Vik Sivalingam who directed BALLETS RUSSES has directing credits including Stuff (Tristan Bates Theatre), Or Nearest Offer (Almeida Theatre), Daisy Pulls It Off (Cockpit Theatre), Three Sisters (Actors Company), Elephant Man (Associate Director, Sheffield Theatres Tour) Jack & The Beanstalk (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre), When The Lights Went Out (Tara Arts), Broom- Just Say No, Parklife: Achieving Liberty, Head Over Heels (Pulse Festival, Ipswich), The Hard Way (Soho Theatre Studio), Human Rights (Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich), Blue/ Orange (New Wolsey Theatre Studio), Girlfriends (co- directed with Pete Rowe, BAC), Day Trippers (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich & Theatr Clwyd). Movement Directing/ Choreography credits include A Christmas Carol (Southwark Playhouse), Robin Hood (West Wing Arts Centre), The Erpingham Camp (Brighton Festival), Breaking the Silence (Nottingham Playhouse), Tell Me… Lies (Arts Theatre), Jack & The Beanstalk (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre), Romeo In The City (Theatre Centre), Firebrand (Royal & Derngate Theatres), Travels To Myself (Teatro Technis), The New World Order (Brighton Festival), A Respectable Wedding (The Young Vic), How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found (Sheffield Crucible + Southwark Playhouse), Aladdin (Northcott Exeter), Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, Private Lives (New Wolsey Theatre). Forthcoming productions include Uncle Vanya (Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company), Peter Morris's Tintagel in collaboration with Behind The Bike Shed Productions. Vik is currently Resident Assistant Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck,
Katherine Hare who directed the showcase of "DON'T CRY, BUTTERFLY" also directed "Crazy for You" at The London Palladium and is currently assisting Christian Durham on his production of Great Pretenders at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. She recently formed her own theatre company called MadCow alongside Producer Racky Plews and Musical Director Leigh Thompson. Their first production, "The Tender Land", opened to great critical acclaim and succesfully transferred to the Cochrane Theatre after opening at The Arcola. Katherine trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts having previously worked as an actress.
Ric Lipson of http://www.riclipson.com has been a one-man technical miracle and indeed the saviour of A STAGE KINDLY on many occasions. An architecht by profession, he has been responsible for not only creating the live recordings, but also opping the live shows and indeed creating our graphic design. Please visit his website for more information about his extensive experience.
James Wallace of http://www.ucvcreate.com/ filmed and edited the video footage of the new-writing revue "Encore". Available as a photographer, he is currently heavily involved in his latest enterprise, a unique book publishers. Using recycled paper, he prints and binds the books himself, and also writes them! James is an avid poet as well as entrepreneur and technician. Another current string to his bow is being a
Gavin Bambrick took the photographs of the cast you see on the video of the showcase of SOVIET ZION, and also the photographs of "Bravo". Gavin currently resides and works in
Dan Swerdlow also took some photographs of "Encore". He specialises in production, events, and artist photography. You may visit him online at: www.danswerdlow.com.
Jason Osterman designed the lighting for BALLETS RUSSES. He has been working in the
