STEVE
NALLON, Writer and Performer
Steve is one of Britain’s most versatile and prolific writers and performers working in all aspects of the media from film and television to radio and theatre. He began as an entertainer on the northern working men’s club circuit when he was just sixteen. After gaining a degree in Drama and English at The University of Birmingham he became an original member of the Spitting Image team providing the voices of The Queen Mum, Roy Hattersley, Margaret Thatcher, David Attenborough and many more for the next ten years. Steve’s recent television appearances as an impressionist could be seen on Who Did You Do?, Newsnight, Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression, The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, and Night of a Thousand Faces with Dame Edna Everage.
Steve’s writing includes The Ghost of Number Ten and The Nallon Tapes, two major comedy series for BBC Radio Four written with Turan Ali, the drama Props written with Mark Eden and the play Prizegiving written with the novelist Tom Holt. In 1989 Steve wrote I, Margaret with Tom Holt, the spoof autobiography of Baroness Thatcher published by Macmillan. Other published writing includes articles for ScriptWriter and Musical Stages, and a chapter on musical theatre for the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. For the stage, Steve wrote the book of Like Love, a new musical commissioned by the Jermyn Street Theatre.
As an actor, Steve has performed in several musicals including Carnival (Barbican), The Rocky Horror Show (Leicester Haymarket), and The Cloggies (Theatr Clwyd). Film credits include The Girl With Brains in Her Feet and Asylum. As a celebrity guest, Steve has made numerous television appearances on such shows as Call My Bluff and Noel’s Telly Years. From 1995-2003 Steve was a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts in the University of Birmingham.
TOBY FROW, Director
Directing credits include: A View From The Bridge (Birmingham Repertory Theatre & West Yorkshire Playhouse); Equal Partners, The Bill Cantor Story, The Hope, Two’s Company, A Day Like Today, War Tony And The Great White Shark (all Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); Peer Gynt (Battersea Arts Centre); Of Mice And Men (Southwark Playhouse); Blackberries (Orange Tree, The Room).
RICHARD HAMMARTON, Music Composition
Music composer on Dealer’s Choice in 2003 for Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Richard recently wrote the music for Kombat at the National Theatre Studio, as well as writing, arranging and supervising the music for A Raisin In The Sun at the Young Vic. Outside of the theatre, Richard has written for TV in the shape of Sex 'n' Death, The Ship and a quiz show No Win No Fee for the BBC. Currently a Macleans toothpaste advert features his music. He also had a hand in the music for the ITV series Take Me, and several episodes of Silent Witness. Alongside composition, Richard has worked for composers John Harle, Carl Davis and Matthew Scott, and played cello for various TV shows and the National Theatre.