Phelim McDermott has been directing and performing for over twelve years. His first work was for dereck dereck Productions which he co-founded with Julia Bardsley. He performed in CUPBOARD MAN, a solo show for which he won a Fringe First. He then co-directed and performed in GAUDETE for which he won a Time Out Director's Award, going on to direct THE VINEGAR WORKS, THE GLASS HILL and THE SWEET SHOP OWNER. He has directed a number of shows in repertory theatre including: THE GHOST DOWNSTAIRS at Leicester Haymarket and DR FAUSTUS and IMPROBABLE TALES (a totally improvised two hour play which ran for four weeks) at Nottingham Playhouse. At The West Yorkshire Playhouse he has directed THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and, most recently, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR. During 1996/97 he directed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM for the English Shakespeare Company, which won a TMA Regional Theatre Award for Best Touring Production. Other projects include GET OFF MY FOOT a play he co-wrote and appeared in with Lee Simpson. Productions with Improbable Theatre include the multi award winning 70 HILL LANE, LIFEGAME, ANIMO and CINDERELLA.

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Julian Crouch has been a director, designer and maker with a number of companies. From 1985-86 he designed for Trickster Theatre Company, including such shows: ALICE; THE MEMORY GATE and CHARIVARI. In the following years Julian specialized in site specific design including seventeen productions for Welfare State International. In 1992 he began a successful creative partnership with Phelim McDermott, for whom he designed DR FAUSTUS, IMPROBABLE TALES, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (which earned him a T.M.A. nomination for Best Designer of the Year). In 1994 he co-directed and designed THE QUEST FOR DON QUIXOTE which received a Best Design Nomination in the London Fringe Awards. Most recent collaborations with Phelim McDermott include the multi award winning 70 HILL LANE, LIFEGAME, ANIMO, CINDERELLA and STICKY for Improbable Theatre and co-direction on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (TMA Best Touring Production Award) for the English Shakespeare Company.

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The Tiger Lillies defy any singular description and operate within their own eccentric definitions. Castrato crooner Martyn Jacques leads the band with his accordion, accompanied (and occasionally upstaged) by a pair of Adrians: Adrian Stout on double bass and Adrian Huge on drums. An unholy merger between Edith Piaf and Kurt Weill, Martyn Jacques' voice has been described as Tom Waits on helium, and the band has been creating a cultish stir throughout Europe and, more recently, Australia.
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