Adrian received a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts Management from Leicester Polytechnic and was the Founding Member and the Producer of StopWatch Theatre Company, a national touring Theatre-in-Education company which toured the entire country for almost 30 years and which among many others began the I LOVE YOU MUM, I PROMISE I WON’T DIE tour. He has written and performed in educational plays and workshops on a multitude of topics in schools across the UK. Having originally met Wizard’s Artistic Director in 1996 he agreed to come on board as a consultant to Wizard in the early 2000’s and has delivered and help develop numerous projects for the company, bringing a wealth of educational drama experience.

Oliver is Artistic Director of the international award-winning theatre company Illyria which is over 30 years old. He has directed and co-produced EVERY winter show for Wizard Theatre since they started in 2007. Trained at ALRA, he has appeared on TV and Stage including the West End. Credits include THE BFG, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, AS YOU LIKE IT, and even a ‘Dalek’ in DR WHO. A veteran Pantomime performer, Oliver is one half of the outrageous ugly sister act LAV AND LOU (winners of the Best Ugly Sisters award at the Great British Pantomime Awards 2017). He has appeared on our screens in a national television ad campaign for smoke alarms, which involved him filming underwater for long periods in the diving tank at Pinewood Studios!

Based now in a beautiful part of Cornwall, when not writing, directing or performing he can often be found walking a pooch on the cliffs.

Trained at Hull University, Emmy’s theatre credits include: ‘Mrs Bennett’ in PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ‘Titania’ in A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM and ‘Lady Macbeth’ in MACBETH. Television appearances include HOLBY CITY, EASTENDERS, THE BILL and for a brief period a couple of SURF commercials as Linda Robson’s hands!!! She was ASM on THE BLUE ROOM directed by Sam Mendes starring Nicole Kidman.

For Wizard she designed the first 5 sets for our winter shows and numerous props and costumes for the message-based workshops and productions. As associate producer she helps with the day-to-day duties of running the company – alongside her main role as principal of Stagecoach Harrow which she has run for almost 20 years and currently has around 250 pupils every Saturday!!!

Samuel trained at East 15 on the Acting & Stage Combat course. Since graduating Samuel has worked on informational videos for THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY, been a combat instructor for young actors with the company WANDERING KNIGHTS, as well as performing in a series of short films produced by the Corby Cube Theatre named THINKING 360. His theatre credits include playing ‘Lycander’ in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM for Fitzrovia, ‘Dromio of Ephesus’ in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS adapted by Jon Bond, ‘George’ In LORD OF THE FLIES at Clifftown theatre and a puppeteer in HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DINOSAUR by Rent A Dinosaur.

Sam is one of Wizard’s STAYING SAFE facilitators and has played  ‘Jack’ in I LOVE YOU MUM, I PROMISE I WON’T DIE in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 tours.

Christopher is originally from Yorkshire, where he was a founding member of York Theatre Royal’s Young Actors Company, before training professionally at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Following his graduation in 2011, Christopher made his debut in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome. Since then he has toured the UK and Europe extensively in a wide variety of productions... often with his future colleagues at Wizard Theatre!

Christopher played Phileas Fogg in Vienna’s English Theatre’s tour of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (with David Sayers), and the Emerald City Guard in THE WIZARD OF OZ at the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton (with Jeremy Randall), before joining the renowned open-air theatre company Illyria for their Shakespearean productions of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (with Rachel O’Hare) and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (with Richard Blackman), both directed by yet another well-known Wizard, Oliver Gray! In 2024 he toured the UK and the Netherlands in his third production with Illyria, ROMEO & JULIET, where he met Samuel Adams & Lydia Waller, who became his fellow Wizard cast mates for THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES.

Chris has played ‘Mordred’ in THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES and ‘Tim’, Dan’s Dad, in l LOVE YOU, MUM – I PROMISE I WON’T DIE in our 2025 tour.

Ben trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and at the London Clown School.

Since graduating Ben has been involved in numerous stage productions, ranging from Shakespeare and new writing, to pantomime and immersive shows.

Ben first worked for Wizard Theatre playing the role of Chris in Mark Wheeler's play 'Chicken!'. Since then, Ben has worked on both 'On the Right Road' and 'Choices'.

Lydia is an actor originally from Leeds, and a Masters graduate of ALRA North. She has worked alongside many Wizard faces for Illyria in ROMEO & JULIET (UK & Netherlands Tour) as Nurse/Tybalt and Pride & Prejudice.

She has appeared in many children's theatre tours and musicals, including NO HORIZON (The Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe), and ROBIN HOOD as Maid Marion for West Midlands Children's Theatre (UK & Ireland).

Lydia has worked with the BBC Philharmonic and Andrea Bocelli in choral work, and in motion capture as a lead in educational video game NONE IN THREE. She has also worked for Script Yorkshire and The Stephen Joseph Theatre on new local scripts.

Lydia began her Wizard Theatre adventure as Princess Ruby in The Emperors New Clothes!

Helen has achieved many things in her long career, from being Co-Principal of Drama Studio London to being one of the most in-demand directors around. She began her career as a dancer and has since worked all over the world as an actor, director, teacher and physical theatre performer. Her training includes: The London School of Contemporary Dance, The Actors Institute, Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, Theatre de Complicite, Little Angel Puppet theatre and Shared Experience. Her directing includes work for the Belgrade Theatre, Oxford Playhouse, Creation Theatre Company and Shakespeare's Globe.

She is a LAMDA LLAM Hons. and regularly teaches for Stagecoach, Thames Valley University and Drama Studio London. She has run numerous workshops for the Old Vic including audition technique with Kevin Spacey.

Outreach work includes leading drama projects in prisons, working with young people at risk, young refugees, people with disabilities, using drama to build confidence for people suffering from mental health issues and leading a mime project on health issues with Aboriginal children in the Australian outback. She was the resident Drama co - coordinator for Wizard Theatre at the Church End project in Neasden, until it finished in 2011 and was an original team member for our Power of Drama sessions which she tries to still fit in between her numerous other engagements.

Dominique trained with The Actors Company and The Impulse Company and has worked as a Drama Facilitator since 2003. She has run workshops and classes for Old Vic New Voices, Arts Depot, Pleasance Theatre, University of West London, Kingston College, White Rock Theatre, Windmill Young Actors, Stagecoach, Questors Youth Theatre. Dominique is also an award - winning Theatre Director whose credits include: The Incident at Marshfell (Tour), SOE (Tour), Room (Tour), A Necessary Woman (Tour), Quintess ence (Tour), Two (Grove Theatre), Shadowlands (Grove Theatre), SUS (Printers Playhouse), Smelly Feet (Tour) and Broken (Tour). For Wizard Theatre she has facilitated 'CHOICES' and helped design the hugely successful POWER OF DRAMA programme , helping improve children's speaking and listening skills and developing imagination through drama.

Jenn’s describes working for Wizard as one of her favourite parts of her movement year! She returned every January to choreograph the routines for the I LOVE YOU MUM, I PROMISE I WON’T DIE company.

Movement directing credits include, MY NIGHT WITH REG (Green Carnation Theatre Company, The Lowry), FULL ENGLISH (Bent Architect, Kala Sangam, Bradford), Olivier nominated 10 NIGHTS (The Bush/Tamasha/Graeae), AN ADVENTURE (The Octagon), BERYL (Oldham Coliseum), CONSTELLATIONS (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough), CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (Cast, Doncaster) and AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS for the Octagon, Bolton.

Jenn is co-director of Hubbub Theatre's actor company. They are an integrated ensemble of learning disabled and non disabled performers creating devised physical theatre.