LEADING MEMBERS
Company Director. Science Communicator.
Simon Watt MRes, BSc
Simon is an evolutionary biologist who thus far has had a very unusual career path. Though he has spent the vast majority of his working life as an educator in one form or another he has somehow bypassed becoming a teacher. Instead, he has favoured jobs which allow him to dress up funny and flit through the centuries with reckless abandon. To date he has professionally pretended to be; a plague victim, a world war one soldier, a Viking slave trader, a medieval monk, a Tudor bar steward, Biggles, Ian Fleming and a Victorian scamp. His true love however lies in science. Particularly the weird stuff. Particularly the weird stuff that we think is normal. In the past 5 years Simon has used information to entertain hundreds of thousands of people, in schools, colleges, and universities, at festivals, museums and theatres, and on the internet, radio and television.
CONTRIBUTORS
Director and producer.
Daniel Rollings MA, BA
Dan holds an MA in Writing & Performance from the University of York. His previous work ranges from stage management and video designing for the Stephen Joseph Theatre’s Education Dept to directing plays with strong AV elements and leading educational workshops. Dan was Company Manager for Slung Low’s recent production of Beyond the Front Line at the Lowry, Manchester and They Only Come at Night: Visions at the Barbican Centre, London.
Credits include: 2009 Love rehearsed reading (Bread & Goose – RADA); Doctor Death and the MediEvil Medicine Show (Ready, Steady, Science! Cheltenham Science Festival); Love, Jealousy & Betrayal (Bread & Goose – Shunt Lounge).
Propmaker and Stitchsmith
Helen Stay BA
Helen gained first class honours in Textiles & Printmaking from Bath Spa University in 2006 and has since worked on a range of exciting projects in theatrical venues including Battersea Arts Centre and Polka Children’s Theatre. A typical day could see the production of anything from an intestine leaky fright doll to a seven foot tall Green Man. A jack of all trades, she has created carnival masks, costumes, puppets and posters. She has photographed it, photoshopped it, drawn it and painted it. In short, she is a veritable wunderkind of artistic activity!
As well as the creation of outlandish props and costumes, Helen also helps run workshops with children in schools, community arts centres, hospitals and theatres. She hopes to be running the aptly named ‘Wonder Workshops’ with drama practitioner, Kate Lovell very soon but, of course, will continue to supply Ready, Steady, Science! with an array of bizarre props as and when they are required.
You can contact Helen at blinkeyblonck@hotmail.com
Animator extrordinaire
Richard Jacobs
Richard is an animator working in the Yorkshire region and is one hundred percent of ‘Glass Cannon’ animation. Richard most commonly works with traditional 2D and stop frame animation. He continues to collaborate with local businesses for corporate work whilst pursuing his individual animated films. No project is too abstract, hard edged or low paid to discourage his passion for the animation industry. Note: magical abilities implied may or may not be true.