box of tricks
Biographies
"A veritable box of theatrical tricks" - The Stage
"A veritable box of theatrical tricks" - The Stage
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Adam Quayle
Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Adam trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. For Box of Tricks, he has directed Word:Play (Union Theatre); A Hole in the Fence, Streetlights and Shadows (Time Out Critics' Choice: Show of the Week) and Beyond Omarska (White Bear). Previous directing credits also include Anything of Worth (Pleasance & Bridewell); Homeland (Theatre 503); Underground Resistance (Hen & Chickens); and Among Unbroken Hearts (Cockpit). His assistant director credits include Translations (Best Production, MEN Awards 2003) and The Ghosts of Scrooge for Roger Haines at the Library Theatre, Manchester. Adam was a finalist for Channel 4 Theatre Directors' Scheme, 2007-08. He is drama tutor and director for King's House School (Richmond) and a member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors’ Project.
Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Adam trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. For Box of Tricks, he has directed Word:Play (Union Theatre); A Hole in the Fence, Streetlights and Shadows (Time Out Critics' Choice: Show of the Week) and Beyond Omarska (White Bear). Previous directing credits also include Anything of Worth (Pleasance & Bridewell); Homeland (Theatre 503); Underground Resistance (Hen & Chickens); and Among Unbroken Hearts (Cockpit). His assistant director credits include Translations (Best Production, MEN Awards 2003) and The Ghosts of Scrooge for Roger Haines at the Library Theatre, Manchester. Adam was a finalist for Channel 4 Theatre Directors' Scheme, 2007-08. He is drama tutor and director for King's House School (Richmond) and a member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors’ Project.
Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder
Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Hannah trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Directing credits for Box of Tricks include Word:Play (Union Theatre); A Hole in the Fence and Rural (White Bear); Frank Pig Says Hello (Barons Court); and Rural (Lost One Act Festival, Courtyard Theatre). Other directing includes Repeat (The George Tavern) Wheel of Fortune (Tristan Bates) and The Lonesome West (Cockpit). Assisting credits include Godspell (BAC) and True West (Menier Chocolate Factory and Edinburgh Assembly Rooms). She is a drama tutor for Montage Theatre Arts, a script reader for Theatre 503 and a member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors' Project.
Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Hannah trained as a director at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Directing credits for Box of Tricks include Word:Play (Union Theatre); A Hole in the Fence and Rural (White Bear); Frank Pig Says Hello (Barons Court); and Rural (Lost One Act Festival, Courtyard Theatre). Other directing includes Repeat (The George Tavern) Wheel of Fortune (Tristan Bates) and The Lonesome West (Cockpit). Assisting credits include Godspell (BAC) and True West (Menier Chocolate Factory and Edinburgh Assembly Rooms). She is a drama tutor for Montage Theatre Arts, a script reader for Theatre 503 and a member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors' Project.
Kenneth Emson
Associate Artist (Literary and Education)
Kenny studied at St Mary's University before completing the Goldsmiths Writing for Performance MA. He was recently awarded a bursary for playwriting from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, and was shortlisted for Paines Plough's Future Perfect. For Box of Tricks, he is developing the Town / Country trilogy, the first part of which - Rural - was produced in early 2007. Full productions include Stiff Acrylic (Hen & Chickens Theatre), Random Acts of Violence and Misadventure (Tabard Theatre), Rural (White Bear) and De Sade's Tree (Baron's Court). Rural was workshopped at the National Theatre Studio in May. His plays De Sade's Tree (BAC), Three Nights (Diorama Studio) and Rural (Courtyard Theatre) have all received scratch/start night performances.
Associate Artist (Literary and Education)
Kenny studied at St Mary's University before completing the Goldsmiths Writing for Performance MA. He was recently awarded a bursary for playwriting from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, and was shortlisted for Paines Plough's Future Perfect. For Box of Tricks, he is developing the Town / Country trilogy, the first part of which - Rural - was produced in early 2007. Full productions include Stiff Acrylic (Hen & Chickens Theatre), Random Acts of Violence and Misadventure (Tabard Theatre), Rural (White Bear) and De Sade's Tree (Baron's Court). Rural was workshopped at the National Theatre Studio in May. His plays De Sade's Tree (BAC), Three Nights (Diorama Studio) and Rural (Courtyard Theatre) have all received scratch/start night performances.
Chris James
Associate Artist (Technical)
Originally from South Africa, Chris attended Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated in 2005. Recent sound designs include The Servant of Two Masters (Wales Theatre Company), Fragile! (Cherub Company), A Hole In The Fence (Box of Tricks), Storkbite and Proper Lunch (Zoo Theatre), Company (Chelsea Theatre), The House of Bernarda Alba (New Players Theatre), The Accrington Pals (Pleasance Theatre), Nunsense (St. Peters Church), Rural (Box of Tricks) and Beyond Omarska (Box of Tricks).Other sound work includes: West Side Story (Aberystwyth Arts Centre), Kean (National tour and West End), associate sound designer for The Bargain (National tour), A Christmas Carol and A Child's Christmas in Wales (Both for Wales Theatre Company), Smaller (National Tour and West End).
Associate Artist (Technical)
Originally from South Africa, Chris attended Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated in 2005. Recent sound designs include The Servant of Two Masters (Wales Theatre Company), Fragile! (Cherub Company), A Hole In The Fence (Box of Tricks), Storkbite and Proper Lunch (Zoo Theatre), Company (Chelsea Theatre), The House of Bernarda Alba (New Players Theatre), The Accrington Pals (Pleasance Theatre), Nunsense (St. Peters Church), Rural (Box of Tricks) and Beyond Omarska (Box of Tricks).Other sound work includes: West Side Story (Aberystwyth Arts Centre), Kean (National tour and West End), associate sound designer for The Bargain (National tour), A Christmas Carol and A Child's Christmas in Wales (Both for Wales Theatre Company), Smaller (National Tour and West End).