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Kylie Ann Ford in Heartspur
Helen Buchanan in Straw headed Peter
The last snow rider
Grimm Tales
Great Expectations
Rose Leslie in Get up and tie your fingers
Stewart Howson and David McCarthy in The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong
Northumberland Theatre Company, Beauty and the Beast, December 2019-6
Louis Roberts in The Little Maid who danced to every Mood.
Laura Jayne Ayres in 4Thoughts
Philip Oakland in The Old Curiousity Shop
Tori Klays in The Little Maid who danced to every mood
Kim Evans in The last snow rider
Eleanor Dennison, Louise Best and Helen Buchanan in 4Thoughts
Luke MacGregor in 4thoughts
Nigel Collins in Beauty and the beast
Eleanor Dennison, Rose Leslie and Bidi Iredale in Get up and tie your fingers
Phil Yarrow and Sarah Hughes in Bailey Bridge
Umar Butt in 4play
Louis Roberts and Stewart Howson in Dracula The Travesty
Stephanie Butler in A midsummer nights dream
David McCarthy and Gillian Hambleton in The Sleeping Beauty
Marvyn Dickinson in Hansel and Gretel
Once upon a time in the north
Tartuffe
Stranded
Louis Roberts and Nigel Collins in The Princess and the Goblin
The Old Curiousity shop
Sam Gannon in Hedging your bets
Louis Roberts in Tartuffe
Phil Yarrow in Alex, the warrior and the winter star
Clare Barratt in Lola Montez
Luke MacGrregor in Grimm Tales
Stewart Howson and Umar Butt in Rallying Round
The Ugly Duckling
Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal in How to make a killing in Bollywood
Louis Roberts and Laura Jayne Ayres in Dracula The Travesty
Jennifer Gabrielle in Beauty and the beast
Sarah Boulter and Natalie Simone in Barnaby Rudge
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales
Umar Butt in Rumpelstiltskin
Stewart Howson and Bidi Iredale in Star Quality
The Sleeping Beauty
Rachel Gay and Justine Adams in Hansel and Gretel
How to make a killing in Bollywood
Louis Roberts in Tartuffe
Philip Oakland in The Old Curiousity Shop
Umar Butt in 4play
Stephanie Butler in A midsummer nights dream
Phil Yarrow in Alex, the warrior and the winter star
Luke MacGrregor in Grimm Tales
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales
Eleanor Dennison, Rose Leslie and Bidi Iredale in Get up and tie your fingers
Phil Yarrow and Sarah Hughes in Bailey Bridge
Sam Gannon in Hedging your bets
Stewart Howson and Umar Butt in Rallying Round
Great Expectations
Once upon a time in the north
How to make a killing in Bollywood
Stewart Howson and David McCarthy in The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong
Jennifer Gabrielle in Beauty and the beast
Laura Jayne Ayres in 4Thoughts
Tartuffe
Louis Roberts and Nigel Collins in The Princess and the Goblin
The last snow rider
Helen Buchanan in Straw headed Peter
Luke MacGregor in 4thoughts
The Ugly Duckling
Nigel Collins in Beauty and the beast
Louis Roberts and Stewart Howson in Dracula The Travesty
Stranded
Umar Butt in Rumpelstiltskin
Kylie Ann Ford in Heartspur
Eleanor Dennison, Louise Best and Helen Buchanan in 4Thoughts
Marvyn Dickinson in Hansel and Gretel
Tori Klays in The Little Maid who danced to every mood
Kim Evans in The last snow rider
Rose Leslie in Get up and tie your fingers
The Sleeping Beauty
Stewart Howson and Bidi Iredale in Star Quality
Louis Roberts and Laura Jayne Ayres in Dracula The Travesty
The Old Curiousity shop
Rachel Gay and Justine Adams in Hansel and Gretel
David McCarthy and Gillian Hambleton in The Sleeping Beauty
Grimm Tales
Clare Barratt in Lola Montez
Louis Roberts in The Little Maid who danced to every Mood.
Sarah Boulter and Natalie Simone in Barnaby Rudge
Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal in How to make a killing in Bollywood
Phil Yarrow in Alex, the warrior and the winter star
Clare Barratt in Lola Montez
Nigel Collins in Beauty and the beast
Little Red Riding Hood and other tales
The Sleeping Beauty
Stewart Howson and David McCarthy in The Disasters of Johnny Armstrong
Marvyn Dickinson in Hansel and Gretel
Louis Roberts and Laura Jayne Ayres in Dracula The Travesty
Jennifer Gabrielle in Beauty and the beast
Eleanor Dennison, Louise Best and Helen Buchanan in 4Thoughts
The Ugly Duckling
Philip Oakland in The Old Curiousity Shop
Stewart Howson and Bidi Iredale in Star Quality
Rose Leslie in Get up and tie your fingers
Louis Roberts in The Little Maid who danced to every Mood.
Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal in How to make a killing in Bollywood
Eleanor Dennison, Rose Leslie and Bidi Iredale in Get up and tie your fingers
Kylie Ann Ford in Heartspur
Umar Butt in Rumpelstiltskin
Stephanie Butler in A midsummer nights dream
The last snow rider
Helen Buchanan in Straw headed Peter
Luke MacGrregor in Grimm Tales
Great Expectations
Kim Evans in The last snow rider
Stewart Howson and Umar Butt in Rallying Round
Louis Roberts in Tartuffe
Rachel Gay and Justine Adams in Hansel and Gretel
Grimm Tales
Louis Roberts and Nigel Collins in The Princess and the Goblin
Laura Jayne Ayres in 4Thoughts
The Old Curiousity shop
Sarah Boulter and Natalie Simone in Barnaby Rudge
Sam Gannon in Hedging your bets
Umar Butt in 4play
How to make a killing in Bollywood
Stranded
Tori Klays in The Little Maid who danced to every mood
Once upon a time in the north
David McCarthy and Gillian Hambleton in The Sleeping Beauty
Phil Yarrow and Sarah Hughes in Bailey Bridge
Luke MacGregor in 4thoughts
Louis Roberts and Stewart Howson in Dracula The Travesty
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.