Shakespeare for Young Audiences, 2022

Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre

The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
(1611)

Cast (in order of appearance) Creative Team

Prospero Director
Charles Entsie Cressida Brown

Boatswain / Trinculo / Iris Designer

Lee Simmonds Anna Cierpial

Alonsa Lighting Designer

Maggie Musgrove Jayden Hendricks-Kynaston

Antonio Sound Designer

Vir Hirani Matt Webb

Gonzalo Movement Coach

Osamudiamwen Audu Mixalis Aristidou

Ferdinand / Caliban Voice Coach

Rawaed Asde Deborah Garvey

Miranda Singing coach

Tae Aun Mark Oldfield

Ariel / Ceres Fight Coach

Louis Goodwin Bret Yount

Stephano / Juno Captioner

Tiffany Gray Jenny Skene

Puppeteer Consultant
Sam Dutton
Content warnings: this performance contains
flashing lights and mild violence.

Elements of the Sublime

Whilst you are here, visit Elements of the Sublime
- an immersive video installation inspired by the natural
landscapes of The Tempest and Twelfth Night, created by
Technical Theatre and Stage Management students.
Gielgud Theatre - no ticket required.
Evenings: 30 Nov - 7 Dec, 6.40pm - 7.15pm
Matinees: 7 Dec, 1pm - 2pm and 3.30pm - 4pm
Production Team
The students working on this production are on the FdA in Technical Theatre and Stage Management,
the BA (Hons) in Technical Theatre and Stage Management and the PgDip in Theatre Costume.

Assistant Director Camera Director Scenery Builders

Jack Clearwater Kath Morton Frances Chappell
(Studying Theatre Ben Davidson
Directing MFA at Birkbeck) Camera Operators Miriam Dheva-Aksorn
Ana Chen Ella Howes
Technical Manager Caitlin MacGregor Lucy Prince
Bethany Bean Mia Swann
Scenic Art
Production Manager Chief Production Sound Head of Department
Phil Clarke (staff) Engineer and Production Mary Sharrock
Sound Engineer
Stage Manager Matt Webb Scenic Artist
Katie Glassbrook Hannah Sutherland
Sound Operators
Deputy Stage Manager Zelfa El Khazen Scenic Art Assistants
Lizzie Hodge Mila Mussatt Grace Farrow-Moore
Alice Gibson
ASM2s Sound Crew William Hamilton
Caitlin MacGregor Zelfa El Khazen Frances Hurst
Sonny Trickey Mila Mussatt Naomie Mmbaga

Chief Electrician Costume Supervisor Prop Maker

Matt Leventhall (staff) Katie Kelson Lottie Wellbeloved

Production Electrician Wardrobe Assistants Props Assistants

Elizabeth Skellett Marina Ambrosone Lara Carey
Melissa Cartwright Xilan Chen
Lighting Programmer Helena Doughty Rosemary Fleming
Jack Finney Saskia Steene-Faulkner
Stage Crew
Lighting Operator Dressers Elyse Brigham
Jack Saltonstall Frances Hurst Zelfa El Khazen
Naomie Mmbaga Izzy Hobby
Lighting Crew William Hamilton Mila Mussatt
Ana Chen
Ruby Elms Wigs, Hair and Make-up
Jack Saltonstall Keisha Banya (staff)
Mia Swann
Construction
Head of Department
Teddy Stelling

Special thanks
Almeida Theatre for brass bells
Central School of Speech and Drama for the flight case
Jack Clearwater for the roller-skates
Lizzie Hodge for the harpy wings
Evie Witherell for the scooter
Biographies
Cressida Brown Prior to 2020 and the first Covid lockdown she
Director designed costumes for a preview of 12HOURS by
Cress was awarded the Director’s Bursary from the composer/director Catherine Kontz - an experiment
National Theatre Studio (2007). on the performer’s voice endurance as a part of
composer’s residency in Somerset House. Anna has
She is probably best known for: Amphibians by also worked for several productions as a Scenic
Steve Waters about former Olympic swimmers Artist and Head of Department.
and staged in the empty hidden pool under the cierpialanna.myportfolio.com
Bridewell Theatre’s stage; Walking the Tightrope
a collection of plays about freedom of expression
by writers including Caryl Churchill, Timberlake Jayden Hendricks-Kynaston
Wertenbaker and Mark Ravenhill; and Home by Lighting Designer
Gbolahan Obisesan inspired by former residents Jayden Hendricks-Kynaston is currently in her third
of the Beaumont Estate and staged promenade in and final year studying for a BA (Hons) in Technical
Beaumont’s high-rise towers pre-demolition. Theatre and Stage Management specialising in
Lighting Programming and Lighting Design.
As a freelancer she is most proud of: Septimus
Bean and His Amazing Machine by Adam Peck Jayden enjoys a wide range of theatre shows
where she transformed the Unicorn Theatre foyer including plays, musicals as well as immersive
into a playground and Twelfth Night for the RSC experiences and exhibitions. Previous programming
at Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre which was credits include: Bold Girls (RADA, Gielgud Theatre,
performed in Mandarin. June 2022), The Wolves (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh
Theatre, July 2022).
For RADA she has directed Vinegar Tom by Caryl
Churchill and Boat Play, which took place on the Previous Production Electrician credits include:
Elizabeth pleasure boat moored on the Thames. Plagues and Tangles (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh
Theatre, November 2021), The Gift (RADA, GBS
She is currently developing a VR show for Theatre. May 2022).
teenagers at the NT’s Immersive Storytelling Studio
and a Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare with Previous external work include: Backstage and
Mexican wrestlers. Lighting work at Theatre Royal Stratford East and
Lighting casual work at The Royal Opera House.
The Addams Family (Northbrook Metropolitan
Anna Cierpial College, June 2018), Into the Woods (Northbrook
Designer Metropolitan College, June 2019).
Anna is a 2020 graduate of RADA’s BA (Hons)
in Technical Theatre and Stage Management Future projects include Production Electrician on
specialising in Scenic Art and Design), with a Son et Lumière, a sound and lighting show at RADA.
previous MA degree in Scenography from the
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Before
coming to London, she worked for a few years as
an assistant to various designers at Baltic Opera
in Gdansk.

Her design credits for RADA shows include: Cathy

(set design - Gielgud Theatre), The Philosophy
Shop (set and costume - video installation and
performance in partnership with King’s College),
After The Peace (set and costume - new play for
RADA Festival in the GBS Theatre) and Dinner (set
and costume - devised piece by MA Theatre Labs in
collaboration with the company).
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BA (Hons) in Acting

Rawaed Osamudiamwen David Melanie-Joyce Stefan Charles

Asde Audu Bankole Bermudez Brennan-Healy Entsie

Tae Patrick Louis Tiffany Vir Adrian Paul

Eun Fusco Goodwin Gray Hirani Jeyasingham

Maya Charlotte Maggie Kitty Jessica Lee

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