Dioni Butt
Casting Director
Dioni has been working as a Casting Director, Casting Associate, Company Manager, and Children’s Manager on commercial musicals for the last 20 years.
Casting credits include: SIX the Musical, MAMMA MIA! the Musical, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella The Musical, Phantom Of The Opera, Matilda The Musical, Here Lies Love, Strictly Ballroom, Legally Blonde The Musical, Love Never Dies, King Kong The Musical, Addams Family, How To Train Your Dragon, Mary Poppins, West Side Story, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Dusty – The Original Pop Diva.
Company Management credits include: MAMMA MIA! the Musical, A Christmas Carol, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella The Musical, West Side Story 2021, School Of Rock, Barry Humphries: The Man Behind The Mask, American Idiot Live, Legally Blonde The Musical, West Side Story 2010, Dusty – The Original Pop Diva.
Children’s Management credits include: Billy Elliot The Musical, Matilda The Musical.
Cristina D’agostino
Resident Choreographer / Assistant to the Director / Alternate Swing
Cristina has been a performer and creative artist in a career that has seen her work in many facets of the entertainment industry. She is currently performing the iconic role of Cha Cha in the Australian tour of Grease.
Prior to this, Cristina wore multiple hats for the Australasian production of SIX the Musical (LWAA). Cristina was first hired as the Resident Choreographer, and has since added Assistant to the Director and Alternate Swing to her resume for the production. Cristina was also the Resident Choreographer on Shrek the Musical for Gordon Frost Organisation
As a performer, Cristina is a Green Room Award winner (Featured Ensemble Performance in Music Theatre) for playing The Havana Girl in the Australian tour of Guys and Dolls.
In 2019, she shone on stage as Mary Delgado in Jersey Boys, for Newtheatricals. Prior to that, she played the Acrobat/understudy to Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Wormwood in the critically acclaimed musical Matilda the Musical, and Emily Waters/understudy to Fran in Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom the Musical.
Cristina was the choreographer for Federation University’s production of Rent in 2017 and has been a principal adjudicator of dance competitions within Australia and internationally for many years. She has also choreographed shows for cruise ships and corporate events.
Cristina has performed in some of Australia’s most notable musical productions including a national tour of West Side Story, in the role of Consuela (understudy to Anita); the world premiere of Moonshadow, featuring the music of Cat Stevens; A Chorus Line; the inaugural Australian tour of The Addams Family (understudy to Morticia); and The Production Company’s Singin’ In the Rain.
Other credits include the South Korean season of Jekyll and Hyde; The Happy Medium, for Magnormos; a National tour of Blood, Sweat and Dance; and the development workshop of King Kong, for London Global Creatures, and Betty in Not Finished With You Yet for Dickie Gross Productions.
Hailing from Mount Gambier, Cristina trained in jazz, tap, ballet and voice from a young age before undertaking a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Theatre at the University of Ballarat (FedUni).
Claire Healy
Musical Director
Claire Healy is a musical director, composer, actor, and performer (keys/vocals).
She was the Musical Director/Keyboards for the Australian tour of SIX the Musical (nominated Best Musical Direction and winner of Best Ensemble at the Green Room awards), the Australian production of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 for Darlinghurst Theatre Company (nominated for Best Musical Direction at the Sydney Theatre Awards), and was Musical Director/Piano for the Australian premiere of Well Behaved Women at the Hayes Theatre in early 2021.
She composed music for the Irish national tour of the critically acclaimed Low Level Panic, directed by Justin Martin (Prima Facie – West End & Broadway) and its reworking in Sydney at the Old Fitz. Other compositional work includes: Caligula (TheatreWorks), Lightning Jar Theatre’s Stupid F*cking Bird and Venus in Fur, The Tosca Project (Australia Council), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle for the VCA which she also musically directed.
Claire has completed international tours of her original solo cabarets, and as an actor has appeared alongside Miriam Margolyes in The Lady in the Van with Melbourne Theatre Company.
Claire has a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre from the Ballarat Arts Academy, and a Master of Music in Interactive Composition from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).
Jason Fripp
Associate Lighting Designer
Jason has worked in the live entertainment industry for over thirty years beginning in high school and continuing to this day.
His experience and expertise has allowed him to work in all genres of theatrical lighting including theatre, rock’n’roll, ceremonies, corporate events, permanent installations and amateur productions of all sizes ranging from high school musicals to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Jason first started in rock’n’roll, touring as a moving light technician with bands such as Bon Jovi, Faith No More, Smashing Pumpkins, Elton John & Tina Turner. At the same time Jason ran his own production company providing audio and lighting equipment for school productions and dance parties.
He now mainly programmes lighting for theatre shows touring throughout the world with arena spectaculars such as ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’.
