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Hadestown Cast & Creative

Explore the full West End cast and creative team of Hadestown UK. Meet the talented performers bringing Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-winning Greek myth musical to life.

Rachel Adedeji

Rachel Adedeji

Persephone

Rachel Adedeji

Rachel Adedeji

Persephone
Rachel Adedeji’s work in theatre includes the Tony Award–winning Passing Strange at the Young Vic; Jesus Christ Superstar on UK tour; and Thriller Live in the West End. TV includes Dreaming Whilst Black, Champion, Alice & Jack and Hollyoaks. Films include The Almond and the Seahorse, Hard Home and R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned. Instagram: racheladedeji
Bethany Antonia

Bethany Antonia

Eurydice

Bethany Antonia

Bethany Antonia

Eurydice
Bethany Antonia trained at Birmingham Ormiston Academy and First Act Workshops. Her work in theatre includes Lava at Soho Theatre; Look Up for Birmingham Think Tank; Hairspray at Wolverhampton Grand; and Peter Pan: The Never Ending Story World Tour at Birmingham National Indoor Arena. TV includes House of the Dragon, Doctor Who, Nolly, Stay Close, Get Even, Stath Lets Flats and Doctors. Films include Sense and Sensibility, Indignitas, The Velveteen Rabbit, There’s Always Hope, Pin Cushion and The Tempest. Instagram: bethanyantonia
Marley Fenton

Marley Fenton

Orpheus

Marley Fenton

Marley Fenton

Orpheus
Marley Fenton is from Manchester and trained at The Arts Educational School London, receiving the Ian Fleming Award and graduating with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre in 2023. Work in theatre includes Hamilton (as Alexander Hamilton) on UK and Ireland tour; Grease (as Danny Zuko) on UK and Ireland tour; The Wizard of Oz (as The Tin Man), 2024 Black British Theatre Award for Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical) on tour; Olivier-nominated production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud; and The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. Films include Wicked: For Good.  Instagram: @marley.fenton
Alastair Parker

Alastair Parker

Hades

Alastair Parker

Alastair Parker

Hades
Alastair Parker trained at Guildford School of Acting and The Royal Academy of Music. His work in theatre includes The Crucible (also West End), Treasure Island, 50 Years on Stage, People, The Merchant of Venice, Honk! and The Villains’ Opera at the National Theatre; Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Battersea Arts Centre, National Theatre and West End; Matilda the Musical (also West End) and The Magician’s Elephant for the RSC; A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic;  The Taxidermist’s Daughter at Chichester; BBC Proms: Sondheim at 80 at the Royal Albert Hall; Bed & Sofa at the Finborough; The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland at Leeds Playhouse; Silk at the Orange Tree; The Wizard of Oz and The Glee Club at the New Vic; Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, HMS Pinafore and Two Women for One Ghost at Regent’s Park; Spittin’ Distance, A Beginner’s Guide to Cybershopping and Jonah Boy at the Stephen Joseph, Scarborough; Is There Life After High School at Bridewell; Oklahoma! at Perth; The Tempest for Gardner Arts; and Oliver! in the West End. TV includes The Witcher, Carnival Row, Whitstable Pearl, I Hate Suzie, Doctor Who, National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, BBC Proms: Sondheim at 80, Sinchronicity, White Teeth, The Vice and Spooks. Films include Last Orders, London Road, Hitman and Her, A Quiet Courage, The Merchant of Venice and Hell for Leather.
Clive Rowe

