ANNUAL REVIEW
2025-2026
Welcome
For over 125 years the Hippodrome has been many things for this city, but one thing has been consistent: it’s always a place of joy and memory making.
When we launched our current five year plan in 2023, our core ambitions included creating original productions with a focus on new musicals, establishing a new artistic hub, reducing barriers to transformative arts and culture experiences and continuing to maintain our wonderful theatre for the next 125 years and beyond.
These ambitions are described as Hippodrome Stages, Studios, Unlocked and Tomorrow, developed to ensure we deliver our mission of “providing that “goosebumps” feeling through memorable and extraordinary experiences.”
It’s fair to say that we have been delivering that - and then some.
This year thousands have engaged with new cultural experiences through our work with young people, communities and new audiences. We produced three phenomenal festivals, reaching over 220,000 people. More regional artists participated in our groundbreaking artist development programmes. Our (award-winning!)
new musical Hot Mess toured to Edinburgh and London. It’s been an incredible year of providing those ‘goosebumps’ moments.
We are so fortunate to have an incredible team at the heart of this work, who truly believe in our mission, always demonstrate our values in their approach, and take great pride in making lasting memories for everyone who has a Hippodrome experience.
We would like to give enormous thanks to those teams, volunteers and our Board of Trustees, along with our funders, producers, members, stakeholders and partners who help bring our ambitions as an independent charity to life. We also wish to thank the creative teams and performers who appear on all our stages and bring unrivalled joy to our audiences.
Thank you, for your engagement and support. We hope you enjoy reading through just a selection of highlights from the last year, and we can’t wait to share our next plans with you.
Jon Gilchrist MBE, Artistic Director & CEO, and Catherine Mallyon CBE, Chair, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust.
519 Performances
74 Productions Over 220,000 people attended our festivals
568,000 People attended a show
206,218 Social media followers
123 Volunteers
73 Assisted access performances
1,146,735 Social media engagements
Over
600 people engaged at our Access Hubs at Festivals
31,533 young people engaged with us
55,462 New bookers welcomed
1,600 Hippodrome Friends
107 Patrons
20 Young Advocates
22 Access & Inclusion Advocates
1,500 Hippodrome Creatives members
2,367 Artists engaged with us
Over
16,900 diners in our Circle Lounge
HIPPODROME STAGES
Main Stage
Over the last year we welcomed over 547,000 people to over 30 individual productions on our main stage. Our programme proudly presented the best in musical theatre, world class ballet and opera, contemporary dance, comedy, as well as the country’s biggest and brightest regional pantomime. Producers we have proudly worked with this year include Cameron Mackintosh, Disney, Michael Harrison, ROYO and many more.
Our programme was packed with brand new productions and sold out performances, including Only Fools and Horses The Musical, Kinky Boots starring Johannes Radabe, TINA - The Tina Turner Musical and a special performance of An Evening With David Jason All helped ensure that the venue was over 80% full over the year.
Our Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious summer season of Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s Mary Poppins played to over 70,000 people, as did the sold-out run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical which transformed our beautiful auditorium into a world of glitz and grandeur in October. Additional performances were added to the month long run to meet the phenomenal demand for the first ever limited world tour of this spectacular musical.
This year’s pantomime Robin Hood played to over 106,000 people over the festive period with an all-star cast including Gok Wan, Faye Tozer, Matt Cardle and Sandra Marvin joining Hippodrome favourite Matt Slack. The incredible line up was completed with our returning Dame Andrew Ryan and pantomime legend Christopher Biggins, guest starring as King Richard.
Our long-standing season with Birmingham Royal Ballet brought spectacle and sunshine to the city, with highlights including The Nutcracker and Don Quixote. Adding to another brilliant year of ballet, Director Carlos Acosta received the UK Theatre Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre award.
In our Spring season, audiences were treated to stunning choreography alongside some of Hollywood’s greatest songs with Top Hat, and spectacular dance continued with Matthew Bourne’s spellbinding The Red Shoes. The National Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning drama Dear England united football lovers and novices alike to the beautiful game through James Graham’s compelling and uplifting storytelling. Our year ended with a burst of colour and joy with the dazzling Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Patrick Studio
Over 20,000 people attended performances in our studio space. Recent years have seen this versatile space become the proud home of our produced work including New Musical Theatre, New Work & Artist Development and youth theatre. We have hosted training, masterclasses, workshop performances including sold out work in progress performances of new musical Mona Loser and our annual My First Musical production.