Recent work includes world tour for ‘Hugh Jackman’s World Tour’ as his lighting director & Korean productions of ‘Ghost’ and ‘Wicked’. Recent Australian work includes ‘& Juliet’, ‘Tina’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘Groundhog Day’ and the Aus/NZ Arena tour of ‘Bat out of Hell’
Jason is thrilled to be returning to SIX the Musical in Australia
David Tonion
Associate Sound Designer
David Tonion is a seasoned sound engineer and designer with nearly three decades of experience in the theatre industry. He laid the groundwork for his career by studying Sonology at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. In 1995, David began his journey in theatre sound as an audio technician with System Sound for the Australian premiere of Cameron Macintosh’s acclaimed production, Miss Saigon.
Since then, David has been actively involved in numerous productions though-out Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. His mix and engineering portfolio includes the Australian premiere of The Boy from Oz, Popcorn, Cats, Oliver! (across Australia and Singapore), Miss Saigon (Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia), We Will Rock You (Australia and Japan), and Billy Elliot, as well as Mary Poppins (Australia and New Zealand), The Addams Family, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time, and Tommy among others.
In addition to his mixing and engineering work, David’s sound designer credits include Defying Gravity: the songs of Stephen Schwartz, The Mousetrap, A Murder is Announced, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Jerry’s Girls, Chess (Green Room Award recipient) and Lazarus as well as Gypsy, West Side Story (Green Room Award recipient), Anything Goes, Funny Girl, Kismet, Brigadoon and Jesus Christ Superstar.
David’s recent work includes the roles of Associate Sound Designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Australia and Japan) and SIX the Musical, Sound Designer for Death Of A Salesman, and a seasonal mentorship position at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Nigel Shaw
ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER
Nigel Shaw was a graduate with Distinction from Laine Theatre Arts – Epsom UK. Upon retiring from professional performing with many of the major celebrities of the time, it was only a natural choice for Nigel to continue into the glitz, glam and sparkle world of both costume design and construction. With the moto you can never have enough bling, Nigel has been involved with most major musical theatre, TV and stage productions on both land and sea for over 25 years, as well as dressing major artists visiting Australia inc: Lady Gaga (Monster ball tour), Kylie Minogue (Dubai F1), Olivia Newton John, Kelly Rowland, George Michael, Elton John, Dame Edna, Jason Derulo & Riki Lee to name a few.
Nigel’s many costume designs or creations can be seen in theatre Productions around the world including Moulin Rouge the Musical (Global Creatures 2021 – ) 9 productions around the globe, Elvis! the Musical (2023) MAMMA MIA! the Musical (LWAA – 2017 & 2023) SIX the Musical (LWAA 2019 & 2021 tours) & Juliet (2023), Pippin (2021) Hamilton the Musical (2019), Frozen (Disney Australia -2020), Muriel’s Wedding (2020), Beautiful: The Carole King musical, Aladdin (Disney Australia) Love Never Dies (Japan tour), King Kong the Musical, Dr Zhivago, Carmen (Southern Opera New Zealand) and Magic arena spectaculars.
Movie and TV highlights include Play Dirty (2024), Elvis (2020), The Great Gatsby (2014)
Other Credits include ‘Hi5’ Designer for Singapore and Australian productions, ‘The Wiggles’, ‘Jays Jungle’, ‘X Factor’, ‘Australia’s Got Talent’, ‘Dance Boss’, ‘Everybody Dance Now’ and New Zealand’s Next Top Model.
Nigel has designed over 30 live production shows for cruise line and Casino entertainment including Anderman Island Casino – Thailand, The Reef Casino – Cairns, The Sydney Showboats, P&O cruises – Australia, Carnival Cruises – USA, Princess Cruises – USA and Sydney Mardi Gras
Nigel’s work as an Associate Costume Designer was recently awarded a Green Room award (2022) for Costume Design with Gabriella Slade for the production of SIX the Musical.
Nigel is thrilled to be returning once again to the LWAA family as their Associate Costume Designer for the 3rd production tour of SIX the Musical in Australia
Kylie Clarke
Associate Hair & Makeup Designer
Kylie Clarke is renowned for her Theatrical and Film Supervision, Wig Making and Design. Her credits include Wig, Hair & Make up Designer for & Juliet – Australia. She was the Associate Wig, Hair & Make up Designer for Beauty and the Beast – Australia; Mary Poppins – Australia; Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Australia, Japan and Korea; Hamilton – Australia & International Tour; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Australia; SIX the Musical – Australia; Matilda the Musical & Billy Elliot – Australia, Japan and Korea. Kylie was also the Wig, Hair and Makeup Supervisor for Les Misérables – Australia, Manila, Brazil and Mexico; Kinky Boots – Australia; Beautiful: the Carole King Musical – Australia. Some of Kylie’s wig making credits include: Frozen the Musical, Aladdin, MAMMA MIA! the Musical, Muriel’s Wedding, Fawlty Towers Live, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Love Never Dies, Strictly Ballroom, Dirty Dancing, and numerous Sydney Theatre Company productions including The Picture of Dorian Gray and Fun Home.
