Samuel West - Director

Samuel West’s directing credits include The Romans In Britain, Insignificance and As You Like It as Artistic Director for Sheffield Theatres, Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice at the Trafalgar Studios and Menier Chocolate Factory, Cosi Fan Tutte for English National Opera and Three Woman and a Piano Tuner for the Minerva Theatre Chichester and Hampstead Theatre. As an actor his extensive work on stage includes Betrayal for the Donmar Warehouse, A Number and Much Ado About Nothing for Sheffield Theatres, Doctor Faustus and The Master and Margarita for Chichester Festival Theatre, the title roles in Hamlet and Richard II for the RSC and The Sea and Arcadia for the National Theatre. His many film credits include Iris, Jane Eyre and Persuasion, whilst on television his credits include Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley, Foyles War and Cambridge Spies.
 
Peter McKintosh - Design 
 
Peter McKintosh’s extensive design credits for theatre includes his work on The 39 Steps in London, on international and UK tour, and on Broadway for which he was nominated for two TONY awards. His other credits for theatre design include Cloud Nine and Romance for the Almeida Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, The Dumb Waiter, Summer and Smoke, Donkeys’ Years, The Home Place, The Birthday Party, Ying Tong, and A Woman of No Importance all in the West End, King John, Brand, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pericles, and Alice in Wonderland for the RSC, Honk! and Widowers’ Houses for the National Theatre, and The Chalk Garden, John Gabriel Borkman and The Cryptogram for the Donmar Warehouse. His opera work includes The Silent Twins for Almeida Opera, the world premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale for Royal Danish Opera, English National Opera and Canadian Opera, and the UK premiere of Michael Nyman’s Love Counts. His design for dance includes Cut To The Chase for English National Ballet.
 
Guy Hoare - Lighting
 
Guy Hoare’s theatre credits for lighting design include Amadeus, The Little Fir Tree, Fen, Far Away and Macbeth for Sheffield Theatres, The Lion,The Witch & The Wardrobe, Bollywood Jane, Macbeth, and How Many Miles to Basra? for West Yorkshire Playhouse, Season's Greetings for Liverpool Playhouse, Of Mice and Men for Mercury Theatre, Colchester, A Streetcar Named Desire for Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Accidental Heroes for the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, and UK tours of Old Times, The Caretaker, and Closer amongst many others. His work on musicals includes The Witches of Eastwick, All The Fun of The Fair and Aspects of Love all on UK Tour and Assassins for Sheffield Theatres, whilst he has designed for numerous operas with companies including English Touring Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, and Opera UK. His dance credits include Havana Rakatan for Sadler’s Wells, Mischief for Theatre Rites, And Who Shall Come To The Ball? for Candoco. 
  
John Leonard - Sound
 
John Leonard has previously worked on sound design at the Almeida Theatre for 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 recent 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 In Celebration, Kean, Glengarry Glen Ross and Translations.