Clare Threadgold - Director

TRAINING

University of Greenwich Drama BA Hons

Bournemouth University Contemporary Theatre Performance FDA

SALISBURY

Associate Director The Tempest 2023,

Director Stage 65 Youth Theatre Treasure Hunt 2022 (Salisbury International Arts Festival)

Director Stage 65 Youth Theatre ‘Off your Chest’ SHIFT 2022 (Salisbury International Arts Festival)

Director Wiltshire Creative Mind the Gap Treasured Memories 2019

Assistant Director Her Naked Skin 2018,

Co- Director Wiltshire Creative satellite Youth Theatre– Fragments 2017 Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Museum

Assistant Director Stage 65 Youth Theatre Peer Gynt 2016

THEATRE

Student Director Greenwich Theatre Spring Awakening 2015

Clare has been Youth Theatre Leader at Wiltshire Creative since March 2020. Leading weekly creative drama workshops for young people. Clare is part of the Take Part Team who led on community project, education and outreach for the organisation, Clare also delivers and facilitate sessions for Wiltshire Creative Young Ambassadors, creative learning, and bespoke workshops.

Daniel Gent - Designer

Daniel works primarily as the Deputy Head of Workshop for Wiltshire Creative. A graduate of the Guildford School of Acting, Daniel has spent the years since his graduation working as a freelance Set Designer, Scenic Carpenter and Scenic Artist with a wide array of theatre companies including Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, The Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre, Guildford School of Acting, Performance Preparation Academy and Nichola Rees Youth Academy. This is the first production Daniel has designed for Stage 65 or Wiltshire Creative.

Jayne Woodhouse - Additional Writing

Jayne is a local Salisbury writer and the author of many children’s non-fiction books and curriculum resources. She has also published a trilogy of novels for children, plus a collection of short stories for adults, Getting Away. More recently Jayne began writing for the stage, and in 2017 co-founded Loosely Based Theatre Company. Her plays have been widely performed in London fringe theatres, Brighton and Salisbury, most notably, Owls, Classified and Lost Souls. During 2020 and 2022, she was a member of the prestigious Criterion Theatre New Writing Programme in London’s West End. Jayne was one of the wordsmiths for Congress, performed in Salisbury Cathedral as part of the International Arts Festival in 2022, and is a regular contributor to BBC Upload. She teaches creative writing and is particularly interested in how the arts can enhance well-being. This has inspired her work with Horatio’s Garden (Salisbury District Hospital), and Well City Salisbury.

Michael Scott - Lighting Designer

TRAINING

BTEC National Diploma in Production Arts.  

Apprenticeship as Events Technician with DARE Events and Production

SALISBURY

Sound Design - Salisbury Playhouse: Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon, Little Robin Red Breast, Making Massinger,Robin Hood, Breaking the Code, Relatively Speaking, Her Naked Skin, Love on the Links, Hansel.

Sound Design for Stage 65:  The Wizard of Oz (Salisbury Playhouse), Clause 39 (Salisbury Cathedral)

  OTHER CREDITS

Larmer Tree Festival (AV Technician, Media Dreamspace stage), Sound and Light with Billy Lunn (Sound Technician, Salisbury Cathedral), Olympic Torch event (Sound- WYAP music stage, Hudson’s Field), Wiltshire Youth Arts Showcases (Technical Manager), British Dance: Edition 2008 (Tech crew- Liverpool and various locations) and The Rake’s Progress (Greenwich Trinity Laban Dance Centre).  

Teri Buxton - Wardrobe Designer

Teri is currently the Head of Wardrobe for Wiltshire Creative and has been working in the wardrobe department for the past 15 years. Whilst studying for her HND in Technical Theatre at New College Nottingham, Teri designed and made costumes for Nottingham's Lace Market Youth Theatre productions. After college she worked for a number of different theatres including Cambridge Arts Theare and Regents Park Open Air Theatre, as well as arena touring in the UK and France with Disney On Ice. In more recent years, Teri has made costumes for a number of different companies including Butlins, P&O, Celebrity Cruises, Buxton Opera House, and Britain's Got Talent. Teri has worked on wide range of community and youth projects for Wiltshire creative but this is the first time she has designed for Stage 65.

Emily Williamson, Lighting Designer

Emily has been working as a technician for Wiltshire Creative for the last year. Emily trained through an apprenticeship for 3 years at Chichester Festival Theatre. She is excited to work as a lighting designer for the first time.