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.

Joseph graduated with a first - class English and Drama degree from Queen Mary University of London and is a freelance director, writer and drama facilitator. He has previously worked on learning and community projects with Shakespeare’s Globe, The Old V ic and Watford Palace Theatre, and is a member of the National Youth Theatre. 

Since 2012, he has directed over 30 productions with young people and community companies. He is Artistic Director of PackPack Theatre Company, which includes directing Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince for Imagine Watford. He was part of the producing team at the Unicorn Children’s Theatre and manages a Saturday performing arts school in Hertfordshire.

Joseph in a valuable member of our Power of Drama and Reading team and regularly returns to us when he can fit it in around his current role as Head of Drama at a school in North London.

Adrian trained at the Guildford School of Acting and has worked for Wizard Theatre for over 20 years, devising and writing as well as performing. Adrian has worked for a number of children’s theatre companies, including Quantum Theatre for Science. Theatre roles include: ‘Feste’ in TWELTH NIGHT, ‘Jacques’ in AS YOU LIKE IT and ‘Mr Darcy’ in PRIDE & PREDJUDICE. TV credits: SPOOKS, THE BILL and DEAD RINGERS. Adrian was a regular member of the multi award winning open air theatre company Illyria. Since then Ady has gained a first class degree and became a full time teacher, but he still returns to us as our regular fight director for Wizard on shows such as ROBIN HOOD.

Wendy gained a Master’s degree in Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama which included a placement in Cape Town, South Africa. Whilst there she devised and delivered drama based workshops in a children's hospital and several schools . 

Prior to that she spent several years volunteering and working at local drama clubs in Oxford and becoming an experienced drama facilitator working with young people aged five to seventeen. Wendy also ran a storytelling club at a local primary school where she used games, arts and crafts, music and movement to bring stories to life . 

Wendy is the General Manager at The North Wall Arts Centre in Oxford. For Wizard Theatre Wendy has delivered our Power of Drama and Windrush project.