Roger Michell - Director
 
An award-winning stage and screen director, Roger Michell’s recent theatre credits include The Female of the Species at the Vaudeville Theatre, Betrayal and Old Times both for the Donmar Warehouse and Honour for the National Theatre, where he has also directed productions of Landscape With Weapon, Blue/Orange, The Homecoming, Under Milk Wood and The Coup.  He directed My Night with Reg at the Royal Court and subsequently in the West End.  For six years he was Resident Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company where productions included Restoration, The Constant Couple, Hamlet and The Dead Monkey.  His many screen credits include the hugely successful romantic comedy Notting Hill as well as Venus, Enduring Love, The Mother, Changing Lanes, Titanic Town, Persuasion, My Night with Reg and The Buddha of Suburbia, for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.
 
Mark Thompson – Design
 
Olivier award-winning Mark’s previous work for the Almeida includes Volpone, Betrayal, Party Time and Butterfly Kiss. He has designed extensively for theatre, most recently The Fastest Clock in the Universe for Hampstead Theatre, and England People Very Nice, The Rose Tattoo, The Alchemist, Henry IV parts I and II and The Duchess of Malfi at the National Theatre. His numerous West End productions include God of Carnage, Female of the Species, Joseph, Kean, And Then There Were None, Bombay Dreams, Mamma Mia! and The Lady in the Van, many of which have transferred to Broadway as well as international tours. His other theatre work includes Piano Forte, The Woman Before, Wild East and Mouth to Mouth for the Royal Court; Jumpers, The Country Wife and Mumbo Jumbo at the Lyric Hammersmith; and The School for Scandal and Owners at the Young Vic. He also designs for opera and ballet.

Rick Fisher - Lighting
 
Rick is Chairman of the Association of Lighting Designers in the UK, and winner of two Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design, and two Tony Awards - for An Inspector Calls and Billy Elliot the musical, both on Broadway.
His other extensive theatre work includes The Fastest Clock in the Universe at Hampstead Theatre, The Family Reunion, Betrayal, The Philanthropist and Old Times at the Donmar Warehouse, The Cherry Orchard for Chichester Festival Theatre, Sweeney Todd for the Gate Theatre, Dublin, Landscape With Weapon, Honour, Jerry Springer the Opera and Blue/Orange for the National Theatre (Jerry Springer and Blue/Orange also in the West End), Resurrection Blues for the Old Vic, Tin Tin at the Barbican, Far Away in New York, and A Number for the Royal Court. He has also worked extensively on national and international dance and opera productions.
 
John Leonard - Sound
 
John Leonard has previously worked on sound design at the Almeida Theatre for Duet for One, Waste, The Homecoming, Big White Fog, Dying For It, Hedda Gabler, Macbeth, Brighton Rock, Whistling Psyche, Five Gold Rings, The Mercy Seat, and I.D.  He has also worked extensively on productions for the National Theatre including The Power of Yes, England People Very Nice, Much Ado About Nothing and The Enchantment; productions for the RSC including Antony and Cleopatra, The Prisoner's Dilemma, and Romeo and Juliet; and extensive work for the Druid Theatre Galway/Dublin, Soho Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Oxford Playhouse and Liverpool Playhouse. His work in the West End and on Broadway includes Calendar Girls, Carrie's War, Collaboration, Taking Sides, Jumpers, and Translations.