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ANNUAL REVIEW 2019/20
Shows
“I will always
be grateful to
the Playhouse
Participation
team.”
Encore Participant
“You have made a difference
“Nottingham Playhouse is full of today, I hope you are able to
surprises, after all that’s what continue making a difference
you’re there for.” for years to come.”
Community Participant Audience Member
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WELCOME
In a year that ended with so many We were thrilled to co-commission Although this year didn’t end as
uncertainties for the entirety of the Wasteland, the follow up to Gary anyone anticipated, we are still
arts sector, Nottingham Playhouse Clarke’s award-winning Coal and immensely proud of the work we
has managed to continue producing to feature a community chorus were able to present.
theatre, serving its local community alongside the professional company
and welcoming its loyal patrons. – a life changing experience for those And of course, none of it would have
participants. been possible without the support of
In a stellar year, highlights included our incredible audiences, members,
Kemp Powers’ One Night In Miami... Throughout the year we developed funders, sponsors, staff team and
which had us spend an incredible our work with, by and for our many board - especially coping with a
night with Cassius Clay, Malcolm communities. We have loved situation which none of us could
X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke, and expanding our free Shine youth have foreseen.
consider the effects of prejudice and theatres, work experience, our
the power of brotherhood. Coram Encore group for older audiences, With your help, we hope to continue
Boy, our community production Playhouse Platform for adults with being able to deliver world-class
which featured a cast of over 70 local learning disabilities, Young Critics, In theatre here in Nottingham.
people, showed us the power we House and brand new Nottingham
have when we all come together to Playhouse Choir… to name but a
create. ER and Doctor Who star Alex few. This area of work continues to
Kingston, and Olivier Award nominee expand year on year – we believe
Malcolm Sinclair joined us for the joy generated by taking part in Stephanie Sirr,
Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s vital reworking something creative has never been Chief Executive
of Ibsen’s classic drama, An Enemy more necessary.
of the People. Meanwhile, playing
the Neville Studio, LIT earned Eve A wake-up call was also in order for
Austin a nomination for Best Actress the sector, with mass protests taking
in a New Production of a Play in the place to mark the Black Lives Matter Adam Penford,
Broadway World UK Awards. We movement. These events ensured Artistic Director
welcomed back many familiar faces, we took an even closer look at our
including Director Bill Buckhurst organisation and how we represent
for Sondheim’s Assassins – a co- our local communities. Since then,
production with our friends at The we have published our Anti-Racism
Watermill Theatre. And of course, a Action Plan and formed a Diversity Caroline Shutter,
Playhouse year wouldn’t be complete in the Workforce Working Group Chair
without another fantastic panto in order to ensure Nottingham
and Neville Studio Christmas show. Playhouse fully represents people of
Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio colour within its teams.
rang in the New Year for us to large
audiences.
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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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Nottingham Playhouse
Theatre Company
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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Produced by special
arrangement with ABKCO
Nottingham Playhouse
Theatre Company
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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Nottingham Playhouse
Theatre Company
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 self-
confidence, 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
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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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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”
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s p ro d was t r-
Thi assins e ac to ap
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firs cians a of the le
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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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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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Nottingham Playhouse
Theatre Company
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 13WHAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN
How the Playhouse
responded to Covid-19
March 2020 brought with it back at some of both venues’ “Hi, we just took part in
something which affected not only productions with the teams who Noah and the Peacock
the Playhouse, not only the arts created them. and wanted to say a big
sector, but the whole world. thank you for an amazing
Sadly, the pandemic meant we had experience. We were
Although at first Coronavirus to reschedule a huge amount of
fortunate enough to be
seemed like a distant issue taking work to 2021 or later, but we still
given tickets by Derbyshire
place thousands of miles away, it managed to release sneak peeks for
soon made its way to the UK and some shows, including a wonderful Young Carers. My daughter
to Nottingham, and meant that we rendition of Hymne A L’Amour from couldn't stop giggling, which
had to swiftly close our doors. Piaf, performed by the would-be is amazing as she has been
cast and band. without her mum now for
Our team of dedicated staff had to 15 weeks (been in hospital
find new ways of working, still with And although we weren’t able to and we've not always been
the hope that we would soon be produce anything live in person, we allowed to see her), so to
producing again. did manage to do something brand hear and see her laugh
new – a play, live on Zoom! Thanks has been very special. Can
At the end of 2020 we remained to Jeff James who was due to be not thank you all enough
in a similar situation, though directing First Touch, Noah and the
for that, you have made a
throughout that time we were able Peacock came to life digitally for
difference today, hope you
to find new ways to bring the arts hundreds of families.
to our communities. are able to continue making
This was a very worrying time a difference for years
Many of our regular programmes financially and we’d like to take this to come.”
moved online, including the opportunity to thank each and Audience Member,
Nottingham Playhouse Choir, every person who engaged with us, Noah and the Peacock
Encore and Shine. Our participants showed their support or donated to
embraced these changes with open our Curtain Up Appeal.
arms and were so pleased to still
be able to engage with us during a Without you, we might be in a very
strange and unsettling time. different situation.
