Mustapha Matura was a playwright. His adaptation of the Irish classic The Playboy Of The Western World, The Playboy Of The West Indies, has been delighting audiences and critics alike worldwide for over 35 years.

Clement Ishmael is a British born Canadian Composer, Conductor and Arranger. He is currently Worldwide Music Supervisor for Disneys’ The Lion King.

Dominique Le Gendre is composer, music producer and artistic director.

Nicolas Kent is a director.

Ingrid Mackinnon (she/her) is the Choreographer and Movement Director for The Playboy Of The West Indies. 

Training: RADA

Previous work includes:   Evita, Billy Elliot, West Side Story, What The Butler Saw, (Leicester Curve); Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep); The Dresser (Duke of York’s); The Ladykillers (Gielgud Theatre); The Crown Jewels (Garrick); White Christmas (Leicester Curve and Dominion Theatre); The Man In The White Suit (Wyndhams); The Best Man (Playhouse Theatre); The Winslow Boy (Birmingham Rep & Tour);  A Christmas Carol (Northampton Royal Theatre);  My Boy Jack (Hampstead), Kill Johnny Glendinning, Waiting For Godot, The Price, Death of a Salesman (Edinburgh Lyceum); The Shadow of a Gunman (Tricycle); Anne Boleyn, All’s Well That Ends Well, In Extremis, (Shakespeare’s Globe); Amphibians (RSC); Mountain Language (National Theatre); The Fatherland (Riverside Studios).

He won the Drama Magazine Best Designer Award for Tony Marchant’s The Attractions (Soho Poly).

For The Ladykillers, he received nominations for Best Set Design at the Olivier Awards and the Whatsonstage.com Awards.

Natalie Pryce is the Costume Designer for The Playboy Of The West Indies. 

Matt Eagland is the Lighting Designer for The Playboy Of The West Indies. 

Tony Gayle is the Sound Design for The Playboy Of the West Indies. 

Ian Oakley (he/him) is the Musical Director for The Playboy Of The West Indies. 

Debbie’s West End/UK Tours include: The Choir of Man, Dirty Dancing, Thriller Live, American Idiot, Knights of the Rose, 20th Century Boy, The Knowledge, Close to You, Priscilla Queen of the

Desert, Sinatra, Our House, Starlight Express, Mum’s the Word, Jackie, Grease, The Snowman, Flashdance, The King and I, Showboat, Dancing in the Streets, The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas, Daisy Pulls It Off, The Harder They Come, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,

Saturday Night Fever, Fame, Peter Pan, The Pirates of Penzance, Smokey Joe’s Café, The Rocky Horror Show.

Regional and international productions include: Trio, Playboy of the West Indies, The Birds and the Bees, Never Lost At Home, Friends! The Musical Parody, Hugh Jackman The Show, Cruel Intentions, Once, We’ll Live and Die In These Towns, Noise Boys, Kinky Boots, Million Dollar Quartet, Jersey Boys, Room, Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin.

Recorded media includes: Mimi’s World, Waybuloo, Grandpa In My Pocket, What’s Your News, Planet Cook.

Sam Paterson is the Production Manager for The Playboy Of The West Indies. 

Simone Sauphanor (she/her) is the Voice and Dialect Coach for The Playboy Of The West Indies.