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Theatre includes: Groundhog Day – Olivier Award for Best New Musical (The Old Vic/Broadway); A Passion for Being Nice (The Practical Theater Company, Chicago); Walking on Eggshells (The Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago). Film includes: Groundhog Day – BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay and London Film Critics’ Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year, S.F.W., Hear No Evil. Web series includes: Our Own Devices, Stories from A Santa Fe Massage. Rubin has taught screenwriting throughout the US and internationally, and from 2008-2013 served as the first Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on Screenwriting at Harvard University.

Tim Minchin is a musician, actor, writer and comedian.

He is the multiple Olivier and Helpmann Award-winning, Tony and Grammy nominated composer-lyricist of two stage musicals, Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day. The feature film of Matilda the Musical was released in 2022.

As a singer-songwriter and comedian, he has toured the UK, US and Australia, selling out some of the world’s most iconic venues, including The Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney Opera House, and Wembley Arena. He has released four specials, including Back (2022) and Tim Minchin Vs the Heritage Orchestra Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2012).

His 2020 studio album, Apart Together, debuted at #3 on the Australian charts and reached top 30 in the UK.

Screen acting roles include his AACTA award-winning Lucky Flynn in Upright, Atticus Fetch in season 6 of Californication, Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (2018), a Logie award-winning Smasher Sullivan in the ABC’s Secret River, and Darius Cracksworth in the upcoming Disney Plus series, The Artful Dodger.

He is the head writer and a co-producer of Upright, his writing earning him an Australian Writer’s Guild (AWGIE) award.

Stage acting roles include his acclaimed Judas in the 2013-14 Arena Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Sydney Theatre Company.

He was the voice of Shaun Tan’s Oscar winning The Lost Thing, of Pretty Boy in Netflix’s Back To The Outback and of Chihoohoo in the upcoming Scary Girl.  

He has released a graphic novel, Storm, and two children’s books. He is a member of the Order of Australia and has received three honorary doctorates of letters. His acceptance speech for his UWA doctorate has been viewed over 150 million times.

Theatre includes: Lungs, Present Laughter, ‘Art’, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, Speed-the-Plow (The Old Vic); A Christmas Carol, Groundhog Day, The Norman Conquests (The Old Vic/Broadway); OLD VIC: IN CAMERA – A Christmas Carol, Faith Healer, Three Kings, Lungs (The Old Vic); Matilda the Musical (RSC/West End/Broadway/International tour); Ghost the Musical (West End/Broadway/South Korea); La Bête (West End/Broadway); God of Carnage (West End/Broadway/LA); Deathtrap, Endgame (West End); Our House, Much Ado About Nothing (West End/UK tour); Boeing-Boeing (West End/Broadway/UK tour); The Lord of the Rings (West End/Toronto); Buried Child, Volpone (National Theatre); Follies (Broadway); Life x 3 (National Theatre/The Old Vic/Broadway); True West (Donmar/Broadway); The Unexpected Man (RSC/West End/Broadway); ‘Art’ (Broadway/West End/Los Angeles); Hamlet, Henry V (RSC); Betrayal, Death of a Salesman, The Plough and the Stars, Fiddler on the Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, True West, Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse). Opera includes: Falstaff, Così Fan Tutte (ENO); The Rake’s Progress (ROH/WNO). Film includes: Matilda The Musical, Pride — BIFA Best British Independent Film, Simpatico. Matthew was an Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse and Artistic Associate at The Old Vic before being appointed Artistic Director of the theatre in 2014.

Theatre includes: Groundhog Day, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (The Old Vic); A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic/Broadway/US); Spitting Image: The Musical, Mother Goose, The Miser, Upstart Crow, The Man in The White Suit, Love Story, Daddy Cool, The Girls, Onassis, An Ideal Husband (West End); Little Shop of Horrors, Hansel and Gretel (Regent’s Park Open Air); Twelfth Night, Vernon God Little (Young Vic); Jack Absolute Flies Again, A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, Rocket to the Moon (National Theatre); The Sound of Music, Present Laughter, The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas, Goodnight Mr Tom (Chichester); Spitting Image Live (Birmingham Rep); The Madness of George III (Nottingham Playhouse). Opera includes: HMS Pinafore, The Merry Widow, Iolanthe (ENO); Porgy and Bess (Grange Park Opera); Gods of The Game. Film includes: The Grinch, Pride, Tap Boy, Tick, Dance with Me. Lizzi is an Associate Artist of The Old Vic.

Theatre includes: Eureka Day, Lungs, Present Laughter, Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, A Flea in Her Ear, Inherit the Wind, Speed-the-Plow, Complicit, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA – A Christmas Carol, Faith Healer, Lungs (The Old Vic); A Christmas Carol, The Norman Conquests, Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Broadway). Rob has also worked at the National Theatre, RSC, Royal Court, Almeida, Donmar, Young Vic, Bristol Old Vic, Chichester, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera and on Broadway. He has won three Olivier Awards for Set Design, including for Matilda The Musical (RSC/West End/Broadway/International tour) for which he also won a Tony Award. In 2019, he won two Tony Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Scenic Design for The Ferryman (Royal Court/West End/Broadway) and in 2021 two Tony Awards for Set and Costume Design for A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic/Broadway).