We also launched The Revival, a
brand new podcast with Theatre
Royal Stratford East which looked
14 Nottingham PlayhouseHow 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
Annual Review 152019/20 In Figures
AWARDS WON
Earned Income
Rebecca Trehearn vs Subsidy
Tickets Booked Best Performance in a £3,361,673 vs
127,042 Musical for Sweet Charity £1,638,506
plus thousands more booked to see UK Theatre Awards 2019
Nottingham Playhouse productions
on tour Local Authority Funding
Compared to Turnover
Under 26s 2.38%
Tickets Sold
5,494
School and Group
Tickets Sold
10,516
Total Events
Average Yield
635
£15.81 Total Bookers
Actors Employed
Pay What You Can 67 25,558
Tickets Allocated
Total Weeks of First-Time Bookers
1,883 Employment for Actors 7,320
50:50 Tickets Allocated 350
1,822 Freelancers Employed
16 Nottingham Playhouse 1972019/20 In Figures
OUR
WORKFORCE
DIVERSITY
FIGURES
The belief that theatre is for Our board members identify as Our permanent and casual
everyone lies at the heart of Asian 23.1% employees identify as
Nottingham Playhouse, but we Black 7.7% Asian 1.4%
acknowledge that people of colour, Mixed Race 0% Black 0.7%
people from Black, Asian and Other 0% Mixed Race 2.9%
other minority ethnic groups, feel White 69.2% Other 0%
underrepresented at Nottingham Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% White 92%
Playhouse and we are striving to Female 38.5% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 2.9%
address this. Male 61.5% Female 55.8%
Non-Binary 0% Male 43.5%
We acknowledge that we have Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0% Non-Binary 0.7%
not done everything right, despite Non-Disabled 69.2% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%
our best intentions and recognise Disabled 15.4% Non-Disabled 79%
that we need to improve. We Unknown or Prefer Not to Say Disabled 10.9%
understand that not everything we 15.4% Unknown or Prefer Not to Say
do is seen. 10.1%
Our professional actors
In a bid to hold ourselves identify as
Our writers on commission
accountable and to ensure changes Asian 1.5% identify as
are made, we are publishing figures Black 18%
showing the breakdown of ethnicity Asian 0%
Mixed Race 10.4%
within our teams. Black 0%
Other 0%
Mixed Race 20%
White 70.1%
Other 0%
Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%
White 80%
Female 40.3%
Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%
Male 59.7%
Female 40%
Non-Binary 0%
Male 60%
Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%
Non-Binary 0%
Non-Disabled 89.5%
Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%
Disabled 3%
Non-Disabled 80%
Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 7.5%
Disabled 20%
Unknown or Prefer Not to Say 0%
Annual Review 17ASSOCIATE His most recent film for Channel 4,
Brexit: An Uncivil War, tapped into a
ARTISTS national conversation, garnering huge
public attention and critical acclaim. It
was broadcast on Channel 4 and HBO,
All four of our Associate Artists and starred Benedict Cumberbatch.
bring their own unique set of skills,
His film X and Y was produced by Origin
experiences and interests, and help to
Pictures and BBC Films and starred Rafe
shape our programming by providing
Spall, Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan.
a sounding board for our artistic team,
He is currently developing films with
reading scripts and watching plays.
Lenny Abrahamson, Paul Greengrass
James Graham and Jeremy Herrin and adapting his play
We’re delighted to have them on board. Ink into a screenplay.
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 Olivier-
nominated 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 Amanda Whittington
where it played in the theatre next door Amanda Whittington is one of the most
to James’ other new play – political performed playwrights in the UK. Be My
romantic comedy Labour of Love – Baby, a GSCE-recommended text, was
creating theatre history. Labour of first produced by Soho Theatre in 1998
Love went on to win an Olivier Award. and most recently at Leeds Playhouse
Ink went on to transfer to Manhattan (2019). Ladies Day and its sequel Ladies
Theatre Club on Broadway and be Down Under (Hull Truck/UK Tours) are
nominated for six Tony Awards. widely staged in community settings
James wrote the book for Finding across the country. Recent theatre work
Neverland the musical, which had includes Kiss Me Quickstep (New Vic
music by Gary Barlow. It opened Theatre), Mighty Atom (Hull Truck) and
in Boston in Summer 2014 and The Thrill of Love (New Vic/Stephen
transferred to Broadway in Spring 2015. Joseph Theatre). All are published by
His first film for television, Caught in a Nick Hern Books.
Trap, was broadcast on ITV1 on Boxing Amanda has a long association with
Day 2008. His single film Coalition aired Nottingham Playhouse, her home
on Channel 4 and won plaudits for its theatre: productions include My Judy
retelling of the 2010 general election Garland Life, Amateur Girl and Satin ‘n’
and the formation of the coalition Steel. She also has numerous writing
government.
18 Nottingham PlayhouseAssociate Artists
credits for BBC Radio 4, including the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab. Sarah’s East) and One Night In Miami...
The Archers and seven series of the first play Notts Sweet Home was a part Other directing credits include: Blood
Children in Need drama D for Dexter, of a short regional tour as part of an Knot (The Orange Tree); Blue/Orange,
which won Best Series/Serial in the BBC attachment with New Perspectives The Sound of Yellow and Sizwe Banzi
Audio Drama Awards 2016. Theatre company. is Dead (Young Vic and Eclipse);
In addition to Sarah’s creative talents, Dublin Carol (Sherman Theatre);
she is also a practising Social Worker Eden (Hampstead Downstairs);
of 10 years having worked primarily Suckerpunch: Boom Suite (The Barbican
with Looked After Children and Care and NitroBEAT); Migration Music and
Leavers. Through the recent Research Scrappers (Liverpool Everyman and
and Development of Rootless Island Playhouse); Frankenstein, Wish List
Baby, Sarah piloted ‘Rootz’ group, (also Royal Court), Into the Woods and
a new theatre group aimed at Care Brink (Royal Exchange Manchester);
Leavers and young people with Cinderella, The Blacks and I was
experience of the Care system. Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw
the Sky (Co-Director, Theatre Royal
Stratford East and The Barbican); Mad
Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole Blud and Aladdin (Associate Director)
and Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal
Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole is a Spoken
Stratford East); Soundbites: Ruth the
Word artist, poet and Soho Theatre
Divorcee and Barry the Love-Sick
alumna playwright originally from
Bee (Lyric Theatre Studio & Bestival);
Nottingham. She has been writing
Soundbites: Abandonment (Rich Mix);
poetry and performing spoken word
and Wild Child (Royal Court Rough Cut).
for 15 years and has been playwriting
for six. In that time, Sarah has written Composing/Sound Design credits
poetry for a variety of commissions and include: Paralympics Opening
events, including the Takeover Festival, Ceremony (DJ); The People are
Derby Book Festival, writing for the Matthew Xia Singing (Royal Exchange); Free Run
Windrush anniversary, the Big Session (Underbelly); That’s The Way To Do
Matthew Xia is the Artistic Director
Festival, Ken Saro-Wiwa anniversary, It (TimeWontWait); Pass The Baton
at ATC (Actors Touring Company), a
The Primary Gallery at The Welbeck and Bolero Remixed (New London
company dedicated to producing and
Estate and other regional and national Orchestra); Da Boyz, Family Man, The
touring new international and cross-
events. In addition, as a performance Snow Queen, Hansel and Gretel, Medea
cultural plays. Matthew was previously
poet, she has performed alongside and Squid (Theatre Royal Stratford
Associate Artistic Director at the
and in support of a number of writers, East).
