Removal Men. M.J. Harding

Casting Director

      As Casting Director, theatre includes: Junkyard (Headlong), Pride and Prejudice (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park), Boys Will Be Boys (Headlong, Bush Theatre), The Weir (The Lyceum Edinburgh), La Musica (Young Vic), Brenda (The Yard Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Headlong), Pride and Prejudice (Sheffield Crucible), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Absence of War (Headlong), The Crucible (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Another Place (Plymouth Theatre Royal), The Island (Young Vic), Pests (Royal Court Theatre), Dirty Butterfly (Young Vic), The Little Mermaid (Bristol Old Vic), We are Proud to Present… (Bush Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park), Medea (Headlong) and Pieces of Vincent (Arcola Theatre).

      As Casting Associate, theatre includes: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Palace Theatre), The Seagull (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh), Bull (Sheffield Crucible). As Casting Assistant, theatre includes: Hamlet (Barbican) and A View From The Bridge (Young Vic). Film includes: Above (London Calling), Kotchebi, Cla’am and The Kaiser’s Last Kiss.

       RUBY THOMPSON

       Assistant Director

      Ruby trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the University of Manchester, and has worked for Punchdrunk Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre, Theatre Royal Wakefield and the BBC.

      Directing credits include Ten Foot Tales (Hull Truck Theatre), Happy Birthday Without You for Papermash Theatre (Tricycle Theatre/ Paines Plough’s Roundabout), Boxes (Contact Theatre) and Green Forms (The John Thaw Studio). Ruby is one half of Broccolily Theatre, a Hull based company creating new work by local people, for younger audiences.

      Ruby is the Resident Assistant Director at The Yard Theatre, and is a part of the Associate Artists team.

       BETHAN MCKNIGHT

       Stage Manager

      Bethan trained in Stage Management at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

      Her credits include: The Deep Blue Sea (National Theatre), The Marriage of Figaro and Alcina (Longborough Festival Opera), Firebird (Trafalgar Studios 2), Bug (Found 111), Talkback 2016 (Kali Theatre), RooseVElvis (Royal Court Theatre) and Roaring Trade (Park Theatre).

       LIZZIE LAYCOCK

       Assistant Stage Manager

      Lizzie has worked in theatre for over ten years. Having originally trained as an actress, she has always had a passion for live performance. She went on to study stage management and has been working in this area ever since. She has also had the opportunity to work in other areas such as wardrobe and lighting, and has worked on a variety of productions ranging from musicals and children’s shows to new works such as Zach Helm’s Good Canary (Rose Theatre Kingston) directed by John Malkovich.