HAMLYN
The Space Theatre, 269 Westferry Road, E14 3RS        Contact us at: 020 7515 7799
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    Sandra Maturana
    Director
    Sandra is a multilingual director with a strong background in physical theatre. She trained as an actress in Spain and completed an MA in Text and Performance at RADA. She also attended the directors Lab at the Lincoln Centre Theater (NY), the directors’ course with Stonecrabs and training at L´école de Lecoq (Paris).
    Sandra was a Jerwood Assistant Director at the Young Vic in 2010; she has assisted on several plays including My Dad ´s a Birdman (The Young Vic), Seven Angels (ROH2 and UK Tour) and The Mouse and his Child (RSC). She has directed plays at The Riverside Studios (A Date with Doris), Theatre 503 (Building Walls), the Edinburgh festival (Alice´s Shadow), The Albany (Love of Don Perlimplin), Oval House (Borderlands) and BAC. She recently directed an R&D on Yerma by Lorca at the RSC studio and she is currently a fellow director at The Space. Sandra has also developed excellent movement skills through her training in different dance disciplines. As an actor her credits include playing Tinkerbell in the O2´s production of Peter Pan.

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    Ben Borowiecki
    Assistant Director
    An actor, writer and director, Ben has worked in cinema, television, radio and theatre with the National Theatre, Warner Brothers, the BBC, the Warwick Arts Centre, Interacting Theatre Company, sBrasil and 509 Arts. His performing credits include the Harry Potter films, Wonderous Oblivion, Casualty, Holby City and And Now Fourteen More with Inua Ellams at the National Theatre. As a director he founded FreshFest; the new writing festival now into its fourth year at Warwick University, and directed the UK debut of Brecht's 'Dansen' at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013. He now tours internationally as Assistant Director with Interacting Theatre and Expolingua, and as a storyteller with the European Union Cultural Project 'Learning at the Hearth'.
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    Nuno Veiga
    Sound Designer
    Nuno Veiga is an actor, sound designer and arts practitioner.
    A graduate of Theater Studies from the University of Évora in his native Portugal. Nuno´s professional theatre work there includes sound design and acting roles in many productions with directors such as Melina Theocharidou, Chris O'Connell, Jens Peters, Sandra Maturana, Anton Mirto, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, José Neves,  Luís Castro,  Ricardo Pais, Nuno Carinhas, Victor Hugo Pontes and Jorge Fraga.
    His diverse range of work for the National Theater in Portugal (S. João and Dona Maria II) includes acting roles in “Hamlet” and “Beiras”, sound design for “Bestas Bestiais” and “Querido Monstro” and directing the community project “Discovering Gil Vincente”. Nuno was also on the teaching faculty as an acting teacher at Oporto´s Balleteatro Professional School.
    Nuno moved to London in 2011 and has since worked as a performer and sound designer on projects for London College of Fashion, Young Vic, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Soho Theatre, Knot Theory and for Theatre Absolute.
    As a art practioner he worked  The Homegrown Generator workshops at the  Battersea Arts Centre.

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    Darren Ellis
    Movement Director
    Darren trained at Rambert Dance School and Laban as part of Transitions Dance Company. He has danced for over 20 years with David Massingham Dance, Janet Smith, Jeremy James Co, Matthew Bourne’s Swan lake (original cast), Cinderella, Nutcracker and Play Without Words, Random Dance Co., Mark Bruce Dance Co. and most recently Richard Alston Dance Co. where he became Rehearsal Director. Darren's Choreographic credits include two-time semi-finalist for Bloomberg's The Place Prize for Dance 2010, 2012 and has been an Associate Artist at DanceEast Ipswich since 2011. For his own company, Darren Ellis Dance, he has created seven works including Sticks and Bones (2009) Long Walk Home (2011)  set to live folk music from The Askew Sisters, After Effects (2011) and Revolver (2012) touring nationally and internationally. Darren has also made two works for Richard Alston Dance Company, Tempt My Better Angel (2008) and No More Ghosts (2009). Darren also collaborates with film makers, directors and visual artists to make new work for film, theatre and gallery installations and has Just created a new show for young children Meeting Mr Boom! Touring nationally through 2014.
    Darren choreograph's many works for various student companies and educational and community projects and regularly teaches at the Rambert Dance school and London Contemporary Dance School as well as many professional companies including Mathew Bourne's New Adventures,Rambert Dance Company and DV8.

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    Jeffrey Michael
    Designer
    Jeffrey Michael is a London based costume, fashion, and production designer for film, theatre, and celebrity. His work has been featured in film, TV, on red carpet, and shown at London, Paris, Brazilian, and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. 
    His work can be viewed at www.jeffrey-michael.com as well as current projects on twitter @jeffrey_design.
    Trained as an architect in Canada, his work has included theatre, short, advert, and feature film work. His costumes showcase detailed handmade pieces, as well as uses of layering and unique texture to portray character.
    JM has been showcased in Vogue, interviewed on Fashion Television, and been seen in Mercedes Benz Kiev Fashion Week. As well as been shown in Idol Magazine, ID magazine, Top10 Magazine. His work has been featured on TV projects for Louis Spence’s Showbusiness, Much Music Awards, Got to Dance on Sky1 TV, and for the makeup brand Rimmel London in their ‘Get the London Look’ commercials with Georgia May Jagger.  As well he has been on music videos for Groove Armada and Example.
    At the moment, Jeffrey has worked with such pop stars as Jessie J, U2, Example, Dionne Bromfield, Kimberly Wyatt (of the Pussycat Dolls), Diana Vickers, Daniel Bedingfield, Jason Derulo, Daisy Lowe, Groove Armada, Kreesha Turner, Nate James, and Marina and the Diamonds. 
    He has recently been commissioned for a major feature film with Blonde to Black Productions, and also just completely production and costume design on the richly acclaimed "Sherlock Holmes & The Speckled Band" performed in York's 'Treasure's House', and Ripley Castle.
    Producer
    Writer
    Translator
    Adam Hemming
    Juan Mayorga
    David Johnston