Cast & Creative

Cast Members

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

Jonathan

Training: The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.  Theatre includes: Pride (National Theatre); The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse (Nottingham Playhouse); Ben & Imo (RSC); Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen (Francesca Moody Productions) and Straight Line Crazy (Bridge). Television includes: Black Doves (Netflix); Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Netflix/BBC America); Penny Dreadful (Showtime); Four Lives and Twenty Twelve (BBC); Endeavour (ITV; Not Safe For Work (Channel 4) and John Adams (HBO). Film includes: Blame It on Rome (Amazon); Savage House (Paramount); Lee (Hopscotch Features); And Mrs (Who’s On First Film); Jupiter Ascending (Warner Bros) and The History Boys (BBC Films/Fox Searchlight).

Jonathan has won a WhatsOnStage Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ and ‘Best Supporting Actor’, a Drama Desk Award for ‘Best Featured Actor’ and The Stage Edinburgh Award for ‘Excellence in Acting’ in Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen. He was also nominated for a Tony Award for ‘Best Actor’ in Twelfth Night and ‘Best Featured Actor’ in The History Boys, alongside a British Independent Film Award nomination as ‘Best Newcomer’ and an Olivier Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Role’.

Joe Boyle

Joe Boyle

Swing / Understudy Mark, Martin, Bromley & Reggie

Training: Mountview. Credits whilst training include: ‘Marius’ in Les Misérables and ‘Edward Kynaston’ in Nell Gwynn. Theatre includes: ‘Nick Piazza’ in Fame (Theatre Royal Plymouth); ‘Philip Carlyle’ in The Greatest Showman (Batiment des Forces); ‘Charlie Davenport’ and understudy ‘Frank’ in Annie Get Your Gun (Lavender Theatre); ensemble and understudy ‘Jerry Travers’ in Top Hat (The Mill at Sonning); ‘Beleaguered Geek’ and understudy ‘J.D’ in Heathers (Other Palace) and ‘Harry’ in Lord of the Flies (New Adventures). Television includes: ‘Constable York’ in The Famous Five.

Joe was a finalist at the Stephen Sondheim Society ‘Student Performer of The Year’.

Billy Cullum

Billy Cullum

Swing / Understudy Jonathan, Gethin & Martin

Theatre includes: A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic); Leave To Remain (Lyric Hammersmith); Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Rent (UK tour); Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Matilda (Cambridge); Merrily We Roll Along (Theatre Clwyd); Spring Awakening (UK tour); Godspell (Union Theatre); Hair (Ljubljana Festival); Ten Plagues (Royal Court) and Pieces of String (Waterloo East Theatre). Television includes: It’s A Sin (Channel 4). Film includes: Matilda (Netflix).

Matthew Durkan

Matthew Durkan

Mike

Theatre includes: Pride (Sherman Theatre & National Theatre); A Christmas Carol; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Housed (The Old Vic); Reykjavik (Hampstead); Lancastrians (Junction 8); The Secret Garden (Theatre Royal, York); Oxy and the Morons (New Wolsey, Ipswich); Kiki’s Delivery Service (Southwark Playhouse); The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Sherman, Cardiff); History Boys (UK tour); Fragment (North Wall); The Man in the White Suit (Wyndham) and Nell Gwynn (Apollo). Television includes: Toxic Town; Daddy Issues; Outlander; Wedding Season; Colosseum; Alma’s Not Normal; Holby City; Giri/Haji and Grace. Film includes: Creation Stories; Chasing the Night (short film) and Dog (short film). Other work includes: radio for Shandyland; Sleaze; Behind Beyond the Fringe; The Medici; Maupassant; Separate Tables; Pride and Protest; English Rose and The Reckoning.

