Nicole Taylor / Writer

Nicole is a BAFTA-winning screenwriter, originally from Glasgow, Scotland. Nicole adapted David Nicholls’ bestseller One Day into a 14-part series for Netflix, which went to global number one and received widespread critical and audience acclaim. She also wrote “Three Girls” for BBC1 about the Rochdale grooming scandal, which won five BAFTAs. She wrote the film Wild Rose starring Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters and Sophie Okonedo. This is her first time writing for the stage.

John Tiffany / Director

Theatre credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End, Broadway), Once (West End, Broadway), The Glass Menagerie (Edinburgh International Festival, West End, Broadway), Let The Right One In, Macbeth, Be Near Me, The Bacchae, Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland), The End Of History, Road, The Pass (Royal Court), Gagarin Way, Abandonment, Passing Places (Traverse Theatre).  Awards include Best Direction of a Play (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) – Tony Awards 2018, Best Director (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) – Olivier Awards 2017, Best Direction of a Musical (Once) – Tony Awards 2013, Best Director (Black Watch) – Olivier Awards 2009. John trained at Glasgow University and Traverse Theatre. He was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University in the 2010-11 academic year.

Steven Hoggett / Co-Choreographer

Theatre credits as Choreographer include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End, Broadway, international); The Glass Menagerie (Edinburgh International Festival); Once (West End); Sweeney Todd, A Beautiful Noise, Angels in America, The Crucible, The Last Ship, Rocky: The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, American Idiot (Broadway); Nye, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Light Princess, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre); Let the Right One In (National Theatre of Scotland, St. Ann’s Warehouse). Theatre credits as Movement/Associate Director include Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland, St. Ann’s Warehouse). Theatre credits as Director include Discoshow (Linq Las Vegas), Burn (National Theatre of Scotland, The Joyce), Social! The Social Distance Dance Club (Park Avenue Armory), Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined (NYTW, West End). Film credits include How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dreamworks), Freakshow (Maven Pictures). As a founding member of Frantic Assembly, Steven also co-wrote, with Scott Graham, The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre.

Vicki Manderson / Co-Choreographer

Lyceum credits: The Outrun (with Edinburgh International Festival); Cockpit, Sunset Song (with Dundee Rep); Anna Karenina (with Bristol Old Vic). Theatre credits as Choreographer include When Prophecy Fails, The Hope River Girls, The Afflicted (Groupwork); Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning, Burn, Orphans, The Enemy, 306: Day (National Theatre of Scotland); Moonset (Citizens Theatre); Square Go (Francesca Moody Productions); Light Falls, Queen Margaret, Happy Days, The Almighty Sometimes (Royal Exchange Manchester); Ear for Eye, Instructions for Correct Assembly, A Profoundly Affectionate Passion Devotion to Someone (- noun) (Royal Court); Cinderella, Wings Around Dundee (Dundee Rep); Companion Moon (Coney); Last Orders at The Dockside, The Country Girls, Jimmys Hall (The Abbey Dublin); Crooked Dances (Royal Shakespeare Company). Theatre credits as Associate Movement Director include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre); Let the Right One In (National Theatre of Scotland, Marla Rubin, Bill Kenwright); In Time O’ Strife, Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland). Film credits include Swirl (Random Acts, Debbie Tucker Green). Awards and nominations include Outstanding Fight Choreography nominee (Square Go) – Drama Desk Awards, Best Movement Direction nominee (Jimmys Hall) – Irish Times Theatre Awards. Vicki trained at The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and London Contemporary Dance School.

Nadia DiGiallonardo / Co-Music Supervisor

Sarah Travis / Co-Music Supervisor

Theatre credits include The Cabinet Minister, Jerry Girls (Menier Chocolate Factory); Grease (Dominion Theatre, UK tour); Toy Show The Musical (Dublin); 101 Dalmatians (Regents Park); West Side Story, Scrooge, Legally Blonde (Curve); Beautiful (Curve, UK tour); The Magician’s Elephant, Miss Littlewood (Royal Shakespeare Company); Talent (Crucible Theatre); Curtains (UK tour); Sweet Charity, A Little Night Music, Copacabana, Spend Spend Spend, Sunset Boulevard, Martin Guerre, Hot Mikado Honk!, Mack and Mabel, Fiddler On The Roof, Gondoliers Ten Cents a Dance, Piaf, Carmen, A Star Danced (Watermill Theatre); Sister Act (UK tour); The Hired Man (NYMT); Fiddler On The Roof (UK tour); Dear World (Charing X); Chess (UK tour); Peter Pan (Oxford Playhouse). Pianist credits include Two Turtle Doves (Crazy Coqs), Julian Clary, Canned Clary, Natural Born Mincer (UK tour); Fascinating Aida in Barefaced Chic (Haymarket Theatre, UK tour); Lily Savage (Purcell Rooms); Bette Midler and Me (Gilded Balloon). Awards include Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Orchestration (Sweeney Todd). Sarah trained at City University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.