Gallery
Rose Leslie in Get up and tie your fingers
Stewart Howson and Bidi Iredale in Star Quality
The Old Curiousity shop
Stewart Howson and Umar Butt in Rallying Round
Rachel Gay and Justine Adams in Hansel and Gretel
How to make a killing in Bollywood
Great Expectations
Umar Butt in 4play
Phil Yarrow and Sarah Hughes in Bailey Bridge
Marvyn Dickinson in Hansel and Gretel
Luke MacGrregor in Grimm Tales
Tartuffe
Jennifer Gabrielle in Beauty and the beast
Phil Yarrow in Alex, the warrior and the winter star
Once upon a time in the north
Luke MacGregor in 4thoughts
Eleanor Dennison, Rose Leslie and Bidi Iredale in Get up and tie your fingers
Nigel Collins in Beauty and the beast
Northumberland Theatre Company, Beauty and the Beast, December 2019-6
David McCarthy and Gillian Hambleton in The Sleeping Beauty
Helen Buchanan in Straw headed Peter
Louis Roberts in Tartuffe
Eleanor Dennison, Louise Best and Helen Buchanan in 4Thoughts
Stephanie Butler in A midsummer nights dream
Sarah Boulter and Natalie Simone in Barnaby Rudge
Tori Klays in The Little Maid who danced to every mood
Laura Jayne Ayres in 4Thoughts
Philip Oakland in The Old Curiousity Shop
The Ugly Duckling
Stewart Howson and David McCarthy in The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong
Louis Roberts and Nigel Collins in The Princess and the Goblin
Sam Gannon in Hedging your bets
Stranded
Kim Evans in The last snow rider
Louis Roberts in The Little Maid who danced to every Mood.
The Sleeping Beauty
Grimm Tales
Clare Barratt in Lola Montez
Louis Roberts and Laura Jayne Ayres in Dracula The Travesty
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales
Louis Roberts and Stewart Howson in Dracula The Travesty
Kylie Ann Ford in Heartspur
Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal in How to make a killing in Bollywood
The last snow rider
Umar Butt in Rumpelstiltskin
Rachel Gay and Justine Adams in Hansel and Gretel
Stephanie Butler in A midsummer nights dream
Louis Roberts and Nigel Collins in The Princess and the Goblin
Louis Roberts and Laura Jayne Ayres in Dracula The Travesty
Stewart Howson and David McCarthy in The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong
Clare Barratt in Lola Montez
Tori Klays in The Little Maid who danced to every mood
The Old Curiousity shop
Umar Butt in 4play
Nigel Collins in Beauty and the beast
David McCarthy and Gillian Hambleton in The Sleeping Beauty
Umar Butt in Rumpelstiltskin
Helen Buchanan in Straw headed Peter
Marvyn Dickinson in Hansel and Gretel
Stewart Howson and Bidi Iredale in Star Quality
Louis Roberts in The Little Maid who danced to every Mood.
Once upon a time in the north
Sam Gannon in Hedging your bets
Kim Evans in The last snow rider
Kylie Ann Ford in Heartspur
Eleanor Dennison, Rose Leslie and Bidi Iredale in Get up and tie your fingers
Great Expectations
The last snow rider
The Sleeping Beauty
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales
Rose Leslie in Get up and tie your fingers
Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal in How to make a killing in Bollywood
How to make a killing in Bollywood
Tartuffe
Stewart Howson and Umar Butt in Rallying Round
Luke MacGrregor in Grimm Tales
The Ugly Duckling
Luke MacGregor in 4thoughts
Laura Jayne Ayres in 4Thoughts
Phil Yarrow and Sarah Hughes in Bailey Bridge
Jennifer Gabrielle in Beauty and the beast
Eleanor Dennison, Louise Best and Helen Buchanan in 4Thoughts
Phil Yarrow in Alex, the warrior and the winter star
Louis Roberts in Tartuffe
Grimm Tales
Philip Oakland in The Old Curiousity Shop
Stranded
Sarah Boulter and Natalie Simone in Barnaby Rudge
Louis Roberts and Stewart Howson in Dracula The Travesty
The last snow rider
Eleanor Dennison, Louise Best and Helen Buchanan in 4Thoughts
Marvyn Dickinson in Hansel and Gretel
Stewart Howson and David McCarthy in The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong
Umar Butt in Rumpelstiltskin
Louis Roberts and Nigel Collins in The Princess and the Goblin
Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal in How to make a killing in Bollywood
Nigel Collins in Beauty and the beast
How to make a killing in Bollywood
Stewart Howson and Umar Butt in Rallying Round
Louis Roberts and Stewart Howson in Dracula The Travesty
Kylie Ann Ford in Heartspur
Grimm Tales
Philip Oakland in The Old Curiousity Shop
Tori Klays in The Little Maid who danced to every mood
Louis Roberts in The Little Maid who danced to every Mood.
