madagascar The Musical (UK & International Tour); The Wizard Of Oz (MRG Productions); Peter Rabbit (Covent Garden); Paddington (Blenheim Palace); Peter Pan (Crossroads Pantomimes); Rip Van Winkle (Gothic Opera); Rumi The Musical (Doha; AM Management & Productions); Oor Wullie, Momentous Musicals (UK Tour).
AS ASSOCIATE: SpongeBob the Musical, Quality Street (UK Tour); Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial (Ambassadors / UK Tour); Great Expectations (Garrick).
TELEVISION CREDITS: We are Most Amused (Granada Productions); The Boyle Variety Performance (Channel 4).
FRANKIE LAMB | COSTUME SUPERVISOR
THEATRE CREDITS: House of JoJo, I Should Be So Lucky, The DaVinci Code (UK Tour); Cinderella (Gillian Lynn); Hamilton (Victoria Palace).
TELEVISION CREDITS: NBC Reality Show (Unannounced); Britain’s Got Talent; The Courtship; Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream.
EVENT CREDITS: Frida Kahlo Exhibition.
PHOTOSHOOT CREDITS: Britain’s Got Talent; Mean Girls (West End; Promotional Shoot).
TRAINING: The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art.
DEMMILEIGH FOSTER | ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER
THEATRE CREDITS: Freedom Strictly (UK Tour/West End); Him and Me Strictly (UK Tour); Jack and the Beanstalk (London Palladium); 9 To 5 The Musical (Savoy/UK Tour); Flashdance The Musical (UK / International Tour).
FILM CREDITS: One Day; Pepsi Commercial.
TELEVISION CREDITS: Saturday Night Takeaway; Children In Need; The One Show; This Morning; The Late Late Show; Dancing With The Stars.
TRAINING: The Urdang Academy.
KYLA MUSSELMAN | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR LISA STEVENS
Kyla is a Canadian born theatre performer, educator, and arts community builder.
STAGE CREDITS: Spamalot, Frakenstien Revived, Chicago (Stratford Festival); Anne of Green Gables, Evangeline, Ring of Fire (Charlottetown Festival); Mary Poppins, The Addams Family, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Saturday Night Fever (North American tour); Crazy for You, Mamma Mia, and Newsies.
Kyla is the co-creator/producer of the musical theatre podcast Tits and Teeth, and a founding board member of the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Huge thanks to Lisa and the team for bringing me to the disco. Enjoy!
PRODUCERS
ATG PRODUCTIONS
ATG Productions is the award-winning producing and general management arm of the world’s largest live theatre company, ATG Entertainment – dedicated to producing critically acclaimed, commercially successful, and creatively ambitious work for the West End, Broadway and beyond. Led by Adam Speers, Richard Darbourne and Zareen Walker, we place partnerships and creative excellence at our core.
CURRENT & UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS: the seven-time Olivier Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre/ August Wilson Theatre, Broadway); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Ambassadors Theatre); Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger (St. James Theatre, Broadway) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; Dear Evan Hansen (UK Tour); Pretty Woman The Musical (UK Tour) and the official KC and the Sunshine Band musical, Who Do Ya Love? (Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh).
RECENT PRODUCTIONS & CO-PRODUCTIONS: Player Kings starring Ian McKellen (Noël Coward Theatre/UK Tour); I Should Be So Lucky: The Official Stock Aitken Waterman Musical (UK Tour); Plaza Suite starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker (Savoy Theatre); Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup (Ambassadors Theatre); Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger (Savoy Theatre) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal (Phoenix Theatre); A Doll’s House starring Jessica Chastain via The Jamie Lloyd Company (Hudson Theatre, Broadway); Pretty Woman The Musical (Savoy Theatre); Mother Goose starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop (Duke of York’s Theatre/ UK Tour); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse); The Doctor starring Juliet Stevenson (Duke of York’s Theatre); Dear Evan Hansen (Noël Coward Theatre); Mad House starring David Harbour and Bill Pullman (Ambassadors Theatre); the Olivier Award-winning Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre/ Harold Pinter Theatre/ Glasgow Theatre Royal/ Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York); The Seagull (Playhouse Theatre/ Harold Pinter Theatre) via The Jamie Lloyd Company; Fatal Attraction (UK Tour); 9 to 5 the Musical (Savoy Theatre/ UK Tour/ Australia); Ian McKellen On Stage (Harold Pinter Theatre/ UK Tour/ Broadway); Betrayal starring Tom Hiddleston (Harold Pinter Theatre/ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway); Sea Wall/A Life (Public Theatre/ Hudson Theatre, Broadway); Sunday in the Park With George (Hudson Theatre, Broadway); Touching The Void (Duke of York’s Theatre); Ghost Stories (Ambassadors Theatre); Pretty Woman the Musical (Nederlander Theatre, Broadway/ Theater an der Elbe, Hamburg); Pinter at the Pinter Season (Harold Pinter Theatre); King Lear (Duke of York’s Theatre); the Olivier Award-winning Caroline, or Change (Playhouse Theatre); the Tony Award-winning Oslo (Harold Pinter Theatre/ Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway); Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse Theatre/ UK Tour); Baskerville (Beijing/ Nanjing, China); Abigail’s Party (Ambassadors Theatre); Strangers on a Train (UK Tour); Gaslight (UK Tour); Buried Child & Oresteia (Trafalgar Studios); Big Fish (The Other Palace); Hamlet (Harold Pinter Theatre); The Maids & The Homecoming (Trafalgar Studios); Doctor Faustus (Duke of York’s Theatre); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre/ UK Tour).
