Free Your Mind Production Credits
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Free Your Mind
Co-created by Michael 'Mikey J' Asante, Danny Boyle, Es Devlin, Sabrina Mahfouz and Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy.
Gareth Pugh Costume Designer
Lucy Carter Lighting Designer
Gareth Fry Sound Designer
Luke Halls Video Designer
Tracey Seaward Creative Producer
Jo Stendall and Kathleen Murphy for Boy Blue
Associate Producers
Lara Rose McCabe Rehearsal Director & Resident Director
Nathaniel SB Impraim-Jones Rehearsal Director
Amalie White Associate Set Designer
Chris Hirst Associate Lighting Designer
Production Team
Phil Wilding Production Manager
Sam Hunter Head of Production
Tahra Zafar Head of Costume
Lily Mollgaard Props Supervisor
Peter Barnett Company Stage Manager
Liz Copp Technical Stage Manager
Gemma Thomas Show Caller
Jambi Darnton, Afua Nuamah Assistant Stage Managers
Factory International
Fiona Pride Executive Producer
Anna Moutrey Senior Producer
Rowan Kudekha-Lark Associate Producer
Louis Lisle Production Administrator
Jack Thompson Associate Technical Director
Alex Adamson Head of Scenic & Gallery Installation
David Wimpenny Head of Lighting & Video
Sorcha Steele Head of Sound
Thank you to the entire Factory International team. For a full staff list, please see factoryinternational.org/free-your-mind-staff-list/
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Choreographic contribution from Lara Rose McCabe, Nathaniel SB Impraim-Jones and the full cast
Paul Moore Director of Production & Building Operations
John Gilleese Technical Manager
Rory Howson Associate Production Manager
Nick Murray Draughtsman
James Haworth at Event Safety Plan H&S Consultant
Lily Maketansky, Fraser Millward Production Coordinators
Zuri Fernandez, Maisha Kungu Company Coordinators
Abir Tobji Engagement Manager
Yatie Aziz Engagement Coordinator
Eleni Roka, Kieran Youd Factory Academy Interns
Isaac Partington Producing Apprentice
Tom French Deputy Head of Stage
James Unsworth Deputy Head of Exhibitions
Gareth Houghton, Pete Ellis, Chris Tonini Production Carpenters
Simon Beech, Bella Casson, Ted Ruiz Daniels, Joel Pendleton, Ellis Robison, Phil Thackray Stage Technicians
Stephanie Weaver, Cameron Gorman Stage Show Crew
Sam Avison Automation Operator
Mark Perrin, Ben Smith, Paul Smith Aerial Riggers
Frumpid Stumplestone Aerialist Technician
Hannah Marshall Production Wardrobe Manager
Emily Brooks, Tilly Jean Production Wardrobe Deputies
Lou-Anne Binns, Ilektra Charalampopoulou, Susan Krylonsky, Evangeline Taylor, Sharleen TebbWardrobe Department
Dominic Skinner for M·A·C Cosmetics Make-up Direction
Lucy Packham Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Cat Cameron Hair & Make-up Assistant
Tara Laverick, Rachel Tansey University of Salford Costume Interns
Philippa Downes, James Gaskell, Paul Hennessy, Jamie Owens Prop makers
Adam Greenwood Prop Technician
James Greenwood, Ian Moulds, Connor O'Neill, Peter Scandrett, Dash Wong Production Electricians
Max Narula Lighting Programmer
Akshay Khubchandani Lighting Technician & Programmer
Abigail Peacock University of Salford Placement
Toni Robinson Choir Director
Matthew Ward, Arnau Aragones, Alicia Sadler, Yvonne Park Vocals
Simon Chue Music Assistant
Pierce Archer, David Gregory, Lewis Jones, Paul Meardon, Eoin O'Grady Production Sound Engineers
William Bower Sound Technician
Eleanor Theodorou Sound Operator
Olympias Music Foundation
Alice Needham Choir Director
Olympias Music Foundation Youth Voices
Dean Trust Ardwick Choir
Mark Todd, Kat Kemsley, Zakk Hein Luke Halls Studio
Gareth Shelton Video Programmer
Andrew Croft, Alex Hawtin Video Technicians & Operators
Films by Ali Johnson, Jayden Crooks, Lui Bauer, Grace Smith, Charlie Andrew, Niall Del Gesso, Lauryn Pedley, Sonny DeCieco, Luca Testa School of Digital Arts (SODA)
Claire Bleasdale CDG Casting Director – Children