Received work in the Patrick Studio included sold out performances of Black Power Desk as well as productions from British Youth Music Theatre and National Youth Music Theatre.
Shark In The Park and Tales From Acorn Wood delighted our younger audiences and Ladies of Laugher and Catwalk Extravaganza added flair for the adults.
As an events space, we proudly hosted Mercury Musical Developments BEAM 2025, a two-day industry showcase that shines a spotlight on new musical theatre. Other events included the annual BBC WM Make a Difference awards, alongside our own spectacular Gala events and media nights.
HIPPODROME STAGES
Off-Stage Highlights
B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival
40,000 people joined us in Spring to celebrate 10 years of our free festival which showcases the best Hip-Hop talent from Breakin’, Graffiti, DJing and MCing.
A special edition of our Young Community Drop-In kickstarted the festival, followed by world-class dance masterclasses. A sold-out Inclusive Street Dance Workshop took place for the first time for Disabled, Nuerodivergent, D/deaf and Visually Impaired dancers.
The festival spilled across Southside with dance competition qualifiers, a block party, workshops, skateboarding, roller skating and basketball. Grand finals of the Break Mission Worldwide and QueerSide Dance Championships brought the festival to a spectacular close.
Birmingham Weekender
Our annual family festival returned over the August bank holiday weekend with a joyful explosion of music, dance and theatre in Bullring and the city centre.
More than 120,000 people experienced the vibrant programme of free events and installations. Highlights included Weekender Carnival’s colourful dance and music extravaganza by ACE Dance and Music, Autin Dance Theatre’s Up in the Sky, a jawdropping aerial adventure captivating audiences above Rotunda Square and the Hippodrome Young Dancers Showcase engaging audiences with highenergy performances from 24 dancers aged 16–24.
Chinese New Year
60,000 people came together to ring in the Year of the Fire Horse with performances and fireworks in February.
Our annual free festival co-produced with Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee presented a packed programme including lion and dragon processions, K-pop dance, traditional Chinese dance, drummers and choirs. The New Earth TheatreMakersAcademyPlusShowcase featured bold, original work from six artists in our Patrick Studio.
Placemaking in the city
We continued to work in partnership to animate the city’s streets. In February, with Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces and Bullring, we created FORGED for Birmingham Light Festival. 8,000 people experienced this thrilling installation with a bold large-scale fusion of fire, sound and performance inspired by Birmingham’s industrial heritage.
HIPPODROME STUDIOS
Origins
Eight West Midlands based artists continued to develop new work through Origins, our 18 month artist development programme. The cohort have received a bursary, mentoring, dramaturgy support, and a variety of masterclasses. The first public sharing of their new work will be in Spring 2026.
Of the remaining 130 artists that applied for Origins, 30 received further opportunities through the New Work & Artist Development team, including the creation of Craft. This new programme has supported 27 artists across two cohorts to work with leading practitioner Ola Animashawun (Associate Director for New Work & Connections at the National Theatre) on the foundational principles on writing for the stage.
Artist Takeovers
Responding to our local artistic community, we launched ArtistTakeoversin Spring. This year we have delivered two poetry nights, a monologue slam and collaborated with Fatt Projects on their Trans Mutual Joy project. Each artist received funding, support from our team and the freedom to run an event of their choosing. Takeovers have proved to be a fantastic way to support more artists and an opportunity for the Hippodrome to welcome new creatives into the building.
New Work & Artist Development
“The New Work & Artist Development team have continued to check-in with me which really demonstrates how much the Hippodrome is committed to supporting and celebrating the development of new work in the region.”
Craft participant
Residencies
We have broadened our work with underrepresented artists this year with the launch of Connect, our residency programme for South Asian artists to network and develop their practice together.
We were oversubscribed for our first residency with people commenting that they felt a rare sense of welcome and belonging after feeling isolated for so long.
We have also continued our partnership with New Earth Theatre, supporting a cohort of six artists to develop work for our Chinese New Year festival. Our Gathering cohort of artists has doubled this year and we continue to support them with commissions as we work towards our first full New Work production.