Cass Jones
Technical Director
Cass has spent a lifetime working in theatre. The first 25 years in the UK included repertory seasons in Coventry, Bath, Edinburgh, Windsor, many West End productions, and 7 years at the Royal National Theatre. Overseas projects in that time involved working in France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Russia, Georgia, Japan and US. This period culminated in “Carousel” at the NT and subsequently for CML at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
In 1994 Cass joined the Australian office of Cameron Mackintosh and was responsible for the Australian productions of Miss Saigon and Rent in addition to the Australasian, Asian and South African tours of The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables.
Since 1999, Cass has undertaken the original Australian productions of MAMMA MIA! the Musical, We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon (2008 tour), Billy Elliot The Musical, Moonshadow, Dirty Dancing, War Horse, The Mousetrap, A Murder is Announced, Fawlty Towers Live, Matilda The Musical, and SIX the Musical.
International projects have included supervising Australian tours throughout New Zealand, Asia, South Africa, and South America along with local Korean language productions of MAMMA MIA! the Musical, Miss Saigon, Billy Elliott The Musical and Ghost The Musical.
Cass is pleased that the third iteration of SIX the Musical In Australia marks the end of a happy and enjoyable career.
Sharon Millerchip
Associate Director
Sharon’s stellar career as a performer and creative talent has seen her recognised with a swag of awards, including three prestigious Helpmanns. She is delighted to be returning to her role as Associate Director on SIX the Musical, having been part of the original creative team for its hugely successful Australian tour.
Recently Sharon was Associate Director on RBG: Of Many One for Sydney Theatre Company and its Australian tour; Director on Becoming Eliza at the Melbourne Comedy Theatre and Sydney Opera House and Associate Choreographer on Fangirls. Sharon was also Resident Director on Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom the Musical for Global Creatures and Disney’s smash hit production of Aladdin.
Sharon also recently appeared in A Broadcast Coup for Ensemble Theatre, North by Northwest for Kay and McLean Productions, Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods for Sydney Theatre Company and Caroline in the original cast of Yve Blake’s smash hit Fangirls for Belvoir.
Sharon’s starring roles in musical theatre include both Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in Chicago, Meg Giry in Love Never Dies, Columbia in Rocky Horror Show, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Anita in West Side Story, Charity in Sweet Charity, Catherine in Pippin, Meg Giry in The Phantom of The Opera, Sonia Walsk in They’re Playing Our Song, Demeter in Cats, Cordelia in Falsettos. Other notable performances in feature roles include Shirley Valentine, The Appleton Ladies Potato Race, Last of the Red Hot Lovers and Joanna Murray Smith’s hit, Bombshells.
Stephen Amos
Associate Music Supervisor
After graduating from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Stephen worked as Assistant Musical Director for Into the Woods, South Pacific, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, The Secret Garden, My Fair Lady, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Sarah Brightman and Anthony Warlow.
As Musical Director, Stephen’s credits include Grease, West Side Story, Les Miserables, MAMMA MIA! the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol, Hairspray, and War Horse. He won Helpmann awards for his work on both Billy Elliot and Matilda the Musical. He has been Music Supervisor for Australian tours of MAMMA MIA! the Musical and SIX! the Musical, and Australian and Asian productions of Billy Elliot, Matilda the Musical, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Stephen was the Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, and Arranger for the world premieres of the Cat Stevens’ musical Moonshadow, The Seekers’ musical Georgy Girl, and the Air Supply musical All Out Of Love.
Freya Sands
International Associate Choreographer
Freya is currently the West End and International Associate choreographer on SIX the Musical setting up and maintaining productions worldwide, including Australia and Korea.
Freya acted as choreographer & co-director on Eden Hunter’s new collection of music videos.
Notable choreography work includes – Associate Choreographer on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Lido2, Paris); The Merry Widow (Glyndebourne Opera); Assistant Choreographer on The Next Generation (Royal Festival Hall); Jeeves and Wooster (West End); ZooNation’s Groove on Down the Road (Wolverhampton); FFS (Arts Depot) and The Realness (Hackney Down Studios).
As a dancer, credits include – Capital Summer Time Ball (Wembley Arena); iTunes Festival (Roundhouse) and MTV Malta, all of which dancing for Kiesza. Breakin’ Convention (Sadler’s Wells); Back to the Lab (Sadler’s Wells), work with ZooNation and two U.K. Arena tours with Diversity (Limitless the Reboot and Up Close and Personal), along with various TV roles alongside the all-female Hip Hop company Boadicea.
Charlie Smith
International Associate Sound Designer
Charlie has always had a passion for sound design and quality audio for theatre. Since graduating from GSMD in 2013 with a first class degree and Gold Medal in Technical Theatre, Charlie has worked as a sound designer and operator within the West End and Internationally.
