Sutharshini is from Jaffna, Sri Lanka where she gained a higher National Diploma in Accountancy. She worked for 5 years as an accountant and project coordinator for an International NGO that supported vulnerable people and civil society organisations in the northern region of Sri Lanka. Sutharshini manages all of the company's day to day financial business.

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The company’s artistic director is Rachel Ashton who founded the company in 1997 with Julie Hammerton. Rachel is from the outskirts of Manchester and her background is in making new theatre, new writing, physical theatre, improvisation, movement direction and community engagement. She brings 40+ years of industry experience encompassing small and middle scale theatre, touring theatre, promenade and site specific and place-based work with both professional and non-professional actors. Rachel leads the company’s strategic development.

Phill is from Barrow. Phill studied Media at Barnsley (University of Leeds). He spent a decade in improvised street theatre with Bread and Butter Theatre. His areas of skill lie in script development, direction, improvisation, comedy and sound and he oversees all our social media content and scheduling. Phill is responsible for the design and delivery of our performance programmes, developing scripts, sourcing and contracting free-lance artists, managing budget and ensuring excellence.

Nicole is from Barrow. She is a member of both our senior youth theatre and adult performance group. Her responsibilities are administration, project support and she is PA to Rachel Ashton. Nicole holds all the qualitative data for the company and organises how it is gathered from audiences, participants and partners. She runs our newsletter and is responsible for administrating bookings and ticketing. She does the product buying for the company

Karen is from Barrow. She has a degree in Embroidery from Manchester School of Art. Her areas of skill lie in costume, prop and scenic making, craft, puppetry, visualisation, drawing, animation, community and family engagement. Karen manages our Community Development strands and all community partnerships for the company. She leads on Design for the company, planning and staffing our design team. She also leads for the company on Environmental Responsibility in Production.

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This role is held by George who joined Rachel in 2000. George has been both the company’s Administrator and Financial director, running the company successfully with Rachel Ashton for 26 years. George is from Liverpool and his background is in production and company management in the print industry. George’s responsibilities are maintaining our website and photographic archives, designing print for us, photographing our work and creating drone footage for performances.

Dan is from Barrow. He has a level three Diploma in Joinery from Furness College and started working with us from 2019. He does 20 hours a week for the company and assists on all technical aspects of our work, get-ins and outs, builds, rigging and making. He assists Karen Evans in particular. Dan works with all our freelance technicians on sound and lights. He is also a member of both the Youth Theatre and The Adult Performance Company