Watermill Theatre promotes young talent

The Watermill Theatre in Newbury has announced the four artists chosen to participate in its new talent development programme, Elemental.

For the theatre’s 2024-25 season, lighting designer Nicola Crawford, sound designer Pierre Flasse, theatre designer and scenographer Jacob Wu, and writer/director Tyler Holland will receive the following benefits:

2024-25 season, an assistant working directly with a creative as part of the show’s team. 

Nicola Crawford,  from Gloucestershire, has worked as an associate/assistant lighting designer on larger-scale productions, learning from designers such as Ben Cracknell, Zoe Spurr and Nic Farman. Pierre Flasse is a British/Belgian sound designer, composer, performer and educator. He is composer's assistant to Sally Potter OBE, and writes for numerous original projects. Jacob Wu, from Hong Kong, has had work staged at the Stockholm Fringe Festival 2023 and won the Audience Choice Award; he is currently Specialist Technician at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Tyler Holland, from the West Midlands, will be working as assistant director on the Windmill Theatre’s forthcoming production of The King’s Speech; his writing has been nominated for the both the PapaTango and Bruntwood Prize.