Ricky founded Lazarus Theatre Company in 2007 and has been Artistic Director since. He has directed over 30 productions for the company.

 

In addition to his work with the company he also is a freelance director and practitioner working across a range of drama training organisations as well as offering text and audition technique workshops. 

Hailing from New Zealand, Gavin joined Lazarus Theatre Company in 2010 as Assistant Director for Hecuba.

 

Gavin has directed 8 productions, including the award-winning production of The Tragedy of Mariam, the first professional production of the first play published under a woman’s name. Gavin now heads up the producing team. 

Pauline Nakirya first joined Lazarus Theatre Company as an actor in Tamburlaine the Great, 2015. Having also served as an Associate Artist, she now joins the LTC family as Engagement & Outreach Producer.

 

A producer, writer, and actor, she is passionate about building meaningful connections between artists, audiences, and communities through inclusive and accessible theatre.

Heather is a London based Creative Producer, Access Support Worker and trained Neurodiversity and Inclusion Practitioner. She works with neurodivergent artists & artists with invisible illnesses & hidden disabilities to produce participatory multidisciplinary works that contribute to social change. She has successfully produced works at venues incl; Southbank Centre  HOME, The Pleasance, ChapterArts, Arts Depot, Cambridge Junction, SOHO & the Albany.

 

Heather is a qualified Mental Health First Aider from Mental Health England and is Carbon Literature Certified via the Carbon Literacy Project

Jordan Peedell, Actor, East 15 Acting School and The Actors Class. 

Lazarus projects include: Doctor Faustus, Southwark Playhouse, 2022.

Other projects include: Midsummer Night's Dream, Ruined Theatre, 2026; Rapture, English Theatre Frankfurt, 2025; Romeo & Juliet, English Theatre Düsseldorf, 2022; Macbeth, Rabble Theatre, 2019.

Darcy Willison-Sloan, actor and theatremaker, actor, fourth monkey theatre company

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Lazarus projects include: Lord of the Flies (2019),  Macbeth (2020), The Life of Galileo R&D (2025), The White Devil R&D (2026)

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Other projects include:
Casualty, BBC; Empty in Angel, Olive & Stavros; Sister Wives dir. Louisa Connolly-Burnham; The Intimacy Coordinator dir. Louisa Connolly-Burnham; Knights Hex dir. Ben Williams; 999 Killer on the Line, C&I Network; Gone Clear dir. Shehroze Khan

Mylo, British/Turkish Actor, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
 

Lazarus Projects include: The Changeling, Southwark Playhouse, 2023

Other projects include: Young Sherlock, Amazon Prime, 2026; SALT, Riverside Studios, 2026; SALT, UK Tour, 2025; SALT, Regional Tour, 2024; Looking Good Dead, UK Tour, 2022

Hamish Somers, Scottish Actor, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

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Lazarus Projects include: The Changeling, Southwark Playhouse, 2023

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Other projects include: Class Acts, Traverse Theatre, 2025. The Merchant of Venice, OVO St Albans, 2024.  Shepherd's Warning, Slainte Theatre, 2024.

Bobby Locke, theatre & film composer

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Lazarus Projects include:
The Changeling, Southwark Playhouse, 2023. Doctor Faustus, Southwark Playhouse, 2022. The Tempest, Greenwich Theatre, 2019. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Greenwich Theatre, 2018. The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Greenwich Theatre, 2017. The Beggar’s Opera, Brockley Jack Theatre, 2016. The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Brockley Jack Theatre, 2016.

 

Other Projects include:
Crack’d, feature film, Michael J Long. Baby Brother, feature film, Michael J Long.