Lucy and Amber founded Frozen Light in 2013. Since that time they have devised, produced and toured five multi-sensory productions for audiences with PMLD: Tunnels; The Forest; HOME; The Isle of Brimsker and 2065. Night Out In Nature was their first opportunity to create work for the outdoors and this has been an incredibly exciting experience. They also worked with more actors than ever before and it was a joy to bring so many creative voices into the production.

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 and is an Associate Director at Frozen Light. 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.

https://www.kateoconnor.co.uk/

Kat Heath trained in Design for Performance at Wimbledon School of Art and Central Saint Martins. She designs set and costume for theatre, music, opera and dance, and is drawn to unconventional and innovative forms of storytelling. Collaboration, play and experimentation are at the heart of Kat’s work, entwining design with narrative from the start of the process. She is drawn to immersive and site-responsive projects, working regularly with Punchdrunk, Theatre Delicatessen, Geraldine Pilgrim, dreamthinkspeak, Differencengine, Rift and Silent Opera. She is excited about exploring how sensory design can make theatre more accessible to audiences with different needs and disabilities.

http://katheath.com/

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.

http://halmarack.com/

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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!

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.

https://www.mairavazeou.com/

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 Tunnels tour where he got to experience at first hand the possibilities of inclusion for audiences with PMLD through the use of multi sensory theatre performances.

Recent stage credits include The Grandmothers Grimm (Some Kind of Theatre), The Tempest (Cream Faced Loons), Gallathea, A Christmas Carol and Antony & Cleopatra (The Show Must Go Online), The Third Murderer, an interactive online experience (Sheffield Theatres), and multiple award-winning appearances at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. Recent voice credits include audio drama The Secret of St Kilda (Haggis and Dragons Productions) and narrative non-fiction series Caper (Studio Ochenta). When not on-stage Michelle dedicates her time to the support and development of new writing with a focus on improving representation and inclusion for performers of colour, LGBTQIA* performers and performers with hidden disabilities.

Iona is an Actor Musician from Wiltshire. She trained at East 15 Acting School studying Acting and Community Theatre. Some performing highlights include: Home (Folio Theatre, Wiltshire Creative), I Love You Mum I Promise I Won’t Die (The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation), Father Christmas (Royal Albert Hall, Goblin Theatre), Magical Moggie (FEEL Theatre) and the Pilgrimage (Cocoloco). She composed & wrote an episode for Goblin Theatre’s Podcast Musical Stories for Kids, and co created and composed Magical Moggie A Musical Adventure, an interactive, digital storybook for audiences with complex needs. Iona has recently received an arts council grant to develop herself as a sensory music composer for audiences with PMLD.

www.ionajohnson.co.uk

Phoebe Kemp is a theatre maker and performer, with a passion for sensory theatre and reaching groups of audiences often excluded. Phoebe has been working in theatre for over 10 years, and has worked with leading sensory theatre practitioners including Gill Brigg and Oily Cart. Outside of sensory theatre, Phoebe wrote and toured a solo show about disabled suffragette May Billinghurst, co-led Natural Theatre’s “Natural Diversions” project (creating street theatre from a disability perspective) and assistant directed “Never Better” a show about mental health by Strike a Light Theatre Company.

Cathy gained a First in English from Sheffield University, winning the William Empson Prize for Acting, then went on to train at the Poor School. She first met Frozen Light at their 2017 Residency, which led to co-founding Collidescape, to create & tour Wanderlust, for audiences with PMLD, for which she wrote all the songs & music. She has worked with the National on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Untold Stories; other highlights include Witness for the Prosecution; The Mousetrap; work with Watermill Theatre; Theatre Royal Bath; & Jersey Opera House. She currently plays historical roles in schools with Freshwater Theatre Co. Cathy recently devised all the songs for MakeBelieve Arts’ online Song Basket; & has led Rucksack Music since her 19 year old was a toddler.

www.cathywalker.co.uk

Jane trained at East 15 Acting School in Acting and Community Theatre. She is a theatre practitioner and workshop facilitator, specialising in working with neurodivergent young people and adults. Jane co-founded Make/Sense Theatre in Reading - a company that creates work for, by and with the neurodivergent community. She was recently the Associate Director on When This Is Over, an anthology of life stories as told by a young company of neurodivergent actors in association with Reading Rep Theatre and Company Three. Jane also worked as composer and actor/musician on Make/Sense’s recent multi-sensory theatre piece inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and is currently performing in a wintry sensory production she co-wrote and composed for Make/Sense Theatre to take to local SEN schools called The Fox Tale.

Rachel is an Actor Musician from Hull. She trained at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and studied English at the University of Hull. Recent credits include Sugar Coat (Vault), Joan of Leeds (Breach), Canary And The Crow (Arcola Theatre), I Hate Alone (Middle Child), The Sicilian Courtesan, and Kasimir and Karoline (Gate Theatre).She is also a founding member of She Productions Theatre Company, most recently composing and appearing in It’s Different For Girls (ERT) and MissCast (Teatro Bar El Vicio).

Anna is a maker-of-things based in Bristol, working across disciplines including theatre, textiles, installation and live art. She is passionate about breaking down barriers to access and inclusion in everything she does and holds a Level 6 certificate in British Sign Language. She is currently Assistant Facilitator with Many Minds (a Bristol-based mental health and performance charity) and Taking Flight Theatre’s youth theatre for d/Deaf young people in Cardiff. She recently worked with Bristol Old Vic to create a digital version of her live art piece All The Threads You Left Behind for their Sudden Connections season.