Vicky Ireland, writer for children’s theatre, T.V. and radio.
Co Artistic Director of A Thousand Cranes Theatr

Peter is a highly experienced writer and director, based in Birmingham and working in Theatre-in-Education and Theatre for Young Audiences for over 35 years. His 40 plus plays include Roy and Heads or Tails fro Big Brum, The Shooky and Princess and Ginger for Birmingham Rep, and The Bridge [with Ko Sun Duck] and Looking for Yoghurt [with Toyoko Nishida and Kim Mijeong] for Hanyong Theatre. He now runs the degree course in Applied Theatre at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Mike is one of the UK's leading writers, specialising in theatre for young people and families. He was included in the Independent on Sunday’s list of Top Ten Living UK Playwrights, was the first recipient of The Arts Council of England Children’s Award, and several Writers Guild of GB Awards. The Kinderteaterpreis in Germany, and 3 LA Critics Awards in the US, and was nominated for a prix Moliere in France. His plays are performed regularly throughout the UK and all over the world.

Ginni Manning is a playwright, theatre maker and writer from Liverpool who co-wrote Dipalo, the ASSITEJ Award winning play, with Lalu Mokuku. She completed the Higher Education Certificate of Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool from 2009-2013 concentrating on Screenwriting and Writing for Performance