The Bar at the Edge of Time, Creative Team

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.

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.

www.kateoconnor.co.uk

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.

http://halmarack.com/

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.

www.katheath.com

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.

www.www.mairavazeou.com .com

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!

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.

Rhodora Perkins

STAGE MANAGER

Coming soon!

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.