demi-paradise productions


	WHO'S WHO

Stephen Tomlin (Producer) Stephen was both producer & director of Richard II and Measure for Measure. Thereafter he has produced all subsequent shows, as well as directing the 2003 Deck The Hall ... and the premiere of Richard III - On Trial for Murder. His other work as a director includes The Rivals and The Crucible for Brewery Theatre Co at The Brewery Arts Centre Kendal and Our Country’s Good for The University of Cumbria at Carlisle. Trained as a specialist speech and drama teacher at the Central School, Stephen has enjoyed a long and varied career as an actor and educationalist over the last thirty five years but will still be best remembered by many as the 1991 BBC TV Mastermind champion.
Ian Blower (Associate Director) Ian’s work as a director has taken him from Off Broadway to theatre in education and young people’s and national touring productions in Wales, the Midlands and London. Ian directed The Canterbury Tales for Kendal’s Brewery Theatre Co, The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Midsummer Night’s Dream for University of Cumbria at Carlisle. At the Dukes Lancaster he produced a string of pantomime hits – Puss in Boots, Cinderella and Dick Whittington & His Cat. Ian is a guest director at drama schools, including Rose Bruford, London and the Arden School, Manchester. For demi-paradise Ian previously directed Blood Red Roses, Macbeth and All’s Well …, and co-directed Richard III.
Sue McCormick (Associate Director) After 25 years as a performer Sue is delighted to find herself juggling three careers as an actress, writer and director. In 2006, with her acting hat on, she was in three shows for Hull Truck and in an episode of Emmerdale for ITV. In 2007 Quondam Arts toured her play Unruly Women, and she is currently working on the 2008 new play for Quondam. For demi-paradise Sue appeared as the Queen in Richard II, co-directed Richard III and Hamlet as well as devising, directing and performing in productions of Deck The Hall ... and Blood Red Roses.
Jude Glendinning (Musical Director) Jude pursued her vocal studies at the Royal Northern College of Music where she gained a first class honours degree. She has toured with an acapella singing group singing close harmony folk/jazz and has taught and conducted choirs and orchestras throughout England, including two years as a choral animateur for the British Federation of Young Choirs and orchestras. Currently she conducts a world music singing group and classical choir and is a vocal professor at Lancaster University. Jude was demi-paradise’s musical director for Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Richard III & Hamlet.
C. P. Hallam (Associate Director) Chris first collaborated on direction with his two one man shows The Prime Minister’s Son and Get Oscar! Both produced in collaboration with a writer. He has recently done similar work for Earheart in It’s Difficult to Say with Any Certainty for Blue 5 at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. His other new writing direction and script development work includes Bruised for writer Mark Kilmurray and The Blue River for writer Mike Crowley. Chris has recently taught at the Northern Actors Centre and Urban Stage in Manchester, where he also directed Daisy Pulls it Off. Chris’s work as an actor has included Bolton Octagon, West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Queen’s Hornchurch and various middle scale touring companies. He has worked at Lancaster Castle twice with demi-paradise in Alls Well That Ends Well and Richard III, as well as performing in Deck The Hall With Boughs of Holly and co-directing Hamlet.