People

Co-directors

Liam Jarvis

Liam Jarvis is Co-Artistic Director and Co-founder of Analogue. He graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London with First class Honours before being offered a place to train in directing at one of Britain's leading drama schools, LAMDA. Since graduating, he has worked nationally and internationally with recognised theatre artists and institutions such as Gecko, Theatre-Rites, Chris Goode and The Young Vic. He has successfully founded award winning company Theatre Trash, as well as co-founding a New Writing Festival, Doing Lines, in association with writers from The Royal Court Young Writer's Course. Liam is also a freelance director having directed on events for large brand campaigns; most recently Diesel's 'Fuel For Life' campaign (to re-open the company's flagship store on the King's Road, London). Liam has been working as a Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway University since 2004, where he teaches contemporary theatre practice. He has run theatre workshops, residencies and Master classes throughout the UK with all ages. In 2007, he was offered an AHRC award to complete a Research MA in his chosen field, which explores a new culture of daring in Britain and emergent trends of audience interactivity in contemporary theatre.

Hannah Barker
Hannah Barker is Co-Artistic Director and Co-founder of Analogue. She spent a year working in conjunction with VSO using drama for AIDS-awareness initiatives, before studying an undergraduate Theatre degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice at Central School of Speech and Drama. She further trained as a performer at The Desmond Jones School of Mime & Physical Theatre and The Actor's Studio in association with Pinewood studios. Hannah is an associate performer of Theatre Trash, co-devising and performing Battery Operated Birds at Pleasance Above in 2002.  She co-found Moot Theatre and has since been involved in work with site-specific group, Punchdrunk and toured with award winning theatre-in-education company, Quantum. She has written, directed and performed at the Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe festivals, BAC, Hoxton Hall, The Young Vic, Hackney Empire, The Stiwt and abroad in New York and with members of Theatre workshop in Dar es Salaam. Hannah worked at Sayle Screen, an agency for writers and directors, heading foreign licensing for Shelagh Delaney (A Taste of Honey) and Patrick Barlow (39 Steps) and has since been working with Blink productions and GinRiot to develop new scripts for World productions, Babycow and the BBC. Hannah has worked and continues to write for YoungMinds Magazine, edited by recognised journalist Angela Neustatter, as well as facilitating theatre workshops for Analogue, Bigfoot, NYT and the Lyric.

Producer 

Ric Watts
Ric Watts has been Producer for Analogue since September 2007. Ric studied Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Warwick (First Class, BA Hons) and as a Creative Producer on the MA Advanced Theatre Practice course at Central School of Speech and Drama.  He started his career as Producer at Your Imagination, where he produced work by Cartoon de Salvo (The Sunflower Plot, The Chaingang Gang), Ridiculusmus (The Importance of Being Earnest, How To be Funny), Kazuko Hohki (Evidence for the Existence of Borrowers), and Your Imagination / BAC (The Ratcatcher of Hamelin). Since 2006, Ric has been working as an independent producer, and has produced a number of shows including: the multi-award winning FOOD for theimaginarybody, Particularly in the Heartland by NYC based company The TEAM, and FIT by Rikki Beadle-Blair for Queer Up North international festival in Manchester.   He was awarded a professional development grant by Arts Council England to develop a personal business plan, and has trained with the Independent Theatre Council and the Society of London Theatres. He is currently developing new theatre shows for Queer Up North, where he is Associate Producer.  He is also on the producing team at Schtanhaus, for whom is he developing new work with Filter, Goat and Monkey, Mervyn Millar and Hampton Court Palace.

Company Members

Dan Rebellato

Dan Rebellato is a playwright. He was lead writer on Analogue's first show, Mile End, and is now working on the next show, Beachy Head. His previous plays include Here's What I Did With My Body One Day (Lightwork, National Tour), Showstopper (Arts Theatre; Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds), A Modest Adjustment (National Theatre: G8 Plays), Outright Terror Bold and Brilliant (National Youth Theatre), Futurology (Suspect Culture), and Static (Suspect Culture and Graeae). For Radio he has written Antique Silver, Erskine May, Emily Rising and adaptations of The Midwich Cuckoos (runner-up, Sony Drama Award), Dead Souls, which starred Mark Heap and Michael Palin, and Girlfriend in a Coma. He is currently writing a new play at the National Theatre Studio and is working with Wishbone theatre. He teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London, and his book 1956 and All That was published by Routledge in 1999. He is finishing a new book, Theatre & Globalization for Palgrave.

Emma Jowett

Emma Jowett is currently doing an MA in Theatre Practice at Rose Bruford specialising in acting and playwriting. She completed her degree in International Theatre at Royal Holloway university, London / Queensland University, Australia. As an actor she has performed at the Pleasance Theatre, Camden People's Theatre, The Doing Lines festival (in association with Royal Court Young Writers) and toured Northern Italy. Emma is also an associate artist with London based devising company Theatre Trash.

Daniel Tobin

Daniel Tobin is a London based actor who trained at The Actor's Company. Theatre credits include Giovanni in 'Tis Pity she's a Whore (Jermyn Street Theatre), Nearchus in The Broken Heart (The White Bear Theatre), The Colonel in Strindberg's Ghost Sonata with site specific company Goat and Monkey. Daniel featured in 2006 British film Reverb  as well as several music videos for Alchemy Pictures. Daniel is currently filming a TV sketch show pilot Bald Man in a Boat.

Sam Taylor

After studying for a degree in History at Nottingham University Sam was awarded the Haydonning Acting Scholarship. Sam has worked extensively at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough and in summer 2005 he appeared in The Girl Who Lost Her Voice and 50 Years New, both of which were written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Sam appeared in Mile End at The Pleasance (Edinburgh), The Southwark Playhouse as well as on the UK and European Tours during 2008. Sam has been working with Analogue on the development of their new show Beachy Head. Most recently he worked with Operating Theatre Company on a rehearsed reading of the Czech play Periphery at The Tristan Bates Theatre.

Lewis Hetherington
Lewis Hetherington is a playwright, dramaturg and performer based in Glasgow. In 2006 Lewis was selected to attend INTERPLAY in Liechtenstein, and was one of the writers in residence during the Cubed festival at the Traverse, Edinburgh. He has worked extensively as a drama teacher and workshop leader in Scotland with people of all ages.  He is a member of Analogue, working as a writer and performer on Mile End, and on their upcoming show Beachy Head.  He was in the inaugural Theatre Trash show Battery Operated Birds (CPT and Pleasance Edinburgh). Writing credits include Hinterland, Giacomo's Circus of the Fantastic (RSAMD), Future Earth (EISF), Sea Change (A Play, A Pie and a Pint at the Oran Mor) and Oedipus the King (National Theatre of Scotland).  Lewis is currently working on the Rebecca's Midnight research project with Jo Timmins and is under commission to the Traverse.

Thor Hayton
Thor Hayton has 14 Years of Computer Games design experience, 11 Years as Lead Artist with 20 Released Game Titles and has specialized in 3D Modelling, Multi Media, Animation and Visual Effects. Founder of V1 Creative Media Ltd, he is currently developing effects for SONY on a new PS3 title.

Company Associates 

Simon Slater

Simon Slater has written music for 150 plays including for the RSC, Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic and the Dukes Theatre New York. Most recently he has composed music for two series of 'Dalziel and Pascoe' for the BBC and the film 'Future Shock: Comet' for Channel 5/ Discovery.

Chris Pye

Chris Pye trained in Lighting Design at CSSD and is a freelance lighting designer. He has previously worked at RNT and is currently working at The Royal Opera House