Gillian Elisa

Gillian Elisa

Gwen

Training: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Theatre includes: Pride (National Theatre); Matilda (Sherman, Cardiff); Under Milk Wood (National Theatre); Belonging (Re-Live); Oliver (Aberystwyth Arts Centre); Tic Toc (Welsh tour); Branwen Dadeni (Wales Millennium Centre) and ‘Grandma’ in Billy Elliot The Musical. Television includes: Y Golau; Jam; The Pact; Craith/Hidden; Bang; Pobol y Cwm; The Company of Strangers; The Life and Times of Lloyd George; A Mind to Kill with Philip Madoc; Forever Green; High Hopes; Gavin and Stacey; Belonging; Sherlock; Teulu (BAFTA Cymru nomination for ‘Best Actress’); Stella; Iaith ar Daith; Ma Ifan Ma; Death Valley and Heyday in the Blood. Other work includes: albums We Belong and Haul ar Nos Hir. Gillian was honoured by the Gorsedd of Bards in the 2026 National Eisteddfod for 52 years services in the Performing Arts. Gillian also won ‘The Contribution to the Expressive Arts of the Year’ Award in 2026 Lampeter Awards.

Daniel Forrester

Daniel Forrester

Understudy Bromley, Mike & Mark

Training: Guildford School of Acting. Theatre includes: Martin Guerre (The Old Vic); Pride (Sherman Theatre & National Theatre); Opening Night (Gielgud); Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times of The Temptations (Prince Edward); Dear Evan Hansen (UK tour); Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Norwegian Cruise Line); Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast (Radlett Centre) and Next Lesson and Party (Above The Stag). Film includes: ‘Tis the Season (short film). Other work includes: Fabulous 50: 50 Years of Musical Theatre concert.

Dan Hand

Dan Hand

Bromley

Training: Emil Dale Academy. Credits whilst training include: ‘Tommy Ross’ and Dance Captain in Carrie the Musical; ‘Mike Costa’ in A Chorus Line; ‘Pippin’ in Pippin and ‘Ren McCormack’ in Footloose. Theatre includes: ‘Young Martin Guerre’ in Martin Guerre (The Old Vic); swing and understudy ‘Artful Dodger’ and ‘Noah Claypole’ in Oliver! (Gielgud) and ensemble in Beauty and The Beast (The Grove Theatre).

Robin Hayward

Robin Hayward

Understudy Mike and Gethin

Training: Arts Ed. Theatre includes: ‘Martin’ in Pride (National Theatre); ‘Joey’ and ‘Topthorn Heart’ in War Horse (UK tour); ‘Tucker’ and understudy ‘Prewitt’ in From Here to Eternity (Charing Cross) and ‘Kurt Kelly’ and swing in Heathers (Other Palace). Other work includes: commercial for Visit Wales.

Ben Heathcote

Ben Heathcote

Understudy Cliff and Dai

Training: Blackpool College of Performing Arts. Theatre includes: ‘Leo’ and ‘John’ in Thank You for the Music (UK Tour); The Beautiful Game (Cambridge); Electric Lipstick (UK tour); ‘Joe Vagas’ in Fame (UK tour); ‘Cookie’ in Return to the Forbidden Planet (Theatre Royal, Lincoln); Only You Can Save Mankind (Edinburgh); Carnival Massiah (Trinidad); ‘Pepper’ in MAMMA MIA! (Novello); Drive Ride Walk (Fringe); Dickens Unplugged (Harold Pinter); ‘Planchet’ in The Three Musketeers (Rose Theatre); ‘Rod’ in Tonight’s The Night (UK tour); ‘Timon’ in The Lion King (Lyceum); ‘Barker’ in Aspects of Love (Lyric) and ‘Dan’ and ‘Doctor’ in Next To Normal (Wyndham). Television includes: ‘Tony’ in Peak Practice and Coronation Street (ITV); ‘Alex’ in Sex and the Chippy (Pilot); ‘Kyle’ in Truckers and ‘Joey’ in Way To Go (BBC). Film includes: ‘Badger’ in Mary Poppins Returns (Disney). Other work includes: workshops for Come Dancing, We Will Rock You and Sister Act.

