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.

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.

Richard attended Birmingham School of Acting and continued his training at London Method Acting and Meisner International. His credits include ‘Victor Frankenstein’ in Illyria’s musical production of FRANKENSTEIN, ROMY & JULIAN, a modern interpretation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for Austrian students with Vienna’s English Theatre, two different runs of part verbatim, part improvised musical comedy TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EX and productions of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.

Magnus is a South-West based actor with Scottish heritage. He trained at The Oxford School of Drama and has worked on stage and on screen. This has included numerous seasons of outdoor touring theatre in shows including AWFUL AUNTIE, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and most recently THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR for the renowned open-air theatre company Illyria with fellow acting Wizard Sarah Coyne and directing Wizard Oliver Gray.

Other theatre and fringe performances include NUMBER 13 at the Arena Theatre, HORNE’S DESCENT at Old Red Lion and SMALL at Soho Theatre. He has shot several short films for the London Film School including LO SGUARDO and has featured in the films THE CRITIC and 1 IN 200. He also featured in the Channel 4 drama documentary BISMARCK: 24 HOURS TO DOOM.

This is Magnus’s first tour with Wizard and he is excited to be working with his fellow Wizards to bring THE RELUCTANT DRAGON to life!

Sarah is a Scottish actress who trained at ALRA North. She has completed three outdoor tours with Illyria; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULET, and most recently THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.

She has also appeared in other theatre productions across the UK, including performances at Northern Stage, Bolton Octagon and the Tron Theatre, as well as working in various feature films, short films and voiceover projects.

She holds an Advanced BADC certification in Stage Combat, plays drums and guitar and is learning BSL.

Sarah is very excited to begin her first Wizard Theatre adventure, as the Boy in this year's Christmas production of THE RELUCTANT DRAGON.

David trained at The Poor School in London. Since graduating he has toured around the world as ‘Colonel Pickering’ in PYGMALION and ‘Detective Fix’ in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. On home soil he has continued touring in VAMPIRATES, THE THREE MUSKETEERS and OTHELLO. Since 2016 he has worked with Illyria Theatre Company, first in DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD and then in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE TEMPEST, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

He returned to the roles of ‘Ratty’ and ‘Badger’ for Wizard in THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS in 2021.

Most recently David has been working in film and TV and was a great VIP in Series 3 of the Netflix blockbuster Squid Game.

Toby’s theatre credits include Whistle Down the Wind (Watermill); The Provoked Wife, Venice Preserved and Bottoms Up (RSC); Shakespeare in Love (Theatre Royal Bath/Eleanor Lloyd); Oedipus (Matchstick Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pride and Prejudice (Illyria); Macbeth (Infinite Jest); Oppenheimer (RSC West End Transfer); Walking the Chains (Show of Strength); London Road (Bristol Old Vic); Romeo and Juliet (New Mutiny Theatre Company) . Toby appeared in the film London Road (National Theatre/Cuba Pictures) and his television credits include Doctors (BBC) and Breaking the Band: Alice Cooper (ITV). 

Toby joined Wizard for the first time in 2022 playing lots of royalty along with Friar Tuck and Little John in ROBIN HOOD!