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PERSIA BABAYAN-TAYLOR
Co-Producer
HARRY EDWIN
Co-Producer
MADELEINE WILSHIRE
Co-Producer
ED TUNNINGLEY
Co-Producer
PERSIA BABAYAN-TAYLOR
Persia is a British-Armenian-Iranian Director, born in Leeds. Trained at Guildford School of Acting, Persia has worked with notable venues and companies including Regents Park Music Festival, Leeds Conservatoire, Theatre by the Lake, Guildford School of Acting, Cumbria Opera Group and Native to Earth. She specialises in Directing Opera and Actor-Musician theatre, and creating performances that are multi-dimensional, engaging and accessible.
Credits as a director include: The Marriage of Figaro (Oxford Playhouse, Oxford Opera, 2026 - Director of Family Matinee, Assistant Director of Main Show), The Beast on the Moon (New Vic, 2026), The Pied Piper and the Secret Garden (Regents Park Music Festival, 2026), The Beast on the Moon (Arches Lane Theatre, 2026), Manon (Preston Opera, 2026), What Makes a City (Leeds Conservatoire, 2026), Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth (Calderdale Theatre School, National Theatre Connections Festival, 2026), Nikkah (Bradford Opera Festival, 2025), The Marriage of Figaro (Cumbria Opera Festival, 2025), Swallows and Armenians (Chelsea Theatre, London, 2025), Swallows and Armenians (Stage@Leeds, 2025), Anne Lister Teas (Halifax Minster, 2025), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Cardiff Opera, 2024), Trifle and Trivia (Fire & Water, 2024), The Last Dance (Fire & Water, 2024), Perfume (Bradford Opera Festival, 2023), His Last Gift (Bradford Opera Festival, 2023), Native to Brunca (Documentary in pre-production, Native to Earth), Don Giovanni (Cumbria Opera Festival 2023), Swallows and Armenians (Cumbria Opera Group, 2022), As You Like It (R&D, Guildford School of Acting 2022), Cosi Fan Tutte (Cumbria Opera Festival 2021), Twelfth Night (Jupiter Theatre, 2021), Swallows and Armenians (R&D digital workshops, Guildford School of Acting 2021), Swallows and Armenians (Theatre by the Lake), Cymbeline (Bellaire’s Studio, 2019), Venus and Adonis (Eden Valley Opera Company, 2017)
As a producer and assistant-producer: As You Like It (Regional Tour, Jupiter Theatre, 2022), As You Like It (R&D, Guildford School of Acting, 2021), Twelfth Night (Regional tour, Jupiter Theatre, 2021), Swallows and Armenians (R&D, Guildford School of Acting 2021), Swallows and Armenians (Theatre by the Lake, 2019), Cymbeline (Bellaire’s Studio, 2019), The Rest Is Silence (Guildford, 2018), Dido and Aeneas (Eden Valley Opera Company 2016)
As a composer: Swallows and Armenians (Chelsea Theatre, 2025), Swallows and Armenians (Cumbria Opera Group, 2022), As You Like It (R&D, Guildford School of Acting 2021), Twelfth Night (Jupiter Theatre, 2021), Cymbeline (Bellaire’s Studio, 2019), and Twelfth Night (Jupiter Theatre, 2016)
HARRY EDWIN
Harry Edwin is a multi-instrumentalist and theatre-maker based in South East England and Sydney, Australia. He trained at Guildford School of Acting from 2015 to 2018.
With Jupiter Theatre, Harry played Feste and co-composed the music for Twelfth Night. He also directed and co-produced the company’s production of As You Like It.
Harry has acted at London venues including Charing Cross Theatre, Greenwich Theatre and the Union Theatre. He has also performed in two Shakespeare productions with Petrovden Shakespeare Company in Bulgaria.
Since 2022, Harry has toured with The iHoppers as lead guitarist and guest entertainer aboard eight cruise ships with Celebrity, Princess and P&O Cruises.
MADELEINE WILSHIRE
Madeleine trained at the Guildford School of Acting, B.A.(Hons) Actor-Musician.
Previous credits as a composer include: Twelfth Night (Jupiter Creatives UK Regional Tour, 2021), Mary Liz Management-Social Media Reveal (Mary Liz Management, 2020), The City (Nicholson Upstage, 2019), Cymbeline (Bellairs Studio, 2019), Jack’s Frosty Stories (Coppice Theatre, 2019), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Festival, Bulgaria, 2016), Tales of Ice and Snow (Coppice Theatre, 2016)
Previous credits as a musical director include: Swallows and Armenians (Cumbria Opera Group, 2022), Twelfth Night (Jupiter Creatives UK Regional Tour, 2021), Cymbeline (Ivy Arts Centre, 2019), The City (Nicholson Upstage, 2019), Goldilocks (Bellairs Theatre, 2018)
Madeleine has also worked extensively as an actor and musician and has multiple qualifications in advanced stage combat with the Academy of Performance Combat.
ED TUNNINGLEY
Ed trained at the Guildford School of Acting, B.A.(Hons) Musical Theatre.
Ed is trained in Tap, Jazz, Ballroom, Pas De Deux and Ballet since the age of 6. Ed was an assistant in choreography and physical performance in multiple productions throughout his three years of training.
Previous credits as a choreographer/movement director include: As You Like It (Jupiter Theatre UK Tour, 2021), Twelfth Night (Jupiter Creatives UK Regional Tour, 2021), Cymbeline (Bellairs Studio, 2019).
Previous credits as an actor and dancer include: Stiletto (Workshop, 2022), A Viking Fight Musical (Edinburgh Fringe, 2022), UK Premiere of Starcrossed (Wilton's Music Hall, 2022), Choir of Man (US National Tour, 2022), Choir of Man (Arts Theatre London, 2021), Choir of Man (Earls Court Underbelly, 2021), Twelfth Night (Jupiter Creatives UK Regional Tour, 2021), Choir Of Man (Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2021), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat (UK Tour, 2019).
Ed carries extensive stage combat qualifications with the Academy of Performance Combat including specialisms in Broadsword, Unarmed, Rapier and Staff. He is currently apprenticed to become a stage combat instructor.