Key Company Personnel

Christina Forbes

Marie Woods is a regular member of Beach Hut Theatre Company and has appeared in Inside Out (2020), The Curse of the Smuggler’s Run (2019), Wild in the Heart (2018).

The role of Christina Forbes was also played by Allie Watt for one performance.

Mandy Adams

Josephine Pimm has starred in many of our productions including Inside Out (2020), The Curse of the Smuggler’s Run (2019), Love, When It’s Brass (2019), The Tenant of Wuthering Eyre (2018), The Wild Zone (2019) SnOwQuEeN (2017), Summer’s Edge (2016), Rock, Rascals and Revolutions (2015). On TV she has appeared in Scarborough (BBC).

Ben Paget

Tom Booth has appeared in Beach Hut productions including Curse of the Smuggler’s Run (2019), Natural Shocks (2016), Autumn Bites (2016) and many of our Script Hut rehearsed readings. As a writer he was part of our Tis the Season project (2018).

Rhonda Jones

Kate Woodward-Hay has been a regular performer for Beach Hut Theatre Company. She has been in Love When It’s Brass (2019), Curse of the Smuggler’s Run (2019), Tales from the Shadows (2019), Breaking the Ice (2017) and Natural Shocks (2016). She has also been a director on many of our Script Hut performances.

Dougie

Stephen Wilkin is a regular member of Beach Hut Theatre Company. He has appeared in many of our productions including Pop-Up Pierrots (2017, 2019, 2021) SnOwQuEen (2017), The Tenants of Wuthering Eyre (2018) and Inside Out (2020).

Lucille Croissant

Allie Watt is Beach Hut’s Artistic Director. She has acted in many Beach Hut productions including The Curse of the Smuggler’s Run (2019) and Pop-Up Pierrots (2017). She is the writer/director of numerous plays and musicals including The Curse of the Smuggler's Run* (2019), Love, When It's Brass (2019), The Tenants of Wuthering Eyre * (2018), SnOwQuEeN* (2017), Summer's Edge* (2016), Life's A Beach (2007 & 2022).

As a screenwriter she has written for EastEnders (BBC) and Crossroads (ITV).

* with John Pattison.

The President

A regular member of Beach Hut, Chris Fairchild has appeared in various productions including The Curse of the Smuggler’s Run (2019), Tales from the Shadows (2019), Christmas Crack-Ups (2018), Breaking the Ice (2016) and many of our Script Hut rehearsed readings.

Norris Swanson

Darren Foster is long-time member of Beach Hut and past productions include Love, When It's Brass (2019), Autumn Bites (2016), The Flood (2013).

Photo by Mark Lamb.

Writer

Paul Beck wrote and directed The Lonely Path (2019) for Beach Hut Theatre Company. His other scripts for them include Inside Out: Choices (2020), Stick (2018), Left To My Own Devices (2017), Night Follows Day (2017), And Whom Did He See? (2016).

Director

John Pattison is the Associate Director and Musical Director at Beach Hut Theatre Company. He has written and directed The Wild Zone (2018), Pop-Up Pierrots* (2017, 2018, 2021). He has co-written the musicals The Curse of the Smuggler's Run* (2019), The Tenants of Wuthering Eyre* (2018), SnOwQuEeN* (2017), Summer's Edge* (2016).

John has written musicals with Alan Ayckbourn and John Godber, and worked as a Musical Director at The Royal National Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company.

*with Allie Watt.