Flying Into Daylight. Ron Hutchinson

(Sage Gateshead), The Empress (RSC), The Promise (Donmar Warehouse), Spur of The Moment (Royal Court), Spring Awakening (Headlong), Stones in his Pockets (Tricycle Theatre), The Night Before Christmas (Soho Theatre), The Dead (Abbey, Dublin), The Birthday Party (Royal Exchange Theatre), London (Paines Plough), Ghost From A Perfect Place (Arcola Theatre), Forever House (Theatre Royal Plymouth), The Threepenny Opera (Graeae), Refugee Boy (West Yorkshire Playhouse), His Dark Materials (Birmingham Rep), Moon Tiger (Theatre Royal Bath), Calendar Girls (West End/Australia/Canada), HMS Pinafore (Guthrie Theater Minneapolis), Copenhagen (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), The Coronation of Poppea (Opera North), Orfeo ed Euridice (Buxton Festival), Le Nozze di Figaro (Garsington Opera) and Seven Deadly Sins (WNO). He is an Associate Artist of Kneehigh Theatre, productions including Tristan & Yseult, The Wild Bride, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Brief Encounter (West End/Broadway/Australia).

       Lucy Jenkins & Sooki McShane CDG

      Casting

      Live Theatre credits include: Tyne, Cooking with Elvis, Chalet Lines, A Walk On Part, Nativities, Faith & Cold Reading, Inheritance and A Northern Odyssey.

      Other theatre credits include: To Kill a Mockingbird (Regents Park and tour), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Desdemona, Bomber’s Moon, Adult Supervision and Casualties (Park Theatre), Our Country’s Good (Out Of Joint), Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Exchange Theatre), Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (Talawa Theatre), War Horse (UK Tour/West End), Solid Air (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Afraid of the Dark (Charing Cross Theatre), Serpent’s Tooth (Almeida Theatre/Talawa Theatre), The Glee Club (Cast Theatre) and several productions for Nottingham Playhouse including The Kite Runner, My Judy Garland Life, Richard III, The Ashes and Diary of a Football Nobody.

      Television credits include: Skins (Company Pictures), Wild At Heart (Company Pictures), The Bill (Talkback Thames), Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (October Films) and Family Affairs (Talkback Thames).

      Film credits include: Myrrdin (Screenworks), Awaiting (Solar Productions), Containment (Bright Cold Day Films), Five-A-Side (Emerald Films), Entity (Nexus DNA), The Somnambulists (No Bad Films), Desi Boyz (Desi Boyz Productions) and H10 (Dan Films).

       About Live Theatre

      From its base on Newcastle’s quayside, Live Theatre produces work as varied and diverse as the audiences it engages with. To do this it:

•	Creates and performs new plays of world class quality
•	Finds and develops creative talent
•	Unlocks the potential of young people through theatre.

      Founded in 1973, the Theatre was transformed in 2007 with a capital redevelopment. The result is a beautifully restored and refurbished complex of five Grade II listed buildings with state-of-the-art facilities in a unique historical setting, including a 160-seat cabaret-style theatre, a studio theatre, renovated rehearsal rooms, a series of dedicated writers’ rooms as well as a thriving café, bar and pub.

      Live Theatre is a national leader in developing new strategies for increasing income and assets for the charity. In 2014 the company announced LiveWorks, a £10 million capital development to purchase and develop quayside-fronted land and buildings adjacent to the Theatre, to create a children and young people’s writing centre, a public park and new commercial office space.

      LiveWorks will join the award-winning gastro pub The Broad Chare, online course www.beaplaywright.com and The Schoolhouse (office space for emerging businesses), as one of Live Theatre’s creative enterprises designed to increase income.

      For more information see www.live.org.uk

       Through the generosity of our Friends Live Theatre is able to continue to nurture and develop new writing talent, and deliver plays of world class quality. Our Best Friends are:

      Noreen Bates

      Jim Beirne

      Michael & Pat Brown

      Paul Callaghan

      George Caulkin

      Michael & Susan Chaplin

      Sue & Simon Clugston

      Helen Coyne

      Chris Foy

      Robson Green

      Lee Hall

      John Jordan

      John Josephs

      Annette Marlowe

      Madelaine Newton

      Elaine Orrick

      Ian & Christine Shepherdson

      Margaret & John Shipley

      Sting

      Shelagh Stephenson

      Peter Straughan

      Alan Tailford

      Graeme & Aly Thompson

      Paul & Julie Tomlinson

      Nick & Melanie Tulip

      Alison Walton

      Kevin Whately

      Lucy Winskell

      For more information about the Friends of Live Theatre please contact Lizzy Skingley on [phone] or [email protected]

      Live Theatre is grateful for the support of Arts Council England and Newcastle City Council as well as its many other supporters and Friends.

       Staff at Live Theatre

      Chief Executive Jim Beirne

      Artistic Director Max Roberts

      Operations Director Wendy Barnfather

      Director of Enterprise & Development Lucy Bird

      Director of Education & Engagement Helen Moore

      Administrator, Directors Clare Overton

      Literary Manager Gez Casey

      Creative Producer Graeme Thompson

      Administrator, Literary Team Degna Stone

      Associate Director, Literary Team Steve Gilroy

      Production Manager Drummond Orr

      Technical Manager Dave Flynn

      Technician Sam Stewart

      Technical Apprentice Craig Spence

      Associate Director, Education & Participation Paul James

      Drama Worker Rachel Glover

      Drama Worker Philip Hoffmann

      Administrator, Education & Participation Sam Bell

      Marketing Manager Claire Cockroft

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