Clive Rowe

Hermes

Clive Rowe

Clive Rowe

Hermes
Clive Rowe’s work in theatre includes The Light Princess, Carousel (Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Performance), Fuente Ovejuna, Caroline, or Change, The Villain’s Opera, Money, Candide, Peter Pan, Guys and Dolls (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical) and Trackers at the National Theatre; Zenobia, Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night for the RSC; The Addams Family on UK tour; The Baker’s Wife at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Sweet Charity and Company at the Donmar Warehouse; Blues in the Night at Kiln; In The Willows on UK tour; Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall; Me and My Girl at Chichester; Jack and the Beanstalk at Wimbledon; Kiss Me, Kate at Chichester and the Old Vic; No Naughty Bits at Hampstead Theatre; The Wiz at Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse; Twelfth Night, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Troilus and Cressida at Regent’s Park; Simply Heavenly at the Young Vic and Trafalgar Studios; Once On This Island at Birmingham Rep; Carmen Jones the Old Vic; Just So at the Tricycle; School for Scandal at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Boys from Syracuse, Lady Be Good, Twelfth Night and Carmen Jones at the Crucible, Sheffield; Dick Whittington and his Cat and numerous appearances as the Dame in Hackney Empire’s Christmas pantomime; Sister Act (Olivier nomination) in the West End and at Hammersmith Apollo; The Prince of Egypt at the Dominion; The Hothouse at Trafalgar Studios; The Ladykillers in the West End and on UK tour; The Fantasticks at the Duchess; Chicago at the Adelphi; and As You Like It at Wyndham’s. TV includes The Canterville Ghost, Midsomer Murders, Will, So Awkward (four series), Evermoor (two series), The Kennedys, The Fun Police, All the Small Things, Doctor Who, Tracy Beaker, Dalziel & Pascoe, Networked, Casualty, Bloodrights, Say It With Music, American Voices, The Bill, Spatz, Paper Mask, After the War, Snakes and Ladders and Entertaining Angels Unaware.  Films include Beauty and the Beast and Crime Strike.
Melanie Bright

Melanie Bright

Fate

Melanie Bright

Melanie Bright

Fate
Melanie Bright trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Work in theatre includes Jesus Christ Superstar at the Barbican; The Wild Party at The Other Palace; Tommy at Blackpool Winter Gardens and English Theatre Frankfurt; Quasimodo King’s Head; We Will Rock You UK tour; Jersey Boys at Trafalgar Theatre; Rebecca at the Charing Cross Theatre; and Les Misérables in the West End. TV includes Guilt and The Olivier Awards. Films include Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Samson and Delilah (short).
Spike Maxwell

Spike Maxwell

Fate

Spike Maxwell

Spike Maxwell

Fate
Spike Maxwell trained a Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where their productions included The Welkin, Thebans and Revolt. She said. Revolt again and The Emu War: A New Musical at the Pleasance.  Hadestown is their professional theatre debut.
Lauran Rae

Lauran Rae

Fate

Lauran Rae

Lauran Rae

Fate
Lauran Rae trained at Italia Conti Academy, Barbican. Work in theatre includes Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo and Olivier Awards; Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park; Bugsy Malone at Lyric Hammersmith, Olivier Awards and Sunday Night at the Palladium; Ghost the Musical on Asian tour; High Fidelity at The Turbine; Hairspray in Macau, Hong Kong and at Gordon Craig, Stevenage; Bare the Rock Opera at Greenwich; A Monster Calls at Bristol Old Vic and the Kennedy Center Washington DC; Aladdin at Cambridge Arts;  Soundclash at Edinburgh Fringe. TV includes Enterprice and The One Show (with Bugsy Malone).
Femi Akinfolarin

Femi Akinfolarin

Worker

Femi Akinfolarin

Femi Akinfolarin

Worker
Femi Akinfolarin trained at Bird College of Dance and BRIT School. Work in theatre includes Wizard of Oz, Treason and Dr Dolittle on UK tours; West Side Story at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Bridge; Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at London Palladium; and Man of La Mancha at London Coliseum. TV includes Break Up of Bands.   Short film includes Sammy in Rumet.
Michelle Andrews

Michelle Andrews

Worker

Michelle Andrews

Michelle Andrews

Worker
Michelle Andrews trained with Laine Theatre Arts. Work in theatre includes Anton & Giovanni, Anton Du Beke, Made in Italy and Anything Goes on UK tours; Jack and the Beanstalk at Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent; Chicago on international tour; Him & Me for Strictly Theatre Co; Street Scene and Kiss Me, Kate at Opera North; Oklahoma! at Chichester; Guys and Dolls at Mill at Sonning; Pippin at Southwark Playhouse; On The Town for Open Air Theatre; Sweet Charity at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; West Side Story at Kilworth House; Miss Atomic Bomb at St. James, London; Cinderella at Cambridge Arts; Hairspray and Chicago at Leicester Curve; Top Hat at Aldwych; and Crazy For You at Novello. TV includes Sanditon, The Universe, Byker Grove, The Olympic Opening Ceremony and Ant & Dec.
Gabriela Benedetti

Gabriela Benedetti

Worker

Gabriela Benedetti

Gabriela Benedetti

Worker
Gabriela Benedetti’s work in theatre includes Weird (Phoenix in the original production) for Michael Harrison Productions at Newcastle Theatre Royal; Hamilton on UK and Ireland tour; Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park; Jack and the Beanstalk at Lyric Hammersmith; Evita! at London Palladium; Cabaret at the Playhouse.
Ollie Bingham

