About Grey Light Productions

Ben is Executive Producer of Grey Light Productions, which he co-founded with Georgina Guy in 2006. He has produced all of the company's shows to date as well as the ongoing American Voices series.

Alongside working with Grey Light, Ben is a freelance producer and administrator of theatre and comedy. He runs production company Supporting Wall with producing partner Will Young and is producer of a sketch comedy group. Other credits include the inaugural US tour by the Oxford Revue in September 2008; Max McGuinness' Up the Republic! at the King's Head Theatre, London, and Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh (summer 2008); Little Shop of Horrors (Edinburgh Fringe 2008); Under Milk Wood (Edinburgh Fringe 2007); and Alice — Through the Looking Glass, Fuente Ovejuna and The Threepenny Opera at Oxford Playhouse. He is former producer of The Oxford Revue, producing shows for them in Edinburgh, London, Oxford and on tour, including At the Magdalen Auditorium with Armando Iannucci. Ben was fundraising manager for the world premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker's Jenufa at the Arcola Theatre in 2007, and was Assistant Programming Director of Theatre and Contemporary Art at the Centre Mathis, Paris, in 2007. He has also produced the Cameron Mackintosh and OUDS New Writing Festival 2006, has worked for Metta Theatre and Primavera Productions in Oxford and London, and was on the marketing team for the first Summer Festival at the North Wall. He has appeared as a guest reviewer on On the Fringe, a theatre radio programme on Resonance FM, and will teach a session on the MA Course in Creative Producing at the University of Kent later this year.

Georgina is Artistic Director of Grey Light Productions and has directed all the company's shows to date, including BANK and Other Plays(King's Head Theatre), Uncle Barry (Blue Elephant Theatre) and American Voices (Greenwich Playhouse). She also works as an Assistant Teacher at RADA, taking classes in Principles of Acting as part of the MA Text and Performance course. As Assistant Director, Georgina has worked with Roland Jaquarello on Enduring Freedom by Anders Lustgarten (Finborough Theatre) and with Brigid Panet on The Tempest (RADA). In 2007, Georgina was as a Student Representative for the Donmar Warehouse and an intern in the Literary Department at the Royal Court Theatre. Other directing credits include Waiting For Godot and Endgame (Old Fire Station Theatre) and BANK (Burton Taylor Studio, winner of the Cameron Mackintosh Award for New Writing 2006, Best Director, Best Cast Ensemble and Best Production).

Sam Thomas is a Welsh playwright living in London. He has produced four plays with Grey Light: Telemaphone, TickyTock, and BANK at the King’s Head Theatre and Uncle Barry at the Blue Elephant Theatre. A fifth play, LoveSpoons, is currently being developed with Grey Light’s support. Before becoming Grey Light’s Writer in Residence, Sam had work produced at the Buxton Festival and at the Grand Theatre, Taliesin Theatre and Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea. TickyTock won the ACTSwansea playoff competition in 2005 and BANK won the Cameron Mackintosh Prize for New Writing in 2006.

Hilary Graduated with a First in Theatre Design from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2006. She is currently working as resident Theatre Designer/Stage Manager at Trent College, Nottingham. Theatre Design Credits Include: Charley's Aunt (Nationwide Outdoor Tour), American Voices (Grey Light Productions/ Metropolitan Playhouse NYC), Hedda Gabler, The Merchant of Venice (Greenwich Playhouse), The Pirates of Penzance (Pontardawe Arts Centre), Uncle Barry (Blue Elephant Theatre), Duck Variations (Regent's Park Theatre Studio/King's Head Theatre), Opera Cabaret (Arcola Theatre), BANK (King's Head Theatre), The Secret of Belonging (Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre), Gull (Chapter Studio), Rock Odyssey (Dylan Thomas Theatre) and Company (Sherman Theatre). Art Direction and Design for film includes work with The London Film Academy and Central School of Speech and Drama. Hilary has also worked as an assistant to Lizzie Clachan on the RSC's I'll be the Devil / Days of Significance at the Tricycle Theatre, Sean Crowley on the Wales Theatre Company's 2006 Christmas season, Tom Scutt on Skellig (West Sussex Youth Theatre Company), and as Prop Maker for Punchdrunk's Masque of the Red Death (Battersea Arts Centre).

Charlie has worked with Grey Light on 'BANK', 'Uncle Barry' and 'American Voices', in various production and stage-managing capacities. He was director for the Oxford Revue's tour to the USA in September 2008, which kicked off with domestic shows at the King's Head theatre. Prior to this, Charlie has directed the Oxford Revue in Oxford and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 2005-2007. Other directing roles include 'The Tempest', 'The Lover' and 'Abigail's Party'. Design work includes 'Endgame' and 'Orestes', staged in ancient Greek at the Oxford Playhouse.

Charlie has recently completed a Masters in Indian Cinema at SOAS and currently works in post-production, writing part-time on Hindi cinema and Indian popular culture. He is also part of a comedy sketch group, occasionally writing and performing as well as directing for them. Charlie's first feature film appearance lasts approximately 3 seconds and was shot on location in Bombay.