Chris Jenkins

Chris Jenkins

Gethin

Theatre includes: Pride (Sherman Theatre & National Theatre); Martin Guerre and Groundhog Day (The Old Vic); Hex and Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre); Made In Dagenham (Grange Opera); Boundless As The Sea and Miss Littlewood (RSC); All That (Kings Head); Titanic The Musical (China tour); The Return of the Soldier (Hope Mill Theatre & New Wolsey Theatre); tick, tick…BOOM! and The Burnt Part Boys (Park Theatre); War Of The Worlds (Dominion); Billy Elliot: The Musical (Victoria Palace); Spamalot (Playhouse); Lincoln Center’s South Pacific (Barbican & UK tour); The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Gielgud); The Cradle Will Rock (Arcola); Roméo et Juliette, Simon Boccanegra and Aida (Royal Opera House) and Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall).

Television includes: It’s a Sin (Red Production Co/HBO Max) and Sanditon (ITV/Red Planet Pictures).

Film includes: Mab Hudel (BFI London Film Festival Selection, Ed Rowe/Palores Productions)

Other work includes: recordings for Billy Elliot: the Musical Live (Universal & Working Title Films) and Chess: In Concert (Warner Music).

Ryan Kopel

Ryan Kopel

Mark

Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Theatre includes: We Had A World (Hampstead); Dear Evan Hansen (UK tour); Newsies (Wembley Troubadour); Book Of Mormon (Prince of Wales); The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit (Hope Mill); West Side Story (Edinburgh International Festival); The Inheritance (Noël Coward) and And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens (King’s Head). Television includes: House of the Dragon; Wedding Season and Casualty. Other work includes: concerts for The Addams Family (London Palladium) and Billie the Kid (Vaudeville) and workshops for Scandalgate.

Michael Larcombe

Michael Larcombe

Swing & Assistant Dance Captain, Understudy Reggie, Jonathan & Gethin

Training: Urdang Academy. Theatre includes: War Horse (National Theatre & 2024 UK and Ireland tour); The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium & UK tour); Shakespeare Live! (RSC); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep); The Magic Flute (Complicité); Into The Woods (Theatre Royal, Bath); Madagascar: The Musical (UK and international tours); Hairspray (Pimlico Opera); Imagining Animals (Historic Royal Palaces); Our Boys, Closer Than Ever and Early Birds (Edinburgh Fringe); My Land’s Shore (Theatr Soar); I Want My Hat Back: Trilogy (Little Angel Theatre); Merrily We Roll Along (Yvonne Arnaud); Metropolis (Ye Old Rose and Crown); Anyone Can Whistle (Union Theatre); The Light Princess and The Railway Children (Cadogan Hall); Parade (Pleasance); Rhinegold (ENO); and Il Trovatore, Alcina, Madama Butterfly, Lohengrin, Nabucco and Die Zauberflöte (Royal Opera House). Other work includes: commercials for Coca-Cola; IKEA and Polo Mints.

Darren Lawrence

Darren Lawrence

Cliff

Training: Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre includes: Pride (National Theatre); Erogenous Zones, Saturday Night Forever and All’s Fair (Sherman, Cardiff); A Christmas Carol (Theatre by the Lake); The Importance of Being Earnest and Season’s Greetings (Theatr Clwyd); That Day We Sang and A Thousand Slimy Things (Royal Exchange, Manchester); The Village Social and The Passion (National Theatre Wales) and The Beach (Cockpit). Television includes: The Way; Ordinary Lies (Season Two); Cucumber; Days That Shook the World and Nuts and Bolts. Film includes: The Gospel of Us. Other work includes: radio show The Throne Room.

Kirsty Malpass

Kirsty Malpass

Hefina

Training: University of Manchester and Mountview. Theatre includes: ‘Hefina’ in Pride (Sherman Theatre & National Theatre); Come From Away (Phoenix); The Lorax, Girl from the North Country and ‘Mrs Cleveland’ in Groundhog Day (The Old Vic); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and ‘Rosie Cotton’ in The Lord of the Rings (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); ‘Riley’ in Stroke of Luck (Park); Chariots of Fire (Gielgud); Jerry Springer the Opera (Cambridge); The Sound of Music, It’s a Wonderful Life and ‘Miss Givings’ in Crush (National Tours); Carmen (New Vic Theatre); Spend Spend Spend (English Theatre, Frankfurt) and Honk! (National Theatre UK tour). Television includes: The Day of the Jackal (Sky Atlantic); Andor (Disney+) and Casualty (BBC). Film includes: Roald Dahl’s Matilda (Netflix). Other work includes: Maiden Voyage (Southwark Playhouse); Clueless (Trafalgar); Come From Away (Phoenix & UK tour); Allegiance (Charing Cross) and High Society (The Mill at Sonning), as Associate/Assistance Director.

