Role: Creative Team

Casting Director Shannon is a freelance Casting Director and Writer from the West Midlands. Elise Casting was formed in 2020. Alongside her freelance practice Shannon works for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Company & Stage Management Team and prior to that in Production for Derby Theatre, and Advisory Board Member for Anansi Theatre Company.

Production Manager Tom started his professional career working with bands in and around North London and then touring Europe with Chris Barber’s Jazz and Blues Band and Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. He moved north and became Technical Manager at City Varieties Music Hall before going freelance and working for various production and theatre companies.

Assistant Stage Manager Roman is a training stage manager at Leeds City College, who is just finishing his first year. He has a background in costume alteration and enjoys making props in his spare time.

Jerwood Resident Designer Delicia Sorhaindo made her debut as Assistant Designer with Leeds Playhouse on Nine Night. She previously worked with Leeds Playhouse on a wardrobe department placement during her time at Nottingham Trent University before returning as a freelance postgraduate. While on placement Delicia worked on R&D for So Much.

Lladel Bryant has enjoyed over 10 years in the industry performing as an actor. Lladel’s theatre credits include Nine Lives, Road, Europe,  A Christmas Carol and The Night Before Christmas for Leeds Playhouse, Shed Crew and Bittersweet Sunshine for Red Ladder Theatre Company, Carnival Chronicles for Leeds West Indian Carnival & Committee Concrete Jungle for Manchester Fringe Festival.

Toni-Dee Paul is originally from Leeds. She has been commissioned by Fuel Theatre, been a contributing writer for climate change project Hello X, created performance as public intervention, and presented works in Sick Festival, Queer Migrant Takeover, and Works Ahead. She is Associate Artist with Selina Thompson Ltd.  

Writer/Director Sarah Punshon is founding Artistic Director of One Tenth Human. For One Tenth Human she has co-created Arthur (Edinburgh Fringe 2019, Fringe First), Curious Investigators Digital (Big Imaginations) and national tours of We’re Stuck! (Shoreditch Town Hall / Z-arts / China Plate), The Astonishing Vacuum Cleaner Adventure (Lancaster Arts / Hear Me Roar) and [read more]

Composer Ziad Jabero has composed scores for theatre, small films and animations and has released five albums with North East band The Baghdaddies. He has been MD for seven shows for the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. He also works for North East mental health charity Chilli Studios running music and creative writing sessions and supporting [read more]

Puppetry/Movement Director Stuart Bowden trained in acting at Contact Theatre, Manchester, then gained a first-class degree at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Stuart is a regular workshop leader & performer with Bakehouse, who specialise in site-specific theatrical productions. He recently choreographed The Jungle Book (Oldham Coliseum), which Sarah Punshon directed.

Designer Amanda Mascarenhas is a Theatre Designer and Visual Artist, of Indian-Filipino heritage. She was born and brought up in London, and trained at Rose Bruford in Theatre Design. Recent theatre credits include The Jungle Book (The Dukes Lancaster / Williamson Park, directed by Sarah Punshon), Kerbs (Graeae), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Northern Stage) and Run [read more]