A Midsummer Night's Dream

Director

Mariah is an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (first class BA, Acting).

Her directing work includes: Shakespeare’s Women, Measure for Measure (Guildhall), Winter’s Tale, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mountview).

She also teaches Acting Shakespeare, Shakespeare Monologues and Acting Summer School for Guildhall short courses, and is an award-winning actress, performing both contemporary and classical leading roles for major institutions on stage and screen.

Set Designer and Costume Designer

Hugo is an English/French set designer based in London working across fashion, theatre, opera and film.

He has a MA Theatre Design (Distinction) from Wimbledon College of Arts and BA Drama (1.1) from Queen Mary University of London.

Previous credits include: ROCK DJ and Three Other Songs That Saved the World (New Diorama Theatre, Set and Costume Designer), Metamorphoses (Cockpit Theatre, Set Designer), Textúra (Hungarian National Gallery, Costume Designer), Opening Theatre (Gielgud Theatre, Assistant Set Designer), A Little Life (Harold Pinter Theatre, Assistant Designer). Upcoming: The Winter’s Tale (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Set and Costume Designer).

Lightting Designer

Tyler’s credits as Designer, in theatre includes: The Legends of Them (Royal Court), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sunday in the Park with George (Mountview), Turn of the Screw (Queens Theatre Hornchurch), G (Royal Court), Dorian The Musical (Southwark Playhouse), Diana The Musical Concert (Eventim Apollo), Trompe L’Oiel (The Other Palace), Loserville (Blackheath Halls), Our House (The Albany), No Man’s Island, Redemption, Mission (The Big House), Play, The Games (P&O Arvia), Silence (Donmar/Tara), Roles We’ll Never Play, Close Quarters (RADA), Opening Up: The Mental Health Musical (Union), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Electric), Nor Woman Neither (Tristan Bates), Macbeth (Vanbrugh) and Stoning Mary (George Bernard Shaw).

Sound Designer

Matt is a composer and sound designer for theatre, film and TV, as a solo artist, and in bands.

He has been commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, the Barbican, the Guardian, Young Vic, BFI Doc Society and Vogue, receiving prizes from the Grierson Awards and Tribeca Film Festival.

He has led or assisted in workshops for companies including National Theatre, National Youth Theatre and Good Chance Theatre. He plays in Strange Boy and runs the label Circle Dance.

Director
Mariah Gale

Set Designer
Hugo Aguirre

Costume Designer
Cory Shipp

Lighting Designer
Tyler Forward

Sound Designer
Matt Huxley

Fight Choreographer
Marcello Marascalchi

Voice Coach
Megan Burns

Assistant Director
Jess Smith *

Production Manager
Cory Duffill

Deputy Production Manager
Connie Yip

Production Assistant
Chanel McKenzie **

Costume Supervisor
Katie Khushi

* MA Theatre Directing student
** MA Creative Producing student
† Dip/FdA/BA/PG Dip Stage Management Technical Production student

Stage Manager
Bex Watters †

Deputy Stage Manager
Molly Nice †

Assistant Stage Manager
Alexis Mumford

Production Electrician
Gareth Morgan

Production Sound Engineer
Ollie Brennan
Wayne Harris

LX Programming Mentor
Rob Halliday

Lighting Programmer & Operator
Kian Reeves †

Scenic Construction Manager
Hannah Smith

Scenic Art manager / Lead Scenic Artists
Steven Peters

Scenic Artists / Prop Makers
Leah Bainbridge †
Alex Holl
Amy Kennington
Owen Spencer †

* MA Theatre Directing student
** MA Creative Producing student
† Dip/FdA/BA/PG Dip Stage Management Technical Production student