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Simon is a writer and director, having studied theatre at the University of Warwick, and then taken an M.A. in Script Writing at City University.

He creates scripts for film, TV, audio and theatre. His short film Forgiving Your PE Teacher was the winner of the ”Brief Encounters” Film Festival, his play The Gaffer and the Wood God won the Constance Cox Radio Play Competition, and he helped write the feature Across The River. Most recently he has produced the sci-fi audio comedy The Space Buccaneers! 

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Amy trained at Identity Drama School and Mountview.

She has starred in notable theatre productions such as When Women Wee (Soho Theatre, Oval House Theatre, Etcetera Theatre) which she co wrote and starred in, YOGHURT IS NOT SEXY (Arcola Theatre), The Time Machine (UK tour / London Park Theatre) which was nominated for an Olivier in 2024,  A Midsummer Nights Dream (Stafford Gatehouse), The Possibility of Colour, (Manchester Tour) OFFSIDE (UK Tour), Black of White Coffee (Union Theatre) and in films such as Kopparberg and a Cheap Bikini (2021), Homie (2020) and Valerie (2015) and will be appearing in S3 of Jamie Johnson FC on (BBC/CBBC in 2025)

Ming has worked as a dance artist, choreographer, lighting designer and technician for 9 years since graduating from Palm Beach Atlantic University. 

After graduating, she went on to become a production apprentice at New York Live Arts where she had the opportunity to work with artists, such as Bill T. Jones, Okwui Okpokwasili and Miguel Gutierrez. 

In 2018, Ming graduated with an MFA in choreography with distinction from Roehampton University, winning the Choreographic Thesis Prize. 

Ming has also done several lighting designs for H2 Dance, Fubunation, and Resolutions Dance Festival. Ming is currently pursuing a PhD at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, works as a visiting lecturer at Roehampton University, and recently performed in works by H2 Dance, Nicola Conibere, Amber Jarman-Crainey, and Seke Chimutengwende.

Annie is the Artistic Director of Open Page Productions. She is a producer, director and an award-winning writer.

A graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme she has had multiple short plays staged at venues such as Soho Theatre, The Old Red Lion Theatre, The Hen & Chickens, The Pleasance, Octagon, Leicester Square Theatre, The Etcetera, The Rosemary Branch and The Tabard. 

Annie has written several short films which have been screened at various film festivals and in 2014 she won the Best Screenwriter award at Underwire film festival for her screenplay Caravan 9.

Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and an anthology. In 2021 she was shortlisted for The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction.

She also trained as a FCP Editor at Ealing Film Studios and is a fringe theatre reviewer for London Pub Theatres Magazine.

Tippy is the Creative Director of Open Page Productions. She is an award winning director, actor, film maker and practitioner for stage and screen, based in Chelmsford. 

Tippy has directed multiple plays at  venues  including The Kings Head Theatre, Drayton Arms Theatre, Hen & Chickens and Harlow Playhouse. 

Most recently she directed a new play The A Word written by Jade Winters which raises awareness of domestic abuse in the LGBTQ+ community, in collaboration with the charity Safe Lives. 

As an actor, Tippy has appeared in a range of supporting roles for Netflix, Amazon Prime & Channel 4. She is an award-winning filmmaker and her most recent experimental film Terminus, was screened at BAFTA qualifying festivals and won at the London Independent Film Awards.

Currently she is collaborating with University Centre Harlow, Essex Film Collective, Film Barking & Dagenham, and is part of the Director’s Development Programme at The Mercury Theatre.

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 Tippy Elgar