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Andrew Loudon
Andrew is Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Novel Theatre
Andrew made his directorial debut in 1999 at the Pleasance, Edinburgh, with Little Women. The success of the show led to his further productions of Little Women at Sadler’s Wells, Christmas 2002 and its West End run at the Duchess Theatre. He has also directed Anne of Green Gables and Carrie's War at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells and workshop productions of Mary Barton, Charlotte’s House (Norwich), Open Ground (Hampstead Theatre), Cool Hand Luke (Garrick Theatre).
Andrew has directed, and co-adapted, a new multimedia version of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four at the Arts Educational School
He also recently directed Gertrude's Secret - monlogues, starring Prunella Scales at The King's Head and The New End, Hampstead

Ian Sharp
In 1968 Sharp left Durham University with a degree in Psychology and joined the BBC, where he “served his apprenticeship” until 1979 making documentaries first for the General Features Department, and then for Music and Arts, notably Arena and Omnibus.
In 1980, he got his first break on the comedy TV Series “Minder” and then immediately on to the all-action series “The Professionals” and for the next 12 months he hopped between the two shows, making a total of 6 films.
In 1981 after just twelve months of going freelance, he was given a big movie to direct – ‘Who Dares Wins’ for MGM/UA. Followed by the pilot then all six parts of 'Robin of Sherwod'.
He continued to work mainly for Television until 1988 when he received a phone call out of the blue from Robert Zemeckis asking if he’d be interested in directing the Second Unit on ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ Apparently Zemeckis and producer Robert Watts had both been big fans of the Robin of Sherwood series. Ian shot for 5 months on that picture at Elstree Studios and on location.
More TV films followed, then 1994 he was asked to work on the James Bond film ‘Goldeneye’
He then directed Ted Whitehead’s wonderful adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ for Granada.
Sharp’s most recent contribution to the Big Screen was with Pauline Collins directing ‘Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage
War’. Between movies he has continued to make commercials and short films all over the world.
http://iansharp.net/

Anna Jordan
Artistic Director/Founder WAP theatre
Anna trained as an actor at LAMDA. Fed up with being out of work she started writing her own parts, and has since gone from strength to strength as a playwright and director. Anna was Resident Director at Stand Up Drama- London Bites in 2009 and is now Artistic Director of Without a Paddle Theatre which she founded in 2006 and has since been writing, directing and producing her own work.

Her plays include; ‘Bender’ (Old Red Lion 2010), ‘Marianne’, (Trafalgar Studios & Wimbledon Studio Theatre 2010) which was developed on the Royal Court Playwriting Course and was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Royal Exchange Playwriting Prize, ‘Just For Fun – Totally Random’, a play about youth and violence (New End Theatre, Hampstead, Lost One Act Festival 2009) winner Best New Writing Award, and ‘We Will Be Gone’ (Camden Peoples Theatre).
Anna's short play, ‘Closer to God’, won the Off Cut Festival 2009. It also won the audience award, voted favourite in the festival by over 250 people.
Short plays include; ‘Bed of Foxgloves’ and ‘Coming Home’, both written for and performed at Theatre 503, and ‘That Dark Place’, written for Box of Tricks Word:Play 3. Anna recently directed a short piece called ‘Polling Booth’, also at Theatre 503.
Anna has also written ‘Chicken Shop’, a piece about sex trafficking and adolescence which will have a further production in 2011.

Nigel Douglas
Nigel began his career writing and directing in London’s fringe theatres. His productions attracted the attention of the BBC and he began developing and directing children’s novels for the iconic BBC series “Jackanory”. Followed by “Going Live” and BBC series “Grange Hill” (including a BAFTA winning episode).
Moving away from children’s drama, Nigel’s TV credits include; “Eastenders”, “This Life” (BAFTA - best drama), “Casualty”, “London’s Burning”. TV movie “The Knock”, Channel 4 series “North Square”, “Clocking Off” (BAFTA awarded), comedy drama “Stan the Man” for Granada, a movie length special of “Bad Girls”, “Inspector Lynley Mysteries” “Wild at Heart” and he was asked to set up the major BBC Series, “Holby City”!
Nigel continues to write and direct films outside of his broadcast work with his short film “Hunter” winning awards globally, he also wrote the screenplay “Dafina” for Atlantic Pictures which is currently in development and in 2011, Nigel will write and direct a new feature film “About Her”.
http://www.nigeldouglas.co.uk/index.asp