INSANE ROOT - Key Persons


BEN CRISPIN

Job Titles:
  • ACTOR

CHRIS DONNELLY

Job Titles:
  • ACTOR

EDMUND MCKAY

Job Titles:
  • LIGHTING DESIGNER

ELLIE SHOWERING

Job Titles:
  • COMPOSER / MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Ellie is a Bristol based singer, performer and composer who specialises in a capella and music in a theatrical context. Since graduating from Dartington College of Arts in 2009 with a degree in Contemporary Music Performance, her collaborative work has ranged from intimate shows designed for an audience of one to sold out theatre tours across the UK and Europe. Looking to push the limitations of the human voice, she actively seeks out challenging and engaging performance and composition work.

HANNAH DRAKE

Job Titles:
  • DIRECTOR
  • Theatre Director
Hannah is a Theatre Director, Dramaturg and Producer based in the South West of England. In 2017 she was Resident Director to the UK Tour of Jane Eyre for the National Theatre/BOV, assisting Sally Cookson. Hannah trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (2009-10) where she was awarded the Elsa Roberts Prize for Directing. She subsequently spent a year on placement at the Rondo Theatre in Bath, where she remains an Associate Director. In addition to directing she has dramaturged a number of plays (Orpheus & Eurydice, Snow Maiden, The Bluebird, Lockdown, Brave Tin Soldier) and acted as Script Reader for the Tobacco Factory, Rondo Theatre and Bristol Old Vic.

JUSTIN PALMER

Job Titles:
  • PRODUCER
Justin trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the University of Bristol. He has worked extensively across the UK in theatre, film, TV and voiceover.

REBECCA NEWMAN

Job Titles:
  • ACTOR / WRITER

SARAH WARREN

Job Titles:
  • DESIGNER

ZACHARY POWELL

Job Titles:
  • ACTOR