Our team is what makes The Caedmon Company truly one-of-a-kind...
Caedmon grown-ups are all professional creatives in their own right. Our young Heroes get the priceless opportunity to learn from people who grow their art every day with imagination, resilience and a whole lot of stories to share.
The wonderful artists below bring out the unique and valuable voice of every child they work with.
And Caedmon brings out their inner children too..!
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Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Steven Hevey
🌟 Steve is a Playwright and graduate of the Old Vic 12, Royal Court and Soho Theatre Young Writers Programmes. He won OffWestEnd’s Adopt a Playwright Award in 2014.
🌟 He holds a Diploma in Trauma and Mental Health Informed Schools and Communities from the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education.
"My hope through Caedmon is to give children what my father never had: a safe space to be seen, heard, and believed in. A place where creativity becomes a source of healing, resilience, and possibility."
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Resident Stage Manager
& Workshop Assistant
Sarah-Linn Taylor
🌟 Sarah-Linn is a Stage Manager
🌟 She is passionate about theatre as a tool for social change. She has been involved with Pimlico Opera, helping to bring musicals to residents in prisons and contributing to arts engagement for marginalised communities.
🌟 Sarah-Linn is a crafting enthusiast and takes her love for all things LEGO seriously
"... this what theatre feels like to me. A place where you can play without feeling judged and can just be yourself.”
Senior Artist
& Workshop Assistant
Jade Johnson
🌟 Jade is a Screen & Stage Performer
🌟 She can be seen in TV series such as This is Going to Hurt (BBC) and World's End (CBBC) and has starred in musicals in the West End and across the country.
🌟 Her first experience of performing was in a school nativity. She played the star that led the Wise Men to Bethlehem - and may have taken that part a bit too literally!
"It's incredible to see ... the ideas they pull from thin air, the excitement when they really know what they want to do or even just the discovery of a new talent or interest..."
Resident Director
& Workshop Assistant
Maria Louise Roberts
🌟 Maria is a Drama Educator & Writer
🌟 She has a first-class Honours Degree in Community Arts Practice and Performance.
🌟 With a wealth of experience across the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and primary education, Maria currently extends her expertise to older students, teaching drama to key stages 3, 4, and 5.
✨Special shoutout to our sensational resident photographer Sophie Burrows!✨
Co-Founder & Principal Artist
Emma Barr
🌟 Emma is a West End Performer who has starred in Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz, and Evita.
🌟 She also has a wealth of teaching experience with children, students and adults alike of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
"Allowing young people the space and time to play and explore & most importantly, feel safe and supported in doing so is so important. It creates such value and lasting lessons that can be brought into all aspects of life."
Resident Wellbeing Practitioner
& Workshop Assistant
Tom Latter
🌟 Tom is a Director, Dramaturg & Therapeutic Wellbeing Practitioner.
🌟 He has worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Historic Royal Palaces, Shakespeare in the Squares, in the West End and on tour.
🌟 He is passionate about utilising the arts, imagination and play to help children find coherence in their lived experiences, boost their self-esteem and develop vital life skills.
"In my work I am privileged to experience the world through the eyes of a child again - and in return I learn a huge amount from the children and young people we work with."
Brand Director
& Workshop Assistant
Kathy Peacock
🌟 Kathy is a Writer, Performer & Artist
🌟 She's starred in the West End and Internationally with Les Misérables, and on screen in The Last Kingdom. She writes creatively and journalistically, and freelances in speech-writing, editing & design.
🌟 She has a degree in Theology from Oxford, and loves to bring her passions together to explore the power of the arts in spiritual activism.
"I always come away from sessions inspired to face my own artistic challenges. Kids have such a refreshing confidence and energy in creating things, and in the stories they want to tell."
Resident Director
& Workshop Assistant
Chileya Mwampulo
🌟 Chileya is an Actor, Director, Filmmaker & Script Writer
🌟 She is an Associate Artist at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, a National Youth Theatre member, and Forth Monkey alumni.
Workshop Assistant
Abhirami Vimaleswaran
🌟 Abhi works in medicine and is also a professional artist
🌟 She loves to explore her artistic practice as a method of 'eye-open meditation' and as a creative tool for spiritual empowerment.
