Plays About Sheffield, Leaner, Faster, Stronger and Happy Days (Crucible Studio, Sheffield), Lives in Art (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Yerma (Hull Truck Theatre and the Gate Theatre), Othello (Rose Theatre, Kingston), The Winter’s Tale (Camley National Park), Movement Assistant for The Grain Store and The Drunks (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre), A Tender Thing (Royal Shakespeare Company at Northern Stage, Newcastle), Not For All the Tea in China (Chol Theatre), Mikey the Pikey (Pleasance Edinburgh), Moby Dick, Pigs, Thick As A Brick and Bouncers (Hull Truck Theatre).
Artyzan Productions | Producer and General Manager Artyzan Productions Ltd. was founded in 2011 by Maximillian Bittleston, Tim Colegate, Louise Goodman and Will Rathbone. Previous productions include The Hard Man (Finborough Theatre), Twelfth Night (Whitstable Playhouse), Martin Sherman’s Bent (Senate Building, Canterbury) and Rock Bottom (Whitstable Playhouse).
Maximillian Bittleston has worked for the last 18 months for the Ambassador Theatre Group assisting with finance management for over twenty productions including Old Times, Merrily We Roll Along, Chimerica and Mojo (all at Harold Pinter Theatre), Jamie Lloyd’s Macbeth, The Hothouse, The Pride and Richard III (all at Trafalgar Studios), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre), 1984 (Playhouse Theatre) and national tours of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Ghost: The Musical, The Rocky Horror Show, West Side Story and Jersey Boys UK Tour.
Tim Colegate has worked for Playful Productions since January 2014, where current and recent productions include Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Weir (Wyndham’s Theatre), Dirty Dancing (Piccadilly Theatre and National Tour), Blithe Spirit (Gielgud Theatre) and Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (Aldwych Theatre).
Louise Goodman has company managed at Stagecoach Theatre Arts, Oxford, since February 2013. Louise has had a major role working on national tours such as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Bill Kenwright Ltd.), Carmen, Tosca, Aida and Nabucco (Ellen Kent Opera Ltd.) and Evita (The Really Useful Group). Louise was also responsible for managing the audition and casting of Young Simba in the current National Tour of Disney Presents The Lion King.
Will Rathbone has worked at the Ambassador Theatre Group for the last year on touring promotions for shows including Rock of Ages, Disney Presents The Lion King and Wicked (National Tours) as well as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre) and Jersey Boys (Piccadilly Theatre). Will has assisted at Sonia Friedman Productions on productions including The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), Old Times, Chimerica, Merrily We Roll Along (Harold Pinter Theatre) and Richard III/Twelfth Night (Belasco Theatre, Broadway).
Production Acknowledgements
Graphic Design | Jina Kiem
Production Photography | Robert Boulton
Special thanks to:
Suko Akulin, Valerie and Barry Ashwood, Becca and Jonny Allen, Elly and David Bittleston, John Bittleston, Dan Brodie, Lucy Casson, Ashley Cook, Alex Ewan, Debbie and Mark Goodman, Dorothy and Colin Graham, Max Grossman, Ruth and Andrew Harris, Helenka Hewitt, Mike Havies, Lisa Lange, Tom Littler, Jane Norman, Jo and Mike Millar Ray Morgan, Charles Pappenheim, Jim Peterson, Lorna Rathbone, Dennis Smith, Chris Smyrnios, Conrad Strabone, Tim Warmath.
VIBRANT NEW WRITING | UNIQUE REDISCOVERIES
‘Audacious and successful… West London’s Finborough Theatre is one of the best in the entire world. Its programme of new writing and obscure rediscoveries remains “jaw-droppingly good”’. Time Out
‘A disproportionately valuable component of the London theatre ecology. Its programme combines new writing and revivals, in selections intelligent and audacious.’ Financial Times ‘The tiny but mighty Finborough…one of the best batting averages of any London company’ Ben Brantley, The New York Times
‘The Finborough Theatre, under the artistic direction of Neil McPherson, has been earning a place on the must-visit list with its eclectic, smartly curated slate of new works and neglected masterpieces’ Vogue
Founded in 1980, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre presents plays and music theatre, concentrated exclusively on vibrant new writing and unique rediscoveries from the 19th and 20th centuries. Behind the scenes, we continue to discover and develop a new generation of theatre makers – through our Literary team, and our programmes for both interns and Resident Assistant Directors.
Despite remaining completely unsubsidised, the Finborough Theatre has an unparalleled track record of attracting the finest creative talent who go on to become leading voices in British theatre. Under Artistic Director Neil McPherson, it has discovered some of the UK’s most exciting new playwrights including Laura Wade, James Graham, Mike Bartlett, Sarah Grochala, Jack Thorne, Simon Vinnicombe, Alexandra Wood, Al Smith, Nicholas de Jongh and Anders Lustgarten; and directors including Blanche McIntyre.
Artists working at the theatre in the 1980s included Clive Barker, Rory Bremner, Nica Burns, Kathy Burke, Ken Campbell, Jane Horrocks and Claire Dowie. In the 1990s, the Finborough Theatre first became known for new writing including Naomi Wallace’s first play The War Boys; Rachel Weisz in David Farr’s Neville Southall’s Washbag; four plays by Anthony Neilson including Penetrator and The Censor, both of which transferred to the Royal Court Theatre; and new plays by Richard Bean, Lucinda Coxon, David Eldridge, Tony Marchant and Mark Ravenhill. New writing development included the premieres of modern classics such as Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and F***ing, Conor McPherson’s This Lime Tree Bower, Naomi Wallace’s Slaughter City and Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman.
Since 2000, new British plays have included Laura Wade’s London debut Young Emma, commissioned for the Finborough Theatre; two one-woman shows by Miranda Hart; James Graham’s Albert’s Boy with Victor Spinetti; Sarah Grochala’s S27; Peter Nichols’ Lingua Franca, which transferred Off-Broadway; and West End transfers for Joy Wilkinson’s Fair; Nicholas de Jongh’s Plague Over England; and Jack Thorne’s Fanny and Faggot. The late Miriam Karlin made her last stage appearance in Many Roads to Paradise in 2008. UK premieres of foreign plays have included Brad Fraser’s Wolfboy; Lanford Wilson’s Sympathetic Magic; Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me; Tennessee Williams’ Something Cloudy, Something Clear; the English premiere of Robert McLellan’s Scots language classic, Jamie the Saxt; and three West End transfers – Frank McGuinness’ Gates of Gold with William Gaunt and John Bennett; Joe DiPietro’s F***ing Men; and Craig Higginson’s Dream of the Dog with Dame Janet Suzman.
Rediscoveries of neglected work – most commissioned by the Finborough Theatre – have included the first London revivals of Rolf Hochhuth’s Soldiers and The Representative; both parts of Keith Dewhurst’s Lark Rise to Candleford; The Women’s War, an evening of original suffragette plays; Etta Jenks with Clarke Peters and Daniela Nardini; Noël Coward’s first play, The Rat Trap; Charles Wood’s Jingo with Susannah Harker; Emlyn Williams’ Accolade; Lennox Robinson’s Drama at Inish with Celia