GAVIN KALIN PRODUCTIONS
Gavin Kalin Productions is an award-winning theatrical production company that specialise in producing theatre in the West End, on Broadway and internationally.
Recent West End credits include Sunset Boulevard, Vanya, A Little Life, Streetcar Named Desire, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Back to the Future, Cyrano, Betrayal, 9 to 5 The Musical, Pretty Woman The Musical, Come From Away, Pinter at the Pinter, Oslo and The Ferryman.
Recent Broadway credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, A Doll’s House, Plaza Suite, Betrayal, Leopoldstadt, Funny Girl, Sea Wall/ A Life and The Ferryman.
Other entertainment: Monopoly Lifesized (London), Paddington Bear Experience (London)
Gavin is also the founder of Totally Theatre Productions Ltd, a TV/Video production company that specialize in producing Broadcast and online content for theatre and live entertainment. Clients are worldwide with many in the West End and on Broadway. gavinkalinproductions.com / totallytheatreproductions.com
EILENE DAVIDSON PRODUCTIONS
Eilene Davidson is an independent Olivier and Tony nominated Theatre Producer working on Broadway and in the West-End.
RECENTLY PRODUCED PLAYS: A Merchant of Venice (RSC / UK Tour / Criterion); Ralph Fiennes’s Macbeth (London & Washington DC); Plaza Suite (Savoy); Enemy of the People (Duke of York’s; co-producer with Wessex Grove).
RECENT BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS: The Shark is Broken (Golden); Prima Facie (Golden); A Doll’s House, Death of a Salesman (Hudson); Leopoldstadt (Longacre).
In 2022 EDP produced the premiere of Edna O’Brien’s Joyce’s Women at the Abbey theatre in Dublin and the Broadway sensation award winning Anything Goes (Barbican).
PREVIOUS HIGHLIGHTED CREDITS: Admissions (Trafalgar); Uncle Vanya (Pinter); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Trafalgar); Starry Messenger (Wyndham’s); 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy): Emilia (Vaudeville; Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play).
Eilene’s main interest is in new writing. She is in the President’s Circle at BAFTA and is a member of Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and formerly sat on the Board of the Huntington Theatre in Boston, USA. She is producing her first film later this year.
NICOLE EISENBERG
Producer: Into The Woods (Tony Nominated).
Co-Producer: Appropriate (Tony), Indecent (Tony Nomination), Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Just For Us, Gutenberg! The Musical! (Tony Nominated), The Notebook, Cabaret (Tony Nominated), Oh, Mary! Once Upon A Mattress. West End: Little Big Things, Mrs. Doubtfire.
PAM HURST-DELLA PIETRA & STEPHEN DELLA PIETRA
Pam and Stephen are thrilled to be part of the Who Do Ya Love? family, and avid supporters of the arts. Their daughter singer / composer / actress Ava Della Pietra has graced Broadway, tour and music stages since 7.
CTK ENTERPRISES
CTK Enterprises is a global talent management company headquartered in Nashville, TN. We represent global icons and are experts in music, TV, film, publishing, marketing, touring, and branding.
Through NOZ Entertainment, we offer full scale TV and film production services with four high quality sound stages that have half a ton and one ton hanging capacity, silent HVAC, and soundproofing. We also have full post-production services in-house.
LPO
LPO is a division of Paola Gambino Group Operations led by Paola Gambino Lawton. Based in United States of America, the company develops film and television for all the major Hollywood Studios.
In theatre, LPO made its debut on Broadway and West End with the box-office hit Pretty Woman: The Musical. After a successful out-of-town tryout in Chicago, Pretty Woman: The Musical premiered on Broadway at the prestigious Nederlander Theatre and subsequently on the West End at the magnificent Savoy Theatre.
For its next live theatrical project, LPO teamed with ATG, Gavin Kallin and CKT Enterprises for Harry Wayne Casey to create Who Do Ya Love, featuring the iconic hit songs of KC and The Sunshine Band. LPO is extremely honored to premiere this beautiful musical in the UK at the illustrious Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and is very grateful to all the wonderful fans and the amazing team who made this Disco dream come true.
DUDLEY HINTON PRODUCTIONS
Dudley is an independent theatre and events producer.
Recent productions include: Moby Dick (UK Tour); 9 to 5 The Musical (DIMF Korea); The Color Purple, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, My Beautiful Laundrette (Curve/UK Tour); Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (National Centre for Performing Arts, China); A Passage To India (UK Tour); Avenue Q (UK Tour); Where Is Peter Rabbit? (Hong Kong & Singapore); Strangers On A Train (UK Tour); 4:48 Psychosis (Prototype Festival, New York); A Passage To India (UK Tour).
Dudley produces under his own name, is co-founder and lead producer of Simple8 Theatre Company, and is Producer of the Garden Museum Literary Festival. He was formerly Creative Producer at Curve and Festival Manager at the London International Mime Festival. Dudley has also co-written five plays, Land Of The Free (Southwark Playhouse); Don’t Sleep There Are Snakes (Park) and The Texas Sharpshooter, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Les Enfants du Paradis (all Arcola Theatre).
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
Assembly Festival Team
Toots Butcher
Danny Nozell, Kyle McClain and Jes Stanford for CTK Management Wessex Grove