Sorelle Marsh

Sorelle Marsh

Swing, Understudy Gwen, Maureen and Hefina

Training: Guildford School of Acting. Theatre includes: Come From Away (Trieste, Italy); Kathy And Stella Solve A Murder! (Ambassadors); The Time Traveller’s Wife (Apollo End & Storyhouse, Chester); Come Dine With Me (Turbine Theatre); Come From Away (Phoenix); Singin’ In the Rain (The Mill at Sonning); MAMMA MIA! (Novello); Hairspray (Leicester Curve); White Christmas (Edinburgh Festival Theatre & Lowry Theatre); Stand Up (Floral Pavilion, Wirral); Legally Blonde (Savoy); Billy Elliot The Musical (Victoria Palace); Fiddler On The Roof (UK tour); Fame (UK tour); Disney’s Beauty & The Beast (UK tour); Tell Me on a Sunday (UK tour); South Pacific (Symphony Hall, Birmingham); Into Thin Air (New Players Theatre); Grease (Opera House, Jersey); Victor Victoria (Bridewell) and Beauty & The Beast (Fairfield Halls, Croydon).

Madeleine Morgan

Madeleine Morgan

Debbie, Understudy Steph and Sian

Training: Royal Academy of Music. Theatre includes: Pride (Sherman, Cardiff & National Theatre); Roadshow (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) and Under Milk Wood (Nova Music). Other work includes: Friday Night is Music Night (BBC Radio 3). Madeleine won the 2024 Stephen Sondheim Society ‘Student Performer of the Year’ competition.

Catherine Morris

Catherine Morris

Mrs Bromley, Understudy Hefina, Maureen, Gwen and Margaret

Training: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Theatre includes: Pride (National Theatre); Grease (European tour); Hairspray (Kilworth House); Truth or Dare (Theatr Clwyd); School of Rock (Gillian Lynne); Cinderella (New Wimbledon, Bristol Hippodrome & Southampton Mayflower); George’s Marvellous Medicine (Leicester Curve & UK tour); Jason and the Argonauts (UK tour); Much Ado About Nothing (Theatr Clwyd); One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre UK tour); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (UK tour); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hoxton Hall); Mam! I’m ‘Ere! (Liverpool Dome); Sherman Swingers (Sherman Cymru); Cappuccino Girls (Grand Slam Theatre, Swansea); The Hired Man (Torch Theatre); The Trojan Women (Theatr Pena); Chasing Rainbows (Hijinx Theatre); Lucky Dip (Edinburgh Festival) and Gull (Chapter Arts). Television includes: ‘Sian’ in Hard Cell (Netflix) and Death Valley, Torchwood and The Slammer Returns (BBC). Workshops include: ‘Patricia’ in Here and Now and Aspiration (National Theatre).

Grant Neal

Grant Neal

Mr Bromley, Understudy Dai & Cliff

Theatre includes: The Last Ship (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane & International tour); Cabaret (Playhouse); Company (Gielgud); Chicago (Adelphi, Cambridge & Garrick); Into The Woods (Roya Opera House & Lowry Theatre, Manchester); Imagine This (New London); Evita (Adelphi); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium); Saturday Night Fever (National tour); The Sound of Music (National tour); Anything Goes (National tour); Grease (National tour); The Goodbye Girl (National tour);  Singing in the Rain and White Christmas (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); High Society (The Mill at Sonning); Tomorrow Morning  (Landor Theatre); Saucy Jack and The Space Vixens (Jacks Cabaret) and They’re Playing Out Song (Stephen Joseph Theatre). Television includes: The Royal Variety Performance and Children In Need (BBC). Film includes: Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor; Barbie and The Entertainer. Other work includes: An Evening with Kristen Chenoweth concert (Royal Albert Hall). Commercials for NFU Mutual; World of Warships – Rule the Waves and Melissa Pasta. Recordings for Evita (2006); Imagine This (2008) and Company (2018).