Creatives Community
Our Hippodrome Creatives Community continues to flourish, with over 1,500 regional artists regularly using our open access Artists’ Lounge, joining socials, attending productions and workshops, connecting with the New Work & Artist Development team and utilising free rehearsal space.
HIPPODROME STUDIOS
HOT MESS
Following on from workshop performances in 2023, we made our Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in August with new pop comedy musical Hot Mess
Produced in association with Vicky Graham Productions and created by Ellie Coote and Jack Godfrey, the high-energy original romcom musical reimagined the climate crisis as a story of love, hope and the ultimate break-up.
We opened with two sold out previews in our Patrick Studio, generating great buzz.
The show had a phenomenal sell-out run over a month in Edinburgh, received rave reviews and scooped five major awards, including the prestigious Fringe First Award in recognition for exceptional new writing.
Hot Mess transferred to Southwark Playhouse Elephant for a three-week run in October, generating even more five star reviews. In total. 9,000 people saw this groundbreaking new musical.
New Musical Theatre
“Brilliant one-liners, dazzling music and two formidable performers”
The Guardian
absolute joy”
NO SUCH THING AS WOLVES
Following on from the success of The Jingleclaw (nominated for Best Show for Children and Young People at the UK Theatre Awards), we proudly staged our next My First Musical, No Such Thing As Wolves over the festive season.
Brought to life by Stage Debut Award-winning director Emily Ling Williams and two of the writers behind Horrible Histories, Gerard Foster and Richie Webb, this charming, funny, new musical was a huge hit with our young audiences. 7,500 people attended the show over the four-week run.
“Delivering on the big task of keeping small children completely and utterly engaged for 60 minutes”
Birmingham World
“The songs are so catchy it’s difficult to resist”
What’s On Stage
H H H H
“Another hit My First Musical from the Hippodrome”
What’s On Live
NEW MUSICALS DEVELOPMENT
Our New Musical Theatre department continued to host RIFFS residencies, giving writers space and support to work on new musicals. In June, we welcomed Kit Buchan and Jim Barne for a RIFF to work on ahead of workshop performances in London. The second phase of workshop performances took place at the Hippodrome in March 2026, with all four performances selling out.
HIPPODROME UNLOCKED
A practically perfect experience
In partnership with Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, we opened our doors to over a thousand young people across the West Midlands in July for a special Unlocked performance of Mary Poppins
We were joined by groups from across our Hippodrome Education Network and wider community engagement programmes whose young people face significant barriers to attending theatre. 86% of the audience came from areas with the highest child poverty rates in the UK.
The performance was followed by an exclusive look behind the scenes, including demonstrations of scene changes and costumes, plus a Q&A with the cast, crew and Hippodrome teams. These sessions offered young audiences an opportunity to get a rare glimpse behind the curtain and discover the breadth of work and skills required to stage a world-class production. 100% of attendees to Mary Poppins said they wanted to see more theatre following their Unlocked visit, 91% wanted to take part in more theatre activities and 80% reported being interested in a future career in the sector.
Access progress
We hosted 73 assisted access performances this year, including Relaxed performances on our main stage at The Nutcracker and Robin Hood, as well as our first relaxed performance of our My First Musical series, No Such Thing as Wolves with successful access drop-ins post show.
Members of our team have been participating in the Ramps on the Moon change programme, using their experience to help shape our ambition to become the most accessible venue of our size in the UK.
In July, we launched our improved Audio Described system Auri, making theatre experiences more accessible for our Visually Impaired, D/deaf and Neurodivergent customers. We reinstated our BSL App which visitors can use to connect with a BSL Interpreter, supporting clearer communication with our Visitor Experience team. Our foyers screens now share pre-show information in BSL too!
Our Access and Inclusion Advocates continue to embed across our wider work, sharing experiences at stakeholder and fundraising events, with the staff team, at Access Socials and digitally. We welcomed our highest number of disabled audience members to date at Chinese New Year thanks to an improved access offer, including an accessible viewpoint, chill-out zone and access hub.
