Meet the Production Team

Stacey Moon-Tracy

Playwright and Researcher

Stacey is a playwright, dramaturg and researcher based in the East Midlands. She creates collaborative, research driven work that amplifies voices that are often not listened carefully to. Her work often explores care, identity and resilience from working class and women’s perspectives.

Her practice spans theatre, community and academia, with a focus on ethical storytelling and using drama to spark real world conversations.

Stacey holds a PhD with a focus on Arts, Health and Wellbeing using playwriting as a research method from Coventry University.

Stacey is also the Learning and Aspiration Manager at Mansfield Palace Theatre and Mansfield Museum.

Derek is a theatre composer, musician and sound designer based in Coventry, who specialises in creating music for unusual situations.

He has worked with London Sinfonietta, the City of Birmingham Symphonia Orchestra, Clare Cunningham and Caes do Mar and his Symphony of remembering performed by the Orchestra of the Swan at the iconic Coventry Cathedral.

Derek is also Co-Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Talking Birds and with his ensemble The Sonoplasts has performed life for BBC3 Radio.

Alice Williams

Producer

Alice is a project manager, producer, facilitator and strategic thinker with 20 years' experience working across theatre, communities, and the voluntary sector. Specialising in arts, health and wellbeing, she has worked across the arts, heritage, culture, health, education and local authority sectors, with a particular focus on addressing health inequalities.

Alice is passionate about the power of theatre and the creative arts to transform lives, develop skills, and improve health and wellbeing.

Orla is a working class theatre director, writer and producer. She has been a co-creation specialist for over sixteen years, Artistic Director of Lit Theatre Company, creating contemporary theatre with communities in the Midlands. Orla’s work is driven by social justice with the aim to connect people with theatre as a tool for change.

Orla has worked with many theatres and theatre companies including Nottingham Playhouse, Curve Leicester, Talking Birds and Belgrade Theatre.

Janet Vaughan

Set and Costume Designer

Janet has designed site specific and touring performances for unusual spaces, devised theatre and new writing, and started her career in Theatre in Education. As a freelance designer she has worked with Theatre Absolute, the Belgrade Theatre, and created a pop-up shop kit for the ground-breaking Retail Ready People in 2013. Janet’s designs were chosen to represent UK scenography at the Prague Quadrennial World Scenography Exhibitions in 1999 and 2015, and she was part of Julie’s Bicycle‘s first cohort of Creative Climate Changemakers. She is a keen allotmenteer and wildlife gardener, and Advisory Board Member for the WMCA Community Environment Network. Janet was a primary school governor for 11 years and is/has been a board member at Ludic Rooms, Open Theatre & Gloucester Guildhall.

Ali Bakewell

Stage Manager

Ali Bakewell- retrained as a Stage Manager in 2003, after a career in teaching. 'A touring stage manager is like a theatre Mum: Checking everything is safe and everyone has everything they need; lots of communication; fixing things that go wrong and sorting out problems; and providing tea and sympathy — and cake.' Like most mums, her job has long hours and often requires clearing up other people's messes. She loves it. There is nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done.