Wish I Was Here

Composer/Sound Artist - Jon Nicholls
Jon Nicholls is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound artist with more than ten years' experience of composing for screen, radio and theatre, with a highly-regarded track record of commissions from the BBC, Channel 4 and some of the UK's leading theatre companies. Recently shortlisted for the BBC radio drama department 2005 composer-in-residence post, his range of eclectic influences is reflected in the startling variety of his prolific work: sweeping orchestral music, cutting-edge electroacoustics, gamelan, urban ambiences, lyrical themes, brooding organic soundscapes. Recent projects include music for BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 Dispatches , BBC Storyville , Channel 5, Theatr Clwyd, Birmingham Rep & Derby Playhouse. He is currently writing an opera, Falling Across, due to be staged in Birmingham in 2008.' Visit Jon's website at www.pitch.demon.co.uk.

Lighting Designer - Matthew Biss
Matthew Biss is currently Technical Manager at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts and works freelance as a lighting designer. He joined Norden Farm in 2000 bringing many years of theatre experience and enjoys working on a varied programme of events covering a wide range of artforms. Previously Matthew has worked as Chief Electrician at The Mill at Sonning, Sound Engineer at The Gatehouse in Stafford and many other venues around the country covering a diverse range of jobs.

Freelance producer - Kate Tull
Kate Tull has extensive experience in producing and touring live literature with a particular focus on promoting children's literature, fiction in translation and the short story. She started out at the Africa Centre, working for three years on each of the African Visions Tours and then co-managed the Reading Africa tour in Autumn 2004 on behalf of SABDET. She has managed three tours for the independent publisher Serpent's Tail; the ten day Tales from Africa tour (2004), Croatian Nights a tour celebrating a collection of short stories featuring Croatian and British authors, and in Spring 2006, Bloody Foreigners, a tour promoting the best of foreign crime fiction. Kate has worked on the annual Children's bookshow touring children's authors to theatres and coordinating 40 workshops in schools across the country. Kate has gained a wealth of experience in all aspects of touring writers, managing events and developing audiences.

Producer - Annabel Turpin
Annabel Turpin has been Director of Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead since July 2002 and is responsible for artistic programming as well as overall management of the Centre. She joined Norden Farm as Deputy Director in 1999 to help set up the brand new £10m multi-artform venue. Prior to arriving in Maidenhead, Annabel was Events Manager at Warwick Arts Centre, one of the UK's largest and most innovative multi-artform venues. Her particular interests are small-scale theatre and literature. She currently co-chairs the Live Literature Consortium; co-ordinates the South East Literature Promoters Network, OSCAR, and is on the advisory board of 1157performancegroup.