The Bar at the Edge of Time:
Creative Team
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Burhan Kathawala
PERFORMER
Burhan Kathawala (he/him) is a London based, Actor-Musician from Dubai & India. He is a highly skilled multi-instrumentalist, specialising in drumkit, singing (Tenor), hand percussion & ukulele. Training: BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship - Rose Bruford College ‘23. Credits include: The Bar at The Edge of Time (RnD, Frozen Light Theatre Company) Training credits include: Seussical! The Musical (@greenwichtheatre Dir. Lucy Betts), Nora: A Doll's House (Barn, Dir. Rachel Lemon) & Twelfth Night (Dome, Dir. Janet Steele). Burhan is delighted to make his professional debut with "The Bar at the Egde of Time"! He'd also like to give special thanks to Papa, Mum & the whole Kathawala/ Hussein clan for all their love and support.
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Gaz Tomlinson
PERFORMER
Gaz Tomlinson (he/him) also known by artist name ‘Quiet Boy’, is an alternative theatre composer, songwriter, sound designer, theatre maker, singer and performer who resides in Margate. Alongside Brigitte Aphrodite, co-creator of acclaimed theatre shows: My Beautiful Black Dog (2014/5); Parakeet (2019) and The Christmas Goblin (2021). Most recently Quiet Boy has been composing for Moxie Brawl on shows Punk Alley and The Nutcracker.
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Sophie Coward
PERFORMER
Sophie Coward is an actor-musician, aerialist, and multisensory community artist. Recent stage credits include crying “Wolf!” with Kitchen Zoo at Theatre by the Lake, touring as a "one person orchestra" (Musical Theatre Review) in "Julie: The Musical” by Le Gasp Productions, touring with Frozen Light as Kaya in “Isle of Brimsker”, and dancing on her aerial silks as Gerald the Giraffe in "Giraffes Can't Dance" at Leicester Curve. As a community artist, Sophie works across Greater Manchester to bring sensory work to communities who need it. Most recently, she helped devise, compose and tour “Hanging by a Thread” with learning disabled artists at DIY Theatre Company and created immersive, inclusive, and sensory “Planets” with students attending Manchester Hospital School. Sophie is incredibly excited be serving delicious cocktails and gig theatre for Frozen Light!
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Lucy Garland & Amber Onat Gregory
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Lucy and Amber founded Frozen Light in 2013. Since that time they have devised, produced and toured five multisensory productions for audiences with PMLD: Tunnels; The Forest; HOME; The Isle of Brimsker and 2065. Fire Songs grew out of a vision to create a production where audiences were immersed in live singing, and bringing together different groups of the community.
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Kate O'Connor
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Kate is a Director with a background in new writing, devised and international theatre. She has worked with Frozen Light since the tour of their first show, Tunnels. She regularly works on plays in translation, directing Spanish play Cuzco at Theatre503 in 2019. Previous directing includes work at CPT, Ovalhouse, Theatre in the Mill, Hoxton Hall, GLYPT and the Edinburgh Fringe. Kate has been a Creative Associate at the Gate Theatre, Associate with Company of Angels, Associate Director with METIS (World Factory, Young Vic) and in the West End. She trained with Philippe Gaulier and was a finalist in the JMK Award 2012 and 2014.
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Sam Halmarack
COMPOSER
As sound designer and musician, Sam has worked with Still House, One Step At a Time Like This (AUS), JOF (AUS), Bryony Kimmings, Emma Williams, She Goat, Action Hero, Tom Marshman, Sylvia Rimat, Liz Clarke, and Jennifer Bell Company amongst many others. He is a sound design mentor and consultant with community outreach schemes across the country. His show with JOF ‘WE ARE LIGHTNING!’ won Judges Choice at the Dublin Fringe Festival was nominated for the Melbourne Green Room awards in the category of Community Collaboration. Sam’s solo show ‘Sam Halmarack and The Miserablites’ was nominated for the Arches Brick Award and the John Chattaway award for innovation.
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Kat Heath
SET DESIGN
Katharine trained in Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art and Central Saint Martins. She works as a Set and Costume designer in Theatre, Music and Opera and is drawn to unconventional and innovative forms of storytelling. Play and experimentation are at the heart of Katharine’s work, she enjoys being part of the rehearsal process in devised performance to ensure design is entwined with the narrative. She regularly works with immersive companies Punchdrunk, Theatre Delicatessen and Geraldine Pilgrim and enjoys working in a range of spaces, from broom cupboards to West End stage.
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Maira Vazeou
COSTUME DESIGN
Maira trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and has freelanced across theatre, film and events. She has designed numerous productions in the UK and abroad from large-scale open-air amphitheaters to studio spaces. Her design work covers a genre of plays from drama and opera to children’s and sensory theatre. She was nominated for the cultural award for her work on Macbeth and she was selected to represent Greece at the international exhibition of Prague Quadrennial in 2019. Maira has worked on the set decorating department on various movies in Pinewood, Shepperton and Elstree studios as well as at the opening and closing ceremony of Athens 04 Olympic Games. She is a lecturer on Theatre, Screen & Performance at Camberwell College of Arts Foundation Centre.
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Dave Sherman
LIGHTING DESIGN & PRODUCTION MANAGER
David studied theatre design at the Royal School of Speech and Drama. Since then he has been lighting designer, production manager, re-lighter, technical stage manager in drama, dance, opera, musicals and events. Although now once again freelance, he has most recently held the post of Technical Manager at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. David works with Frozen Light to discover new and exciting ways of lighting their sets and props to create real multi-sensory magic!
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Dhugal Harrison
TECHNICAL MANAGER
Dhugal Harrison is a highly respected freelance entertainment professional with numerous tours and stage shows to his name. Dhugal has worked on almost every type of show imaginable, the Olympics, Glastonbury to name but a few but his interests really lie in site specific and non traditional theatre and performance projects. Dhugal first joined the Frozen Light team on the Tunnelstour where he got to experience at first hand the possibilities of inclusion for audiences with PMLD through the use of multi sensory theatre performances.
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Rhodora Perkins
STAGE MANAGER
Coming soon!
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Ethan Pascal Peters
PERFORMER: Autumn Tour
Ethan Pascal Peters (he/him) is a British-Caribbean performer, director and writer from West London. He trained on the ALRA MA Professional Acting course (2020/21). Credits include: Errol in Errol's Garden (Golden Toad Theatre); Ensemble in Perfect Show for Rachel (Zoo Co Theatre); Laurie in Little Women: The Musical (Dugdale Arts Centre); Ensemble in Showstopper! The Improvised Musical; Squid in PITCH (November Theatre).
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Matt Simpson
TOURING TECHNICIAN
Matt Simpson started working in the theatre industry after studying Production Arts at City College Norwich. After working as Technical Manager at Norwich School for 4 years, he went freelance as a theatre technician and crew member working with numerous venues and festivals in Norfolk. Matt first came into contact with Frozen Light through Fire Songs in 2022. He's excited to be working on a tour that can bring the full theatre experience to audiences with PMLD.
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Lucinda Allinson
SENSORY STUDIO ARTIST
Coming Soon!
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Olivia Clarke
SENSORY STUDIO ARTIST
Coming Soon!
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Rosey Anne Clements
SENSORY STUDIO ARTIST
Coming Soon!
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Lydia Van Melsen
SENSORY STUDIO ARTIST
Coming Soon!