Playwright and novelist Joanna McClelland Glass’ plays have been produced all over North America, in the UK, Ireland, Australia and Germany. Canadian born, she is the author of Canadian Gothic,To Grandmother’s House We Go, Play Memory, also seen on Broadway, was directed by Harold Prince and nominated for a Tony Award; American Modern, Artichoke, Yesteryear; If We Are Women and, most recently, Palmer Park . Glass has also written two novels – Reflections on a Mountain Summer, and Woman Wanted which was adapted into a film in 1998, starring and directed by Kiefer Sutherland, with Holly Hunter and Michael Moriarty. Residence at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Derek Bond has directed the Time Out Critics’ Choice production of Colourings (Old Red Lion), African Gothic (White Bear Theatre), The Wonder! A Woman Keeps A Secret (White Bear Theatre and Time Out Critics’ Choice season at the BAC), The Maids (Etcetera Theatre), Transmissions (Birmingham Rep), and The Censor (Union Theatre). In the West End.

Allan McKeown is a prolific television producer both in the UK and the US and has been responsible for many of the UK∂s most popular television programmes including Shine on Harvey Moon, Auf Weidersehen Pet, Birds of a Feather, Love Hurts, Goodnight Sweetheart and Lovejoy. He has produced many TV shows in the USA including the Emmy Award winning Tracey Takes On, produced with his wife Tracey Ullmann and he has just finished the second series of the award winning State of The Union with Tracy for Showtime. His new series Mumbai Calling will be seen on ITV later this year and an adaptation of Julia Gregson’s novel East of The Sun is under development with the BBC. His theatre productions include Anyone for Denis (West End), The Big Love (Broadway), Jerry Springer the Opera (West End and Broadway) and Lennon (Broadway).