Royal Exchange Theatre, Director in
including Benjamin Zephaniah, Lemn Residence at the Liverpool Everyman Matthew is a founding member of Act
Sissay, Michelle Mother Hubbard, Yasus and Playhouse, and Associate Director for Change and a trustee for Cardboard
Afari and Salena Godden. at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Citizens and Artistic Directors of the
Sarah’s playwriting would be described Future.
Directing credits for the ATC include:
as poetic and her most recent play, Amsterdam (Plymouth Theatre Royal/
Rootless Island Baby, was shared The Orange Tree).
at Nottingham Playhouse through
a Rehearsed Reading following a Credits for Nottingham Playhouse
Research and Development project. include: Shebeen (Nottingham
This was originally developed whilst on Playhouse and Theatre Royal Stratford
Annual Review 19CREATIVE Frances Brown (Small Island, National
Theatre). Major Labia are a Nottingham
ASSOCIATES based collective who are graduates and
associates of the BAFTA award-winning
Television Workshop, and have been
Our Creative Associates develop tickling audiences for over three years.
a significant relationship with They tackle the insidious notion that
Nottingham Playhouse over the course women aren’t funny through live sketch
of a two year period. shows, recorded work on their YouTube
channel, and educational programmes.
During this time we offer a bespoke
partnership, supporting the
development of their career – this
Lewis Doherty
might be through offering rehearsal Lewis is an East Midlands based
space and building resources, giving actor, writer and theatre-maker. After
artistic support, or an opportunity studying Drama and Theatre Arts at
to make work. We’re so happy to the University of Birmingham, he then
champion some of the most exciting trained as an actor at the Oxford School
talent from our region through this of Drama. As the Creative Director of
scheme. production company, BEASTHOUSE,
Lewis has received critical success with
Our 2019/20 Creative Associates were: his shows WOLF and BOAR. The work
Ben Norris Lewis makes is physical, filmic, and
funny. He plays every single character,
Ben Norris is a writer and performer mimes every prop, and makes all
from Nottingham, and the voice of the sound effects in his one man
Ben Archer in The Archers on BBC Hollywood blockbuster style theatre
Radio 4. Twice a national poetry shows. Both shows have enjoyed
slam champion, Ben has appeared sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe
everywhere from Latitude Festival to and have completed successful UK
the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. tours too, performing at theatres and
His debut solo show, The Hitchhiker’s festivals including The Lowry, The Other
Guide to the Family, won the 2015 Room, The North Wall, Nottingham
IdeasTap Underbelly Award at the Playhouse, Birmingham REP, Latitude
Major Labia Edinburgh Fringe before touring the Festival, and Soho Theatre.
UK and Australia, including a sold-out
Major Labia are here to smash the run at Nottingham Playhouse. His first
patriarchy through vaginal comedy. short film, commissioned by Channel
More raucous than righteous, Major 4 for their Random Acts programme,
Labia are an all-female comedy was nominated for a Royal Television
collective founded by Artistic Director Society Award, and his second is
Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie (The Elves currently in development with BBC
and the Shoemaker, Nottingham Films and BBC Drama.
Playhouse). Performers include
Gemma Caseley-Kirk (My Mad Fat
Diary, Channel 4), Narisha Lawson (The
New Worst Witch, CITV) and Phoebe
20 Nottingham PlayhouseNottingham Playhouse on tour
NOTTINGHAM Fernwood Primary & Nursery
School
Story Explorers: Up, Up
and Away - Dec 2019
PLAYHOUSE Lady Bay Pre-school
Willow Brook Primary School Arnold Library
ON TOUR The Acorn Community Theatre
Worksop
Beeston Library
Bingham Library
Hucknall Library
The Memory Of Water Story Explorers: Fantastical Kirkby-In-Ashfield Library
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford Forests – Apr/May 2019 Mansfield Central Library
21 – 25 May 2019 Arnold Library Newark Library
Beeston Library Southwell Library
One Night In Miami… Bingham Library Sutton-in-Ashfield Library
Hucknall Library West Bridgford Library
Bristol Old Vic 25 – 29 June 2019 Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library
HOME Manchester 2 – 5 July 2019 Mansfield Central Library The Kite Runner
Newark Library
Retford Library Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
LIT Southwell Library 21 – 22 February 2020
Sutton-in-Ashfield Library
Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh West Bridgford Library Theatr Clwyd Mold
11 – 14 September 2019 Worksop Library 5 – 7 March 2020
Omnibus Theatre, London Richmond Theatre
17 – 21 September 2019 Story Explorers: Dramatic 10 – 14 March 2020
Deserts - Sep/Oct 2019 Salisbury Playhouse
Assassins Arnold Library
17 – 21 March 2020
The Watermill Theatre, Newbury Aspley Library
Basford Library
26 September – 16 November 2019
Beeston Library Holes
Bilborough Library Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Pinocchio Schools Tour Bingham Library 24 January – 2 February 2020
7 Jan – 1 Feb 2020 Clifton Library
Hucknall Library Nottingham Playhouse
All Hallows CE Primary School Kirkby-In-Ashfield Library 5 – 8 February 2020
Bluebell Hill Primary School Mansfield Central Library
Seely Primary & Nursery School Newark Library NST Campus Theatre,
Windmill L E A D Academy Oakfield School Southampton
Bentinck Primary & Nursery School Retford Library 11 – 15 February 2020
Jesse Gray Primary School St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Crabtree Farm Primary School Southwell Library Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
QMC Hospital School Strelley Library 18 – 22 February 2020
Willington Primary School Sutton-In-Ashfield Library
Fairfield Prep School West Bridgford Library Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Oakfield School Wollaton Library 26 – 29 February 2020
John Blow Primary School Worksop Library
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Malvern Theatre, Malvern
School 4 – 7 March 2020
Melbury Primary School Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Kirkby Woodhouse Primary School
17 – 21 March 2020
Annual Review 21VISITING WORK
Banff Mountain Film Festival Comedy Summerslam, Upfront Sophia and Cinzia 19 October 2019