Ollie Bingham

Worker

Ollie Bingham

Ollie Bingham

Worker
Ollie Bingham trained at ArtsEd. Work in theatre includes Matilda the Musical on UK tour and in the West End; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on UK tour; Evita at the Barbican; Singing in the Rain at The Mill at Sonning; Rent on UK tour; Soho Cinders at the Union; and Eugenius! at London Palladium.
Sebastian Lim-Seet

Sebastian Lim-Seet

Worker

Sebastian Lim-Seet

Sebastian Lim-Seet

Worker
Sebastian Lim-Seet trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where his productions include Children of Eden (as Adam), Little Women and Company (as Bobby). His work in theatre includes Kinky Boots at Storyhouse, Chester; The Snow Queen at Edinburgh Royal Lyceum; Scots for 54 Below in New York and at Edinburgh Fringe; and Cinderella at Dundee Rep and Dance Theatre. TV includes Dog Squad.
Juan Jackson

Juan Jackson

Swing

Juan Jackson

Juan Jackson

Swing
Juan Jackson trained at Florida State University. Work in theatre includes Disney’s Aladdin on UK tour; Next to Normal at The Court Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand; Titanic – The Musical at Melbourne Town Hall, Australia; Passion at Hope Mill, Manchester; Sasha Regan’s HMS Pinafore on UK tour; Five Guys Named Moe at Upstairs at the Gatehouse; Artaban at Actors’ Church; Rent at Drama Centre, Singapore; Miss Saigon on Australian tour; The King and I at Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia; The Convict’s Opera for Sydney Theatre Company; The Rocky Horror Show on Korean, New Zealand and Singapore tours; Cats on Australian and Korean tours; and Next to Normal at Drama Centre, Singapore and The Court, New Zealand. Juan Jackson’s single ‘Candy’ is available on all platforms.
OISÍN NOLAN-POWER

OISÍN NOLAN-POWER

Swing

OISÍN NOLAN-POWER

OISÍN NOLAN-POWER

Swing
Oisín Nolan-Power trained at the Royal Academy of Music, London. His work in theatre includes Fame on European tour; Rags at Park Theatre; West Side Story at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin; and Jane Eyre at the Gate, Dublin. @Oisin_Nolan
Lindo Shinda

Lindo Shinda

Swing

Lindo Shinda

Lindo Shinda

Swing
Lindo Shinda trained at the Performance Preparation Academy (PPA).  Work in theatre includes 101 Dalmatians on UK tour; Dick Whittington at Salisbury Playhouse; and Jack and the Beanstalk at Yvonne Arnaud. @lindoshinda
Jasmine Triadi

Jasmine Triadi

Swing

Jasmine Triadi

Jasmine Triadi

Swing
Jasmine Triadi trained at Italia Conti. Work in theatre includes 101 Dalmatians on UK and Ireland tour; The King and I on UK and Ireland tour and in the West End; Cinderella (title role) at Salisbury Playhouse; and Pigs Might Fly on UK tour.
Milly Willows

Milly Willows

Swing

Milly Willows

Milly Willows

Swing
Milly Willows trained at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Her work in theatre includes SIX on UK and international tour; and Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch at Southwark Playhouse and on UK tour. Milly Willows won The Stephen Sondheim Society Performer of the Year Competition in 2023. Instagram: milly.willows

Anaïs Mitchell

MUSIC, LYRICS & BOOK

Anaïs Mitchell

MUSIC, LYRICS & BOOK
Anaïs is a singer-songwriter whose recordings include the original studio album of Hadestown (2010, featuring Justin Vernon and Ani Difranco) and Young Man in America (2012). Reinterpretations of traditional music include Child Ballads (2013, with Jefferson Hamer) and Bonny Light Horseman (2019, as Bonny Light Horseman). She has headlined worldwide and supported tours for Bon Iver, Josh Ritter and Punch Brothers. Awards include BBC Radio 2 Folk Award and Folk Alliance International Spirit of Folk Award. Year-end best lists: NPR, Wall Street Journal, MOJO, Uncut, Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer. Hadestown is Anaïs’s first musical.

