PERFOMER

Lee Bainbridge is a Yorkshire actor. He trained at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and Columbia College Chicago. He has worked extensively on both the stage and screen. Select theatre credits include Razing Eddie, Heroin(e) for Breakfast and Shellshocked by Philip Stokes, Bouncers and April in Paris by John Godber, Stand and Loaded in Harrogate by David Bown. Select screen credits include Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, Coronation Street and Muppets Most Wanted. Lee is a former Royal Marine Commando and is represented by Northern Gold Personal Management.

PERFORMER

Jack Stokes is 21 years-old and hails from Leeds, England. He made his professional debut in the multi-award-winning one-man show Jesus, Jane, Mother and Me. For his performance Jack was awarded Best Edinburgh Fringe Solo Performance in 2022 and the Adelaide Critics Circle Award in 2023. His sophomore one-man show LASH was nominated for an OFFIE (Best Off West End Production) and won Best Monologue from Theatre Weekly UK. Shellshocked is Jack’s third professional production. Jack has no professional training and is represented by Fourth Wall Management, Los Angeles, California.

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Craig Lomas is a theatre, production, and events technician and designer based in Yorkshire, North England. Craig trained at Bretton Hall, specialising in lighting for performance, but has since diversified into other areas of design for performance and events, including set, sound, video, poster and flyer design, and photography. Over the past two decades, Craig has collaborated with Philip Stokes and Richard Jordan on numerous productions. In the early 2000s, Craig was one of the four core members of Horizon Arts, a prominent figure in the UK Fringe theatre scene. Craig has designed various production elements for Horizon shows, including the award-winning ‘Heroin(e) for Breakfast,’ which received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009 and subsequently won the Holden Street Theatres Edinburgh Fringe Award. This success led to a four-week run at the 2010 Adelaide Fringe. Craig also collaborated with Richard Jordan and King Brilliant Theatre reviving the show for its tenth anniversary at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Craig was a founding member of Yorkshire-based Actual Size Theatre Company and created the set and lighting designs for their 2018 show, ‘The Little Angel’, as well as the recurring musical theatre revue, ‘The Money Note Club’. More recently, Craig designed the set and lighting for the award-winning show, ‘Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me,’ which toured nationally and internationally in 2023.

TECHNICIAN

PRODUCER

Richard Jordan Productions is a TONY, Olivier, and EMMY Award-winning production company based in London under the artistic leadership of British producer Richard Jordan. Founded in 1998, his company has produced over 250 productions in the UK as well as 28 other countries, including 95 world premières and 91 European, Australian or US premières producing and collaborating with many of the world’s leading theatres. In the UK, Richard has enjoyed a long association with the Edinburgh Fringe and is Patron of the Brighton Fringe – the world’s third largest fringe festival. Since 2006 he has produced extensively in Australia at theatres and festivals including: Sydney Theatre Company; La Boit Brisbane; QPAC; Melbourne Arts Centre; IPAC Wollongong (where he is also international producing partner); Ten Days on the Island; Melbourne Festival; Perth Festival; and Sydney Festival. His past productions at the Adelaide International Festival and Fringe include: Itsoseng; Big Mouth; La Merda; Fight Night; Bitch Boxer; Dylan Thomas Return Journey directed by Anthony Hopkins; Believe; Us/Them; Penny Arcade: Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!; Freeze; Heroin(e) for Breakfast; The East Van to Adelaide Digital Season; Jesus, Jane, Mother and Me, Transmission into the night, and en route. Described by The Stage newspaper as “one of the UK’s most prolific theatre producers,” Richard, along with his company, have been at the forefront of developing and/or commissioning works often with a strong social and political agenda. In October 2022, Richard became the first international producer to present work in Ukraine since the outbreak of war with the Russian Federation, bringing art and humanitarian aid to the arts communities of Lviv as part of the Golden Lion Theatre Festival. A new writing and musical theatre specialist, past productions have won over 60 major awards including: the TONY Award for Best Play (and 11 other TONY nominations); Olivier; EMMY; 17 Scotsman Fringe Firsts; DORA; Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award; Spirit of the Fringe; two Herald Angel; 10 Total Theatre; US Black Alliance; Obie; and the John Gassner Award for Best New American Play. In 1998 Richard was the first recipient of the Society of London Theatre/ TIF New Producers Bursary Award, and in 2013 he became the first British producer to have won every notable Broadway and Off-Broadway Best Play award. Richard discovered playwright Philip Stokes in 2010 and has developed his plays worldwide. Alongside Yvette Cooper MP, he serves as Patron of Philip’s theatre and education company in the UK 412 which works with young people from communities across West Yorkshire. For more information about our productions email us at; info@richardjordanproductions.com

PRODUCER

PRODUCER

412 Productions is the professional arm of 412 School of Performing Arts and Gymnastics – The North’s biggest independent provider of performing arts training for children and young people. Led by Artistic Director Ella Davey, 412 Productions is based in West Yorkshire and gives opportunities to young people to make inroads into the professional performing arts industry. Joint Patrons are the MP Yvette Cooper and the TONY, Olivier, and Emmy award-winning theatre producer Richard Jordan. 412 has produced independent and ACE funded work since 2015. Productions include Super Cool Love; ANTS; Jesus, Jane, Mother and Me; and Lash - a pulsating new play about going out out! 412 also produce professional dance showcases and their work has been enjoyed around the UK at venues such as Leeds Playhouse, the Lowry Manchester, pleasant London, NSCD, Jersey Arts centre, Phoenix Theatre and many more. Ella is passionate about giving opportunities to young people from working class backgrounds where financial constraints may prevent access. www.412dancetheatre.com

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Pleasance Theatre Trust has since 1985 become one of the most famous festival organisations in the world. With 23 venues at the heart of the Edinburgh Fringe and a year-round operation in Islington, London, with theatre, rehearsal and development spaces, the Pleasance has created a platform where the most established artists stand shoulder to shoulder with the rising stars of the future. www.pleasance.co.uk

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Lawrence Batley Theatre is located in the Yorkshire town of Huddersfield. The theatre presents a wide-ranging year-round programme of in-house and visiting productions from drama and contemporary dance to circus and pantomime. Lawrence Batley Theatre is the creative heart of Huddersfield. They share exciting and entertaining stories, encourage creativity, and develop local and national talent. They are brave and unafraid of taking risks. Visit thelbt.org to find out more.

Image by Craig Lomas

Original Score by Brian Morrell

Production General Management (HST season)– Richard Jordan Productions Ltd and Holden Street Theatres

Executive Producers – Richard Jordan and Martha Lott

Shellshocked is produced in association with Harrogate Theatre