10 April 2019 Comedy 30 June 2019 Vikki Stone 21 October 2019
Mo Amer and Guz Khan Urban Explorers 2019, Tom Dale
Company 4 July 2019 Black Men Walking
12 April 2019
James Acaster 9 July 2019 21 & 22 October 2019
The Boy and The Mermaid
16 April 2019 Chris Barber Band 10 July 2019 Getting The Third Degree
Boxes 25 July 2019 23 October 2019
AniMalcolm 17 April 2019
Bon Bon Cabaret 26 July 2019 Wasteland 25 & 26 October 2019
The Horne Section 18 April 2019
Drag Queen Story Time Really Want To Hurt Me
The Long Walk Back 23 April 2019
27 July 2019 26 October 2019
Motionhouse: Charge 24 April 2019
Sarah Keyworth 27 July 2019 Mark 'Billy' Billingham
MissImp: Star Wars 4 May 2019 11 November 2019
The Colour Of Love 24 August 2019
Out-Spoken 9 May 2019 Becoming Electra
Big Band Divas 5 September 2019
Mathilda and the Orange Balloon 29 November 2019
11 May 2019 Sindhu Vee 7 September 2019
An Evening with Katherine Parkinson
Reginald D Hunter 22 May 2019 The Scummy Mummies Show
22 September 2019 14 January 2020
James Acaster 23 May 2019 Judy Collins 15 January 2020
Ben Elton 30 September 2019
Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Daliso Chaponda 16 January 2020
24 May 2019 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
3 October 2019 Swinging At The Cotton Club
Ben Macintyre 28 May 2019
A Quite Enormous Poetry Event 17 January 2020
Status 28 May 2019 3 October 2019 Johnny Ball 18 January 2020
Mary Portas 29 May 2019 Count Arthur Strong
4 October 2019 Gecko: Institute
Pasadena Roof Orchestra 23 – 25 January 2020
30 May 2019 Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare
Sourpuss 1 June 2019 5 October 2019 Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado
Wireless Wise 6 October 2019 29 January – 1 February 2020
Julian Clary: Born To Mince
1 June 2019 Rush 8 October 2019 Josie Long 2 February 2020
Pizza Shop Heroes (part of Refugee Candoco 10 October 2019 Holes 5 – 8 February 2020
Week) 18 & 19 June 2019 Andy Parsons 11 October 2019 Vic & Bob 10 February 2020
Electrolyte 20 June 2019 Swann & Blofeld Dancing Down The An Evening of Eric and Ern
Why Mummy Doesn't Give a ****, Gill Wicket 12 October 2019 11 & 12 February 2020
Sims 24 June 2019 Austentatious 13 October 2019 Kenneth Clarke 14 February 2020
Ian McKellen 25 & 26 June 2019 Ballet Black 15 October 2019 Alexei Sayle 15 February 2020
Dom Coyote - We Can Time Travel Al Murray 16 October 2019 Miss Imp: Improv Triple Decker
27 June 2019 22 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s All Stars
BOAR 28 June 2019 17 October 2019 David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls
Inside 29 June 2019 Frisky and Mannish 18 October 2019 1 March 2020
22 Nottingham PlayhouseVisiting Work
Man on the Moon 5 March 2020 Margot and Mr Whatsit
Iain Stirling 8 March 2020 18 May 2019
Night Of The Living Dead, imitating The Question 18 May 2019
the dog 10 – 11 March 2020 Feminists Don't Wear Pink
Tommy Tiernan 12 March 2020 19 May 2019
Hires Amplify Festival 2019
Young Creative Awards Five Years 8 October 2019
21 May 2019 Trade 9 October 2019
Gedling Ballet 25 & 26 May 2019 Joygernaut 10 October 2019
MADD Showcase 28 & 29 June 2019 BOAR 11 October 2019
Katie Wright School of Dance MissImp: The Vox Pops 12 October
6 & 7 July 2019 2019
Sister Act, Spotlight School of Dance Ruby and Cedar 16 October 2019
12 & 14 July 2019 Digging Deep 17 October 2019
A Cappella Championship It's True, It's True, It's True
19 January 2020 18 & 19 October 2019
Jimi: The Legend Lives On The Magician’s Penguin
13 February 2020 19 October 2019
London Film Orchestra (Freddie Andromeda 19 October 2019
Mercury) 13 February 2020
Guitar Heroes 14 February 2020 Amplify Festival 2020
In Progress… (The Glad Game/
The Party Somewhere Else Aftershock/Me, Nic & Jo)
2019 13 Feb 2020
Blood, Sweat & Vaginas 14 May 2019 If I Can Get This Bit Right At Least
Algorithms 14 May 2019 14 Feb 2020
Sexy Lamp 15 May 2019 Dinosaurs Don't DJ 15 Feb 2020
Adventures In Menstruating A Seventh Man 15 Feb 2020
15 May 2019 PVC 15 Feb 2020
Kill The Princess 16 May 2019 In Progress… (The Foundation/Noot
Greyscale 17 & 18 May 2019 Patoot) 15 Feb 2020
Girls 17 May 2019 Icarus 15 Feb 2020
Ladykiller 17 May 2019
DadMan 18 May 2019
Island Home 18 May 2019
Annual Review 23AMPLIFY
Our Artist Development programme Our work with partners Open Door
Amplify continued to grow in Offering workshops and rehearsal
Alongside the programme of
2019-20 and now has nearly 400 space for young people from
work we offered here, we also
members. Last year, we were economically disadvantaged
partnered with organisations
pleased to support the development backgrounds
across the country in order to offer
of our members’ work through
Amplify Members a wide range
a variety of programmes and
of experiences and opportunities Common
opportunities, including:
for development. Our work with Holding Common Ground
partners included: Consultations with artists from lower
Hours of One-on-One socio-economic backgrounds
Advice Given Regional Theatre Young
Over 180 Director Scheme Young Vic
Hosting Reach Out workshops for
Katie Brailsford, six month placement
emerging directors
Hours of Donated
National Poetry Day,
Rehearsal Space Given
Nottingham City of Literature,
Over 150 Nottingham Trent University and
Ben Norris
Hours of Technical A Quite Enormous Poetry Event for
Support Given National Poetry Day
Over 50 The Party Somewhere Else
Hosting their annual festival of work
Amplify Festivals Held by female and non-binary artists
2
In Good Company
Leading their new writing initiative,
Ideas Submission Take Off
Windows Held Co-hosting the IGC Directors’ Book
2 Club
Supporting Holly Boyden’s new play,
It Kind of Looks Like A Donut
New Writing Pieces
Supported JMK Trust
2 Leading workshops for emerging
directors
24 Nottingham PlayhouseAmplify
In the Artists’ Own Words: other big regional theatre I’ve been it was exciting to be pushed to
Ben Norris, Creative Associate: involved with in my career. Amplify explore my play further. As a result
put me in touch with other artists of this examination of my work I was
“My time as a Creative Associate and opportunities I wouldn’t have able to achieve my outcomes for
at Nottingham Playhouse has previously had available to me. the development process, namely,
been artistically fruitful and Artists such as Luke Barnes of Middle a new draft of the play ready for
professionally validating. Having Child Theatre, a writer whose work I performance.”