Sarah Pugh

Sarah Pugh

Sian

Training: Emil Dale Academy. Theatre includes: Pride (Sherman, Cardiff & National Theatre); The Gondoliers, Pride and Prejudice and Pirates of Penzance (Illyria Theatre); Finding Home: East and West (Mercury Theatre Wales); Dick Whittington Meets Puss in Boots, Jack and the Beanstalk and Beauty and the Beast (South Wales Pantomime).

Shannon Quarini

Shannon Quarini

Swing and Understudy Steph

Training: Urdang Academy. Credits whilst training include: ‘Carrie White’ in Carrie and ‘Mama Morton’ in Chicago. Shannon is represented by Brewis Scott Associates and is thrilled to be making her professional debut in Pride. She would like to thank her family and friends for their continued love and support.

Caroline Sheen

Caroline Sheen

Maureen

Theatre includes: ‘Madame de Rols’ in Martin Guerre (The  Old Vic); ‘Maureen’ in Pride (National Theatre); ‘Susannah’ in Military Wives (York Theatre Royal); ‘Rory’ in Extraordinary Women (Jermyn Street); Plaza Suite (Savoy); Camelot (Watermill); ‘Violet Newstead’ in Nine to Five (Savoy); Under Milk Wood (Watermill); Kiss Me, Kate (Kilworth House); Crazy For You (Watermill); City of Angels (Donmar); Les Misérables (Palace & Queens); Mary Poppins (UK & US tour); The Light in The Piazza (Leicester Curve); Once in A Lifetime (National Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To the Forum (National Theatre); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium); Grease (Victoria Palace); ‘Jennifer Gabriel’ in The Witches of Eastwick (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); MAMMA MIA! (Prince Edward) and Into the Woods (Donmar). Television includes: Ted Lasso; Casualty; The Way; The Mallorca Files; Doctors; The Sister Boniface Mysteries; Ghosts; Silent Witness; Pitching In and Press.

Film includes: Mr Burton; Four Kids and It; Nativity Rocks! and Les Misérables.

Carl Spencer

Carl Spencer

Reggie

Theatre includes: Hamilton (Victoria Palace); Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (London Palladium); Motown (Shaftesbury); Scottsboro Boys (Young Vic & Garrick) and Dear Edwina (The Lost Theatre). Television includes: Balamory S1-2 (Lion Media); First Footing (BBC) and Doctors (BBC). Film includes: My Bloody Galentine (MarVista Entertainment); The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Lionsgate); Luther: The Fallen Sun (BBC Films/Netflix); Matilda (Working Title Films/Netflix); Rocketman (Paramount Pictures) and short films The Right Candidate (Menace Films) and The Dolls House (Grey Moth).

Courtney Stapleton

Courtney Stapleton

Steph

Training: Arts Ed. Theatre includes: Pride (Sherman Theatre & National Theatre); ‘Sydney’ and ‘Alice’ in Love Can; ‘Kelly’ in The Mad Ones and The Throwaways (Other Palace); ‘Blast’ in Super You (Leicester Curve); ‘Belle’ in Beauty and the Beast (UK tour); Dear Evan Hansen (Noël Coward); Six The Musical (Arts); Les Misérables (Sondheim); Bat Out of Hell (Dominion); MAMMA MIA! (Novello);

Other work includes: concerts include Kerry Ellis Live at The Palladium; Love Never Dies in Concert (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) and The Olivier Awards.

