The Bar at the Edge of Time, Creative Team

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.

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.

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!

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