Theatre as Associate Sound Designer includes: Guys and Dolls (The Bridge) Six the Musical (West End, UK Tour and International), Babies (The Other Palace), Why Am I So Single (Sadler’s Wells and Garrick Theatre), Mary Poppins (West End and Japan), Identical (Nottingham Playhouse), 42 Balloons (Vaudeville and Lowry Theatre), Mandela (Young Vic), The Little Big Things (Sohoplace), This is a Love Story (Workshop).
Theatre as Sound Designer includes: Piaf (Bristol Old Vic), Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse), Flowers for Mrs Harris (Riverside Studios), Police Cops (Southwark Playhouse), Carousel (Royal Academy of Music), Our House (Bristol School of Acting), St Anne Comes Home (Actors Church), Spend Spend Spend (GSA), Lipstick (Southwark Playhouse), Merrily We Roll Along & Fiddler on the Roof (Silk Street Theatre), The Manny (Kings Head Theatre), F Men (Waterloo East Theatre).
Theatre as Assistant Sound Designer includes: Hymn (National Theatre).
Other Theatre includes: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (National Theatre, International Tours and West End), The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Bridge Theatre), Flowers For Mrs Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre), This is My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre), Kiss Me Kate (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), Wizard of Oz (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), Shipwreck (Almeida Theatre), Oh What A Lovely War (UK Tour).
Recording includes: Bluff the Musical, Flowers For Mrs Harris (Cast Recording).
Philippa Gowen
Executive Producer
Philippa is a graduate of The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and has held various management positions for the following productions/companies – Fox Studios Australia, Marian Street Theatre, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Oliver! in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore for International Management Group (IMG), Disney Theatrical Productions The Lion King in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai.
Since joining Louise Withers and Associates (LWAA) in 2007 productions have included: Billy Elliot the Musical in Australia 2007-2009 & 2019-2020 tours, 10th Anniversary Australian Tour of MAMMA MIA! the Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical in Seoul Korea, the 60th Anniversary Australasian Tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Australian Tour of Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, the Australian Tour of the World Premiere Production of Fawlty Towers Live, the Australasian Tour of Matilda the Musical, the 2017-2018 & 2023 Australian tours of the new Australian Production of MAMMA MIA! the Musical, the 2019-2020, 2021-2023 and 2024 Productions of SIX the Musical.
Philippa is currently the General Manager for Louise Withers and Associates and Executive Producer for SIX the Musical.
Louise Withers & Associates
General Management
LWAA was established in 2022 by Louise Withers and Linda Bewick. Since that time, LWAA has produced, consulted, managed & marketed shows in Australia, UK, US, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan. Shows include the original Australian production of MAMMA MIA! the Musical, We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon, Spamalot, Drumstruck, the original Australian production of Billy Elliot the Musical, the 10th Anniversary & 2017-2018 tour of MAMMA MIA! the Musical, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap and A Murder Is Announced, Ghost the Musical, the World Premiere of Fawlty Towers Live, the Royal Shakespeare’s Production of Matilda the Musical, the 10th Anniversary production of Billy Elliot the Musical and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
LWAA provided International Executive Producing Services to New Zealand’s Spark Arena for the International Touring production of Disney’s The Lion King; and is currently providing services for the Australian legs of the international tour of Les Misérables Arena Spectacular for Live Nation, Billy Elliot the Musical (Japan/Korea) on behalf of Working Titles Films, and Matilda the Musical (Korea) on behalf of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Prior to the establishment of LWAA, Directors Louise & Linda had individually worked on numerous productions including Cats, Crazy for You, Riverdance, The Boy From Oz, Five Guys Named Moe, Sunset Boulevard, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and The Phantom of the Opera.
Julia Bendall Cryderman
General Manager
Since graduating from the Australian Institute of Music with a Bachelor of Music, Julia has been actively involved in various aspects of the performing arts. Productions include How To Train Your Dragon the Arena Spectacular (DreamWorks & Global Creatures), War Horse (National Theatre & Global Creatures), Strictly Ballroom the Musical (Global Creatures), Matilda the Musical (RSC & LWAA), MAMMA MIA! The Musical 2017-2018 & 2023 (LWAA), Billy Elliot the Musical (LWAA) & Australian tours of SIX the Musical in 2019-2020, 2021-2023 & 2024 (LWAA).
Julia is very proud to continue her work with Louise Withers & Associates.
Cara Browne
Tour Manager
After touring Australia with SIX the Musical as Company Manager 2021-2023, Cara has returned as Tour Manager. Over the last 10 years, Cara has been fortunate to work with numerous theatre productions working in stage management, company management and production management. Some shows include MAMMA MIA! The Musical (LWAA), Beyond The Break (Like Water Productions), Gypsy (Hayes Theatre Co & One Eyed Man Prod), Diving For Pearls (Griffin Theatre Co), Ladies Day (Griffin Theatre Co), The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (Michael Sieders Presents), Fawlty Towers Live (LWAA), Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (NTofP) and Calamity Jane (Neglected Musicals & One Eyed Man Prod). Cara also worked for Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta as Associate Producer and Production Manager helping create new work for the mainstage.