Education
Our team of artist-facilitators continued to deliver weekly sessions in 24 partner schools, with additional activity taking place with five partner colleges. Our largest cohort for SEN Work Experience took place with 21 students aged 15-16 working across the organisation, taking part in a puppet-making workshop with Lori Hopkin and non-verbal theatre with Open Theatre.
We continued to partner with world-class theatre companies including Complicité and China Plate to deliver workshops for young people and teachers. In January, we were delighted to host the National Theatre’s Drama Teacher Conference with practical workshops and thought provoking panel discussions. The conference provided a platform for over 100 educators to refine their teaching practices and learn from industry leaders including the National Theatre’s Director
Curtain Raisers
We cast 18 incredible young people in our Peaky Blinders curtain raiser with Rambert in June. The piece was developed with Rambert choreographer Charlotte Edmonds and local spoken word artist Sipho Eric Ndlovu, merging dance and spoken word to honour Benjamin Zephaniah.
In autumn, we welcomed 18 students to work with choreographer Harrison Yafai to create a performance on our main stage before the opening performance of Motionhouse’s new show HIDDEN.
Community Co-creation
Birmingham Hippodrome’s community team has been supporting local youth organisations and charities with creative experiences and opportunities since 2023. In Her Hands was the first co-created performance to emerge from this work, developed in partnership with youth charity Free@Last and performing arts school, Performers College.
In Her Hands brought together 20 young people from Free@Last and 10 students from Performers College Birmingham.
Festivals
The project started with workshops and open conversations about what mattered to the young people, allowing themes to emerge organically. The production reflected the voices, creativity and lived experiences of the group. For the students performing the work, the process offered a practical introduction to community theatre-making, expanding their understanding of how theatre can be created in partnership with young people and community organisations.
We supported seven community groups to attend B:SIDE Hip-Hop Festival, with a mix of hosted experiences, including access to workshops with festival artists and supported visits to our Young Community Drop In event.
Five of our Young Advocates completed paid placements during Birmingham Weekender this year. A further six Young Advocates and alumni of the programme were employed in a freelance capacity or took on roles as mentors for the current group, keeping skills development embedded in our work.
TALENT DEVELOPMENT JOURNEY
We support creative talent at every step of their journey. From first experiences in our theatre to apprenticeships, artist development and commissions, we nurture skills, spark ambition and champion the diverse talent of our region.
Many of the programmes highlighted in this year’s annual review work together to build this pipeline, unlocking opportunity and shaping a distinctive cultural future for Birmingham.
FIRST ENGAGEMENT:
• Hippodrome Education Network
• Unlocked performances
• Community projects
• Watching a show
TALENT DEVELOPMENT:
• Artist development programmes, such as
YOUNG PEOPLE: SKILLS & TRAINING:
• Youth Theatres
• Curtain Raisers
EARLY CAREERS:
• Work experience
• Apprenticeships
• Theatre Experience days
EMERGING ARTISTS:
• Creatives community
• Scratch nights to share new work, including Writers Block
• Playspace residences
• Artist Takeovers
• Young Advocates programme
• Paid placements
MID-CAREER:
• Origins and festivals commissions
• New writer programmes such as MT Writers Group
• Workshop performances
ESTABLISHED CREATIVES:
• Produced new musicals (Hot Mess, No Such Thing as Wolves)
• Drama teachers’ conference
HIPPODROME TOMORROW
Our building
We continue to invest in our theatre with a plan of capital works throughout the building over the coming years.
Over the Autumn season, our two Front of House lifts received a well-earned upgrade to enable future generations of theatre lovers to move around the building with ease.
Other projects in progress include the re-roofing of the Stage House and the installation of an air extract system which will allow our existing plant to work more efficiently.
We are also investing in our heating, cooling and ventilation plant, lighting, stage equipment and IT infrastructure.
Sustainability
In July, we launched a brand-new Sustainability plan, which contains 10 core commitments, including Creative Programme, Governance and Values, Partnerships and Training, as well as looking at improving our environmental performance by cutting direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and addressing resource use in works.
This plan is the culmination of our successful journey to reach Theatre Green Book (TGB) Preliminary standard.
We published our first public Annual Sustainability Report in December 2026, summarising our progress over the year 24/25. The report was wellreceived and has been shared as an example of best practice with the TGB Steering Committee.
