About Us
Katharine Hurst: Owner & Performer Scene Productions
Katharine Hurst
Katharine graduated from Goldsmiths University with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts in 2002. She then went on to gain a diploma in Acting from the Guildford School of Acting where she won the Acting Cup. Since graduating she has worked extensively in theatre and television, most notably playing Julia in the award winning BBC Documentary ‘Pompeii The Last Day.’ She has led tours and workshops nationally and is very proud to be the co-founder of Scene productions. Other Credits include Rebecca (Cancer Tales), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) Marina (Pericles) and Sally (Lie of The Mind)
Kelly Taylor Smith: Owner & Performer Scene Productions
Kelly Taylor-Smith
Kelly graduated from the university of East Anglia with a BA (hons) degree in Performing Arts in 1999 after gaining a HND at Newcastle College. She then went on to gain a diploma in acting at the Guildford School of Acting. Her other skills include, qualified dance teaching, stage combat and choreography. Kelly is a co-founder of Scene Productions and is very proud of its success. Due to her love of dance & drama and working with children she has toured nationally & taught for over 2yrs and went onto America MA, directing, choreographing and staging shows with students. Some of her credits include; Young Jessie (Our Very Own Golden City) Nora (A Doll’s House) Lady Percy (King Henry IV) Deb’s (Tora Bora – short film) Sally (Lie of the mind) Waitress (Aracna, Ch 4)
Ron Price Scene Productions
Ron Price
Ron is an Advanced Skills Teacher for Drama and Head of a Performing Arts faculty. He is also responsible for all Initial Teacher Training at his comprehensive school. Ron is a moderator for AQA AS and A2 Theatre Studies and author of GCSE Drama (Heinemann). He is a trustee of The Learning Through Action Company and Course Director of The Ufton Drama Summer School. Ron leads a range of INSET courses for teachers on teaching Drama at Advanced level for Keynote Educational.
David Sayers
David Sayers
David trained at The Poor School, London. His theatre credits include Col. Pickering in PYGMALION (World Tour) Edward in SHERLOCK HOLMES (German Tour), Dad in THE OWL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK, Toad in WIND IN THE WILLOWS and Larry in CLOSER. (UK Tours). His film and TV credits include: THE BILL (Thames Talkback), CASABLANCA-BIG BROTHER (BBC), BADINAGE (Celestial Pictures) and THE SWEET SHOP (MWS Media).David’s theatre company Time and Tide staged their first production, FRIGHTMARE – TALES OF HORROR AND HYSTERIA in 2009 and also performed at the Brighton Fringe Festival 2010.
Stuart Walker
Stuart Walker
Stuart won the LAMDA Advanced Performance Award in 2007. He then went to East 15 Acting School and gained a Cert.H.E in Theatre Arts in 2008 followed by an Acting Degree in 2011. Whilst training he co-founded the Commedia Dell’arte Troupe Discontinued Dell’arte and toured Brighton, Lisbon and Madrid in 2010. Stuart makes his theatre debut in Vampirates & Metamorphosis. Film includes Without You. Radio includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BBC Radio 3).
Danny Bright
Danny Bright
A freelance sound designer, composer, recordist and sonic manipulator working within the fields of theatre, performance, installation, music and media. He has variously lived, studied and worked in Sheffield, England; Burlington, Vermont, USA; and Brighton and Hove, England where he is now based. His credits have included The Alpha Project, for which the sound design was included in the 3rd International Theatre Soundscore and Music Composition Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in June 2011; Pan-demonium at The Knot in Berlin and the AC Institute in New York; contributions to the OSITAT Sound Working Group’s 2011 World Listening Day Project; and a number of recordings. Danny is also a lecturer and senior tutor in Sound Design and Production Arts at Northbrook College Sussex, England.