Rachel Chavkin

DEVELOPED WITH AND DIRECTED BY

Rachel Chavkin

DEVELOPED WITH AND DIRECTED BY
Rachel is a director, writer and artistic director of the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour), Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family (Guthrie Theatre) and multiple collaborations with Taylor Mac. Her first film, Remind Me, was an official selection of the Venice and Beverly Hills Film Festivals. 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity. Upcoming: Wohl’s Continuity (MTC), Malloy’s Moby Dick (A.R.T.). Proud NYTW Usual Suspect and Member SDC.

David Neumann

CHOREOGRAPHER

David Neumann

CHOREOGRAPHER
David Neumann is an award-winning choreographer and movement director. His recent work includes Hadestown on Broadway, the US tour, at the National Theatre and at New York Theatre Workshop; Swept Away on Broadway, at Berkeley Rep and Arena Stage; Grounded at The Kennedy Center and the NY Metropolitan Opera; Die Schweigsame Frau at Bard Summerscape; Stew’s The Total Bent at The Public Theater; Annie Baker’s The Antipodes at Signature Theatre; Brandon Jacob Jenkins’ An Octoroon at Soho Rep and Theater for a New Audience; and Geoff Sobelle’s The Object Lesson (which he also directed) at BAM and New York Theatre Workshop. In film and TV, Neumann was choreographer and movement director for I Am Legend, Kindred and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, White Noise and Jay Kelly. For Hadestown, Neumann received the 2019 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography of a Broadway Musical, a 2019 Tony Award nomination and the 2022 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography. He is currently working on Galileo, which premiered at Berkeley Rep in 2024, and The Recipe, a new play by Claudia Shear.

RACHEL HAUCK

SCENIC DESIGNER

RACHEL HAUCK

SCENIC DESIGNER
Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me, Latin History for Morons. Recent work: Hadestown (National Theatre; Citadel; NYTW); Hurricane Diane (NYTW); Othello, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova); You’ll Still Call Me By Name (Sonya Tayeh/Jacob’s Pillow); Tiny Beautiful Things, Dry Powder (The Public); Amy and the Orphans, On the Exhale (Roundabout Theatre Company); Antlia Pneumatica, Grand Concourse (Playwrights Horizons). Princess Grace, Lilly awards; Drama Desk, Lortel nominations; Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

Michael Krass

COSTUME DESIGNER

Michael Krass

COSTUME DESIGNER
Michael Krass’ Tony-nominated work includes Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal and The Constant Wife on Broadway. Other work in New York includes What the Constitution Means to Me, The Cherry Orchard, Heisenberg, Reckless, Living on Love, The Lyons, Twelve Angry Men, After the Fall, Hedda Gabler, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Rehearsal on Broadway. Krass has designed multiple new works off-Broadway, across the United States and internationally, including the original production of Driving Miss Daisy for Playwrights Horizons; A Streetcar Named Desire at the Gate, Dublin; Pelleas and Melisande at the Mariinsky; and Our Town in Minsk. He has served as resident designer for New York’s Ballet Tech, taught undergraduate design and cultural history at New York University and directors and actors in the graduate school at Brown University.

Bradley King

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Bradley King

LIGHTING DESIGNER
Collaborations with Rachel Chavkin include The Great Comet, Lempicka, Preludes and three previous incarnations of Hadestown. Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet, The Great Comet (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic’s award winner). Off-Broadway: Shows for MCC Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Signature Theatre and many others. Numerous regional theatre and opera productions across the U.S. and worldwide. MFA, NYU. bradleykingld.com

Nevin Steinberg

CO-SOUND DESIGNER

Nevin Steinberg

CO-SOUND DESIGNER
Nevin Steinberg is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning sound designer for Broadway, off-Broadway, touring and international live productions. His recent Broadway projects include The Notebook, the 2023 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tony Award), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Tony nomination), Hadestown (Tony Award), Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Cher Show, Bandstand, Bright Star and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination). He designed over 30 Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and received five additional Tony nominations for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair and In the Heights.

Jessica Paz

CO-SOUND DESIGNER

Jessica Paz

CO-SOUND DESIGNER
Jessica Paz is a multi-award-winning Sound Designer. Her collaboration on the Broadway production of Hadestown earned her a Tony and Drama Desk award. Other Broadway work includes A Beautiful Noise, POTUS, Dear Evan Hansen (associate), Bandstand (associate), Disaster! The Musical (associate), The Assembled Parties (associate) and Fela! (associate). Off-Broadway work includes Little Shop of Horrors, Twelfth Night, Othello, Miss You Like Hell, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Ugly Lies the Bone, A Sucker EmCee and Becoming Dr. Ruth off-Broadway. Paz has worked on productions at Berkeley Repertory, The Alley, American Repertory, The Old Globe, and Kansas City Repertory. Jessica Paz has been a front-of-house engineer for musicians including The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Antibalas, Julia Haltigan, Femi Kuti, Lady Antebellum, Candy Shop Boys, and many others. She is a member of IATSE Local 829, Soundgirls.org, Women’s Audio Mission, USITT, and co-chair of the board of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association.

