raised eyebrow's core members

Lizi Patch : Artistic Director

Lizi has been a professional director for twelve years. She was a founder member of raised eyebrow. She trained as a professional actor and soon found work alongside performing as a writer, director and educationalist. Shows for raised eyebrow include 'Strings' (Secondary School's tour, Derbyshire and Rotherham), best before: (London Fringe), Silent Night by Steven Berkoff (London Fringe), Romeo and Juliet (Schools Tour), Forever and Ever and Living With Lady Macbeth by Rob John (Raised Eyebrow Youth Theatre). Directing for other companies include Cracked by Nicola Baldwin (Y Touring) Macbeth (Albion Shakespeare Company, National Trust Royal Parks Tour), Running Red (devised, All Change Arts, London) and Play by Samuel Beckett and The Tempest (UEA Studio, Norwich).

Jonathan Stokes : Associate Director

Jonathan works as a professional actor, educationalist and writer. As an actor he has worked extensively in theatre (Chester Gateway, The London Bubble, Oddsocks, Rough as Guts) TV (Eastenders, The Brittas Empire), and in film (Rebecca). Script-writing credits include 'Strings' (raised eyebrow), Weekending (BBC Radio 4), Newsrevue (Canal Cafe Theatre, London) The Cinderella Complex (Raised Eyebrow Youth Theatre), Lab Rats (Raised Eyebrow Youth Theatre) and a short play, Pineapple.

David Patch : Administrator and Company Secretary

David gave up a successful job in the City to work in the arts. He currently works as an administrator and fundraiser for raised eyebrow.

Tom Anderson : Education Consultant

Tom joined raised eyebrow as a core member in 2000. He developed the workshop for the first tour of Strings and directed the second tour. He works as an actor, director and workshop leader. His acting credits include work for the National Theatre, The Gate and Chichester Festival Theatre. He is currently working as an actor with the RSC. He has devised and led workshops for The Barbican Centre, The Education Department of the National Theatre, Safeground Theatre Company and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

Jess Wild, Associate Jess joined raised eyebrow as a workshop facilitator in 1994. Theatre credits include raised eyebrow (best before:) and extensive schools touring. She also made several films for Cromwell Productions (Hamlet & A Tale of Two Cities) and scripted and announced three short programmes for Radio 2. She now works as a voice and acting coach, and runs workshops for raised eyebrow and works with their Youth Theatre. Rebecca Jenkins, Associate As an actor, Rebecca has extensive experience of touring theatre with companies including Red Shift (The Love Child), Oddsocks (Wuthering Heights, Hamlet), Trading Faces (Double Trouble) and The Watermill at Newbury (Sweeney Todd). She is also an accomplished musician and music teacher, who leads music and drama workshops with young people and adults. Most recently for raised eyebrow, she co-directed Lab Rats and co-led the Regional Forum workshop on creative techniques and communication.

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