Will Close & Joe von Malachowski

Writers

Will has previously written and performed as part of theatre company 1927 on Golem which enjoyed two sold out runs in London before embarking on an international tour in 2014, as well as two historical comedies – Great British Mysteries (Soho Theatre, 2018) and its sequel, Great British Mysteries: 1599, which will run at the same venue in 2019. 

Joe has written pieces performed at The Southwark Playhouse, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Bush Theatres as well as Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe. He was a finalist for the 2016 Perfect Pitch New Musical Award.

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

Director

Rebecca is an award winning film and theatre maker who directs, writes, devises and produces theatre and performance.

Directing includes: Theatre. For Arch 468, Mediocre White Male, Dead and Breathing (Touring), MilkMilkLemonade, Learning How to Swim (Ovalhouse), Cuddles (UK tour and 59E59 Theaters New York), Seeking Oblivion, The Sluts of Sutton Drive (Finborough Theatre). Other directing includes: The Crunch (Look Left Look Right), Work/Play, Fosterling, (Ovalhouse), Top Brass, Anhedonia (Theatre 503), Seeking Oblivion (BAC), Mother Clap’s Molly House and The Flies (Crescent Theatre, Birmingham). Film. Domesticity (Stage to Film New York), The Class Project (Arch 468).

From 2010 - 2015 Rebecca was Director of Theatre at Ovalhouse. She is Founding Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Arch 468 and Chair of the Board of Dante or Die.