Liam Robinson

MUSICAL SUPERVISOR AND VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

Liam Robinson

MUSICAL SUPERVISOR AND VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Liam Robinson is a performer, composer, songwriter and producer living in NYC. He joined the Hadestown team in 2016 at New York Theatre Workshop and continued on its epic journey to stages across the globe. His songwriting duo Robinson & Rohe, with writer Jean Rohe, released their sophomore album Into the Night in 2023 on Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe Records. As an instrumentalist and singer, Liam has performed in bands with Anaïs Mitchell, Becca Stevens Mick Flannery, and André De Shields among others, and was in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning War Horse. His work as record producer is highlighted on Jean Rohe’s “Sisterly”, awarded Best Adult Contemporary Album at the Independent Music Awards. LiamRobinson.com

Michael Chorney

ARRANGMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS

Michael Chorney

ARRANGMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS
MICHAEL CHORNEY is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and orchestrator. He has produced over 30 records for other artists as well as 15 recordings of original works. Michael has been involved with Hadestown, his first work for the stage, since its inception. He lives and works in Lincoln, Vermont, and is music director for dance at Middlebury College.

Todd Sickafoose

ARRANGMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS

Todd Sickafoose

ARRANGMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS
Todd Sickafoose is a composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, bandleader and double bassist. Having collaborated on Hadestown since the early Vermont days in 2006, he produced each of the four current recordings – from the original studio album in 2010 to the most recent Live From London. He also produced Anaïs Mitchell’s album Young Man in America. For over 20 years, Sickafoose has recorded and performed internationally with songwriter/activist Ani DiFranco. Writing for his band Tiny Resistors, he recently released Bear Proof, a chamber jazz hybrid commissioned by the Doris Duke Foundation. Awards include a 2019 Tony and a 2020 Grammy. toddsickafoose.com

Ken Cerniglia

DRAMATURG

Ken Cerniglia

DRAMATURG
Ken Cerniglia’s work includes Redwood, Aladdin, Peter and the Starcatcher, Newsies, The Little Mermaid and Tarzan on Broadway. US/Canadian regional and touring work includes The Tale of the Gifted Prince, Basura, Freaky Friday, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, High School Musical, and work at The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Signature Theatre, Fisher Ensemble and Arena Stage. International work includes Hadestown at New York Theatre Workshop, Canada’s Citadel and the National Theatre, London. Cerniglia was book writer for the new musical Atlantis, which had its premiere in April 2019 at Virginia Repertory Theatre. Ken Cerniglia studied at UC San Diego, Catholic University and the University of Washington. He is current board co-chair of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

Jennifer Mullins

Wigs & Hair Design

Jennifer Mullins

Wigs & Hair Design
Jennifer-Reneé has been doing hair for over a decade for mediums such as Film, Television, and theatre. Productions such as: American Crime (Television), NBC’s Saturday Night Live (Television),Dungeons and Dragon (Film), Killers of the Flower moon(Film) a myriad of others as well as theatrically, The San Francisco Opera, Hadestown Broadway, Hadestown North American Tour.

Jacob Sparrow

CASTING

Jacob Sparrow

CASTING
Jacob Sparrow is a freelance casting director, having previously worked in the National Theatre Casting Department from 2015 to 2019, and as interim Head of Casting for Sydney Theatre Company in 2024. Work in theatre includes Care and Girl in the Machine for the Young Vic; Lord of the Flies, Marie and Rosetta and Choir at Chichester Festival; Here There are Blueberries, Burn It Down and The Big Life at Theatre Royal Stratford East; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noughts and Crosses, Once on This Island, Carousel and Our Town at Regent’s Park; Consumed at Traverse; Under Milk Wood and Twelfth Night at Theatr Clwyd; Backstairs Billy at Duke of York’s; The Confessions, LOVE (also international tour and film) and Faith, Hope and Charity in Europe and at the National Theatre; Orlando and City of Angels at the Garrick; Oklahoma! at the Young Vic and at Wyndham’s; As You Like It at @sohoplace; The Hot Wing King, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2021 tour), Hadestown, Pericles, Follies, Amadeus, Queer Theatre Season, Rutherford and Son, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear and Downstate for the National Theatre; Little Shop of Horrors, The Crucible, Anna Karenina and Much Ado About Nothing at Sheffield Crucible; Jitney for the Old Vic, Headlong and Leeds Playhouse; The Good Person of Szechwan for ETT; Village Idiot at Nottingham Playhouse; You Bury Me at Bristol Old Vic; Black Love at Kiln; Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Leeds and HOME Manchester;  The Book Thief at Bolton Octagon; Wuthering Heights for Wise Children; Hungry at Soho Theatre; Perspectives for New Views; and 2021 Roundabout Season for Paines Plough.  

