{"id":1805,"date":"2020-04-28T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1805"},"modified":"2021-09-27T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:27:39","slug":"crew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1805","title":{"rendered":"Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1074\">Martha, Josie&#8230;<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1681\">Reviews<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1725\">Gallery<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1783\">Cast<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/?page_id=1835\">Funders<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Charlotte-Jones-700x455-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1806\" width=\"250\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Charlotte-Jones-700x455-1.png 700w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Charlotte-Jones-700x455-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>Charlotte Jones &#8211; Writer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5><em>Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis<\/em>&nbsp;was commissioned by Bolton Octagon in 1998, when Charlotte was writer in residence; it went on to win the Pearson and <em>Manchester Evening News<\/em> awards for best new play and, along with&nbsp;<em>In Flame<\/em>&nbsp;(Bush\/West End), won Charlotte the Critics\u2019 Circle Most Promising Playwright award.<br>Her other plays include&nbsp;<em>Airswimming<\/em>&nbsp;(BAC),&nbsp;<em>The Dark<\/em>&nbsp;(Donmar),&nbsp;<em>The Lightning Play<\/em>&nbsp;(Almeida),&nbsp;<em>The Meeting<\/em>&nbsp;(Chichester), the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s musical version of&nbsp;<em>The Woman in White<\/em>&nbsp;and the Olivier nominated and Critics\u2019 Circle best new play winning&nbsp;<em>Humble Boy&nbsp;<\/em>(National Theatre).<br>Television writing includes&nbsp;<em>Without You<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Halcyon<\/em>&nbsp;(ITV), which she also created.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_9867cl-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1003\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_9867cl-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_9867cl-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_9867cl-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_9867cl-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>Robert Wolstenholme &#8211; Director (and Producer)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Robert studied directing at Drama Studio, London and on the National Theatre Studio Directors\u2019 Programme.<br>For Signal, he has directed\u00a0<em>Sellotape Sisters<\/em>\u00a0(The Warren, Brighton\/Tristan Bates),\u00a0<em>Shang-a-Lang<\/em>\u00a0(King\u2019s Head),\u00a0<em>A Place at the Table\u00a0<\/em>(Tristan Bates),<em>\u00a0The\u00a0Night Before Christmas<\/em>\u00a0(Hen &amp; Chickens\/Bike Shed, Exeter),\u00a0<em>Here<\/em>\u00a0(Tristan Bates) and\u00a0<em>Private Lives<\/em>\u00a0(Canal Caf\u00e9) all of which he also co-produced.<br>Other directing includes:\u00a0<em>White Feathers<\/em>\u00a0(Bread &amp; Roses),\u00a0<em>Trying<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Tender Soup<\/em>\u00a0(New Diorama),\u00a0<em>Brotherly Love<\/em>\u00a0(Counting House, Edinburgh),\u00a0<em>Gilbert is Dead<\/em>\u00a0(Hoxton Hall),\u00a0<em>One Minute\u00a0<\/em>(Courtyard),\u00a0<em>Guerilla\/Whore<\/em>\u00a0(Tabard),\u00a0<em>The Unattended<\/em>\u00a0(Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh),\u00a0<em>This to This<\/em>\u00a0(Union\/Colour House),\u00a0<em>If No One Loves You, Change<\/em>\u00a0(King\u2019s Head),\u00a0<em>Bash<\/em>\u00a0(Hen &amp; Chickens),\u00a0<em>Closer<\/em>\u00a0(Landor),\u00a0<em>Road<\/em>\u00a0(Croydon Clocktower),\u00a0<em>Love &amp; Understanding<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Can\u2019t Stand Up For Falling Down<\/em>\u00a0(Etcetera),\u00a0<em>Octopus Pie<\/em>\u00a0(Landor &amp; Edinburgh),\u00a0<em>Dracula<\/em>\u00a0(Drayton Court),\u00a0<em>Mother Tongue<\/em>\u00a0(Oval House),\u00a0<em>Sleeping Nightie<\/em>\u00a0(White Bear),\u00a0<em>The Razorblade Cuckoo<\/em>\u00a0(Link Theatre);\u00a0<em>Our Town,<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Caucasian Chalk Circle,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Arabian Nights\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found<\/em>\u00a0(Drama Studio, London);\u00a0<em>Can You Keep a Secret?<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Was He Anyone?<\/em>\u00a0(Croydon Youth Theatre); the shorts\u00a0<em>Primary Purpose<\/em>\u00a0(Ardent TC),\u00a0<em>Control<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Boy Who Never Learned to Fly<\/em>\u00a0(Arcola),\u00a0<em>Opportunity of a Lifetime<\/em>\u00a0(Pleasance, London),\u00a0<em>The Sky Above<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Soyuz 40\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>wltm\u00a0<\/em>(Southwark),\u00a0<em>Gift<\/em>\u00a0(King\u2019s Head) and\u00a0<em>A Snow Scene<\/em>\u00a0(White Bear); numerous rehearsed readings including for the Bush, the Finborough and Old Vic\/New Voices, and at the Actors\u2019 Centre, SOAS and Soho Theatre for Amnesty International.<br>Robert is also a volunteer for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sceneandheard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scene &amp; Heard<\/a>.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1822\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001-1200x901.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-20191120-WA0001.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>Amy Mitchell &#8211; Set and Costume Design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Theatre includes: set and costume design for <em>A Christmas Carol <\/em>(Bridge House Theatre), <em>Alice in Canning Town <\/em>(Arc in the Park), <em>Past Perfect<\/em> (Etcetera), <em>The Orange Peel <\/em>(Drayton Arms), <em>The Milkman&#8217;s On His Way<\/em> (Old Courthouse, Brighton), <em>Summer Street, the Musical <\/em>(Shelley Theatre\/The Warren, Brighton\/Old Joint Stock\/Waterloo East), <em>Refuge in Harmony<\/em> (Opera Holland Park), <em>Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again<\/em> (RCSSD); set design for <em>Under the Canvas Sky <\/em>(London School of Musical Theatre) and <em>The Peregrine<\/em> (Stockwell Playhouse) and costume design for <em>West End Bares 2018<\/em>.