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ROALD DAHL
Writer
Born in Wales, UK, in 1916. He became a writer after suffering “a monumental bash on the head” sustained as a pilot during the Second World War. His classic stories [...]
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DENNIS KELLY
Book
An internationally acclaimed writer, with plays performed in more than 30 countries. Stage plays include Debris (Theatre 503/Battersea Arts Centre, 2003), Osama the Hero (Hampstead Theatre 2004), After the End [...]
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TIM MINCHIN
Music and Lyrics
Musician, comedian, actor and writer. He wrote his first theatrical score at 17, and spent the next decade composing, acting, making theatre and playing pianos. In 2005, his comic cabaret, [...]
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MATTHEW WARCHUS
Director
Productions include Coriolanus, “Master Harold”…and the boys, Life Is a Dream, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fiddler on the Roof, The Plough and the Stars, Much Ado About Nothing, The [...]
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PETER DARLING
Choreography
West End: Matilda (Olivier Award, Whatsonstage Award); Billy Elliot (Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Astaire awards); The Lord of the Rings (London/Toronto, Dora Award); Our House (Olivier [...]
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ROB HOWELL
Set and Costume Design
Has designed sets and costumes extensively in the theatre and opera in the UK and abroad, including at the Royal Court, the Donmar Warehouse, the Royal National Theatre, the Royal [...]
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CHRIS NIGHTINGALE
Additional Music and Musical Supervision
Most recently served as musical supervisor, arranger and orchestrator for Ghost: The Musical (London and Broadway). Other work includes co-composer, musical supervisor and orchestrator of The Lord of the Rings [...]
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SIMON BAKER
Sound Design
Recent London and Broadway: Matilda (Olivier Award), Brief Encounter (Olivier and Tony nom.), La Bête, Boeing-Boeing (Tony nom.), The Norman Conquests, Closer and The Play What I Wrote. London only: [...]
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HUGH VANSTONE
Lighting Design
Recipient of three Olivier Awards for his work in London. New York credits include I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers (Booth), Ghost (Lunt-Fontanne, Tony nomination for Best [...]
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PAUL KIEVE
Illusion
Created original magical effects for more than 100 West End, Broadway and international productions including Ghost: The Musical (Drama Desk Award 2012), Pippin (ART and Broadway), Zorro, The Lord of [...]
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ELLEN KANE
Associate Choreographer
RSC: Matilda (Stratford; London, Cambridge Theatre). Theatre includes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2013), Billy Elliot (West End, Australia, Chicago), Sister Act (London Palladium), The Lord [...]
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KATE DUNN
Associate Choreographer
Dance: Royal Ballet Company. Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move, Bangarra Dance Theatre. Musicals: Contact, On Your Toes, Chicago Broadway. Films: The Phantom of the Opera, Beyond the Sea. Associate choreographer: [...]
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THOMAS CARUSO
Associate Director
Directed the critically acclaimed Off- Broadway musical, Southern Comfort. Also directed at Rattlestick, NY Stage & Film, Williamstown, Bay Street, Playwrights Horizons, Penguin Rep, EST, Juilliard, the Play Company, NYMF, [...]
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LUKE SHEPPARD
Associate Director
Luke has been with Matilda since Stratford-upon- Avon. Directing includes Happy Never After, Betty Blue Eyes, Peter Pan, Mort, Bed and Sofa, From Up Here, Jet Set Go. Associate: Singin’ [...]
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LOTTE WAKEHAM
Associate Director
has been with Matilda since Stratford-upon- Avon. As director: Allegro, The Kissing- Dance, Fair Trade, Jekyll’s Potion, The Diary of a Nobody, Austentatious, the Language of Love Shakespeare Festival. Radio: [...]
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Paul Weimer
Associate Set Designer
Broadway: Assistant/Associate Set Designer for Ghost, Norman Conquests, Shrek, Coram Boy, Woman In White, Spamalot, Caroline Or Change, Noises Off, Bells Are Ringing, Swan Lake & Phantom Of The Opera. [...]
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Daryl A. Stone
Associate Costume Designer
Matilda marks Daryl’s 20th Broadway production. B’way credits include Ghost, God of Carnage, Mary Stuart, A Steady Rain, West Side Story, The Miracle Worker, Tarzan, Proof. Thanks to RJA and [...]
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Joel Shier
Associate Lighting Designer
Broadway Associate: Ghost, Godspell. Broadway Assistant: Follies, Wonderland, Addams Family, Little Mermaid. Tours: Sister Act, Wicked, Sweeney Todd. Design: Ghost Light Sessions, Pregnancy Pact, Memory Show, Fugitive Songs, Mercedes Benz [...]