Rob Kelly

Principal Casting

Rob Kelly

Principal Casting
Rob Kelly is an Emmy-nominated casting director. He has helped launch the careers of BAFTA Rising Stars and award-winning actors, and is dedicated to amplifying working-class voices, LGBTQ+ talent and under-represented communities across stage and screen. Work in theatre includes The Jonathan Larson Project at Southwark Playhouse; Little Shop of Horrors on UK tour; Allegra on UK tour and in the West End; The World’s Greatest Lover at The Other Palace; Boy George’s Taboo in London; Most Favoured and This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre; Mama Goose at Theatre Royal Stratford East; Driving Miss Daisy at York Theatre Royal; Country Music for Omnibus; Passion at Hope Mill; Stalled The Musical at the King’s Head; and Faygele at Marylebone. TV includes Play for Today, Geek Girl, Curfew, Phoenix Rise, Free Rein, Gangsta Granny Strikes Again, The Drowning, Pandora, Whitstable Pearl, Dodger, Hard Cell, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, Bulletproof, The Royals, The Athena, Almost Never, The A List, Malory Towers, Will vs the Future, The Midnight Gang and The Lodge. Films include Fing!, How to Date Billy Walsh, Robin and the Hoods, Something in the Water, This Is Christmas, Twist, Harry & Meghan Becoming Royal and Descendants 2.

TAREK MERCHANT

Co-Musical Director & Associate Music Supervisor

TAREK MERCHANT

Co-Musical Director & Associate Music Supervisor
Tarek Merchant holds a First Class Degree in Music from the University of York and a further First Class Degree in Actor-Musicianship from Rose Bruford College. His work in theatre includes The Odyssey, The Doncastrian Chalk Circle, Hex, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear and Pericles for the National Theatre; Don Quixote (also West End), Fair Maid of the West, Miss Littlewood, The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the RSC; 101 Dalmatians at Regent’s Park; The Band’s Visit (What’s On Stage Award nomination for Best Musical Direction) at the Donmar; Sweeney Todd at the Liverpool Everyman; Our Town and Twelfth Night at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; and The Grinning Man and Swallows and Amazons at Bristol Old Vic; and The Crown Jewels and Girl From the North Country in the West End.

George Francis

Co-Musical Director

George Francis

Co-Musical Director
George Francis’ work as musical director (MD) includes Hadestown in Amsterdam; Amélie (also West End) and Whistle Down the Wind (WhatsOnStage nomination) at the Watermill; Now is Good (also orchestrator and arranger) and The Wizard of Oz at ChesterStoryhouse; A Thong for Europe at Liverpool’s Royal Court; The Commitments on UK tour; Fiddler on the Roof at Liverpool Everyman, He has played keyboard for West End productions of Elf, Mean Girls, Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, The Little Big Things, Grease, Crazy for You, Jersey Boys, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Book of Mormon andPretty Woman. George Francis was musical supervisor for Liverpool Everyman Rep season. He conducted the Hadestown Live from London cast recording.

MARIA CROCKER

UK Associate Director

MARIA CROCKER

UK Associate Director
Maria Crocker trained on the National Theatre Directors Course and is a Headlong Origins alumnus. Her work as director includes All of It at The Tute; Dogs on the Metro and Amai Vangu at Live Theatre; You Heard Me at Battersea Arts Centre and on UK tour; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Growth at Northern Stage; Scarborough Porpoise at Pilot; Assassins at Mountview; and Found at Alnwick Playhouse. As associate director, work includes Local Hero at Edinburgh Lyceum; Meek for Headlong; Gods are Fallen and All Safety Gone for Greyscale on international tour; and The Gamblers for Greyscale and Dundee Rep. As staff director for Pinocchio at the National Theatre; and as assistant director for Mood Music at the Old Vic; Animal Farm at Northern Stage; and Catch 22 on UK tour. Maria Crocker was runner-up for Sir Peter Hall RTST Directors Award and MGC Futures Bursary recipient.

