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Anna Maxwell Martin
Anna’s prolific career has earned her two BAFTAS - Best Actress, 2006 for Bleak House and Best Actress, 2009 for Poppy Shakespeare along with a further 3 nominations.
Carrie Cracknell
Carrie became Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre London in 2007 at the age of 26. In 2012 she moved on to become Associate Director at the Young Vic and was then Associate Director at The Royal Court from 2013-14.
Sue Mongredien
Sue Mongredien grew up in Nottingham and went to university in Leeds, where she studied English Literature. She now lives in Bath with her husband and their three young children.
James was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, in 1965 and is the third of four children. He gained a BA (Hons) in Communication Studies in Sheffield before heading to London to train as an actor.
Richard Lambert
Richard's THE WOLF ROAD was picked by the Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Times and the Guardian as one of the Best Books of the Year 2020.
Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol
Mathilda is a British director working across opera, theatre and film. As part of the Jette Parker Artists Programme at The Royal Opera for the 2022/23 season, Mathilda directed Handel’s Arminio for the Linbury Theatre (ROH).
Sarah McIntyre
Instantly recognisable in her pointy specs, writer and illustrator Sarah McIntyre has created many picture books and, more recently, illustrated chapter books. Sometimes she works solo, including on the Grumpycorn books, Dinosaur Firefighters, There's a Shark in the Bath.
Jesse Lewis - Reece
Jesse is a writer-director from Brighton, with a particular interest in working-class stories and giving voices to those with invisible disabilities. He studied at Bournemouth Film School where he wrote, directed, and edited his graduation short, BLEACH.
Kristoffer Nyholm
Kristoffer Nyholm was lead director on Danish phenomenon THE KILLING, helming episodes 6, 7, 16, 17, 19 and 20 in the brilliant first series. For series 2, which has its UK debut on 19th November on BBC4, Kristoffer directed episodes 1,2, 5,6, 9, and 10.