This season we have celebrated several sustainability innovations in our productions, including biodegradable confetti for Robin Hood, using real tree branches sourced sustainably from Kingsbury Water Park’s rangers to dress the set of No Such Thing as Wolves, and working with the National Theatre to donate and recycle costumes at the end of the UK tour of Dear England.
Diversifying our income
OUR STRATEGIC CORE
Fundraising and Development
Our team have had another busy year, securing essential funds for our youth programmes, access opportunities, free festivals and our building.
This included securing over £70,000 for our annual Chinese New Year celebrations, enabling more people to experience culture for free in the heart of the city.
An award from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Vibrant & Active City Programme Grant enabled us to replace the lighting in our Patrick Studio to a more sustainable system, complete with improved contemporary lighting solutions for creative work. It was installed just in time to light our festive production of No Such Thing As Wolves.
In October, 165 guests attended our sell-out event fundraising Gala at Moulin Rouge! The Musical, raising £20,000 to further support our Hippodrome Unlocked ambitions.
We ended 2025 raising a record-breaking total of £51,168 through The Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest collaborative
match-funding campaign. The funds have supported our youth programmes and ongoing work with our Hippodrome Education Network partner schools and colleges, giving 30,000 young people the chance to learn, perform and discover their potential through the arts.
Charles Holloway OBE, Founding Supporter of our New Musical Theatre Department has committed to support our work for a further three years, making a significant impact on our ambitions to develop new musicals and run talent development programmes.
Visitor Experience and events
Our team continued to innovate with new products for our visitors, including our very own beer! We have proudly collaborated with Birmingham based independent brew house Attic Brewery and launched our “Show Off” Session IPA this year.
The Circle Lounge continues to thrive, with over 16,900 people dining with us before a show this year.
Our team delivered a number of conferences and events, including BEAM 2025, Creative UK and the annual BBC WM Make A Difference Awards. In October, we welcomed Britain’s Got Talent with a crew of over 250 people to film auditions at the Hippodrome.
We continued to host a vast range of press nights, Hippodrome Creatives socials and spectacular Gala events.
OUR STRATEGIC CORE OUR PEOPLE
2025 saw a transition away from the term ‘HR’ to People, Culture & Talent (PCT) - reflecting the ongoing commitment to our organisational values; ensuring a workplace where our teams have the opportunity to develop, upskill and thrive.
Talent Development
New training this year included the launch of Crafting Compassionate Cultures, an online learning hub created by Strawberry Words focusing on EDI&B training for our employees. Our teams also participated in SMARTER goals training, Coaching skills, Preventing Sexual Harassment Companion training, Menopause awareness and Wellbeing training, alongside a suite of health, safety and security opportunities.
We successfully gained funding from the Mackintosh Foundation for another apprentice in our technical services team, working alongside our existing apprentices through Solihull College.
Wellbeing
We have rolled out quarterly Wellbeing Surveys, each with a specific focus area, along with a standard set of questions to enable us to better monitor progress and track trends. Results are shared with the wellbeing committee who have worked on initiatives who have worked on initiatives, actions and responses for our employees. The PCT team have also developed further support for our network of Mental Health First Aiders.
Employee voice groups
This year we reviewed and refreshed our employee voice groups to ensure they continue to drive change and support colleagues in ways that matter. The Wellbeing Committee met monthly to analyse survey results, explore ideas and drive practical actions to improve the everyday working life for colleagues. Our Sustainability Champions developed a practical Theatre Green Book action plan and are working closely with teams across the organisation to bring those actions to life. Meanwhile, the Inclusion & Anti Racism Forum championed even more opportunities for staff to learn and connect, helping to ensure everyone who works with and visits the Hippodrome feels welcome.
OUR STRATEGIC CORE GROWING OUR PROFILE
Our Artistic Director and CEO Jon Gilchrist continued his advocacy of the industry this year, with appointments to the Creative Industries Council and Arts Council England.
Jon entered 2026 with the prestigious recognition of being appointed an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List for his services to British theatre. In January, he was named in The Stage 100 list as one of the most influential people in theatre for the third year running.