had a relationship with the building greatly admire. Showcasing my play
since I was a teenager, as a youth as part of the Amplify Festival was a
theatre performer, it's great to see professional leg up for me. It allowed
this transition into something more me to see the possibilities of my
substantial that supports me at the work could not simply be confined
beginning of my career proper. It to fringe theatres, but could hold its
has meant meaningful relationships own in more prestigious spaces with
with the Artistic Director and Artist greater capabilities. I can now say my
Development Producer and the work has been staged at Nottingham
beginnings of relationships with the Playhouse, which is a real draw on
new in-house Producer, the Chief my CV.”
Executive and the Participation team.
I have felt like a valued member of Amplify Member Sabrina Smith’s
both the local and national artistic play, The Holy Bible was developed
community, and someone whose as part of the Spring ’19 Ideas
contributions to the life of the Submissions Window:
building, its programme (both main
stage and studio), its identity and “The Ideas Submissions Window
its working practices are genuinely was the perfect process for me
valued. I am hopeful that this will and my work to go through. I was
translate into a longer-term mutually very clear about what I needed to
beneficial relationship with the take my work forward: time, space,
building that lasts far beyond the end money and expertise and Amplify
of the Associateship this autumn.” were able to provide those. Having
never filled out an ACE application
Doug Deans, Amplify Member, before it was a daunting task but
presented his work at the 2020 Craig guided me along the way and
Amplify Festival: steered me in the right direction.
The workshop of my play was a
“I was relatively new to Nottingham professional, informative, creative
when I applied to be part of Amplify process and I learned something
at Nottingham Playhouse, and in new every day. Through Amplify I
the six months I’ve been involved was able to work with experienced
with the theatre they have offered actors and a director with lots of
more support and guidance and knowledge about developing new
been more welcoming than any plays. For an inexperienced writer
Annual Review 25PARTICIPATION
At Nottingham Playhouse, our Ignite with Open Door invited 150 material that’s inspired by our shows.
diverse community are at the heart teenagers to meet Vicky McClure Three seasons of highly popular
of everything we do. After a bold and and many other hugely influential Classes and Courses included Stand-
ambitious year, we now run over 30 industry professionals to learn about up Comedy, Song-writing, Public
programmes for all ages and abilities. careers. Speaking, Ballroom Dancing and
15 young people undertook a week much more.
Highlights from 2019/20 include: of intensive work experience.
We hosted 27 backstage tours. Young People
Encore 20 young people spent a year on our Our flagship Shine programme of
We ran 191 classes for people aged Homegrown professional training free drama and dance workshops
over 50, from Creative Writing to programme, and created the Messy around the city and county has
Drama, Online Dance to Play Reading Unity Festival 2020. Contributors grown to include 11 weekly groups.
and much more. included Matthew Xia, Jeff James, This year Shine had over 4,000
Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole, Luke Barnes, engagements with young people.
Families Prema Mehta and many of the
Every Shine member was given
Playhouse team.
Our expanded half term Family tickets to attend our annual
Festivals, with over 50 different We hosted 20 placements for Pantomime and another show of
sessions of baby discos, writing, University students across all their choice.
drama, dance, circus and much more departments.
There were 1,710 attendances at our
were attended by 2,148 people. popular weekly Young Companies for
Our Story Explorers shows for Adults all ages.
under 5s, in partnership with Inspire In House, our theatre company for
Libraries, played to over 1,000 people with experience of living Schools
children. homeless, has grown and flourished
300 school children took to the stage
Glow, our extra special story sessions this year – performing three shows
to perform their own unique version
for little ones and their grown-ups, and securing National Lottery
of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as
had 300 attendances. funding for another three years.
part of the annual Schools Massive.
Story Builders in Strelley Library Our theatre company for adults
Our new production of The
explored language and speaking with with learning disabilities, Playhouse
Merchant of Venice was booked to
34 diverse young children and their Platform, made 3 shows, took part in
play 14 Nottingham schools and
carers. the Nottingham Light Night parade,
Birmingham MAC before lockdown.
ran parts of sessions for other groups
and volunteered with our Front of This year we created 12 Insight Packs
Careers to support schools and parents
House team.
We continued to work hard to ensure in exploring our productions and
The new Nottingham Playhouse
our local community is informed creative teams in depth.
Choir is our most popular
about and can access opportunities
programme, working weekly on
in the arts industry.
26 Nottingham PlayhouseParticipation
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 Distan-
Sing 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.
Annual Review 27PLAYHOUSE 50:50
PASS Generous audience members
continued to donate to our 50:50
Our Playhouse Pass members appeal to enable us to invite
are at the heart of what we do. people facing social and economic
Members donate over four times disadvantage to experience shows
as much on average as bookers at Nottingham Playhouse.
in general and are especially keen
supporters of our 50:50 appeal, We allocated almost 2,000 tickets
enabling us to invite others to to both visiting and Nottingham
share the pleasure of attending Playhouse productions, including
Nottingham Playhouse. our famous annual pantomime.
Once again, Playhouse Pass Help us to continue giving local
members have enjoyed substantial disadvantaged people the chance
discounts and priority booking to experience theatre by donating
opportunities all year. Their loyalty to 50:50. You can do this on our
also brings them bonuses like free website or by contacting the Box
programmes and members-only Office team.
events.
Thank you for your support.
Interested in becoming a Playhouse
Pass member? Head to our website
or call Box Office to find out more.
