team

Jonothan Campbell - Artistic Director

Jonothan Campbell studied at Fool Time, The National Centre for Circus Skills and the Performing Arts and trained at L'ecole de Trapeze Volant Jean Palacy. He is the Artistic Director of Aye! Productions, which has produced two shows to date. 'Sealskin Trousers' and 'The Ballad'. He has worked as an actor, aerialist, aerial designer and director for the last twenty years in one or more of the above guises for amongst others, Boilerhouse, Communicado, Company Chordelia, Fidget Feet, The Flying Splinter Group, Gravity and Levity, Grid Iron, Spinal Chord Projects, Stomp, and Miramax Films, The Movement and Dance company, The National Theatre, Lickety Spit, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Scarabaus and V.amp Production's.

Kally Lloyd-Jones Choreographer/Rehearsal Director

Born and raised in Scotland, Kally Lloyd-Jones trained at the Theatre Arts Ballet School and Central School of Ballet in London. Kally has worked extensively as a choreographer, dancer, teacher and choreologist in Scotland as well as London, Stockholm and Toronto with organisations which include the The Royal Ballet School, Benesh Institute, Royal Swedish Ballet, Scottish Opera, RSAMD, Ontario School of Ballet, Ontario Ballet Theatre, The Aleph Company, Spinal Chord Projects, Dance House, Right2Dance (Renfrewshire Dance Project), Artscool, Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust and various independant choreographers. Company Chordelia, her own dance company has been awarded Projects and Touring grants from the Scottish Arts Council since 2003, and has choreographed Blood, Sweat and Shopping, Saturday Night Divas, Play On! and Cinderella Pilot Error!. She also began training in aerial work in 2002, performing in Spinal Chord Projects ' Underground Culture, The Kinetic System and White Knuckle Ride . Kally performed in Steinvor Palsson 's Scots Wi 'Hay for Off Kilter produced by Dance Base. She was commissioned to create and perform in a traditional dance fusion piece by the Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust, has also choreographed Scottish Opera On Tour 's La Boheme, The Sleeping Beauty for The King 's Theatre, Glasgow, Britten 's Midsummer Night 's Dream for the RSAMD, directed by Cathie Boyd, FlyGlobespan TV commercial and Polkadots & Moonbeams for Elevate Youth Dance Company. Kally has recently been on tour with David Hughes Dance Company, performing works by David and Rafael Bonachela, and is performing with Tartan Chameleon and The Paragon Ensemble in the Rite of Spring. She has been published in Dance Magazine (New York) and also has an MA in English Literature and Film Studies.

Kathryn Sawers - Composer

Kathryn is a singer songwriter based in Aberdeen. When not out on her gruelling touring circuit, she likes to squeeze in a little waitressing between gigs to relax. This is her first foray into writing for theatre.

Saul Garcia - Performer

Saul Garcia aims at creating performances introducing the communicative tools of theatre, dance, film, and multimedia resources. He trained as a Contemporary Dancer and graduated as Psychologist at the National University in Mexico City. Moreover, Saul Garcia graduated as an Actor and Director at the Mexican Ensemble Theatre. He completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Directing at Melbourne University, Australia and a Drama and Film Honors Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he started an MA in digital interactive art. Saul Garcia has worked professionally on TV, dance and theatre. He was co-founder and co-director of La Choconda (Dance Company) and Producciones San Gabriel (Theatre Company) in Mexico. He has directed performances in Germany, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa and Australia. Recently, Saul Garcia has performed during the 2006 refugee week and merchant city festival in Glasgow with The Corner 's Circle, in Angela 's Preid choreography The Bed (as main dancer). He completed a research residency in Post-Human Dance for The Dance House and the CCA Glasgow. During that week he explored the uses of multimedia interactive technology and movement. He has attended the new territories winter school with CREW in which he collaborated in the making of CREW 's 'U '-ranging standstill performance.

Tara Hodgson - Performer

Tara graduated in 1999 from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Since then she has worked with various international companies such as Freshmess, Tabula Rasa, Arts in Motion, Ydance , Ballet Contemporaneo du Norte, Hull Truck Theatre, X Factor and recently with Juha Marsalo Dance Company in Paris. Tara has also choreographed solos in the past for other companies and has presented her own work at the British Dance Edition 'Sweet Monster' and Dance Live 'T&T' collaborating with Toby Shipey from Salsa Celtica.

Simon Gane - Lighting Design

Simon was lucky enough to train in his hometown at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School as a Technician more years ago than he cares to remember. He has worked mainly in venues as a Techical Mangager, Lemon Tree Aberdeen, TIC TOC in Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre, to name a few. He was able to work with a large, diverse number of companies and bands designing, operating both sound and lighting during this time. He is now a freelance Designer and Production Manager. He has been working with Rosie Kay, David Hughes, Freshmess, X-Factor, Norman Douglas, Company Chordelia, Dudendance and Fabrik, Aye!, dancebase Edinburgh, City Moves Aberdeen, Abderite Theatre, Mitchell school of Drama, as well as a number of other projects and companies in and around his base in Aberdeenshire.

Bruce Luckhurst - Aerial Designer

Bruce is a creative rigger, inventor, baker and quality tinker. After learning the ropes at Archaos Nightclub in Glasgow he has had the pleasure of working with Aye! Productions, Improbable Theatre, V.amp Productions, Mischief La Bas, Scarabeus and has also worked with Boilerhouse. Recently he has focused on re-using his waste, renewable energy, and creating sustainable alternative living solutions.

Emma Tennent

Emma Tennent trained in Textiles at Glasgow School of Art and has since been involved in running performing arts workshops, digital video animation projects and summer schools for Scottish Opera and North Ayrshire Council. She has worked in Design and Props departments at the Citizens' Theatre and film work includes wardrobe supervisor on 'Frozen Assets' for Short Film Factory. She has designed costumes and props for Company Chordelia's productions 'Saturday Night Divas', 'Play On' and 'Cinderella Pilot Error' and Spinal Chord Projects 'The Kinetic System'. She has also toured extensively as Stage Manager and Wardrobe Supervisor for Scottish Opera's small and middle scale touring companies.