BOBBY WINDEBANK

Associate Choreographer

BOBBY WINDEBANK

Associate Choreographer
Theatre includes: A Face in the Crowd at Young Vic; The Time Traveller’s Wife in the West End; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in West End and on UK tour; Mimma at Cadogan Hall; Rock of Ages on UK tour; Guys and Dolls at Kilworth House Theatre; Our House on UK tour; Cats at Cyprus; Thoroughly Modern Millie on UK tour; West Side Story and Singin’ in the Rain at Kilworth House Theatre; Carmen at O2 Arena and Royal Albert Hall; Hairspray and Chicago at Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Macbeth on UK tour; Romeo and Juliet on UK tour; and Oliver! in the West End. TV includes American Monster for Discovery; The Railway Children and Randall and Hopkirk for ITV; and 999 and The Mystery of Men for BBC. Film includes Wicked for Universal; and Snow White and The Little Mermaid for Disney. Bobby Windebank is also the co-founder of Fit2 Perform, which coaches performers in physical training, nutrition, and mindset.

Victoria Gimby

Resident Director

Victoria Gimby

Resident Director
Victoria Gimby is a director, writer and dramaturg, specialising in the development of new work. She trained at RADA (MA) and Mountview (BA). Work as an associate director includes Beetlejuice  (upcoming, UK associate resident) at the Prince Edward; Sister Act in the West End, on UK tours, and in Germany and the Netherlands; Rock of Ages on UK and European tour; Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus at The Other Palace; and 27 The Musical at The Cockpit. Work as a director includes A Good Panto Die Hard at Gilded Balloon; Beauty and the Beast at Bournemouth Pavilion; The Cereal Café at The Other Palace; Three Little Pigs on UK tour; Peter Pan at Chelmsford; Grimm Tales at Reading Rep; A Midsummer Night’s Dream at St Leonards Festival; Butter (winner of Outstanding New Work Award) at the Vaults; and News Revue. She also directs Sunderland Empire’s annual pantomime for UK Productions. Victoria Gimby was movement director for UKIP! The Musical (The Stage ensemble Award) at Waterloo East and Edinburgh Festival. Current writing projects include the stage adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; a new musical about the Sycamore Gap, The Gap; comedy murder mystery, Dead Funny; and a musical adaptation of Frankenstein, which will be performed by British Youth Music Theatre in 2026. Previous writing includes The Grand Expedition for Gingerline;  By Virtue Fall (LOST Theatre One Act Play Award) for Space Theatre; and A Little Bit of Dickens on UK tour. Short films include Forty and Stages. In 2020 she created a suite of postgraduate theatre-making courses for Leeds Conservatoire.  She was also shortlisted for the Northern Writer of the Year Awards in 2018.

Richard Morris for Music Solutions

Orchestral Manager

Richard Morris for Music Solutions

Orchestral Manager
Work in theatre includes Paddington The Musical at the Savoy, The Last Ship Arena Tour, The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum, Titanique at the Criterion, Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward and tour, Why Am I So Single? at the Garrick, SIX at the Vaudeville and tour, A Chorus Line at Sadler’s Wells and on tour, Mean Girls at the Savoy and on tour, Starlight Express at the Troubadour, Your Lie In April at the Harold Pinter, The Little Big Things at @sohoplace, A Strange Loop at the Barbican, The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, Gillian Lynne  and on tour, Old Friends at the Gielgud, We Will Rock You at the Dominion, London Coliseum and on tour, Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward and on tour, Guys and Dolls at the Bridge, Mrs Doubtfire at the Shaftesbury, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical tour, My Fair Lady tour, Strictly Ballroom tour, The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty’s Theatre and on tour, The Drifters Girl at the Garrick  and on tour, ALW’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Les Misérables at the Sondheim, international tour as well as Les Misérables staged concerts, Back to the Future: The Musical at the Adelphi , Lion King at the London Lyceum and tour, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium and on tour, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at the Aldwych and on tour, Blues in the Night, Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy, Only Fools and Horses the Musical at the Haymarket and on tour, Fun Home at the Young Vic, Five Guys Named Moe, Dreamgirls at the Savoy and on tour, School of Rock at the Gillian Lynne, Bend It Like Beckham at the Phoenix, Stephen Ward at the Aldwych, Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic, Top Hat at the Aldwych  and on tour, The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly, Love Never Dies at the Adelphi,  Legally Blonde the Musical at the Savoy.  