AWARDS
Winners:
Birmingham Awards: Arts & Culture award
Solihull College & University Centre
Apprenticeship Impact Awards: Employer of the Year and Excellence in Apprenticeship Support, awarded to Ian Wallace, Technical Manager at Birmingham Hippodrome in recognition for his work coaching and developing technical apprentices.
Awards for Hot Mess:
Fringe First Award
Popcorn Writing Award
Musical Theatre Review’s New Musical
Theatre Award
The List magazine’s International Fringe
Encore Series prize
Recognition in The Stage’s Fringe Five
Finalists:
UK Theatre Awards - Excellence in Inclusivity
UK Theatre Awards - Best Show for Children & Young People (The Jingleclaw)
West Midlands Tourism Awards – Best Festival / Event: Bronze (Birmingham Weekender)
West Midlands Tourism Awards - Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Award: Bronze
Shortlisted:
UK Festival Awards – Inner-City Festival of the Year (Birmingham Weekender)
National Outdoor Events Association AwardsThe Place Making Award (Birmingham Weekender)
National Outdoor Events Association AwardsEvent Organisers of the Year
OUR PEOPLE
Trustees
Catherine Mallyon CBE (Chair)
Harj Millington (Deputy Chair)
Andrew Connors
Ranjit Dhindsa
Andy Hammond
Elizabeth Lawal
Kathryn Marten
Jacqui O’Hanlon
Dr Tru Powell
Rob Valentine
Dr Justin Varney-Bennett
Special Advisers:
Sir John Crabtree
CVO OBE
Board Access
Champion Vidar
Hjardeng MBE
Glenn Howells
Volunteers
Jennifer Blake
Erica Bolton
David Chantry
Aileen ChiversGreen
Jane Clarkin
Jackie Cook
Pamela Cook
Mary Dawson
Viv Dobson
Shirley Evans
Alison Evetts
Taz Fetwi
Diane Fitzpatrick
John Fowler
Michelle Gillard
John Green
Andy Harper
Susan Harpin
Claire Hemming
Megan Hicks
Paul Hill
Gillian Johnson
Karen Kavanaugh
Noula Knight
Barbara Kowalska
Rodger
Lawrence
Stella Lee
Denise Leverton
Maureen Mauser
Diane McKevitt
Christine Miley
Janice Morgan
Sandy Osborne
Sarah Paramore
Carol Rafter
Frances Ramsden
Susanne Rowley
Melanie Seaton
Jane Smalley
Jo Smith
Maxine Smith
Pamela Smith
Sue Taylor
Steve Wade
Wendy Whatton
Dawn Whittaker
Kim Wright
Employees
Ashley Adam
Charlotte Aikens
Ryan Allen-Rose
Amit Amliwala
Olive Amos
Maria Arroja Ferreira
James Ashfield
Alex Bacciochi-Paton
Christopher Ball
Charlotte Bannocks
Jo Barber
Olivia Barnes
Ian Barron
Callie Barter
Sebastian Bartlett
Victoria
Basterfield
Caroline Beaven
Jacob Bell
Kian Betley
Anand Bhatt
Emily Boate
Stuart Boland
Charlotte Boyer
Jamie Braniff
Rachel Bromfield
Mark Brooks
Liam Brown
Matthew Broyd
Jen Burrows
Ray Cannon
Julie Carey
Finlay Carroll
Rosa Carter
Daniel Carter
Holly Chadley
Rebecca Clark
Dawn Conlon
Annabel Cook
Kay Cooper
Ed Costello
Chloe Couper
Lily Croft
Simon Cutler
Eduard Cuzencu
Jack Davies
Polly Davis
Joshua Delves
Aadil Din
Molly Drew
Steve Eames
Simon Edge
Lucy
Ellery-Slevin
Victoria
Ellery-Slevin
Jyoti Evans
Matt Evans
Stephen Fabian-Edwards
