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ELLIOTT & HARPER PRODUCTIONS AND CATHERINE SCHREIBER PRESENT
THE LEEDS PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
 
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL FENTIMAN, BASED ON THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION BY SALLY COOKSON
 
ORIGINAL SET AND COSTUME DESIGN
RAE SMITH
 
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN
TOM PARIS
 
DRAMATURG / ORIGINAL WRITER IN THE ROOM
ADAM PECK
 
COMPOSITION
BENJI BOWER?BARNABY RACE
 
LIGHTING DESIGNER
JACK KNOWLES
 
SOUND DESIGN
IAN DICKINSON AND GARETH TUCKER FOR AUTOGRAPH
 
CHOREOGRAPHER
SHANNELLE ‘TALI’ FERGUS
 
MOVEMENT CONSULTANT
DAN CANHAM
 
PUPPETRY DIRECTOR
TOBY OLIÉ
 
PUPPETRY DESIGNER
MAX HUMPHRIES
 
AERIAL DIRECTOR
GWEN HALES
 
ILLUSIONS
CHRIS FISHER
 
CASTING DIRECTOR
WILL BURTON CDG
 
FIGHT DIRECTOR
JONATHAN HOLBY
 
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
TOBY HIGGINS
 
CO-ORCHESTRATOR
SAMUEL WILSON
 
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
JAMES CALLÀS-BALL
 
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
JOANNA COE
 
WIGS, HAIR AND MAKE-UP DESIGNER
SUSANNA PERETZ
 
PROPS SUPERVISOR
LIZZIE FRANKL




Karise Yensen - Lucy
Samantha Womack - The White Witch / Mrs Macready 
Chris Jared - Aslan
Sam Buttery - Mr Beaver
Unwin - Mr Tumnus
Michael Ahomka Lindsay - Maugrim / Solider / Satyr / White Stag
Oliver Bingham - Mr Brinkworth / March Hare / Aslan Puppeteer
Scott Brooks - Mr Pope / Fox Trot / Associate Music Captain 
Kate Parr - Miss Gumley-Warmley / Phoenix 
Grace Wylde - Mrs Pevensie / Robin / Gryphon
Johnson Willis - Professor Kirk / Father Christmas / Wise Owl / White Mouse 
Rachel Dawson - Miss Chutney / Blue Badger / Spirit of the Moon
Oliver Grant - Mr Wilson / Schrodinger / Red Squirrel / Head Cruel / Aslan Puppeteer / Puppet Captain 
Matthew James Hinchcliffe - Mr Marsden / Mauve Mole / Music Captain 
Shaun McCourt - Mr Granville / Jack Rabbit / Aslan Puppeteer
Christina Tedders - Mrs Beaver
Sophie Naglik - Swing
Tash Holway - Swing / Dance Captain
Brad Veitch - Swing
Conor O’Kane - Swing

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