MGA Consultants
The MGA Company has some of the UK's most well respected industry professionals on hand to make sure that each and every MGA activity, from training students, casting international productions and managing professional perfomers is executed at the highest possible professional standard.
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Anton Stephans Biography to follow shortly.
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Ruth Carney Ruth is currently Associate Director on The Lord of The Rings, Theatre Royal Drury Lane London. Most recently Ruth directed A Model Girl, Greenwich Theatre, the UK Professional Premiere of The Laramie Project at Sound Theatre, London and the World Premiere of The Lemon Princess by Rachael McGill from an original idea by Ruth Carney at The West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. Other directing credits include: My Matisse ; Blue Remembered Hills; Measure for Measure; The Sea; Music Lessons; Family; Company; Mina Laury; Emma and Oleanna She was joint Artistic Director of the New British Writing Season for the Caird Company), this showcased over fifty new pieces of work. As an Associate Artist Ruth worked on the BBC Concert Orchestra performance of Pal Joey and On Your Toes performed on BBC Radio Two. Ruth assisted Hettie Macdonald on the National Theatres production and tour of Sanctuary by Tanika Gupta. Ruth has a BA(hons) from the University of Sheffield and an MA in Theatre Directing from The Russian Theatre Academy, Moscow and Middlesex University, London. Ruth was also a participant on the Directors Course at The National Theatre. Future projects include: Working on a film with Noel Clarke writer of Kidulthood and Adulthood. She is also developing a verbatim play called Sisters about British Muslim Women by Stephanie Street. Sisters has been developed in association with The National Theatre Studio. |
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Chris Hatt Chris trained at Surrey University before completing a diploma in composition at the London International Film School. He is currently Musical Director of Billy Elliot – The Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. His recent credits as Musical Director include Mack & Mabel (Criterion Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK tour), Footloose – The Musical (UK tour), Our House (Cambridge Theatre) and Joseph (UK tour). For Bruce James Productions he has been Musical Director for over 20 shows including Aspects of Love, Scrooge, A Slice of Saturday Night, Little Shop of Horrors, Crazy For You, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and Godspell. He is also Musical Supervisor, fixer and arranger for First Family Entertainment, a new pantomime company headed by the Ambassadors Theatre Group and Live Nation. As a composer, Chris has written an original score to a new stage production of The Corsican Brothers. His musical Destiny is performed regularly across the country, and he has written a series of children’s musicals that are currently touring schools and provincial theatres. Chris is Musical Director for Top Hat Events, an entertainment agency providing artistes for engagements all over the world, and also Musical Director and tutor for Murray Grant Associates, a new company providing professional workshop tuition to performers of all ages. |
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Katie Jordan Katie began her career as a dancer. She was a scholarship student at the Italia Conti Theatre Arts school. During her career performing on both the Stage and Screen, Katie toured the world with Paris Can Can, first, as a dancer and then as Dance Captain. Now nearly 4 years later she has been working as the Artistic Director and Casting Director for the show for the last two years. For the Paris Can can Katie has also been presenting and dancing on Australian TV, taking interviews on the Radio and for all the main newspapers including publicity photo shoots. She is now currently casting for Patrice Marques for 'Park Avenue Events' in New York and also many of her solo projects all over the world. |