Samantha Thomas

Samantha Thomas

Swing & Dance Captain, Understudy Margaret

Training: Guildford School of Acting. Theatre includes: 50 First Dates the Musical (Other Palace), Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Les Misérables (Sondheim); The Third Man (Menier Chocolate Factory); Jet Set Go (MTFest UK, Turbine Theatre); Follies (Yvonne Arnaud); Patagonia (National Youth Theatre of Wales) and Macbeth (Lyric Theatre, South Wales). Other work includes: Godspell in Concert (G Live); Welsh of the Westend (BGT Semi Finalists, ITV); A Night at the Musicals with the Novello Orchestra (Wales Millenium Centre); An Evening with Sir Bryn Terfel and the BBC Concert Orchestra (Royal Albert Hall); John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London Orchestra album recording of Carousel and My Fair Lady; WhatsOnStage Awards (Prince of Wales & London Palladium); Olivier Awards; Enchanted Voices (UK tour); Unmasked- John Owen Jones and Friends Musical Concert (China tour); workshops for Edith in A Tale of Fellowship; The Devil’s Advocate and For Tonight (including concept album recording).

Mared Williams

Mared Williams

Margaret and Understudy Sian

Training: Royal Academy of Music. Theatre includes: Pride (Sherman, Cardiff & National Theatre); Branwen: Dadeni (Wales Millenium Centre); The Snow Queen (Chester Storyhouse); Y Tylwyth and Hwn Yw Fy Mrawd (National Eisteddfod Wales) and Les Misérables (Sondheim). Television includes: Mudtown/Ar Y Ffin. Film includes: Achievement (short film). Other work includes: concerts for A Marvellous Party and For Tonight. Mared won ‘Welsh Language Album Of The Year’ in 2021 for Y Drefn and ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in Achievement (International Film Festival Of Wales, Film Festival Guild).

Matthew Woodyatt

Matthew Woodyatt

Dai

Theatre includes: Pride (National Theatre); ‘Tevye’ in Fiddler on the Roof (UK tour) and ‘Alternate Tevye’ (Barbican); The Cabinet Minister (Menier Chocolate Factory); The Fair Maid of the West (RSC); Half a Sixpence (Kilworth House); Piaf (Nottingham Playhouse); The Light in the Piazza (Royal Festival Hall, LA Opera & Lyric Opera Chicago); The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd); Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre); Moving Stories, Much Ado About Nothing and War Horse (National Theatre); One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre & UK/International tour); The Passion of Port Talbot and Silly Kings (National Theatre, Wales); Animal Farm (Theatre Royal, Bath) and Mack & Mabel (Watermill Theatre and Criterion). Television includes: Grandpa in My Pocket. Other work includes: audio work for The Children of Aberfan, The Ratcatcher (Audible) and A Magnificent Life (Picturehouse Entertainment).

P&P Productions

P&P Productions was formed by Stephen Beresford, Nia Janis, David Livingstone and Matthew Warchus as the originating producer for the musical Pride. Stephen Beresford is a writer for stage and screen and the original screenwriter of the film Pride. Nia Janis is a producer and founding director of Playful Productions, one of the most eminent independent Production, General Management and Executive Producing companies operating in the West End. David Livingstone is the founder and producer of Calamity Films whose work for screen includes the original feature films Pride, Judy, Last Christmas and for television Brassic. Matthew Warchus’ work as a director spans stage and film, including the film Pride and the development of original musicals including Matilda The Musical, Groundhog Day and Our House.

The National Theatre

The National Theatre offers the widest access to high-quality theatre in the world. This year, we will produce 18 plays, following over a thousand shows that have shaped British theatre since 1963. 

Our productions transfer from our home in London to the West End, Broadway and beyond, winning awards on both sides of the Atlantic. We champion bold storytelling that inspires, challenges and entertains, bringing the world to the National Theatre, and taking the best of British theatre to the world. Through our online streaming service National Theatre at Home; our education platform, the National Theatre Collection in schools; and in cinemas with National Theatre Live, we reach audiences digitally in almost every country worldwide – 184 out of 195 and counting.

We operate as a registered charity with a deep social purpose and a nationwide footprint. We partner with regional theatres to tour our shows, are active in more than 90 per cent of state secondary schools, and our Skills Centre trains 5,000 people each year.