Jonathan Hull for Jonathan Hull Associates LLP Legal & Business Affairs
Rigging supplied by Unusual Rigging Ltd
LED screen supplied by Blue-I Ltd
Lights supplied by Christie Lites Ltd & White Light Ltd
Sound supplied by Stage Sound Services Ltd
Holoplot supplied by Creative Technologies Ltd
Scenery supplied by Visual Scene Ltd
Fabric Installation and Dance Floor supplied by J&C Joel Ltd
Arches supplied by J&C Joel Ltd & Stage One Ltd
Staging supplied by Steeldeck Rentals Ltd
Pyro supplied by Encore SFX
Lasers supplied by ER Productions Ltd
Apex hoists supplied by Tait and Unusual Rigging Ltd
Living Statues designer & engineer John Godbolt
Aerialist rigging & equipment by Anystage Creative Ltd
3D milk carton and torches by Aaron Merriman
1940s TV by Paul Jones FX
Blackboard and rehearsal support by Will Gaskell properly made
Key Maker by Philippa Rowley
Footwear sponsored by Dr. Martens
Make-up sponsored by M·A·C Cosmetics
Eyewear supplied by Tom Davies
Costumes supplied by Gareth Pugh, Applied Arts, Darcy Clothing, Fashion Enter, Prudence Millinery, Nicola Killeen Textiles
Wigs by Matt George Wigs
Programme edited by Polly Checkland Harding
WITH THANKS TO
Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski
Russell Allen from Arri Media. Vicki Amedume, Richard Asante, Mark Ball. Stephanie Barrick andJustine Dunton-Rose at M·A·C Cosmetics. Bruntwood.
Dr Alice Cliff, Rachel Knight, Sally MacDonald and John Stack from the Science and Industry Museum. Marsha Courneya, Jill Griffiths and Toby Heys from the School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan University. Ben Davis. Alex Fleetwood from Niantic Labs. Adam Gascoyne, Pearl Gerald, Kristi Gilligan. Mike Grierson from the Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts London. Sam Hayes, Ruth Hogben, Mika Hyde, Gabrielle Jenks, Sascha Jones, Mark Kaufman. Ben Lumsden from Epic Games. Lawrence Mattis. Carson McColl and Àine Geoghegan for HARD+SHINY. Robin McNicholas from Marshmallow Laser Feast. Tim Morris,, Chris Mullaney, Louis Mustill. Dr Miguel Ortiz from the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast. Matthew Plummer-Fernández. Toni Racklin and Angie Smith from Barbican Centre. Sam Renton. Matthew Shaw for ScanLAB. Neena Shea, Dominic Skinner, Tom Stansfield, Hugo Weaving as the voice of Smith. Hugh Whittaker from Warner Bros Electrical. Glyn Williams
Our deepest thanks go to all those who helped us make Free Your Mind the show that it is through our Research and Development workshops.
Jimmy Allan, Theophilus O. Bailey, Emily Bajic, Zoe Baptiste, Nicey Belgrave, Tanaka Bingwa, Georgia Bird, India Bowen, Ellis Brownhill, Emma Cameron, Ffion Campbell-Davies, Irena Cuturic, Ricardo da Silva, Joseph Davies, Idney De’Almeida, George Duker, Holly Dunsmore, Lily Louisa Field, Jordan ‘J-Funk’ Franklin, Dennis George Zimmerman, Martina Gumbs, Yasmin Harcourt, Ian Harris, Nina Heywood, Tia Holden, Mackenzie Hunt, Eunice Huthart, Tobi Izedomi, Pascha Jacobs-Jones, Natalie James, Malachi Lewis-Paul, Poppydene Lingham, Jenai Mason-Smith, Lara Rose McCabe, Kelsey Miller, Nicole Nyemi-Tei, Andera Peiroudi, Miguel Semedo, Eloise Sheldon, Olivia Shouler, Clarissa Shulungu, Stefan Sinclair, Chad Taylor, Ziggy Taylor, Iona Turnbull, Jules Valentine, Kane Walcott, Rosie Whiting, Katherine Wilde
Factory International is grateful for the support of all of our corporate and commercial partners, individual donors, trusts and foundations and public funders. Factory International is a registered charity (charity number: 1113902). Email supportus@factoryinternational.org for more information.
Based on the Warner Bros films written and directed by the Wachowskis. Produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros Theatre Ventures. Commissioned and produced by Factory International.
Rehearsal photography by Tristram Kenton.
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