Jennifer Gabrielle in Beauty and the beast
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales
Louis Roberts and Laura Jayne Ayres in Dracula The Travesty
Luke MacGregor in 4thoughts
Phil Yarrow in Alex, the warrior and the winter star
Sarah Boulter and Natalie Simone in Barnaby Rudge
Great Expectations
Clare Barratt in Lola Montez
Laura Jayne Ayres in 4Thoughts
Once upon a time in the north
Rose Leslie in Get up and tie your fingers
Umar Butt in 4play
Tartuffe
Sam Gannon in Hedging your bets
The Sleeping Beauty
Stewart Howson and Bidi Iredale in Star Quality
Luke MacGrregor in Grimm Tales
David McCarthy and Gillian Hambleton in The Sleeping Beauty
Louis Roberts in Tartuffe
Helen Buchanan in Straw headed Peter
Stranded
The Ugly Duckling
Stephanie Butler in A midsummer nights dream
Phil Yarrow and Sarah Hughes in Bailey Bridge
Rachel Gay and Justine Adams in Hansel and Gretel
The Old Curiousity shop
Kim Evans in The last snow rider
Ann was born in North Shields, within spitting distance of the wild North Sea, and spent her childhood in the North East of England. She went to Lancaster and Leicester Universities and then taught English in a comprehensive school in Coventry. She has done many other jobs since leaving school, such as working in a library, selling ice-cream and hot-dogs at Butlins, and packing airline meals at Luton Airport, but the job she likes best and the one she has done for the longest is being a writer.
Janine made her first professional appearance on the stage in the cast of ‘Staying Here?’ with NTC in 1992 and over the next few years she appeared regularly with the company in such classics as: ‘My Uncle Freddie’; ‘Country Voices’; and ‘Get Up And Tie Your Fingers’. A huge supporter of the company’s work, she joined the board in 1997. She still works as an actor on stage, film and television.
Roger is a retired Chartered Engineer who spent all his working life in power stations in the electricity supply industry. He retired early in 1999 and has since taken up a number of voluntary positions with various charitable organisations in the North East. Roger is married to Jenny and they have two grown up children and three grandchildren; they have lived in Lesbury for 36 years and previously in Cramlington. Both originate from Yorkshire but Jenny’s maternal roots are in the Alnwick and Alnmouth area.
Charles Linaker has been a tax partner with unw LLP, an independent firm of chartered accountants in Newcastle, and one of its predecessors since 1992. Previously, he was a senior tax manager with Price Waterhouse for 4 years and one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Taxes for more than 8 years in Oxford and London.
Ros Maudslay was born in Lancashire and studied languages at Edinburgh University, with one or two not very notable appearances in dramatic society productions. She taught part-time in Edinburgh and also in Mexico where she and her family spent nearly 7 years before returning to the UK in 1985 and settling in the North East of England. She worked in marketing and translation and completed an MA in Philosophy at Durham University, also getting involved in more voluntary sector and church activities.
Sue Wilson has a business background but currently has a wide variety of interests including property, travel, the arts and business journalism.
Neil Mundy has a background in the public , private and voluntary and community sectors with training in accountancy, property rating and valuation and economics.
Bryan Ellis has a background in business with experience including toys, retailing, confectionary, acquisitions, pharmaceuticals, steel and railways.
Stuart has been a friend and supporter of the company for well over 10 years and recently decided to take the plunge and train to become a stage manager full time. He has also recently passed his HGV training.
Louis first began his tenure here at NTC well over a decade ago on the InterAct training scheme as a terrified teenager, and although he has since definitely gotten older, he still stubbornly refuses to grow up.
Karen graduated with a degree in Accountancy and Finance (well somebody has to), from Humberside College of Higher Education in 1989. After working in the audit department at Bentley Jennison Chartered Accountants in Birmingham for 5 years; in 1994 she moved to Northumberland to be with her husband Rupert. She worked for Baker Tilly Chartered Accountants at their North East offices for 9 years where she worked in numerous areas: audit, small company accounts preparation, sole traders and partnerships, payroll, vat, management accounts and charities. When she left Baker Tilly she was one of the Business Services Department Managers specialising in charities and anything else that came along.
Michelle has designed over 25 productions for NTC in both her current role and as a freelance designer. She has also designed productions for other touring theatre companies.
Natalie has recently joined NTC. She has seen her first theatre show ‘The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong and Other Daft Tales’ and loved it! She has rolled up her sleeves and experienced the workshop for ‘Heartspur’.
Gillian has been Artistic Director of Northumberland Theatre Company since 1990 although she was a member of the first NTC Company in 1978 as an actor.