Our dedicated New Work Studio champions new writing, and we are central London’s ‘biggest factory’ with workshops that craft every aspect of our productions. We host the world’s most extensive theatre archive, and our Green Store houses more than 150,000 reusable props and costumes as part of our sustainability commitments.

For more information, please visit nationaltheatre.org.uk

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Pathé

Founded in 1896, Pathé is one of the oldest film companies in the world and the only French studio still fully involved in production, sales, distribution, and exhibition.

For more than a century, Pathé has remained dedicated to distributing and producing outstanding films — from Academy Award® winners such as Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle, CODA by Siân Heder, and Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard (featuring Zoë Saldaña, Academy Award® winner of the Supporting Best Actress in a Supporting Role), to acclaimed period dramas like The Iron Lady by Phyllida Lloyd (which earned Meryl Streep the Academy Award® for Best Actress), The Queen by Stephen Frears (featuring Helen Mirren, also an Academy Award® winner), Selma by Ava DuVernay, or beloved animated classics like Chicken Run.

With a talent-driven creative approach, Pathé maintains long-standing and trusted relationships with leading filmmakers such as Pedro Almodóvar, Jane Campion, Paolo Sorrentino, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Paul Verhoeven, and Matteo Garrone and as well as emerging talents including Antonin Baudry (The Wolf’s Call), Siân Heder (CODA), Alice Winocour, Audrey Diwan, and Amélie Bonnin (Leave One Day – Opening Film, Cannes Film Festival).

Upcoming Pathé productions include, among others, Bunker by Academy Award® winner Florian Zeller, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem; Karma by Guillaume Canet, starring Marion Cotillard; and The Unknown by Academy Award® winner Arthur Harari, starring Léa Seydoux.

Pathé is also a leading cinema network in continental Europe and West Africa, with more than 1300 screens, offering premium experiences through cutting-edge technologies such as IMAX®, Dolby Cinema, and 4DX.

Calamity Films

David Livingstone set up Calamity Films in 2013. 

His first film production was Pride (2014) directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Stephen Beresford. The film received 7 BIFA nominations, 3 BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Film. David won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Producer alongside writer Stephen Beresford.

Judy (2019) also produced by Calamity starred Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland. Written by Tom Edge and directed by Rupert Goold, Renée Zellweger won a British Independent Film Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, Independent Film Spirit Award, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress.

Calamity also produced Last Christmas (2019), a festive feature for Universal Pictures written by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings inspired by the works of George Michael and Wham was directed by Paul Feig. It grossed more than $120M across the world and £18M in the UK.

On Television, Calamity has produced seven series of the award-winning comedy drama Brassic (2019-2025) for Sky & ITV Global co-created by BAFTA-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst and actor Joseph Gilgun. The show was Sky One’s biggest ever comedy and was also a huge hit when released on Netflix.

David was previously President of Marketing and distribution for Universal Pictures International and Worldwide Head of Marketing and distribution for Working Title films.

David Binder Productions

David Binder is a Tony Award-winning producer whose Broadway credits include the National Theatre’s production of Network with Bryan Cranston; Sufjan Steven’s and Justin Peck’s Illinoise; Burn This with Adam Driver and Keri Russell; Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Neil Patrick Harris; 33 Variations with Jane Fonda; A Raisin in the Sun, and Of Mice and Men. He produced An Enemy of the People with Matt Smith in the West End. This February, he will produce a Broadway revival of Three Days of Rain with David Corenswet and François Arnaud.

David is the Artistic Director of Powerhouse: International, a festival of adventurous, large-scale work in Brooklyn, which has featured Carolina Bianchi, William Kentridge, and Christos Papadopoulos. He was the Guest Artistic Director of LIFT 2018 (London International Festival of Theatre), where highlights included Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act at the Barbican, Anna Deavere Smith at the Royal Court, and Duke Riley’s Fly By Night which featured 1,500 illuminated pigeons with LED lights flying over the Thames. He served as the Artistic Director of BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), where programming highlights included Akram Khan’s Giselle, Jamie Lloyd’s Cyrano with James McAvoy, and the world premiere of Madonna’s Madame X tour.