BRIAN THRESH - PRODUCER / DIRECTOR

Brian has a BA (Hons) in English from London University and trained in classical acting at the 'Webber Douglas School of Acting'. He set up the 'Image Theatre Company' in 1988 to provide schools and theatres with high quality stimulating drama for young people. Since 1995, in musical partnership with Robert Hyman, he has adapted, produced and directed numerous classical children stories as participation musicals. In the spring of 1998 he successfully adapted and produced his first musical for an adult audience, 'Vanity Fair', followed by 'Tess of the D'Ubervilles, 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wuthering Heights'.

ROBERT HYMAN - COMPOSER

Robert graduated from Exeter University with an Honours Degree in Music and Drama. He has composed 16 musical scores including 'A Tale of Two Cities' which made the final of the 1988 Vivien Ellis Awards and received much praise from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tony Hatch. He has composed thirteen participation musicals for children and 'Vanity Fair', 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wuthering Heights' as full length musicals for Image Musical Theatre. In 1999 he wrote and composed 'House' for The Millfield Youth Theatre made possible by a grant under the A4E scheme and in 2000 and composed a new musical Y3K for the same organisation.

MATTHEW POTTER - SCENIC ARTIST

Matthew graduated from 'Wimbledon School of Art' in 2002 with a Fine Painting BA (Hons) degree. He has been exhibiting his own work since then and has completed a number of commissions. Matthew has been Scenic Artist for Image since 2004 and has created fantastic spell-binding scenery for 'Pinocchio', 'Tom's Midnight Garden', Wind in the Willows', 'Scrooge', 'The Jungle Book', 'The Snow Queen', 'The Secret Garden', 'The Selfish Giant', 'The Railway Children' and 'Beauty and the Beast'.

KATHERINE LARA - PENTON - COSTUME DESIGNER

Katherine, in the early days, designed many shows for Image and found that the only way of getting out of doing anymore was to have 3 children. Now all the children are at school she can no longer think of anymore excuses to get out of her work so thankfully her wonderful costuming talents have returned to Image.

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PLAYS ADAPTED AND DIRECTED FOR IMAGE MUSICAL THEATRE

Productions for Primary Schools and family audiences in Small and Mid Scale Theatres

A Christmas Carol, The Wind in the Willows, Tom's Midnight Garden, The Jungle Book,The Snow Queen,The Secret Garden, Alice in Wonderland, The Railway Children, Beauty & the Beast , A Little Princess, Hansel & Gretel, Stig of the Dump, Pinocchio, The Selfish Giant , The Adventures of Water Droplet, and The Happy Prince

Productions for adult audiences in Mid and Small Scale Theatres

Straight Plays:- Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Tale of Two Cities.

Full length musicals:- Vanity Fair, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.