Tom Curran
Orchestrator
Tom is an Olivier Award nominated orchestrator and arranger, working predominantly in theatre.
Credits include: Identical (upcoming); SIX (Broadway/West End/U.K. Tour/Australia); Hot Gay Time Machine (Trafalgar Studios); West End Bares (multiple); The Sound of Music (U.K. Tour); Fully Committed (Menier Chocolate Factory); Jekyll and Hyde (Union Theatre), and five shows for Cambridge Touring Theatre.
As associate orchestrator: Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory); Funny Girl (West End/U.K. Tour); High Society (The Old Vic). Tom has written orchestrations for George Stiles, Marc Almond, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Alexis Ffrench, and frequently works as an orchestrator for Audio Network.
He also collaborates with Jeff Wayne on The War of the Worlds arena tours. Tom is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Joe Beighton
International Musical Supervisor
Joe is a Musical Director and Musical Supervisor based in London.
In 2019 he received an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music for his work on SIX.
Musical Supervisor credits include: SIX (U.K. Tours and West End, Broadway, Chicago [Winner: Jeff Award for Musical Direction], Sydney Opera House; NCL Cruise Ships); St Anne Comes Home (Actors Church, Covent Garden); 42 Balloons [in development with Perfect Pitch].
Musical Director credits include: Sweeney Todd (CSSD); Merrily We Roll Along (LAMDA); Bare (LAMDA); Southern Belles (Kings Head London).
Assistant MD credits include What’s New Pussycat (Birmingham Rep). Joe studied music at the University of Cambridge before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Emma Bailey
Set Designer
Emma is an award-winning set and costume designer who originally trained as an architect at the Barlett School of Architecture UCL.
She graduated from the prestigious Motley Theatre Design Course in 2010 and in 2011 she was awarded the Linbury Prize for Stage Design for her production of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm at the Royal Opera House. She trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has gone on to design for theatre, opera, music and fashion shoots.
She thrives off unexpected collaborations and new ways of working. Her work can be found here: emmabaileydesign.com
Gabriella Slade
Costume Designer
Gabriella works as a set and costume designer in the U.K. and internationally.
She won the Off-West End award for SIX in 2019 for Best Costume Design, and was also nominated for an Olivier and WhatsOnStage award in the same year. Gabriella was the costume designer for the Spice Girls and their dancers for Spice World 2019, which toured the U.K. and was seen by over 700,000 fans.
Recent costume credits include Bedknobs & Broomsticks (U.K. Tour); Spice Girls: Spice World (Arena Tour, 2019); Curtains (West End & U.K. Tour); The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre); Reveller’s Mass; The Green House; Folk (National Dance Company Wales); The Last Days of Anne Boleyn (Tower of London); Working (Southwark Playhouse); In The Heights (Kings Cross Theatre & Southwark Playhouse); Peter and the Starcatcher (Royal and Derngate).
Set and Costume credits include: Murder For Two (Watermill Theatre, The Other Palace & U.K. Tour); Billionaire Boy (Nuffield Theatre & U.K. Tour); Moll Flanders (Mercury Theatre); Showstopper! (Costume & Props: The Other Palace, The Lyric & The Apollo); Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre); A Spoonful of Sherman (U.K. Tour); Cinderella (Citizens Theatre); Loot (Watermill Theatre & Park Theatre); Bodies (Royal Court Theatre); Kommilitonen! (Welsh National Opera); Stig of the Dump (U.K. Tour); Love Birds (Pleasance Courtyard).