Claire Farnell
Laura Gallimore
Laura Gilbert
Jon Gilchrist
MBE
Marina Gilmore
Donald Graham
James Gratrix
Judith Greenburgh
Sophia Griffin
Joanne Griffin
Audrey Guest
Ravinder Hans
Sebastian
Hau-Walker
Alicia Hawkins
Debbie Hayes
Lisette Hickman
Anna Himali
Howard
Andrew Hogarth
Elizabeth Hope
Matthew Horsfield
Kyle Husted
Erika Jackson
Jonathon
Jenkinson
Elyse Jinks
Dale Johnson
Myles Johnson
Holly Jones
Marc Keogh
Beth Kiddie
Alycen Leivers
Sophie Lewis
Rachel Little
Sarah Lomas
Ben Lowings
Mollie
Macpherson
Chilina Madon
Dean Marshall
Remé
McAlister-Willie
Rheya Mills
MariaMagdalena
Mineva
Cheryl Mok
Ahlaam
Moledina
Chris Moore
Lewis Moore
Diane Morgan
Lauren Morton
Fazle Munna
Francesca
Murphy
Matthew Neuenhaus
Nhi Ngo Le Yen
Diana Nickless
Rares Nistor
Deirdre
O’Halloran
Erica O’Brien
Thomas O’Connell
Jordan Oliver
Claire Packer
Joe Parker
Tegan Payne
Mathilde Petford
Charles Pette
Ben Pickering
Anna Piper
Ruth Power
Joseph Price
Aimee Price
Ethan Pritchard
Joseph Proctor
Craig Randle
Lauren Rawlins
David Reeve
Megan Reynolds
Isaac Reynolds
Sherelle
Robbins
Ashlee Elizabeth
Lolo Roberts
Sherine
Robinson
Francesca
Robson
Jay Rowe
Emma Ryan
Gemma Sahota
Zakary Saleh
Donna Scott
Anouk Smith
Carden
Stapleton
Sam Strachan
James Strickley
Amy Stutz
Chris Sudworth
Halima Suleman
Jessica Syposz
Brian Taylor
Jessica Taylor
Alice Thacker
Alexander Thacker
Emma Thompson
Ben Tindall
Liam Tolson
Lucy Tranter
Lucky Uddin
Nicholas Valente
Thomas Valentine
Alex Varey
Eleanor Walker-Harris
Christopher
Wall
Ian Wallace
Fabia White
Scott
Whitehouse
Elizabeth Wildman
Richard Wilkins
Jhanee
Wilkins-Comrie
Rachel Williams
Zaylie-Dawn
Wilson
Jennifer Wood
Amelia York
Lynn Zabiela
Flexible Staff:
Atlas Adams
Eddie Adkins
Juanita Agholor
Eve Allsop
Samuel Andrew-Lyons
James Ansell
Michelle Astbury
John Aubrey
Kimberley Bailey
Peter Bailey
Mark Barigye
Alastair
Barnsley
Shayah
Beese-Barnes
Sebastian Bartlett
Alexandra Belfort
Luke Bessant
Jonathan Boczek
Marni Bond
Oliver Boot
Robert Brew
Caleb-Ciara
Britton
Simone
Bromwich
Lashante
Brotherson
Natasha Brown
Pamela Brown
Ceridwen Brown
Lexie Brown
Terrianne Buffong
Samantha Bull
Johanna Bunyan
Lynsey Burford
Lianne Burns
John Burrows
Vanessa Burrows
Anna Butcher
Kewina Byfield
Amelia CameronPadmore
Ronald Campbell
Mary Clarke
Mia Clive
Lisa Closs
Jaycee Closs
Christopher Coe
Tracey Connolly
Sarah Cook
Matthew Cook
Stephen Cowdrill
Dante Crawford
Jaidon
Crawford-Grant
Jamie Crosswell
Abigail Croxton
Jake Cureton
Ryan Darby
Ayode David
Emma Davies
Benjamin Davies
Darcy Davis
Sophie Devane
Amrit Kaur
Dhugga
Charlotte Dipple
Prachiti Domb
Paula Douglas
Rhiann Edwards
Paul Emery
Helen England
Savannah
Estridge
Imogen
Fancourt
Haleemah Farooki
Hannan
Finnegan
Gail Fletcher
Benjamin Ford
Susannah Forsyth
Alexander Frost
Abigail Gachukia
Hannah Gadd
Eden Garrattley
Million
Gebrehiewete