EMMA PILE

UK Associate Scenic Designer

EMMA PILE

UK Associate Scenic Designer
Emma Pile’s work in theatre includes Roald Dahl’s The Witches, LOVE, Cleansed, Small Island, Exit the King, Young Chekhov: Platonov, Young Chekhov: Ivanov and Young Chekhov: The Seagull at the National Theatre; The Beauty Queen of Leenane for Theatre by the Lake; The Contingency Plan at Sheffield Crucible; and High Times and Dirty Monsters on UK tour. As a pre-visualisation artist: The Trials and Silence at the Donmar; Clorinda Agonistes at Sadler’s Wells; and 2:22 A Ghost Story in the West End. As a freelance digital artist: Hairspray at Kilworth Theatre; The Third Man at Menier Chocolate Factory; Private Lives at the Donmar; The Producers at Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen; and Enemy of the People for the Park Avenue Armory. Opera includes Orfeo at Zurich Opera and The Creation (Schopfung) at Cologne Opera.

ALEXANDRA MANNIX

US Associate Lighting Designer

ALEXANDRA MANNIX

US Associate Lighting Designer
Alex Mannix graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Classics and received her Master’s in Design from NYU Tisch. Her work in theatre includes Lempicka at La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego; Once at Geva Theatre Center, Rochester; Carnival of the Animals at Hearst Dance Theater, Princeton; DiSiac 2.0 and Eclipsed at the Berlind (McCarter Theatre Center); Assassins, Pippin and The Crucible for the Princeton Summer Theater; and How to Dance in Ohio, Bad Cinderella and Flying Over Sunset on Broadway.

MICHAEL ODAM

UK Associate Lighting Designer

MICHAEL ODAM

UK Associate Lighting Designer
Mike Odam’s work in theatre includes Legally Blonde, Singin’ in the Rain and Thoroughly Modern Millie at Kilworth House; Cabaret in Cologne; 24 Hour Musicals, Hairspray and 42nd Street in Hamburg; Priscilla Queen of the Desert on UK tour; and Phantom of the Opera, Aladdin, The Prince of Egypt, Wicked, Priscilla, Tarzan, and Beauty and the Beast in the West End. Other credits include five short plays in Pori, Finland. Opera includes Orpheus at the Royal Opera House. Stage presentations include Mulan in Disneyland Paris and Millennium Celebration at Disneyland Paris.

KELSH B-D

UK Associate Sound Designer

KELSH B-D

UK Associate Sound Designer
Kelsh B-D’s work in theatre includes Mamma Mia! at the Novello and on international tour; Evita at the Palladium; Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at Stuttgart Apollo; Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol at Southbank Centre; Anything Goes at the Barbican and on UK and Ireland tour; Saving Grace at the Riverside Studios; Rent at Hope Mill; Chess in Moscow; The Bodyguard in Stuttgart and Vienna, also on tour in France, UK and Ireland; Annie in Toronto; The Snowman at the Peacock and on UK tour; Xanadu at Southwark Playhouse; Sunset Boulevard and Hamilton (also Hamburg Stage Operettenhaus and UK and Ireland tour) in the West End. Concerts include The Phantom of the Opera in Moscow and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey on tour.

RACHEL WOODHOUSE

Costume Supervisor

RACHEL WOODHOUSE

Costume Supervisor
Rachel Woodhouse studied Costume for the Stage and Screen at the Bournemouth Arts Institute. Her work in theatre includes Imperium for the RSC; The Snail House at Hampstead; Ghosts (also BAM and Trafalgar Studios) and Little Eyolf at the Almeida; Blithe Spirit (also UK tour and West End) and In Praise of Love at Theatre Royal Bath; and Sunset Boulevard, Betty Blue Eyes, Mary Poppins, Oliver!, and Les Misérables 25th Production in the West End. Opera includes Return of Ulysses, Berenice, Don Carlos, Boris Godanov and Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House; On the Town, Sir John in Love and King Arthur at the English National Opera; Anastasia, Swan Lake and Coppelia for the Royal Ballet; Matthew Bournes’ Nutcracker! at Nymans; The Stepmother and An Enemy of the People at Chichester; and Enron and 1984 for Headlong.

Casting is subject to change without notice. Producers cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular cast member.

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