Tender

Alys Whitehead is a scenographer based in London and the South East. She has been an Associate Designer of Dissident Theatre and NDT Broadgate.

As designer, theatre includes: The Angry Brigade (LAMDA); Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea, Snowflakes (Park); The Retreat (Finborough); Lysistrata (Lyric Hammersmith); SAD (Omnibus); Maddie (Arcola). As associate designer, theatre includes: Wordplay (Royal Court); Zoe’s Peculiar Journey Through Time (Theatre Rites/Southbank Centre and International Tour); Sea Creatures (Hampstead). As assistant designer, theatre includes: Dixon and Daughters (National).

Alys Whitehead is a set and costume designer who trained at Central Saint Martins.

As designer, Alys’ theatre work includes: Bedroom Farce (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); Revenge: After the Levoyah (Summerhall); This Might Not Be It (Bush); The Angry Brigade (LAMDA); Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea (Park); Snowflakes (Park); Lysistrata (Lyric Hammersmith); Sad (Omnibus); Maddie (Arcola).

As associate designer, her work includes: Macbeth (Harold Pinter ); The Glass Menagerie (Rose, Belgrade , Alexandra Palace and UK Tour); Earthworks (Young Vic); My Beautiful Laundrette (Leicester Curve & UK Tour); Wordplay (Royal Court); Zoe’s Peculiar Journey Through Time (Theatre Rites/Southbank Centre & International Tour); Sea Creatures (Hampstead). As assistant designer: Dixon and Daughters (National).

Broccoli Arts produces theatre primarily for/by/about lesbian, bisexual & queer people who experience misogyny. Founded by Salome Wagaine in 2019, now run by Eve Allin, Broccoli exists to produce theatre that has variety, ingenuity and relevance. We enable queer writers and creatives to make work that is not defined solely by identity, aiming to produce work which is enjoyable, political & innovative. Broccoli productions include This Might Not Be It by Sophia Chetin-Leuner (Bush Theatre, 2024), Salty Irina by Eve Leigh (Summerhall, 2023) Before I Was a Bear by Eleanor Tindall (Bunker Theatre, 2019 & Soho Theatre, 2022). Broccoli is supported by Stage One.

Eleanor is a writer from London. Her debut play Before I Was A Bear premiered at The Bunker Theatre, gaining her a nomination for Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards in 2020 and returning for a week to a sold-out audience at Soho Theatre in 2022. She has been a member of Soho Theatre Writers Lab and taken part in writing workshops run by the Almeida and HighTide. Recently, Eleanor was commissioned by the Donmar Warehouse to adapt Macbeth for young audiences; her adaptation, Macbeth: Something Wicked toured schools across Camden and Westminster from June to July 2024 and reached over 3,500 young people. In 2024 Eleanor was selected as part of the BBC Voices programme and shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award for her play What If Orpheus Was Four Sad Women.

Tender was a finalist for the 2023 Ambassador Theatre Group’s playwriting prize in association with Platform Presents.

Emily Aboud is a Trinidadian theatre director. She was shortlisted for the RTST Peter Hall Award in 2023 and shortlisted for the JMK Award in 2022 and 2021. She is a recipient of the Evening Standard Future Theatre Award. Recent credits include: Lady Dealer (Bush, Paines Plough Roundabout); Rock DJ and Three Other Songs That Saved The World (New Diorama); Haemosporidian (Lyric Hammersmith); Flip! (Soho Theatre and regional tour), SPLINTERED (Soho Theatre Mainhouse, also writer), Close Quarters (LAMDA), Salt Slow (RCSSD), BOGEYMAN (Edinburgh Fringe 2022, also writer), Pink Lemonade (Bush Theatre) and Chatham House Rules (Pleasance Theatre). As a Caribbean theatre maker, her work draws inspiration from the political community theatre she grew up making in Trinidad – a combination of music, movement, direct audience address and theatricality.

Eve Allin (she/her) is a producer for theatre. She is Executive Producer at Broccoli Arts, a production company making work for/by/about lesbian, bisexual and queer people who experience misogyny.

Broccoli productions include: Tender, This Might Not Be It (both Bush ); Salty Irina (Paines Plough Roundabout, Summerhall); Before I Was a Bear (Soho). Eve was Associate Producer at Soho Theatre for; Super High Resolution and Boys on the Verge of Tears. Independently, she is the producer for internationally award-winning artists Civilisation by Jaz Woodcock-Stewart; work.txt by Nathan Ellis and WRESTLELADSWRESTLE by Jennifer Jackson . Eve is a Stage One supported producer.

Jessie Anand Productions makes theatre and opera that is fresh and playful. Since it was founded in 2018, the company has been nominated for six Offies and premiered five new plays. Productions include the Offie-winning Yellowfin at Southwark Playhouse, the acclaimed Pennyroyal at the Finborough, and Orlando, which transferred to New York in 2023 following its success in London and Edinburgh. The company has also produced opera at Arcola Theatre and Wilton’s Music Hall, and is currently working with Maz O’Connor to develop her new musical The Wife of Michael Cleary, which recently won the MTI Stiles and Drewe Mentorship Award. Upcoming productions include Antisemitism: a (((musical))) at Camden People’s Theatre and Tiger at Omnibus Theatre. Jessie Anand Productions is supported by Stage One.

Nikita Bala is a London-based Stage and Production Manager with a passion for all things technical. Since moving to London in September 2022 she has worked on many productions as Stage Manager, Technician and Production Manager including Bootycandy (Gate Theatre), Bangers (Cardboard Citizens), and Flip! (Fuel).  She has enjoyed collaborating on silly clown-y shows, buzzing through busy festivals, and touring across the country doing what she loves. Nikita is thrilled to be working with Grace Dickson Productions yet again on a show that has stayed very near and dear to her heart.