Theatre as Composer includes: A Christmas Carol – Tony Award for Best Original Score (The Old Vic/Broadway); Future Conditional, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA – A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic); The Divide (The Old Vic/EIF). Theatre as Orchestrator, Additional Music, Musical Supervisor includes: Groundhog Day — Olivier Award for Best New Musical (The Old Vic/Broadway); Matilda the Musical — seven Olivier Awards, four Tony Awards (RSC/West End/Broadway). Theatre as Musical Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator includes: Ghost The Musical (West End/Broadway). Theatre as Musical Supervisor and Orchestrator includes: Bombay Dreams (West End). Theatre as Co-Composer and Orchestrator includes: The Lord of the Rings (West End/Toronto). Theatre as Arranger and Musical Director includes: Closer to Heaven (West End). Theatre as Musical Director includes: Whistle Down the Wind, Oliver!. Film as Composer includes: Pride. Film as Conductor/Vocal Coach includes: Evita. Film as Original Score and Executive Music Producer includes: Matilda The Musical.

Hugh has worked extensively in London’s West End and on Broadway, lighting over 200 productions worldwide and receiving many accolades for his designs including two TONY Awards, three Olivier Awards, two Green Room awards, a Helpmann and Molière.

Currently in the West End: Back to the Future (also on Broadway) and Matilda the musical (also international tour).

Previous work in Australia includes: Baz Luhrmann’s STRICTLY BALLROOM, the musicals MARY POPPINS, MATILDA, SHREK, THE WIZARD OF OZ, SPAMALOT and SCROOGE as well as the hit plays ART, THE GRADUATE and The Old Vic’s production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne.

Hugh is an associate artist at The Old Vic in London.
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Theatre includes: Present Laughter, A Christmas Carol — Tony Award for Best Sound Design for a Play, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, High Society, Electra, The Norman Conquests, Hedda Gabler, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA — A Christmas Carol, Faith Healer, Three Kings, Lungs (The Old Vic); Girl from the North Country (The Old Vic/UK & Ireland tour/Australia/Broadway/West End/Off-Broadway/Toronto); Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Broadway); Hamnet (West End); Shakespeare in Love, Matilda The Musical — Olivier Award for Best Sound (RSC/West End/Broadway/International tour); The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic/West End); The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida); Hex, The Light Princess, Amen Corner (National Theatre); Malory Towers, Wise Children (UK tour); Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe); Wuthering Heights (Bristol Old Vic/Wise Children).

Theatre includes: Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Broadway); Matilda The Musical, Ghost the Musical — Drama Desk Award (West End/Broadway); Lord of the Rings (West End/Toronto); Zorro The Musical (Folies Bergère/West End/International tour); An Act of God, Finding Neverland (Broadway); Side Show (Kennedy Center/Broadway); Pippin (A.R.T/Broadway); Awakening (Wynn Las Vegas); The Invisible Man (Menier Chocolate Factory); Batman Live (UK tour/International tour); The Cherry Orchard (Roundabout); Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory); The Phantom of the Opera (US tour). Film includes: Hugo, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Other includes: Mickey and the Magician (Disneyland Paris). Consultant to Kate Bush, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, David Blaine, Magic Castle. Hollywood Creative Fellowship Award winner. Associate Artist at The Old Vic.

Theatre includes: Sylvia, Eureka Day, No’s Knife, Speed-the-Plow (The Old Vic); Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Broadway); Life of Pi – Olivier Award, Broadway World Award, UK Theatre Award, The Drifters Girl, The Unfriend (West End); People, Places and Things (West End/National Theatre/NYC); & Juliet – WhatsOnStage Award (West End/Broadway); Message in a Bottle (West End/Tour); Pressure (West End/UK tour/Toronto); Henry V, Coriolanus (Donmar/NT Live); Room – Theatre and Technology Award for Video Design (Stratford East/Toronto); The Da Vinci Code (UK tour). Theatre as Video and Set Designer includes: The Unreturning, Constellations. 

Theatre as additional movement includes: Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Broadway). Theatre as co-director and puppet designer includes: The Elephantom (National Theatre/West End); The Four Seasons: A Reimagining (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Hartlepool Monkey (UK tour). Theatre as Puppetry Director/Puppet Co-Designer includes: Life of Pi – Olivier Award (West End/ART/Broadway); The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic/West End); The Wicker Husband (Watermill); Running Wild (Chichester/Regent’s Park Open Air/UK tour). Theatre as director of Puppetry and Movement includes: Dr Seuss’s The Lorax (The Old Vic); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre/West End); War Horse (National Theatre/West End/International tour); Shrek the Musical (West End); Angels in America (National Theatre/Broadway); The Light Princess (National Theatre); Dream Space (Shakespeare’s Globe). Finn is co-Artistic Director of Gyre & Gimble.