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Tony Smolenski IV
Associate Sound Designer
Associate Designed over 25 Broadway Shows including: Evita, Billy Elliot, The Coast of Utopia, Scandalous, Wonderland, Sixteen Wounded, Bobbi Boland, The Smell Of The Kill. Design work includes: Cymbeline (Broadway), Adding Machine (Drama [...]
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JEANIE O’HARE
Commissioning Dramaturg
Developed plays at the Royal Court Theatre and RSC. She is now Chair of Playwriting at Yale School of Drama. She worked on Matilda from the beginning (2006), firstly with [...]
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JIM CARNAHAN C.S.A.
Casting Director
Roundabout’s director of artistic development. Roundabout: The Big Knife, Picnic, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Cyrano, Harvey, Anything Goes, Sunday in the Park…, Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, Assassins, Nine, [...]
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NORA BRENNAN C.S.A.
Casting Director
specializes in children’s casting and cast the children in Billy Elliot (Broadway and tours), winning the ARTIOS award. Resident casting director for Transport Group: Queen of the Mist, The Audience, Hello [...]
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ANDREW WADE
Voice Director
RSC: Head of Voice. Cicely Berry: many projects. Matthew Warchus: at RSC and The Lord of the Rings (Toronto and West End). Guthrie Theater: since 2002. TFANA: Voice Director, the [...]
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DAVID HOLCENBERG
Musical Director
Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Ghost, Bye Bye Birdie, The Story of My Life, Good Vibrations, Seussical, Titanic, Show Boat. David also music directed the Los Angeles production of Ragtime (L.A. Drama [...]
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HOWARD JOINES
Music Coordinator
Bullets over Broadway; Aladdin; A Night With Janis Joplin; Cinderella; Scandalous; Chaplin; Ghost; How to Succeed; Promises, Promises; Bye-Bye Birdie; Grease; Times They Are A-Changin’; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Bare; Now.Here.This. [...]
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DEBORAH ABRAMSON
Children’s Music Director
Deborah continues writing her own music, directs you to www.facebook.com/DeborahKAbramson, hopes that you adore these children too, and thanks all those who have trusted and aided her in this dream [...]
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AURORA PRODUCTIONS
Technical Supervisor
Current projects: The Book of Mormon (Broadway, national tour and Chicago), Big Fish, Once, Orphans, The Testament of Mary, Talley’s Folly, The Big Knife and Anything Goes (national tour). Aurora [...]
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DAVID LOBER
Production Stage Manager
Production stage manager for Broadway: Saturday Night Fever. National tour: Wicked; The Lion King; The Light in the Piazza; Million Dollar Quartet; Caroline, or Change; Sunset Blvd.; Disney’s Beauty and [...]
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ANDREW C. GOTTLIEB
Stage Manager
Broadway: Billy Elliot (Broadway and Chicago), Guys and Dolls (2009 revival). Recent credits: Giant (Public Theater), Far From Heaven (Williamstown), Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque (Signature Theatre Company), Cirque [...]
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AMY MARSICO
Assistant Stage Manager
Broadway: Titanic, Cats, War Horse (Lincoln Center), Steel Pier (workshop), A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden). National tours: The Wizard of Oz, The Full Monty, The Phantom of the Opera. [...]
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SAMANTHA PREISS
Assistant Stage Manager
Broadway: Spider-Man, Peter and the Starcatcher, Bring It On, Clear Day. Off-Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, MDQ. National Tours: Billy Elliot, MDQ, Little House. Regional: Guthrie, Old Globe, Paper Mill. [...]
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DENISE WOOD
Executive Producer
Lead Producer with the RSC for ten years. Working alongside Artistic Director Michael Boyd, she was responsible for the planning of the artistic program worldwide and for overseeing the producing [...]
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ANDRÉ PTASZYNSKI
Executive Producer
Former security guard at the United Nations, has been a producer of musicals and plays and a promoter of comedians in the UK since the dawn of punk. He has [...]
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THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Producer
Connects people with Shakespeare and produces bold, ambitious work. Our repertoire includes Shakespeare, classical plays and new work. We are committed to developing theatre artists and enjoy working with schools [...]
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THE DODGERS
Producer
Dodger Theatricals is a producing partnership hatched at BAM in 1978 by Michael David, Edward Strong, Rocco Landesman, Des McAnuff, Doug Johnson and Sherman Warner. From the initial foothold in [...]
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