Tim Deiling
Lighting Designer
SIX (West End, Broadway); American Idiot (West End/U.K. Tour); Knights Of The Rose (West End); Club Tropicana (U.K. Tour); Our House (U.K. Tour); Summer Holiday (U.K. Tour); Dedication (Nuffield Theatre); Miss Atomic Bomb (St James); Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk (Lyric Hammersmith); Vanities, Bash (Trafalgar Studios); The Mikado, Iolanthe (U.K. Tour); Crazy for You, Guys & Dolls, On the 20th Century (Guildhall); Miracle on 34th St (U.K. Tour); H.M.S. Pinafore (Hackney Empire/U.K. Tour); The Sweet Science of Bruising (Southwark Playhouse); Incognito (The Bush); Fuck the Polar Bears (The Bush); Table (Arts Ed); Zombie Prom (Landor Theatre); The Doctor Who Experience (BBC Cardiff); Bare (Greenwich Theatre); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Platform Theatre); Moby Dick, Annie Get Your Gun, Closer to Heaven, Honk, Loserville the Musical, Whistle Down the Wind, Pacific Overtures, Bare, Billy (The Union); Good With People (59E59, NYC); The 8th (The Barbican); Boiling Frogs (Southwark Playhouse); Wigan, and 65 Miles (Hull Truck); Chips with Everything (Embassy Studio); As Is (Finbourgh Theatre); Concrete Jungle (Riverside Studios); The Oikos Project and Protozoa (The Red Room); Zombie Prom the Musical (Landor Theatre); Macbeth (Sprite Productions). Tim was the Associate Lighting Designer for the National Theatre. He’s also worked as an Associate Lighting Designer on projects like The Lorax (Old Vic/International); Scottsboro Boys, White Christmas, (West End); Chicago (West End, International); 9 to 5 the Musical (U.K. Tour); Exterminating Angel (Copenhagen Opera House), Pippin (Chocolate Factory); and High School Musical 2 (U.K. Tour). Film Credits: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (EON Films); Animal Charm, The Prank Show (BBC). www.timdeiling.com
Paul Gatehouse
Sound Designer
Oliver! (Japan); SIX (Broadway); Rent (Hope Mill Theatre); SIX (Australia); Mary Poppins (The Prince Edward Theatre); SIX (U.K. Tour); The Witches of Eastwick (Cirkus, Stockholm); SIX (US Tour); Amélie (Munich-Werk7); Billionaire Boy (Nuffield Theatres, Southampton); SIX (Arts Theatre London); Mary Poppins (Zurich/Dubai, Asian Première in Tokyo). Associate Designer: Hamilton; Half A Sixpence; Les Misérables; The Phantom of the Opera (London). Recordings: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein – Original London Cast Recording, (Producer/Mixer); Disney’s Newsies (Mixer); Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording (Recording Engineer & Mixer).
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
Choreographer
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille (she/her) is a go-to U.K. choreographer for multidisciplined work. She is currently represented in the West End and on Broadway with her critically acclaimed choreography on SIX playing at the Vaudeville Theatre, London and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York.
For her work on the show, Carrie has received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer and WhatsOnStage, OFFIE, and The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nominations for Best Choreography.
Notable Choreography and Movement Direction credits include: Bernstein’s Wonderful Town (Holland Park Opera), This is My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Catherine Tate Show Live (UK Tour), Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Suicide (National Theatre), The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Royal Opera House, The Roundhouse).
Forthcoming projects include Movement Direction on Alecky Blythe’s new verbatim play Our Generation at the National Theatre & CFT Directed by Daniel Evans, Choreography on a newly updated adaptation of Antigone by Inua Ellams for Regents Park Open Air Theatre, the U.K. premiere of the Broadway hit musical Something Rotten, directed by Sean Foley at Birmingham Rep, and a new show in development for Norwegian Cruise Lines.
Carrie is currently the U.K. Associate Choreographer for the London production of Hamilton.
Toby Marlow
Writer
Toby is a writer, composer and performer based in London, UK.
Toby is the co-writer of the musical SIX (Broadway, West End, several international tours), alongside collaborator/friend Lucy Moss. For SIX, the duo have won a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award, and were nominated a Grammy Award for the album SIX: Live on Opening Night.
Toby is also the co-writer and co-performer of the award-winning Hot Gay Time Machine, which has enjoyed runs in London’s West End and at both the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe Festivals. Toby is currently working on a new musical project with Moss entitled Why Am I So Single?, which they’re very excited to hopefully share with you soon! Other writing and composing credits include Book of Queer (discovery+), the Opening Number of The 75th Annual Tony Awards (CBS), Courtney Act’s Christmas Extravaganza (Channel 4), Courtney Act: Fluid (international tour), and Kyle Hanagami’s Stay Inside.
Toby also writes pop music, most recently Jinkx Monsoon’s The Virgo Odyssey album, collaborating on Alaska Thunder****’s ROY G BIV, and Toby’s own song, Better. Toby studied English at the Unversity of Cambridge.
Lucy Moss
Writer & Co-Director
Lucy is a Tony Award-winning writer and the youngest woman ever to direct a musical on Broadway (lol).
Alongside her co-writer/friend, Toby Marlow, she won a Tony, two Drama Desks, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for their music and lyrics in the musical SIX (Broadway, West End, various other cool places). Their album SIX: Live on Opening Night was also nominated for a Grammy. She was ALSO nominated for best director of a musical at the Tony’s for her co-direction of SIX.
Okay enough about SIX.
Other writer-director credits include Hot Gay Time Machine (West End) and upcoming projects include an extremely exciting new collaboration with the one and only Toby Marlow, entitled Why Am I So Single?. Watch this space…!
Her directing credits include: Legally Blonde (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical (Actors’ Fund Online Benefit).
