Annabelle Comyn is an Irish freelance theatre director, artistic director of Hatch Theatre Company and Director in Residence at The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ireland. She has directed for The Abbey Theatre, The Gate Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival among others.

In 2013 she won Best Director at Irish Times Theatre Awards for her production of The House by Tom Murphy.

William Congreve (1670–1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. His plays include The Way of the World.

Timothy Conigrave (19 November 1959 – 18 October 1994) was an Australian actor, writer, and activist. His major work, the autobiographical Holding the Man (1995), is the story of his 15-year love affair with John Caleo. They met as students at Xavier College in Melbourne; Caleo was captain of the football team and Conigrave wanted to be an actor. Conigrave finished the book shortly before dying of an AIDS-related illness. The book was published by Penguin Books in Australia in February 1995, and also in Spain and North America. It won the 1995 United Nations Award for Non-Fiction.

Elinor Cook is a playwright whose work includes: a version of Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (Donmar Warehouse, 2017); Out of Love (Paines Plough/Theatr Clwyd/Orange Tree tour, 2017); Pilgrims (HighTide/Theatr Clwyd/The Yard, 2016); Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Gate Theatre, London, 2015); and The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World (HighTide, 2014).

She was the winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2013.

Author photo by Richard Davenport

Orlanda Cook was a member of the experimental Roy Hart Theatre in London and France from 1972 to 1982. She worked extensively as a voice coach and director throughout Europe until her death in 2003.

Dominic Cooke is an acclaimed theatre director who was Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre 2006-13. He is the author of plays including Arabian Nights, an adaptation of Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses, and a version of Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession. He was awarded a CBE in 2014 for services to drama.

Brian Cooley has had a successful and diverse career in business, theatre and education, and co-runs Mind Fitness, an organisation dedicated to developing mental health and wellbeing alongside business effectiveness.

He has worked as a core company member of Red Ladder, Sheffield Crucible, Theatr Clwyd & Doctor Foster's Travelling Theatre, and has taught theatre skills at drama schools and universities throughout the UK. He has also worked in corporate environments in the UK and USA, and has led commercially successful teams in the public and private sectors.

He is the co-author of Developing Your Emotional Health: The Compact Guide (Nick Hern Books, 2024) with Andy Barker and Beth Wood.

Zoe Cooper is a playwright whose work includes: A Song for Ella Grey, adapted from the novel by David Almond (Pilot Theatre, 2024); Northanger Abbey after Jane Austen (Orange Tree Theatre Richmond, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough & Theatre by the Lake, 2024); The Kiss (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, part of the Inside/Outside season of short plays, 2021); Out of Water (Orange Tree Theatre, 2019, in association with the RSC; a finalist in the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and shortlisted for the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Awards 2019); and Jess and Joe Forever (Orange Tree Theatre, 2017, followed by UK tour; winner of the Most Promising Playwright Award at the Off West End Awards 2017; longlisted for the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award).