28 Nottingham PlayhouseTHANK 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.
Annual Review 29The Nottingham Playhouse Team
The Nottingham Playhouse Team Derek Graham - Memberships Manager Orla O’Connor – Participation Officer
Nicola Grant - Wardrobe Supervisor (Coram Boy) Jake Orr – Producer
Alice Adams - Production Casual
Emma Greenhalgh - Wardrobe Assistant/Dresser Emily Owen - Usher
Hollie Anderson - Media & Communications
Philip Gunn - Deputy Head of Construction Natalie Patuzzo – Usher
Manager
Laura Guthrie - Agent For Change Michael Parnham – Cleaner
Rachel Amery - Head of Finance
Emily Hackett - Deputy Head of Paintshop Kushal Patel - Stage Technician
Bryony Arnold - Production Casual
William Hall – Casual Frances Pearson - Admin Assistant
Liam Aston - Production Casual
Alex Hatton - Deputy Head of Props Louise Pearson - Assistant / Stage Manager
Kathryn Bainbridge-Wilson - Assistant Stage
Richard Heappey - Lighting, Sound & Video Adam Penford - Artistic Director
Manager
Technician Lily Pickard – Usher
Esther Bartholomew – Usher
Bill Henshaw - Usher Paul Preston - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher
Andy Bartlett - Production Manager
Karon Hill - Box Office Assistant Michael Radford - Participation Administrator
Christine Baxter – Usher
Nicola Himsworth - Production Casual Oliver Read - Production Casual
Adam Bee - Production Casual
Rebecca Hogarth - Audience & Community Hannah Redfern - Marketing Officer
Manya Benenson - Participation Officer
Engagement Manager Lewis Reid - Production Casual
Martin Berry - Head of Participation
Christine Hollinshead - DSM (Assassins) Richard Renshaw - Production Casual
Michelle Bland – Wardrobe
Chris Howitt – Usher Sarah Richard - Paintshop Casual
Charli Blighton - Graphic Designer
Liam Hudson - Production Casual Dave Richardson - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher/
Karl Bock - Head of Lighting, Sound & Video
Dale Hurren – Usher Dawn Richmond-Gordon - Participation Officer
Lisa Booth-Blake – Usher
Cindy Hutchinson - Cleaning Supervisor Roshaan Riyahi-Boni – Usher
Lottie Bluewater – Usher
Laura Hutchinson - Box Office Supervisor/Usher Anna Roberts - Deputy Head of Paintshop
Harry Bridge - Production Casual
Tracy James - Theatre Manager Olivia Roberts - DSM (Skellig)
Kerry Britnell - Box Office Manager
Tom Jeavons - Marketing Manager Jill Robertshaw - Assistant Production Manager
Natalia Bruce - Participation Specialist
Clare Johnson – Usher Olivia Robinson - Marketing Officer
Andrew Bullett - Information and
Liz Johnson - Production Assistant Nathan Rose - Head of Props
Communication Technology Manager
Edward Jones - Box Office Assistant Beth Shaw - Lighting, Sound & Video Technician
Pamela Bullett – Usher
Josh Jones - Production Casual Beth Shouler - Artist Development Producer
Linda Burrows – Wardrobe
Lydia Jones – Usher Joanna Sigsworth - Head of Marketing &
Louise Carney - Stage Doorkeeper
Isla Kay - Events Apprentice Communications
Jonathan Child - Finance Manager
Bethan Keen - Production Casual Stephanie Sirr - Chief Executive
Sophie Collier – Usher
Joseph Kelly - Production Casual Jamie Smith - Technical Manager
Sophie Corner - Box Office Assistant
Susan Kind – Cleaner Julian Smith - Head of Construction
Will Cottrell - Deputy Head of Lighting, Sound &
Francesca Lawson – Usher Matt Smith - Box Office Supervisor
Video (Sound)
Imogen Lea – Usher Ollie Smith - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher/Duty FoH
Josie Crooks - Marketing Assistant
Marian Lenaghan – Usher Manager
James Curtis - Production Casual
Georgie Levers - Usher/Box Office Assistant Stewart Smith - Head of Operations
Martin Curtis - Production Casual
Geoff Linney - Stage Doorkeeper Wesley Smith - Usher
Sophie Curtis - Usher
Abbie Lloyd - Finance Apprentice Sally Smithson - Usher/Cleaner
Katy Daniels – Usher
Richard Lodge - DSM (An Enemy Of The People) Richard Surgay - Sales & CRM Manager
Patricia Davenport - DSM (One Night In Miami…)
Dino Loizou - Production Casual Bobby Sunda - Duty Manager
Jonathan Davies - Box Office Manager
Vickki Maiden - Deputy Stage Manager Richard Swift - Production Casual
Olwen Davies - Stage Doorkeeper/Usher
Mufaro Makubika - Production Casual Amber Jane Taylor - Stage Manager (LIT)
James de Carle - LX Casual
Greg Malone - Production Casual Carrie Teodorescu - Usher/Box Office
Clare Devine – Usher
Christopher Marsh - Production Casual Claire Thompson - Deputy Head of Paintshop
Alessandra Doogan - Usher/Marketing Assistant
Richard Marson – Usher Rob Throup - Duty FoH Manager
Ian Dowling - Production Casual
Eliot Martin - Production Casual Andrew Tinley – Usher
Alex Dugdale - Production Casual
Chloe McMackin - Marketing Manager Tony Topping - Deputy Technical Manager
Felix Dunning - DSM (Moonlight & Magnolias)
Livia McLauchlan - House Manager Natalie Toney - ASM (Assassins)
Jane Eliot-Webb - Company and Stage Manager
Charlie Middlemass – Usher Daniel Turner - Production Casual
Valerie Evans - Head of Administration
Gary Miller - Box Office Assistant Michael Turton - Maintenance Technician
Amy-Marie Field - Production Casual
Hazel Monaghan - Stage Manager (Pinocchio) Joe Tutty - Production Casual