Her song-writing credits include: The Monkey King (Netflix); Dylan Mulvaney’s Day 365 LIVE! (The Rainbow Room); Book of Queer (discovery+); The 75th Annual Tony Awards (CBS).
She loves to kayak. You can find her @mucyloss on the internet.
Jamie Armitage
Co-Director
Jamie is a Resident Director at the Almeida Theatre and an Artistic Associate at the King’s Head Theatre.
Directing credits include: Southern Belles (King’s Head Theatre); Spring Awakening (RCSSD); Sweeney Todd (RCSSD); And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens (King’s Head Theatre); Love Me Now (Tristan Bates Theatre); Spoonface Steinberg (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Richard II (Emmanuel Chapel); Footlights Pantomime: Robin Hood and Henry IV Part 1 (ADC Theatre).
Credits as Associate/Assistant include: The Hunt (Almeida Theatre); The Madness of George III (Nottingham Playhouse and NT Live); Out of Order (U.K. Tour); Platinum (Hampstead Theatre); and The Boys in the Band (West End, Park Theatre & U.K. Tour).
PRODUCERS
Louise Withers
Producer
Prior to establishing Louise Withers and Associates, Louise worked on many productions including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Les Misérables and has held the positions of Director (Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Programming, Sponsorship and Marketing), General Manager (DCE Theatrical Division), and Director (Koan Advertising/Marketing Agency). Since the establishment of Louise Withers and Associates (LWAA) in 2002, Louise has been a Producer/Executive Producer on Australian productions including Matilda the Musical, MAMMA MIA! The Musical, Miss Saigon, Billy Elliot the Musical, We Will Rock You, Spamalot, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced and Fawlty Towers Live. Touring includes Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Louise was an Associate Producer of Ghost the Musical (West End and Broadway), and has provided Producing Consultancy services to Disney’s The Lion King (Singapore 2011), We Will Rock You (Japan), Ghost the Musial (Korea), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Australia). and was Executive Producer for New Zealand’s Spark Arena for the International Touring production of Disney’s The Lion King in 2021. Louise is currently Executive Producer Billy Elliot the Musical (Japan/Korea) on behalf of Working Titles Films, and Matilda the Musical (Korea) on behalf of the Royal Shakespeare Company, in addition to being a Producer of the recent Australian touring production of SIX the Musical. Louise serves on the Executive Council of Live Performance Australia.
Michael Coppel
Producer
Michael Coppel has been one of the most prominent and active concert promoters in Australia and New Zealand for more than 35 years. Each year his companies have presented several hundred performances throughout both countries, in indoor and outdoor venues, headlining a variety of artists from all genres of contemporary music. Amongst the major concert events presented are Adele, U2, P!nk, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Beyonce, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and Roger Waters. Michael is the Chairman of Live Nation Australasia, the largest Australian concert promoter. He was a Producer of the Australian touring productions of We Will Rock You, Miss Saigon, Spamalot, Waiting for Godot, The Graduate, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced and Fawlty Towers Live, and of the London West End and New York seasons of Ghost and the Broadway season of The Country Girl. Michael was a Producer of the Broadway production of Groundhog Day and is currently a producer on MAMMA MIA! The Musical. Michael has had a major involvement in the hugely successful Australian and New Zealand production of Matilda the Musical, and the recent Australian production of SIX the Musical.
Linda Bewick
Producer
Linda has acted, directed, designed and produced over 60 shows and written eight revues. She owned two theatre companies in South Australia and was the Administrator of the New Cottage Theatre. Linda joined Showbiz Bookings in Sydney in 1994 as Corporate Development Manager for the original Australian production of Miss Saigon. Linda became the General Manager of Showbiz developing corporate marketing strategies for The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Crazy for You, Rent and The Boy From Oz. Since 2002 Linda has been a founding Director of Louise Withers and Associates and Co-Producer of Miss Saigon, MAMMA MIA! The Musical (10th Anniversary Tour), The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, the 2017-2018 Australian production of MAMMA MIA! 2019-2020 production of Billy Elliot the Musical and the recent Australian Production of SIX the Musical. Linda was Associate Producer for Ghost the Musical for the West End and Broadway productions. Linda is a Director of Louise Withers Presents, and a Producer of the recent Australian touring production of MAMMA MIA! The Musical.
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Kenny Wax
PRODUCER
Kenny is the Vice President of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) – the trade organisation for the West End Theatre industry – after a three-and-a-half-year term as President.
In 2022, Kenny has opened four family musicals: Identical, based on the book ‘The Parent Trap’ by Erich Kastner – a story of twins separated at birth and brought back together, directed by Trevor Nunn; Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, based on the book of the same name by Kate Pankhurst – a pop-fuelled celebration of some of history’s incredible women and their stories; the first ever UK tour of Bugsy Malone – the acclaimed Lyric Hammersmith production, based on the world-famous movie by Alan Parker; and a brand new show based on the CBeebies smash hit Hey Duggee. In the summer, Kenny also collaborated with New Vic Theatre Stoke, to tell the legendary story of The Great Escape in their new production Tom, Dick & Harry.