Jordan Gibb
Hannah Gibbons
Taylor Godfrey
Amber Gollay
Alexis Goodier
Tony Graham
Stephen Grant
Alicia Green
Dan Hagley
Charlotte Hall
Elaine Hann
Ann Harrison
Thomas Harrison
Chloe Hartley
Mia Harvey
Renee Harvey
Neil Hateley
Julie Christina-
Ann Hayes
Michael Healing
Teresa Herbert
Hannah Hibbert
Luis Hibbert
Pritchard
Oliver Higham
Chris Hines
Colleen Hoey
Ruth Holder
Joy Holder
Kenny Holmes
Emily Horn
Linda Houghton
Kieron Hoult
Sadie Hughes
Farrah Hughes
Daniel Hunt
Rachel Hunter
Nur Iqbal
Mollie Isham
Telvin Jackson
Eludi James
Rebecca
James-Brown
Martin Jarvis
Alexander
Johnson
Anvere Kaila
Mishelle Keany
Rebecca Kebede
Karen Kelly
Jessica Kendall
Anthony Kenny
Paul Keogh
Ashleigh Kerr
Issac Lap Kan
Keung
Armaan Khaliq
Amani Khan
Priya Khan
Saneal Kumar
Darren Lewis
Naomi Lewis
James Lines
Richard Lockley
Samantha Logan
Jennifer Lowe
Harley Lunn
Maya Maduike
Ellie-Mae
Maguire
Peter Mallett
Charlotte
Manning
Anne Marklew
Perminder
Marwaha
Evangeline
Mash
Natalie Mason
Jasper Mattel
Eden Maye
Brandon Mayfield
Gennavive
Mcintosh
Alexia McIntosh
Ian McKnight
Scarlett Meadow
Sophie Meredith
Glenis Merritt
Claire Millership
Benjamin
Mitchell
Andrew
Montague
Shania Morgan
Judith Morgan
Angela Morton
Lucas Moss
Laura Murphy
Simone Murrain
Anna Nee
Joel Nelson
Bethany
Nightingale
Tommaso Nista
Paul Oakley
Faith Obaro
Julian O’Brien
Darcy O’Grady
Charlotte Perry
Bobbie Petford
Amy Philpott
Tom Phipps
Ellie Pickering
Matthew Pitt
David Pittam
Jake
Plester-Coyne
Sarah Pooler
Logan Powell
Karen Powell
Donna Rafter
Callum Ray
Xinqi Ren
Robert Roberts
Michael
Robertson
Karl Robins
Martha Roche
Maria Rodriguez
Murdoch
Hannah Roe
Leon Rowe
Elizabeth Rowntree
Jade Russell
Nevaeh Russell
Jade Russell
Barbara Rutter
Georgina
Sanchez
Parminderjit
Sanghera
Sharren
Sawyers
Rhianna Shaw
Gareth Shippen
Poppy Small
Patricia Smith
Ashley Emma
Smith
Jacob Smith
Matthew Spiers
Katherine Stanley
Adam Starr
Imani-Rae
Steele
Andrea Stephenson
Timothy Swinhoe-
Standen
Wai Fung
Tang
Thomas Taylor
Peter
Terry-Short
Philip Thackray
Katherine
Thomas
Natalie
Thompson
Liam Tipper
Hollie Tomlinson
Jaiden Tsang
Sophia
Tsouvallaris
Rachel Wainwright
Lauren Waldron
Sharon Walker
Poppy Wallace
Jack Walsh
Peter Wan
Gail Watkis
Jacob Watts
Blossom Weal
Claire Weaver
Alexander
Webster
Jess Whitehill
Shaun Whitehouse
Emma Whitehouse-bird
Laura Whitehouse-bird
Elena Wilcox
Bryonie Wilkes
Maisie Wilkinson
Courtney Williams
Craig Wilson
James Windsor
William Witt
Zoe Wood
Rhiannon
Woodhams
Jason Woolcock
Zara Wright
Cleo Wright
Tommie Wynne
Ryker Young
Rohan Lal
Terry Lamb
Daniel Carvell
Nathan Catley
Jagdish Greenfield
Lorna Lanspeary
Brent Leman
Luke Orme
Nick Owen
Matthew Parker
Sian Patterson
Darren Stokes
Laura Swales
Sheriton Swan
Sharon Swayers
Nasreen Zaidi
Shuayb Zaman
Alexandra-
Adriana Zlate
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