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Creative Team

Jacqueline Avery – Artistic Director/Performer/

Puppet maker

Jacqueline is a writer, director, choreographer, teacher, mask

maker and puppet maker. Coming from a

contemporary dance background Jacqueline's practice

continually evolves through the use of physical

performance, puppetry and creative collaborations. Jacqueline has performed extensively
in the world of physical and ensemble theatre and shortly after gaining her degree in

theatre and performance at the University of Plymouth in 2005 was fortunate enough to

cut her directing teeth under the mentorship of Kneehigh Theatre for the Jonah Lie Pro-
ject, a collaborative piece performed with core Knee-high members at The Hall for Cornwall
more than a decade ago. Since then she her work both individual and collaborative has

toured the UK and since setting up MakeShift in 2015 the company has flourished .

“The Makeshift Ensemble produces high quality accessible theatre that everyone can enjoy.

It has been an ab-solute joy to work with Jacqueline and I cannot recommend her highly
enough" John Hatziemmanuel, Actor 'Tinderbox'

Laurence Aldridge– Musical Director/Performer

Laurence trained at Bretton Hall College for the Arts, graduating in 2001. He has worked
professionally as an actor for over fifteen years. During that time

he has worked at every end of the theatre spectrum, from large
scale productions at Theatre Royal, Stratford East and Everyman

Theatre, Cheltenham to rural touring with North Country Theatre

to outdoor performance with Heartbreak Productions and site
specific work with Demi-Paradise. He has played leading

Shakespeare roles (Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Angelo

in Measure for Measure), roles in panto, including Idle Jack at The
Theatre, Chipping Norton, and everything in between. Laurence has always had a passion

for working on new writing, and since working with physical performer Cait Davis, has

developed a great interest in making theatre from scratch - a passion fuelled by a week

working with David Glass on his Acts of Revolution workshop. Laurence has also recently
been commissioned to write music for a new production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother

Courage, by Contexture Theatre.