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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Introducing our Crew
Introducing our A Midsummer Night's Dream Crew:
Directed by: Frances Loy
Designed by: Harry Scott
Produced by: Mauricio Preciado Awad
& Roland Smith
Movement Director: Alexandra Baybutt
Production Manager: Roland Smith
Stage Management: Penny Longhurst
& Anna Redmond
Frances Loy
Director
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Directing credits include: A Midsummer Night's Dream ( theatredelicatessen ),
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christoper Marlowe, The
Grimm Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey and Parasites by Westminster Prize Winner Ali Muriel.
Training includes: Director's Summer School and Director's Toolbox ( Young Vic ),
Director's Workshop ( NSDF ).
Directing and Research Assisting include: Project X ( Joe Hill-Gibbins
for the Royal Court ) and Pictures at an Exhibition ( Daniel Kramer for
Sadlers Wells / Young Vic ).
Frances has worked extensively in theatre for development and education,
including spending 6 months in Malawi devising, directing and touring
productions with local rural communities about HIV/AIDS Education, Human Rights
and Conservation Issues.
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Harry Scott
Designer
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Harry is also currently working Dido Queen of Carthage for Angels in
the Architecture at Kensignton Palace. Previous credits include Vincent
River ( Trafalger Studios ); Ghost Sonata ( Goat and Monkey );
and Caravan ( Regional arts festivals tour, including Glastonbury
Festival ).
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Mauricio Preciado Awad
Producer
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Mauricio left his hometown of Bogota, Colombia in 2000. He has a BSC in
Economics from the University of Bristol and currently works for
PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mauricio's passion for theatre was fuelled by his
participation in experimental theatre groups in Colombia and also while
producing the Greek tragedy Agamemnon. He gains his inspiration from current
affairs, politics, and old films and is constantly looking for outlets that
will allow him to unleash his artistic expression. Mauricio currently resides
in Putney and in his spare time he can be found producing and training for the
Flora London Marathon which he will be running for the Mental Health Foundation
this coming April.
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Roland Smith
Producer / Production Manager
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In 1999 Roland was awarded the RSC Buzz Goodbody Award for his production of
The Absence of War by David Hare. Following this he directed Elvis Orders a
Mai Tai and Skin Deep (both UK premiers) for Horla at The Rose and Crown, and
Torn by Joanne White for SJT Productions at the Soho Theatre Studio , How to
Live and Eskimo Sisters, both for Camden Peoples Theatre. Over the last two
years he has directed A Midsummer Nights Dream and Peer Gynt at Gladstone Park
for Brent Arts, and Tough Luck for First Draft.
Roland was a founder member of TACIT Theatre, based in Kingston Upon Thames,
with whom he directed Misanthrope ( The Cornerhouse ) and Les Liaisons
Dangereuses ( Kingston Arts Theatre )
Through his own company (beat) theatre Roland created and directed ...between two
points... ( Lion and Unicorn ), Desert/Island/Man
( ROAR in conjunction with CoTA ) and To Close and Kill ( Latchmere - What's On
Pick Of The Week )
As Associate Director of hybridtheatre, Roland has undertaken a process at The
Young Vic, through the Genesis Director's Project, researching and developing
HamletMachine by Heiner Muller, and developed his own piece Finis Terre for the
Chelsea Theatre. He is currently developing a new piece of physical theatre,
Alpe d'Huez for theatredelicatessen.
Roland is currently directing an devised outdoor promenade production in Herne
Hill, entitled Right Up My Street for the Young Vic.
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Alexandra Baybutt
Movement Director
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Alexandra lives and works in London. She trained at LABAN and later at
Goldsmiths and draws on many influences and experience as a dancer and
choreographer to inform her work with actors. She also makes performance
and is involved in research with sound artists. Working one-to-one and
with groups, she enjoys new challenges and stretching her imagination.
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Penny Longhurst
Stage Manager
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Penny is currently in her final year, studying Drama, at Royal Holloway
University of London. Her previous work, through the University, has included
the Stage Management of Gasping by Ben Elton (2007), Ranjit Bolt's adaptation
of Lysistrata by Aristophanes (2007) and she also won the University's award
for Best Technical Contribution for her work on Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.
She has also been fortunate enough to appear in a number of Royal Holloway's
most successful productions from Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
to the famous A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and next year
she will be playing Alice in Patrick Marber's Closer. Outside of her
University career, she has worked for Panavision UK as 'Associate to the camera
man' and clapper loader for CBBC production of The Queen's Nose and most
recently has acted as an assistant to the Barbican and Cheek By Jowl Stage
Management team for their successful run of Cymbeline.
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Anna Redmond
Stage Manager
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Anna studied her BA in Drama and English at Winchester University (then King
Alfred's College) and her MA in Performance and Culture at Goldsmiths
University, completing this in Sept 07. Her interest in performance is
primarily in the connections that it has with society, how a performance can
be informed by these and how performance and society exist together: Both
harmoniously and acrimoniously! Before studying for her MA, Anna was part of t
he stage management team for the Chichester Youth Theatre's summer production
of The Grimm Tales. Anna currently works for the Orange Tree Theatre as
a Fundraising Assistant.
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