Chris Baldwin: Artistic Director of Spiral and Playwright
Chris Baldwin has written and directed 150 (some award winning!) plays for theatres across Europe. He has also
been guest director for theatre companies in England, Germany, Spain and Poland and gained an international
reputation as a teacher of theatre practice. His play Cosima won "Best Play 2004" at the European Festival of
Theatre in Gijon, Spain in March 2004 performed by Miman Theatre, La Mancha Spain. His play Bright Angel
(co-written with Bernd Kessler) was called “best German history play for a decade” by national German Radio at
the German premiere at Brandenburg Theatre in 2003. He is Visiting Professor at Rose Bruford College of Theatre
and Performance.

Tina Bicât: Designer
Designer/inventor/maker of costumes, sets, puppets and effects. Her research into, and work with puppets, shadows
 and objects has been furthered with the help of an grant from Arts Council England and St Mary’s University College at
Strawberry Hill. Recent work has been with the Spanish/English Company Spiral in La Rioja, Spain and Worcestershire on large scale community projects, in London with Amici, Ockham’s Razor, Jonathan Lunn, Red Cape, ‘Bicât&Co’, Theatre Rites and for Punchdrunk, with whom, as part of the design team, she won the Critics Circle award in for the design of ‘Faust’. She is the author of six books on theatre practice published by the Crowood Press and works with the students of St Mary’s University College at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

Peter Davis: Musical Director
Peter began his musical education as a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, returning as organ scholar in his gap year. He studied music at Cambridge University and as an organ scholar at St John's College, and having graduated with a first-class music degree, he moved into the teaching profession. He became one of the youngest HMC Directors of Music at Haileybury in 2000, building up the school's music until they won the BBC Songs of Praise title of School Choir of the Year in 2005. He moved to Oakham School as Director of Music in 2005, overseeing one of the largest school departments in the country. He is an active conductor of both choirs and orchestras, an occasional composer, and continues to perform regularly as an organist and piano accompanist.

Nick Bicât: Composer
Nick has written over 150 scores and soundtracks for film, television and theatre. Twice nominated for a BAFTA, his film and television scores include A Christmas Carol (George C Scott), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Antony Andrews/Sir Ian McKellen/Jane Seymour), Wetherby (by Sir David Hare), and The Reflecting Skin (by Philip Ridley). He has composed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, written eleven musicals and an opera The Knife, with Sir David Hare, (best musical score, 1989 New York Drama Desk Awards. Other collaborators include Tony Bicât, Edward Bond, Adrian Mitchell Howard Brenton and Ted Hughes. His orchestral work Under the Eye of Heaven was performed at the Barbican and London Arena. Other concert performances include When Will There Be Peace?, an internationally televised open air concert for the International Red Cross in Geneva, and in 2000 Symphony in Morris Minor, commissioned to mark the millennium, and performed in Oxford to an audience of 50,000. As a songwriter, he has written for Emma Kirkby, Deniece Williams and P.J. Harvey. His song Who Will Love Me Now?, sung by P.J. Harvey, was BBC Radio 1 top film song for 1998. Albums include Under the Eye of Heaven (Virgin Classics), with the London Chamber Orchestra. A choral work Beslan/Requiem, recorded by Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort, is due for release in 2009.