Katie Redford is the Writer

Katie is an award-winning writer and actress. She’s a BAFTA Rocliffe TV Comedy Winner and was on the BBC Comedy Writersroom and Soho Theatre Writers Lab. She is currently listed on the BBC New Talent Hot List.

Her short film Ghosted which she co-wrote, produced and performed in, received the BFI Network award in association with Film Hub Midlands and went into commissioned development for TV.

Her debut audio drama Yellow Lips aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2021, in which she plays the lead, was nominated for The Imison Award.

Her debut stage play Tapped went into production at Theatre503 in 2022 and went on a UK regional tour in 2023. It was published by Nick Hern books and Katie received an Offie nomination for Most Promising New Playwright.

Katie is currently a writer in residence with Theatre Centre and has projects for TV, stage and radio in commissioned development.

As an actress, television credits include:Alma's Not Normal, Still Open All Hours, Young Hyacinth (BBC1); Outlander (Amazon); Mount Pleasant (Sky).

After winning the BBC Norman Fellowship, she now works regularly in radio drama including shows such as The Archers, Teatime and All Those Women.

Rob Watt is the Director

Rob is a critically acclaimed director, dramaturg and facilitator. He is currently the Artistic Director for Theatre Centre, regularly teaches at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and works with the Institute of the Arts Barcelona.

For Sheffield Theatres, credits include:Human Nurture; Birds and Bees.

Other theatre credits include:C+NTO (Apples and Snakes); Birds and Bees (film) (Theatre Centre / Soho Theatre); Acts of Resistance (Headlong Theatre / Bristol Old Vic); 13 (Institute of Arts, Barcelona); The Exorcism, Rallying Cry (Battersea Arts Centre); Dying For It (ALRA); How to Survive a Post Truth Apocalypse (Soho Theatre / Roundhouse / UK Tour); SEXY (Roundhouse / Bristol Old Vic / UK Tour); Love and Information (Institute of the Arts, Barcelona); Earthquakes in London (Institute of the Arts Barcelona); Party Trap (Shoreditch Town Hall); Goosebumps (The Vaults); The Joy of Normal (Orange Tree Theatre); Standby For Tape Back-Up (Summer Hall / Soho Theatre / Shoreditch Town Hall / UK tour).

Jess Brigham is the Lighting Designer

Jess trained at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She was selected to be a member of the SLX Lighting Programme and The Godber Theatre Foundation during this time.

Recent credits include: Identities (UK Tour); Innit: Musical (I4YPC, The Quays - The Lowry); Burning Down The Horse (Fishing 4 Chips, Pleasance Beneath - Edinburgh Fringe); Mumsy (Hull Truck Theatre); Katzenmusik (London Youth Theatre / Seven Dials Playhouse); A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain (The Gate Theatre); The True Adventures of Marian and Robin Hood (Barn Theatre); End Without Days (Edinburgh Fringe); Much Ado About Nothing (Manchester Hope Mill) and Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her) (UK Tour). As Associate Lighting Designer: Greatest Days (UK Tour). As Assistant Lighting Designer: Lemons LemonsLemonsLemonsLemons (Harold Pinter Theatre / UK Tour).

Tom Sharkett is the Sound Designer

Tom is a producer, composer and sound designer from Manchester. Having co-founded synth-pop band W. H. Lung, with whom he has released two albums and toured the UK, USA and Europe, he has released his own productions on dance music label Optimo Music as well as remixes for other artists.

Tom began working as a sound designer in theatre in 2022 and has most recently worked with the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Extant Theatre and Angel Exit.

Tom is also currently working as an audio artist on a project exploring the connections between sound and mental health and wellbeing.

Bethany Wells is the Designer

Bethany is an award-winning performance designer working across dance, theatre and installation, with particular Interest in site-specific and devised performance.

Work in development includes:Baby, He Loves You (Middle Child); Wayfarers (Claire Cunningham Projects)

Recent credits include: All That Lives (Grief Series, Leeds 2023); The People's Palace of Possibility (The Bare Project); You Heard Me (Cambridge Junction / UK tour); Choreography of Care Symposium (Tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf); Written In The Body (Brighton Festival); This Endless Sea (Chlöe Smith); Extreme Unction Vol. 2 (Nwando Ebizie); War Of The Worlds (New Diorama Theatre / Pleasance Forth / UK Tour); Thank You Very Much (Manchester International Festival / National Theatre of Scotland / European Tour).

Kiren Virdee is the Movement Director

Kiren is a Movement Director, Choreographer, and Performing Artist. Kiren trained in Movement Direction and Teaching with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD).

Prior to this, she trained at Trinity Laban conservatoire of Music and Dance, gaining the Audrey Wethered Award and Choreography Prize. Kiren also studied English Literature, BA, at the University of Bristol. She has worked as Movement Director, Choreographer, Artist, and Facilitator in various professional, educational, and community settings. This has included work with organisations such as The Place, Siobhan Davies, CSSD, Zoo Co. Youth Co., Fourth Monkey and the London School of Dramatic Art.

Movement Direction credits include: As Movement Director and Choreographer: Seize the Cheese (New Wimbledon Theatre). As Movement Director, Kolaja (Feature Film). As Movement Director and Intimacy: Grey Area, Vaults (Kings Head Theatre). As Movement Associate: 2 Billion Beats (Orange Tree Theatre).

Brent Tan is the Production Manager

Brent trained at LAMDA, majoring in production management. Brent is from Singapore and has an interest in immersive theatre and touring.

Theatre credits include: 50 Days (BYMT); Prague Quadrennial (Secretive Thing); Home X (Kakilang Arts); Richard the Second (Tangle Theatre); Bunker of Zion (UK tour); Wilderness, Against, The Welkin, King Charles lll, Miss Julie, Queens of Sheba, Desert Boy (LAMDA); WeRNotVirus2 (Moongate Theatre); Amaterasu: Out of the Cave (Papergang Theatre); Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap, StoryFest, Ghost Train (Singapore).

Laura Whittle is the Company Stage Manager

Laura is a freelance Stage Manager, specialising in small/mid-scale theatre and events.

Theatre credits include: The Light Princess (The Albany); Haringey Feast (Alexandra Palace); Edinburgh Fringe (Pleasance / Underbelly); Pride In London, VAULT Festival, La Clique (Underbelly, London); Tapped (Theatre 503); Platinum Jubilee Pageant, Bangers (Soho Theatre); and Headcase (Pleasance).

Jim Cooper is the Sound Associate

Jim is a Sheffield-based sound designer, producer and musician. He has worked primarily in live sound engineering for many years but has recently found an unexpected but strong connection with theatre and installation, including with the Bare Project and Ellie Harrison’s Grief Series.