Erin Fleming - Paintshop Casual
Dylan Morris - Participation Administrator Helen Tye - Head of Wardrobe
Heather Flinders - Wardrobe Assistant
Nick Morris - Production Casual Charlotte Vickers - Box Office
Stacey Foster – Usher
Alexandra Moxon - Participation Casual Jeremy Walker - Box Office Supervisor
Rowena Fry – Usher
Dominic Murray - Production Casual Martina Walker – Cleaner
Craig Gilbert - Amplify Producer
Sara Oakden - Finance Officer Patricia Walsh – Cleaner
William Goodman – Cleaner
30 Nottingham PlayhouseThe Nottingham Playhouse Team
Bronwen Webster - Production Casual Rochene Johnson Jonathan English
Suelin Webster - Assistant Carpenter Miriam Keye Rastarella Falade
William Welch - Deputy Head Lighting, Sound & Sarah Kolawole Helen Flach
Video (Lighting) Narisha Lawson Mark Fletcher
Sarah West Valstar - Participation Specialist Amy Legge Harvey Goodman
Paul White – Cleaner James Lloyd Sarah Grandage
Cherelle Wilks - Box Office Assistant Lucy Mackay Jones Cllr Brian Grocock
Molly Williams – Usher Liam Maloy Roger Harcourt
Elaine Williamson - Participation Manager Bradley Mansell Suma Harding
Olivia Wood – Fundraiser Sarah Manton Tom Huggon
Susan Yeoman – Receptionist Delilah Martinez Kurban Kassam
Fraser Youngson - Digital Producer Rikki Martinez Cressida Laywood
Alex Moxon Thulani Molife
Sarah Ogando Howard Morris
Volunteers Jo Petch Jackie Morris
Ilija Barosevcic Michael Radford Anna Murphy
Karl Bloch Dawn Richmond Gordon Bernadette O’Driscoll
Richard Brown Simon Sanchez Cllr Jill Owen
Louise Carney Biant Singh Cllr Michael Payne
Duncan Carty Melissa May Smith Prof. John Pike OBE
Lynn Coxon Lauren Stephenson Mich Stevenson
Lisa De Vivo Jessica Temple David Stewart OBE
Teri Forey Christina Tsoutsi Tony Wills
Katy Gore Bronwen Webster Cllr Malcolm Wood
David Lumb Sharon White Josephine Yousaf
Susan MacCormick Lauren Whitter Tim Challans
Olivia Trivett Judith Winwood
Nieves Zuniga TamTam Winwood
Participation Workshop Leaders Board of Trustees
Doug Allen Mark Aldrich
Rebecca Allen Anthony Almeida
Ria Ashcroft Cllr Steve Battlemuch
Jazzmine Augustin Andy Batty
Chloe Bancroft Alex Bayley
Manya Benenson Tom Davies
Sara Bodinar Natalie Gasson
Debbie Bryan Ian Lund
James Cook Sofia Nazar-Chadwick (Vice Chair)
Olwen Davies Cllr Anne Peach
Philip D’Orleans Danielle Russell
Tia Elvidge Neena Sharma
Tim Evans Caroline Shutter (Chair)
Maggi Fazzini Paul Southby
Erin Fleming
Pip Forbes
Joshua Goodman Wider Board Members include:
Krystal Groves Katie Aungles
Laura Guthrie Andy Barrett
Jane Hart Fred Brookes
Joe Heap Michaela Butter MBE
David Higgins Sue Cullen
Kate Houghton Sue Dewey OBE
Karla Jones Stephanie Drakes
Lisa Judson
Annual Review 31Cast and Creatives
Actors Simon Oskarsson - Assassins Macey Palmer
Joe Alessi - Moonlight and Magnolias Emma Pallant - An Enemy of The People Florence Sudborough
Lisa Ambalavanar - Sleeping Beauty Oscar Pearce - Moonlight and Jace Vaughan
Eve Austin - LIT Magnolias Larissa Wallington
Toyin Ayedun-Alase - Sleeping Beauty Jordan Peters - An Enemy of The People Jamillah Wells
Nicholas Bailey - The Memory of Water Jim Pope - LIT
Donna Banya - An Enemy of The People Sara Poyzer - Assassins Coram Boy Community Actors
Josh Barrow - LIT Jack Quarton - Coram Boy, Assassins Moira Balmer
Tiger Cohen-Towell - LIT Ned Rudkins-Stow - Assassins Suzanne Barlow
Christopher Colquhoun - One Night in Steve Simmonds - Assassins Michelle Bland
Miami… Tim Samuels - Coram Boy, An Enemy of Elliot Briffa
Beth Cordingly - The Memory of Water The People Kevin Brown
Philip Correia - Skellig Malcolm Sinclair - An Enemy of The Richard Brown
Juliet Cowan - The Memory of Water People Rachel Burbridge
Louise Dalton - Sleeping Beauty Darren Southworth - Sleeping Beauty Sophie Collier
Simon Darwen - Skellig Andre Squire - One Night in Miami… Daniel Fitzpatrick
Hayley Doherty - Moonlight and Katy Stephens - The Memory of Water Robin Gardner
Magnolias Sam Swann - Skellig Emily Hallam
Peter Dukes - Assassins Tanya Vital - Skellig Cody Harrison
John Elkington - Sleeping Beauty Lauren Waine - Skellig Michelle Holding
Eddie Elliott - Assassins Deka Walmsley - An Enemy of The Isaac Hull
Richard Evans - An Enemy of The People People Ibraheem Hussain
Phoebe Fildes - Assassins Ben Welch - Pinocchio Alex Kelsall
Maxine Finch - LIT Stewart Wright - The Memory of Water Karr Kennedy
Daniel Fitzpatrick - An Enemy of The Miles Yekinni - One Night in Miami… Blaise Kouassi
People Zheng Xi Yong - Assassins Marie Lewin
Lillie Flynn - Assassins Joy Mandivenga
Tim Frater - Sleeping Beauty Child Actors Dominic Mills
Dan Fredenburgh - Moonlight and Alfie John Atterby - Assassins Mavis Moore
Magnolias Gabriel Boot - Assassins Natelle Morgan-Brown
Conor Glean - One Night in Miami… Remae Fairweather - An Enemy of The Moyege Oke
Luke Grant - Skellig People James Pacey
Kieran Hardcastle - LIT Jaya Virk - An Enemy of The People Harry Pavlou
Maddie Harper - Sleeping Beauty Eva Robinson - An Enemy of The People Amanda Pearce
Tina Harris - Skellig Faith Konsek - An Enemy of The People Laura Reeve
Edward Harrison - Skellig Rachel Sharp
Karl Haynes - An Enemy of The People Sleeping Beauty - Panto Chorus Jak Truswell