<br>Film includes: production design for <em>Don&#8217;t Tell Him<\/em> and <em>Without Walls<\/em> (JMOMCOCO\/Focal Rhythm), <em>Dona and Vixen<\/em> (Dutch London Pictures) and <em>Outwitting the Devil<\/em> (Root2Fruit Media). <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4>Nat Green &#8211; Lighting Design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Trained at Rose Bruford.<br>Theatre includes: <em>The Last Act of Harry Houdini <\/em>(Cockpit), <em>Preach<\/em> (Hoxton Hall) and <em>In the Blood<\/em> (Barn Theatre).<br>Nat also lights live music gigs and occasionally adds a little bit of electronic magic to discarded toys.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4>Julian Starr &#8211; Sound Design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Trained at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Arts.<br>UK theatre includes: <em>Cry Havoc<\/em> and <em>Hell Yes, I&#8217;m Tough Enough<\/em> (Park), <em>Othello<\/em> (Union), <em>The Orchestra<\/em> (Omnibus), <em>White Noise<\/em> (Vaults), <em>The Boy Under the Christmas Tree<\/em> (King&#8217;s Head), <em>Tiger Under My Skin<\/em> (Bloomsbury), <em>A Winning Hazard<\/em>, <em>After Dark<\/em> and <em>The Wind of Heaven<\/em> (Finborough), <em>Eris<\/em> (Bunker), <em>Precious Little<\/em> (Brockley Jack), <em>Zog<\/em>, <em>Violet<\/em>, <em>The Giant Killers<\/em> and <em>Gulliver Returns<\/em> (tours), <em>You Only Live Forever<\/em> (tour\/Soho), <em>The Comedy of Errors<\/em> and <em>Pericles<\/em> (UK\/Czechia tours), <em>The Good Scout<\/em> (Above the Stag\/Edinburgh) and <em>Aisha<\/em> (London tour), which was Offie nominated for Best Sound Design.<br>Australian Theatre includes: <em>Surf Seance<\/em> (Sydney Arts Festival), <em>The Shifting Heart<\/em> (Seymour Centre), <em>Untold<\/em> (Playhouse), <em>Kapow<\/em> (Kings Cross), <em>Alice in Slasherland<\/em>, <em>Telescope<\/em> and <em>The Shadow Box<\/em> (Old Fitz) and <em>Best Before<\/em> (Sydney Fringe Festival).<br>Sound design assistant\/associate includes: <em>Mamma Mia! <\/em>(Capitol Theatre, Sydney), Disney&#8217;s <em>Aladdin <\/em>(Queensland QPAC), <em>Talk<\/em> and <em>Richard III <\/em>(Sydney Opera House). Julian has also been production sound engineer on <em>An Inspector Calls<\/em> (UK\/Ireland tour) and <em>The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo<\/em>.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4>Marie Costa &#8211; Stage Manager<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Recent theatre includes: <em>Dialectikon<\/em> and <em>My Dad&#8217;s Gap Year<\/em> (Park), <em>Undetectable<\/em> and <em>Riot Act<\/em> (King&#8217;s Head\/Arcola), <em>The Dog Beneath My Skin<\/em> (Jermyn Street), <em>Summer in London<\/em>, <em>Whose Sari Now?<\/em> and <em>Sinbad the Sailor<\/em> (Theatre Royal, Stratford East) and <em>Boa <\/em>(Trafalgar Studios).<br>Other work includes productions at Soho, Hampstead, the Bush, Tricycle, the Gate, New End, Lyric Hammersmith, York Theatre Royal, Nuffield Theatre Southampton, Sydney  Theatre Company (Australia) and several UK National tours.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4>Jonathan Bensusan Bash &#8211; Assistant Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Jonathan wrote and directed <em>Kisses in the Dark<\/em> for Brighton Fringe and is currently studying a Masters in Directing at East15.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4>Stephanie Watson &#8211; Assistant Stage Manager<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5>Stephanie is in her final year at East15, studying Stage and Production Management.<br>She has experience working on shows at the Blue Orange in Birmingham, as well as technical stage manager on <em>How To Be a Tree<\/em> (Lion and Unicorn).<br>She is also the in-house stage manager for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundertheatre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thunder Theatre<\/a>, who aspire to bring watching movies with your dog to the theatre.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4>Dewi Hughes &#8211; Accent Coach<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrislince.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Linc\u00e9<\/a> &#8211; Graphic Design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lidiacrisafulli.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lidia Crisafulli<\/a> &#8211; Rehearsal and Production Photography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4>Julie Holman and Emma Caldwell for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.target-live.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Target Live<\/a> &#8211; Press and PR<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolekaymarketing.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Kay<\/a> &#8211; Marketing<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martha, Josie&#8230; Reviews Gallery Cast Funders Charlotte Jones &#8211; Writer Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis&nbsp;was commissioned by Bolton Octagon in 1998, when Charlotte was writer in residence; it went on to win the Pearson and Manchester Evening News awards for best new play and, along with&nbsp;In Flame&nbsp;(Bush\/West End), won Charlotte the Critics\u2019 Circle Most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1074,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1805"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2091,"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1805\/revisions\/2091"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/signaltheatre.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}