Melissa James Gibson is a Canadian-born playwright based in New York.

Anita Gilbert trained as an actor before becoming an actors' agent. She now works as a professional voice and accent practitioner through her business Speakeasy Voice and Accent Coaching, and is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire.

With Letty Butler, she is part of the duo Bert & Butler, founders of the actor training programme 'The Jobbing Actor'. She is co-author of The Jobbing Actor: A Coaching Programme for Actors published by Nick Hern Books.

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Ned Glasier is one of the UK's leading theatre practitioners dedicated to working with young people.

He founded Company Three, a London-based theatre company working with young people, and was the company's Artistic Director until 2024. At Company Three he created more than forty plays with young people, including Brainstorm at the Park Theatre, National Theatre and BBC iPlayer, Boat at Battersea Arts Centre and two major international projects during the COVID pandemic: The Coronavirus Time Capsule and When This Is Over.

Alongside his work making plays with young people, Ned leads training in the practice of co-creation, teaches on university courses, and works as a consultant supporting organisations to listen to, support and enable young people.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles. His most famous works include: Faust; The Sorrows of Young Werther; Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship; Elective Affinities and Prometheus.

Stefan Golaszewski is a writer and performer whose plays have been staged at the Traverse, the Bush and in the West End, amongst other places. He co-wrote and performed in Cowards (Radio 4 & BBC4, 2007-09) and is the writer, creator and associate producer of BBC3's Him & Her (2010-11).