Matt Henry - One Night in Miami… Samantha Whitworth
Poppy Ainley
Joey Hickman - Assassins Olivia Anstey
Matthew James Hinchliffe - Assassins Coram Boy Community Choir
Abbie Blackmore
Evie Hoskins - Assassins Serai Bondswell Holly Alton
Jasmine Jones - The Memory of Water Jack Bridgmount Andy Batty
Karr Kennedy - Pinocchio Gracie-Lou Brooks Lottie Bluewater
Alex Kingston - An Enemy of The People Heidi Fletcher-Smith Hilary Booth
Gillian Kirkpatrick - Skellig Leila Fletcher-Smith Sarah Cannon
Grace Lancaster - Assassins Mackenzie Greenfield Maye Chamberlain
Rebecca Little - Sleeping Beauty Olivia Holmes Gillian Chiswell
Alex Mugnaioni - Assassins Harvey Newton Charlie Clarke
Oseloka Obi - One Night in Miami… Maisy Nicholson Rachel Coates
Kate Okello - Skellig Anna Compton
32 Nottingham PlayhouseCast and Creatives
Lola Davis Abigail Hart Simon Kenny - Assassins
Kali Dennett Edward Jones Morgan Large - An Enemy of The People
Ruth Donev Hazel Mapperley Tim Meacock - Sleeping Beauty,
Joanne Frearson-Smith Clare Moss Moonlight and Magnolias
Chloe Gorman Laura Reeve Grace Smart - One Night in Miami…
Issy Greaves Samantha Whitworth Georgie White - Pinocchio
Rachel Hamilton Minglu Wang - LIT
Abigail Hardwidge Musicians
Abigail Hart The Helix Ensemble - Coram Boy Lighting Designers
Elizabeth Hart John Keys - Coram Boy Ciarán Cunningham - One Night in
Lily Holmes Ian Maclean - Sleeping Beauty Miami…
Danny Horan John Morton - Sleeping Beauty Amy Mae - The Memory of Water
Martha Johnson John Porter - Sleeping Beauty Tina MacHugh - An Enemy of The
Ines Kenwood John Watterson - Sleeping Beauty People
Hazel Mapperley Ben Ormerod - Assassins
Robyn Marshall Writers Jamie Platt - Moonlight and Magnolias
Katy McKenzie Peter Small - LIT
Clare Moss David Almond - Skellig
Helen Edmundson - Coram Boy Alexandra Stafford - Skellig
Emma Nicol Jason Taylor - Sleeping Beauty
Libby O’Hara Sophie Ellerby - LIT
Jamila Gavin - Coram Boy Will Welch - Coram Boy, Pinocchio
Charlotte Pitts
Sophie Pritchett Ron Hutchinson - Moonlight and
Magnolias Sound Designers
Jane Pyke
Melvyn Rawlinson Rebecca Lenkiewicz - An Enemy of The Tom Attwood - Skellig
Skye Redhead People Drew Baumohl - An Enemy Of The
Paul Robinson Sarah Middleton - Pinocchio People
Sandra Rose Kemp Powers - One Night in Miami… Chris Full - Assassins
Jane Ruhrmund Stephen Sondheim - Assassins Dominic Kennedy - LIT
Rhona Sargeant Shelagh Stephenson - The Memory of Adam P McCready - Coram Boy,
William Smith Water Sleeping Beauty
James Stuart Kenneth Alan Taylor - Sleeping Beauty Max Pappenheim - One Night in
Blake Turner John Weidman - Assassins Miami…
Oliver Walsh Elena Peña - The Memory of Water
Jodeine Wheatcroft Directors Ella Wahlström - Moonlight and
Leah Wilkins Lisa Blair - Skellig Magnolias
Aimee Wilkinson Bill Buckhurst - Assassins
Roger Williams Stef O’Driscoll - LIT Composers/Musical Directors
Diane Wright Adam Penford - Coram Boy, An Enemy Frans Bak - An Enemy of The People
of The People Darren Clark - Pinocchio
Supernumeraries Kirsty Patrick Ward - Moonlight and John Morton - Sleeping Beauty
Michelle Bland Magnolias Alex Patterson - Coram Boy
Lottie Bluewater Hannah Stone - Pinocchio Tim Sutton - One Night in Miami…
Elliot Briffa Kenneth Alan Taylor - Sleeping Beauty
Richard Brown Adele Thomas - The Memory of Water Musical Supervisor/Arranger
Gillian Chiswell Matthew Xia - One Night in Miami… Catherine Jayes - Assassins
Sophie Collier
Kali Dennett Designers AV/Video /Projection Designers
Emily Hallam Frankie Bradshaw - Skellig
Rachel Hamilton Will Simpson - Moonlight and
Laura Hopkins - The Memory of Water Magnolias
Cody Harrison Kevin Jenkins - Coram Boy
Annual Review 33Cast and Creatives
Choreographers / Movement
Directors Associate Artists
Hayley Chilvers - LIT James Graham
Chi-San Howard - Skellig Sarah ‘Rain’ Kolawole
Kane Husbands - One Night in Miami… Matthew Xia
Georgina Lamb - Assassins Amanda Whittington
Emma Lewis-Jones - Coram Boy
Adele Parry - Sleeping Beauty Chaperones
Kitty Winter - Pinocchio
Sharon Barr
Angela Beere
Fight Directors
Karen Broughton
Jonathan Holby - The Memory of Water, Poppy Cook
Coram Boy, LIT Jane Crich
Kev McCurdy - One Night in Miami…, Beatrice Findley
Moonlight and Magnolias Cassie Hall
Michelle Leek
Puppetry Directors Emma Lewis-Jones
Matthew Forbes - Skellig Janet Pavier
Eva Sheppard
Associate Directors Julie Sheppard
Bronwen Webster
Georgina Lamb - Assassins
Jack Quarton - Coram Boy BSL Interpreters
Assistant Directors Rebekah Cupit
Katie Fenwick
Katie Brailsford - Skellig Sarah Gatford
Adele Parry - Sleeping Beauty Ali Green
Stacey Green
Casting Directors Elvire Roberts
Will Burton CDG - Sleeping Beauty Donna Ruane
Stuart Burt CDG - Skellig, The Memory Sam Waters
of Water Adele Weeden
Sophie Parrott CDG - One Night in
Miami… Audio Describers
Vicky Richardson CDG - LIT Jane Edwards
Ginny Schiller CDG - An Enemy of The Sally Goulding
People, Moonlight and Magnolias Derek Graham
Tullia Randall
Voice/Dialect/Accent Coaches Katie Yapp
Elspeth Morrison - Skellig,
Assassins Captioners
Marianne Samuels - Moonlight and Stefanie Bell
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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