Artistic Director:

Charlotte Gwinner is founder of ANGLE Theatre and a Creative Associate at The Bush Theatre. She directed two of the plays in ANGLE's inaugural season: "Commercial Rd" by Mina Maisuria and "The Sea at Night" by Luciana Saldanha.

Last year her directing credits included: "Knives and Hens" by David Harrower for Bath Theatre Royal and "Little Dolls" by Nancy Harris at The Bush. Last year she was Director on Attachment at The National Theatre Studio where she worked on a range of new plays that included: "Love in a Glass Jar" by Nancy Harris and "Lobster" by Russell Barr. Past directing credits include: "The Confederate" by Simon Bent at (Trafalgar Studios), "Men Should Weep" by Ena Lamont Stewart (Oxford Stage Company, The Citizens Theatre,) "Riders to The Sea, The Shadow of the Glen and The Tinkers Wedding" by JM Synge and "Everything Must Go" by Stephen Sharkey (Southwark Playhouse) "The Blood of Others" (The Arcola), "The Conservatory" by Mark Dooley (The Old Red Lion). "The Country of The Blind" (The Gate Theatre.)

Creative Producer:

Clare Slater is creative producer for ANGLE Theatre and helped to secure funding for ANGLE's first season. In the past her work has included: Creative Producer at BAC on the JMK award winner, Creative producer/Literary manager on Company Project (The Arcola), Individual Giving Executive ( 2006 -2008 The National Theatre.) She is currently working part time as assistant literary manager at The National Theatre and at The National Theatre Studio.

ANGLE's Creative Associates:

Tim Stark:
Tim directed "Khadija is 18" by Shamser Sinha as part of ANGLE's inaugural season at Hackney Empire and has recently directed "Sid and Kurt" by Roy Smiles at Trafalgar Studios which has just been nominated for a "Whats On Stage Award".

Tim is a winner of the John S Cohen Directors Bursary at the NT Studio and English Touring theatre in 2002 and his directing credits include: TAKING CARE OF BABY, Arts Ed; SHADOW LANGUAGE, Theatre 503; TWISTED, Oval House; FESTEN, Birmingham Rep and national tour; JULIUS CAESAR, Teatro Due Parma and Verona Shakespeare Festival; THE LUNATIC QUEEN, Riverside Studios; RAFTS AND DREAMS & MAYHEM, Manchester Royal Exchange; Edward Bond's LEAR, NT Studio; Edward Bond's LEAR, Teatro Due International Theatre Festival; Peter Gill's plays, CARDIFF EAST, OVER GARDENS OUT, IN THE BLUE, Teatro Due & Viterbo; THE BOY WHO FELL INTO THE BOOK, ETT; ROMEO JULIET, ETT & Hong Kong Arts Festival; BOMBING PEOPLE, SIGNING OFF & FIVE KINDS OF SILENCE, Jermyn St Theatre; DEALT WITH, Chelsea Centre; SERVING IT UP, Poor School.Associate Director FESTEN (West End).

Elizabeth Purnell:
Elizabeth was resident music and sound designer on TriANGLE09, composing sound and music for: " Commercial Rd" by Mina Maisuria, "Khadija is 18" by Shamser Sinha, and "The Sea At Night" by Luciana Saldanha.

She started writing music for theatre in 1993 when she was resident composer for Kaos Theatre in Cirencester for four years. She often works at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol, having written music for nine productions by the award winning Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, including Hamlet, directed by Jonathan Miller. Work also includes Treasure Island, Woyzeck, The Camp, Huckleberry Finn, The Wills' Girls, Robin Hood, A Christmas Carol, School for Wives, Knives in Hens (Ustinov) and Kindertransport (Aberystwyth). She plays trombone and also works as an orchestrator for feature film music and writes music for TV and Radio 4 drama.

TriANGLE09 writers:

Mina Maisuria (writer of "Commercial Rd"):
Mina was born in East London and lives in Walthamstow. She wrote "Commercial Rd" our headlining play in our inaugural season TriANGLE09. Commercial Rd was her first full length play and has led to Mina being nominated for an "Adopt a playwright Scheme" 2009. Mina is currently studying an MA in playwriting at Goldsmiths College and in the past has worked with Kali Theatre.

