CAST & CREW

You’ll meet a cast of 17 characters with 12 live actors and digital cast led by West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher (Les Miserables, Heathers), Tom Brittney (Grantchester, Make Me Famous) and Anna-Marie Wayne (The War of The World’s Live).

2024-25 SEASON - LIVE SHOW TEAM

    Jeff Wayne

    Composer

    Jack Pirie

    Director

    Megan Stewart

    Associate Director and Casting

    Ellie Collyer Bristow

    Casting Director

    Lois Attard

    Performance Manager

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION - 2019 TEAM

    Jack Pirie

    Director and Writer

    Carl Guyunette

    Creative Director & CTO

    Tristan Bernays

    Writer

    Andy Barnes

    Project Director

    Emma Williamson

    Digital Production Director

    Tim McQuillen Wright

    Designer

    Susan Kulkarni

    Costume Designer

    Amy Dolan

    Associate Director & Casting Director

    Megan Stewart

    Resident Director

    Theo Holloway

    Sound Designer

    Andrew Cheshire

    Technical Director

LIVE CAST

    Jon Day

    LIVE CAST

    Jon Day is a recent graduate of Rose Bruford College. He is making his professional debut in Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds:The Immersive Experience. While in training his credits included Vershinin in Three Sisters, Vasquez in Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and Dylan in Pavilion. Prior to training he was Macbeth in a digital theatre production of Macbeth (Rep:Unlocked).

    Hannah Henderson

    LIVE CAST

    Hannah Henderson trained at PPA in Guildford, her credits include: ‘The Tash and Ellie Sketch show’ (BBC3) ‘999 Killer on the line’ (SKY) ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ (Layered Reality) ‘Oedipus’ (The Almeida Theatre) She’s also appeared in commercials for brands such as Samsung, Amazon Prime and Ford. She has recently written, directed and starred in her own show ‘Pavement Shark’ which received brilliant reviews.

    Charlie Maddison

    LIVE CAST

    Since graduating from The Oxford School of Drama, Charlie has been working regularly in both theatre and immersive productions. Having been a longtime cast member of The Gunpowder Plot and most recently touring the UK in Changeling Theatre’s Twelfth Night playing Sir Toby Belch.

    Joe Cushley

    LIVE CAST

    Niamh Golding

    LIVE CAST

    Niamh trained at Masters Performing Arts as an actor, vocalist and artist. Her credits include The Players Company (Original Cast) onboard Marella Voyager, Scottina George in Monopoly Lifesized, Lady Cecil in The Gunpowder Plot: The Immersive Experience, Featured Ensemble in Legends of Arahma (The Actors Church) and Leading Vocalist in the Moulin Rouge and Alternative Cabaret at Gentings Casino.

    Tafadzwa Phillip Madubeko

    LIVE CAST

    Tafadzwa Phillip Madubeko. A graduate of the Identity School of Acting, Tafadzwa has built a versatile portfolio across screen, stage, and interactive theatre. His recent credits include Dragging Her Heels as Callum, and immersive productions such as Moonshine Saloon and Alcotraz. The Manic Monologues marked his stage debut in 2022. On screen, he starred as Marcus in Love Locs, which won Best Ensemble at the Black Film Summit Awards 2023, and has appeared in his short film Power to Make a Change (2020) which marked his screen debut. Originally a data analyst and Law graduate from the University of Bristol, Tafadzwa made the leap into acting in 2020.

    Tyne Pearson

    LIVE CAST

    Tyne is an actor, who trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Before this she trained in Musical Theatre at Millennium Performing Arts. Tyne’s credits include Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal Stratford East), The Gunpowder Plot (Tower Vaults) and Heretics (The Union Theatre).

    James Lavender

    LIVE CAST

    James trained at Rose Bruford. Theatre credits: Macbeth (Dukes Theatre Company); Witness For The Prosecution (County Hall); Dick Whittington (Hounslow Arts Centre); Pride & Prejudice, Macbeth, As You Like It, An Enemy Of The People, Hamlet, The Tempest, Sense & Sensibility (Aquila Theatre); Henry V (Antic Disposition); The War of The Worlds (Layered Reality); Sleeping Beauty, (Rhodes Arts Complex); Loves Labours Lost, Twelfth Night, Comedy Of Errors, The Importance Of Being Earnest (Oxford Shakespeare Company); Peter Pan, Cinderella, Jack & The Beanstalk (Sheringham Little Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Lord Chamberlain's Men); Philoctetes (BAM New York); Macbeth (Gym at Judson Theatre, New York); Adventures in Wonderland, Supermarket Shakespeare (Teatro Vivo); Aladdin (Hazlitt Theatre); The Taming of The Shrew, As You Like It (Groundlings Theatre); Jack and the Beanstalk (Millfield Theatre); Headlines (BAC); Sleeping Beauty (Georgian Theatre Royal); The Jungle Book (Birmingham Stage Company); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Greenwich Playhouse); Plebians Rehearse the Uprising (Arcola Theatre).