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Max Bennett trained with the National Youth Theatre and L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He has recently finished filming for the upcoming film The Duchess, and appeared on stage in Cymbeline directed by Trevor Nunn at Cambridge Arts Theatre and a national tour of Under The Blue, Blue Moon with Cambridge Footlights.

Nancy last appeared at the Almeida Theatre in Jonathan Kent’s production of King Lear. Her other extensive theatre credits include Coward, Cocktails and Cabaret for Chichester Festival Theatre and The Enchantment, Man of Mode, The Voysey Inheritence, The False Servant and The Talking Cure all for the National Theatre. For the RSC her credits include Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, As You Like It, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and The Winter’s Tale. Sam West has previously directed her in The Lady’s Not for Burning for Chichester Festival Theatre. Her film credits include Iris and An Ideal Husband and on television she has been seen in Cambridge Spies, Doctors and Midsomer Murders.

Richard Cordery’s theatre credits include Michael Boyd’s productions of Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3, Richard II and Richard III, Nancy Meckler’s production of The Comedy of Errors and Lindsey Posner’s production of Volpone, all for the RSC. His other theatre credits include Othello for Michael Attenborough in Stratford Ontario, The Winter’s Tale for the Young Vic and The Front Page for Chichester Festival Theatre. His film credits include The Loss Adjuster and Lorenzo’s Oil. On television his work includes Midsomer Murders, Absolute Power, The Falklands Play and Trauma.

Phoebe Nicholls has recently appeared in The Vortex in the West End and on national tour, Three Women and a Piano Tuner at the Hampstead Theatre, Hysteria at the Royal Court, An Inspector Calls and Pravada at the National Theatre, Three Sisters and The Seagull in the West End, and The Cherry Orchard at Chichester Festival Theatre. Her film credits include Cuckoos, Persuasion, Fairy Tale, Heart of Darkness and The Elephant Man, and her extensive television work includes Clapham Junction, The Trial of Tony Blair, All About Me, Spooks, The Brief, Hawking, Foyle’s War, Prime Suspect VI, Shackleton, and Second Sight.

Giles Taylor’s theatre credits include The Music Man at Chichester Festival Theatre, Othello and Relative Values at Salisbury Playhouse, The Wizard of Oz at Birmingham Rep/West Yorkshire Playhouse, numerous productions at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park including Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Longitude at Greenwich Theatre, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice and Talk of the City for the RSC. His film credits include Tom and Viv and Orlando, whilst on television he has appeared in Stuart: A Life Backwards, Friends and Crocodiles, Secrets of the Psychics and Karaoke. He has also performed several radio plays.

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’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’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 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.