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KEELY AUGUSTUS was born and raised in Kent and educated in Kent and London. In 2008 she co-founded Formidable Fusion Ltd and has been Managing Director since then. 2001-05 MDrama in Drama and Theatre Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury. Since 2001 her creative experience in producing, devising, stage directing, and acting has included: Artistic Director and Editor, Harriet, short film selected for BFM International Film Festival, Nov 2009; Creative Producer/ Host, Lyrical Showcase for National Literacy Trust in association with Kwame Kwei-Armah, June 2009; Director, Don’t you want to be Free? Gulbenkian Theatre 2005; Director, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, UKC, 2004; Actress, The Trials of Brother Jero, Gulbenkian Theatre, 2003. ITC Fastrack Theatre Administration Scheme in alliance with Vayu Naidu Company, Sep 2005-Jan 2006.
ROSIE CLARK graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA 2:1 in Managing Performance. Rosie is Creative Producer and Company Manager for RAVENROCK Theatre Company. In 2011 she produced Jamie Blake at the Cockpit Theatre and Zoo Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Rosie is also an Associate Producer for Dugout Theatre Company and produced and co-directed their production of Bouncers Remix performed at the Hifi Club and Zoo Venues. In December 2010 she stage managed The Wind In The Willows at Theatre 503. Other stage management credits include Hay Fever, Othello, Little Polly Puppet and Phaedra’s Love (selected for the National Student Drama Festival in 2010). Rosie has also worked as assistant stage manager on the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s production of ‘Tis a Pity She’s a Whore, and assisted at the Dukes Theatre Lancaster.
KELLY GOLDING attended the University of Nottingham and UCLA, graduating with a BA 2:1 in Politics & American Studies. She has worked in broadcasting since leaving university, with companies including ITV (Production) and BBC (Production, News and Talents Rights & Negotiation Group). She was Casting Director for Tread Softly Productions on its first independent feature film Lovelorn, written & directed by Becky Preston. Kelly is also a Section Manager for Showmasters, working at large scale events such as London Film and Comicon. She has been involved for some years with various amateur theatre companies, including Elmbridge Youth Theatre and Ember Players, has served on their committees, and also produced David Campton’s Caged Birds for the Elmbridge One Act Festival. Kelly is interested in transferring her skills into theatre producing.
ALYSON McKECHNIE was born and raised in Scotland, and studied Contemporary Performance Practice (BA 2:1) at RSAMD, Glasgow. Before coming to Birkbeck she was Business Development Manager for Abbotsford Care (Glenrothes) Ltd. She has also worked for producing companies such as Walk the Plank and Feet First Ltd as Production Assistant and Stage Manager. As a performer, her credits include both solo works - Quadriptrych Little Joe (On Verge Festival Arches, Glasgow and Green Room, Manchester 2010); Radio Le Spectacle (Into the New Festival, Arches, Glasgow 2010) – and collaborative pieces: [point nought one] (RSAMD, Glasgow 2009); UNIT (RSAMD, Glasgow 2008) ; Awkward Spaces (interactive performance commissioned by British Red Cross, Govan, Glasgow 2008). She is keen to develop her own production company in the future, producing live performance events emphasising the creation of temporal communities.
DERMOT McLAUGHLIN trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting. He has performed in a wide range of theatrical forms - rep, fringe, tours, community tours, overseas and the West End – and has directed and choreographed many shows. He also has significant experience of West End box office / ticketing, marketing and event management. In 2010 he helped establish and run DAMNGOODVOICES, a new voice-over agency. In 2009 he was assistant producer for the ARQIVA Commercial Radio Awards, London and was assistant producer/director for the British premiere of the musical Lucky Stiff, at the Bridewell Theatre in London. In addition he has been a tour manager for arts educational groups visiting Spain. In 2009 he crafted a showcase for Lillie La France, a female impersonation act, and he hopes to develop his writing further in the future.
SOLÈNE MARIÉ was born in France and raised and educated between France and England. After eight years acting in amateur workshops and two years in a professional theatre company, she took an MA in Arts Management in Paris (EAC Institute). She has worked with various theatre organisations in France and abroad; co-ordinated and led theatre workshops and programmed shows for young audiences; promoted a play in the Avignon Festival; worked with the production company PRIMA DONNA (production/touring/administration, organisation of French tour of shows by Russian artist Evguéni Grichkovets); organised cultural events in the SALTA Alliance Française (Argentina); and worked for a Franco-Mexican theatre company on international theatrical projects. Her MA dissertation focussed on foreign language theatre in Paris. After graduating, Solène worked for Stage Entertainment France, as marketing assistant (opening and running of Mamma Mia!, Théâtre Mogador), and as production assistant (Cabaret, Théâtre Marigny).
BELINDA MOLLOKWU was born and raised in London and trained LIPA 2001-04 (BA 2:1 Performing Arts/ Dance). Professional performance experience 2004-07 includes musicals and pantomime - personal highlights including Koanga, Sadler’s Wells (director Helena Kaut-Howson) and Paul McCartney’s Back in the World Tour, Liverpool Albert Docks. Professional creative experience includes: creative producer / choreographer Ms Ross: The Lady & her Music, Neptune Theatre, Liverpool, 2004; creative director/ choreographer Spring in the City, charity fashion show for Cancer Research, Liverpool, 2004; and entertainment & events manager for Playa Dorada resort, Dominican Republic, 2007-09. During 2009-10 she was choreographer / movement director for several UK bands / events including Light of the World, Good Times Tribute, Colonel Abrams, and James D’Train Williams. Future plans include producing events and touring musical theatre. She has a strong interest in West End co-producing.
INDIA POOL was born in Taunton, Somerset and raised and privately educated in Oxfordshire. She has achieved several Merit grades in classical and musical theatre singing. She graduated in July 2011 from Roehampton University with a BA 2:1 in Drama, Theatre &Performance Studies, topics including Theatre Criticism, Ethnographic study, Site Specific Theatre and Live Art. Various volunteering and ushering work includes Bristol Mayfest and Old Vic Tunnels, giving her the opportunity to experience the running of different styles of theatre. This summer she was involved in several work placements, including Whitechurch Securities Ltd Marketing Department, where she attended presentation seminars, met industry professionals and designed brochures and websites. With The People Show she shadowed their producer Sarah Clews, worked in the marketing team and performed in People Show 121: Pump House Project. She recently worked alongside producer Leonora Wood on Jericho House’s production of The Tempest.
CLAIRE SADDLETON trained at Arts Educational Schools, London (on the three year Acting course). She then worked for ten years as an actor, largely in mask/physical theatre; and later in young people’s theatre, including work with Theatre Centre, Heart ‘n’ Soul, Half Moon, Coventry Belgrade TIE and Leeds TIE. From 2001 to 2008 she was Access Manager and then Access and HR Director for Graeae Theatre Company. She later went on to project-manage See a Voice, a VocalEyes and STAGETEXT initiative, working with theatre venues throughout the UK to set up in-house captioned and audio described performances. Claire is trained in British Sign Language to Level 3 and as an audio describer. In June 2010 she joined the London theatre team at Arts Council England as a Relationship Manager.