Luciana Saldanha (writer of "The Sea at Night"):
Luciana was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1976. She moved to London in 1998, settling down in Hackney in 2003. In 2008 she completed her degree in Anthropology and Media at Goldsmiths University. Writing has been one of her greatest passions since childhood. The New Writers Awards and TriANGLE09 is her first breakthrough not only as a playwright. Luciana has also written short films, a feature, as well as poetry. She is currently writing her second play.

Shamser Sinha (writer of "Khadija is 18"):
Shamser is from Leytonstone in East London. He is a fan of Grime music and is a sociologist, youth worker and journalist, and spends his time: thinking, writing and working on young people's issues and broader themes of multiculturalism in the UK today. Shamser has a particular interest in his home of East London and much of his work and writing has been inspired by local/global issues. "Khadija is 18" is his first play and he has just started working at Goldsmiths University.

Trustees:

Jon Rayman (Chair):

Jon Rayman is a solicitor, and has practised in Manchester and London.   For lengthy periods he has served as a member of the Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, on the London Library Committee, and as a Trustee of the Oxford University Society.  He is currently Chairman of the Westway Development Trust and a Trustee of the National Academy of Writing

Henny Finch

Henny is Executive Producer for Headlong Theatre where she has lead produced Rough Crossings, Angels in America (national tour and Lyric Hammersmith), Faustus (Hampstead Theatre and national tour), Restoration, Paradise Lost (national tours) and the forthcoming The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida). For Oxford Stage Company she produced several projects on tour and in London. She was previously Assistant Producer for Act Productions, working on many West End plays and musicals, including Anything Goes (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Don Carlos (Gielgud), The Price (Apollo and tour), Humble Boy (Gielgud and tour), Dance of Death (Lyric), Noises Off (Piccadilly and Broadway), The Real Thing (UK Tour and Broadway). She General Managed Singin’ in the Rain (Sadlers Wells) and Arms and the Man (UK tour). Before joining Act she worked for theatrical agency London Management and at the Almeida Theatre. She is also a trustee of Tara Arts.

www.headlongtheatre.co.uk

Esther Baker

Esther is artistic director of The Synergy Theatre Project which she
co-founded in 1999 soon after winning the Butler Trust Development Award for innovative and effective work with prisoners. She has directed thirteen of Synergy’s productions including: Elmina’s Kitchen (HMP Brixton), On the Waterfront (Wimbledon Studio Theatre), Burn and Someone to Watch Over Me (Southwark Playhouse), Accidental, Death of an Anarchist (HMP Wandsworth) and short film The Rains of Fear (BFI, LA Film Festival) as well as working for mainstream theatres such as The Royal Court (Write Now rehearsed readings), Young Vic (Inferno), National Theatre Studio (Antigone) and in the West End
(The Lieutenant of Inishmore).

www.synergytheatreproject.co.uk

Simon Knapp

Simon Knapp is finance and Operations Controller of GCap Charities. Simon trained as an accountant between 1998 and 2002, working on audit clients such as Birmingham Hippodrome, The Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and The Ikon Gallery. Between 2002 and 2005 he was Financial Accountant at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. He now works for GCap Charities, a network of charitable appeal funds across the GCap Media commercial radio network, which includes Capital 95.8's Help A London Child, Classic FM Music Makers and around 20 other local, grant-giving funds across the country.

As a young company we have grown thanks to the visionary support of: producers, writers, directors, designers, and readers; all who have given their incredible and invaluable expertise, support and time. ANGLE wouldn't be here without you and our sincere thanks goes to you all: Fiona Mallin Robinson, Amelia Nicholson, John Rushworth, Naresh Ramchandani, Jane Pluer, Paul Miller, Mark O'Thomas, Graham Whybrow, Leon Davies, Kerry Radden, Dinah Wood, Dawn Walton, Lin Coghlin, Simon Bent, Blanche Marvin, Thelma Holt, Abigail Gonda, Jane Fallowfield, Brian Walters, Anne Meyer, Meriel Baistow- Clare, Tom Coyne, Rebekah Kirk, Sandra Collins, Nina Lyndon, Claire Summerfield.