His current success is SIX which is playing to sold out audiences in the West End; on Broadway; on tour in the UK, US and Australia; and on Norwegian Cruise Lines. The show performed at Hampton Court Palace in summer 2022 and there are more international dates in the works. The studio album received ‘gold’ status last year and is consistently in the album charts. The original Broadway cast album was released in May 2022.
Kenny has so far produced six shows with Mischief Theatre: including The Play That Goes Wrong (winner of the Olivier Award for ‘Best New Comedy’), which reopened in the West End at the Duchess Theatre and is currently on a UK tour; Peter Pan Goes Wrong has played the West End twice; The Comedy About A Bank Robbery ran for nearly four years at the Criterion Theatre; Mischief Movie Night gained Mischief their fourth consecutive Olivier nomination and was streamed for the first time all over the world in December 2020; Groan Ups played at the Vaudeville in autumn 2019 and later toured the UK; Magic Goes Wrong was made in collaboration with notorious magicians Penn & Teller and toured the UK after a wonderful run at the Apollo Theatre. Touring the UK in early 2023 will be Mischief’s next venture, Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle.
Recently, Kenny set up Mischief Screen with Mischief Theatre, having been the Executive Producer of two Christmas television specials on BBC 1: Peter Pan Goes Wrong and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. In Spring 2020, Mischief hit the airwaves again with a comedy series commissioned by BBC1, The Goes Wrong Show, now available on DVD and to stream. The second series aired in autumn 2021.
Notable productions include the world première of Top Hat, which won three Olivier Awards including ‘Best New Musical’ (2013) and the Evening Standard Award for ‘Best Night Out’. Once on This Island also won the Olivier Award for ‘Best New Musical’ in 1995. In 2020, his production of The Worst Witch won the Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Best Family Show’ and his production of Julia Donaldson’s much-loved book What the Ladybird Heard was nominated in the same category for the 2021 ceremony.
Kenny is renowned for producing some of the best family theatre both in the West End and on tour. Productions include We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Around The World in 80 Days, Mr Popper’s Penguins, Oi Frog & Friends! and the Olivier Award nominated stage adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s Hetty Feather.
Wendy & Andy Barnes
PRODUCERS
Wendy and Andy Barnes have been independent producers for fifteen years. In 2017, they founded Global Musicals Ltd, to commercially produce and general manage new musicals, in the West End and internationally. They are also the joint founders of Perfect Pitch, a non-profit company dedicated exclusively to supporting new British musical theatre, proudly part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio of funded arts organisations.
SIX marked the inaugural production for Global Musicals receiving five Olivier Award nominations and winning several awards along the way, including the WhatsOnStage Audience Award for Best Musical Production and the Jeff Award for Best New Musical. They continue to produce the show around the world.
Most recently they have opened The Choir of Man, currently running at the Arts Theatre, West End. Andy and Wendy’s previous joint producing credits include: Lift (Soho Theatre), featuring George Maguire and Cynthia Erivo, nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Music; The Great British Musical (Criterion Theatre), hosted by Stephen Fry and starring Alfie Boe; Through the Door (Trafalgar Studios); Club Mex (Hope Mill Theatre); The Little Beasts (The Other Palace); From Up Here (South Hill Park); The House of Mirrors and Hearts (Arcola, London).
As development producers: The Go-Between (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Royal & Derngate, Northampton & Derby Live – Winner of the U.K. Theatre Award for Best Musical); Pieces of String (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), nominated for Best Musical U.K. Theatre Awards.
As associate producers: The Go-Between (The Apollo Theatre, starring Michael Crawford). Andy’s other producer credits include: The Wiz (Hackney Empire); Departure Lounge (Off-West End), nominated for Best New Musical, WhatsOnStage Awards; Doctor Foster (Menier Chocolate Factory); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Gene Frankel Theatre, New York) and Dreams Come Out to Play (Birmingham Rep).
George Stiles
PRODUCER
George is best known as the Olivier Award winning composer of stage musicals such as Honk!, Betty Blue Eyes, Mary Poppins and Soho Cinders – all written with lyricist Anthony Drewe. George and Ants have two new shows in development: Identical for Kenny Wax in 2022 and Becoming Nancy for Broadway.
However, he is delighted to be making his debut as a producer with SIX, having seen the 2017 student production in Cambridge and completely, er… lost his head. He’s also very happy to be working with three such champions of new British musicals, Kenny Wax and Wendy & Andy Barnes.
Stiles + Drewe have a deep passion for nurturing new writing through MercuryMusicals.com and their annual Stiles + Drewe Prize. If you’re a young writer inspired by what you see then get creative – it happened for Marlow and Moss!