Sunday 12 October 2014

New students 2014-15 Biographies



CAROLINE DAVID was born and raised in London.  She attended Bristol University, City University and the National Film & TV School.  Caroline has worked for producing theatres and theatre companies in the UK since 2004: as a Literary Associate [the Royal & Derngate from 2007-2009, Soho Theatre 2010 to present, Theatre Writing Partnership 2007-2009, Script 2005-2010], a Script Reader [the National Theatre 2010-2013, Hampstead Theatre 2004-2007, Gate Theatre, Alibi Films, NFTS, the London Screenwriters Workshop], and Development Co-ordinator [Hampstead Theatre 2004-2005].  She currently works as a Theatre Critic [Ham & High, Camden New Journal], and a Visiting Lecturer in screenwriting [University of the Creative Arts].  The Theatre Royal Stratford East commissioned her first stage play No Gypsy Child of Mine and she produced it for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008.  She is currently producing a play The Day After by Miran Hadzic which has been selected as part of the Old Vic New Voices Lab 2014 and will be on at the Theatre 503 in Spring 2015.

LEYLA McLELLAN grew up in the Scottish Borders, studying Law (BA 2:1) at the University of Cambridge. While studying she produced many productions through the university including a touring adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘The King and Queen of the Universe’ to Edinburgh Fringe in 2013. At Cambridge University she has produced The Bloody Chamber, Indelible Acts, Luck of the Draw, Becky Shaw, Blue/Orange, Last Among The Long Grass, ESCAPES, Frame 312 and The Duchess of Malfi. She has also worked extensively in box office and front of house; she has previously worked for C Venues, TheSpaceUK and was box office manager for The Wynd Theatre, Melrose. She is currently production manager for Dippermouth.

CRYSTAL NOLL was born and raised in Warner Robins, Georgia and is a graduate of Georgia Southern University.  Her start in theatre was as an Assistant Stage Manager in a high school rendition of the musical Grease.  In university she worked behind the scenes on multiple performances, including For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, and was excited to take the lead on three different benefit productions of The Vagina Monologues, where she did everything from producing, to PR, to directing.   In recent years, she has been an active part of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company as a voice actor, foley artist, assistant producer, and con liaison.  She currently is one of the organizers and Directors of 221B Con, an annual Sherlock Holmes fan convention in Atlanta, Georgia.