The Company

The team involved in The Bridge...

Ellie	Therese Collins	Therese is a writer, director and performer, with a wide range of experience in the Midlands and beyond. Recent work includes projects for Foursight Theatre Company and The Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Hugh	Paul Edwards	Paul is from Walsall, and has established himself over the last few years as a leading young actor in Young People's Theatre in the midlands, working with Language Alive, Schism Theatre and Hearth Theatre. He is also a writer, and director of Stafford Youth Theatre
Macey	Greg Hobbs	Greg is a highly-experienced actor and writer from Dudley in the West Midlands. Since graduating from Birmingham University, he has appeared in plays for a wide range of companies, including Women and Theatre and Hull Truck.
Myeong Deok 'Seong'	Kim Duk Eun	Duk Eun has an MA in Acting from the Korean National University of the Arts. She studied English in London for a year, in 2005-6. She is currently appearing in Gamoonjung Agi for Buksetung Theatre.
Myeong Soon	Kim So Ri 김소리	So Ri graduated in Traditional Music at Seoul National University, majoring in the Gayagum - a traditional stringed instrument, and is a member of Traditional Music Group Taroo. She won the Best Actor award at the Seoul Children's Theatre Festival in 2004. She was back in the UK in 2006 performing for Moby Duck Theatre Company, in a national tour of their play, Tiger Trail. She is currently appearing in Gamoonjung Agi for Buksetung Theatre.
Jeong Gu	Won Se Eun	Won Se Eun is an accomplished Korean traditional musician, specialising in Pansori singing. He is a member of traditional music group Taroo. From November 2005, Se Eun has been a member of the highly respected National Centre for Traditional Music in Namwon, the highest accolade for any Korean Traditional musician.
Byeong Wuk	Mun Min Hyung	Min Hyung completed his acting MFA at the Korean National University of the Arts in 2006 and is currently a very busy actor in Korea.
Co Producer	Prof Choi Young Ai	A leading figure in young people’s theatre in Korea, and has been the moving force behind Peter Wynne-Willson’s involvement at the Korean National University of the Arts, where she is Professor of the Theatre and Young People Programme. She was a founder member and Director of Korea’s foremost Children’s Theatre Company, Sadari.
UK Co-ordinator and Business manager	Yang Hye Jung	Teacher, actor and puppeteer, Hye Jung was in the UK in 2004, appearing in Iaggi Boddari for Moby Duck Theatre Company. She participated in all the workshops around the devising of the Bridge. She is currently managing a highly-acclaimed project using creative drama in libraries.
Director and Writer	Peter Wynne-Willson	Artistic Director of Big Brum Theatre-in-Education from 1982-92, freelance director and writer, based in Birmingham. He has been a leading figure in the development of Theatre-in-Education in Korea, having been Visiting Professor of TIE at the Korean National University of the Arts since 1999.
Director	Nam In Woo	In Woo is a graduate of KNUA, and one of the leading young directors of Seoul. She is President of Book Sae Tong Theatre Company, and director of the multi-award-winning Gamoonjang Baby.
Writer	Ko Sun Duck	Sun Duck is a graduate of the Korean University of the Arts, who previously collaborated with Peter Wynne-Willson, as dramaturg on their production of Deong Jeon Deon Jigi. She is the only writer ever to have won the Best Writer Award at Seoul Chiildrens Theatre Festival in consecutive years. Her play, Gamoonjang Baby established Sun Duck as one of Korea's leading playwrights for young people. Sun Duck is from the famous honeymoon island of Jeju, off the south coast of Korea.
Designer	Kim Kyung Hee	Another KNUA graduate, Kyung Hee is one of the best young designers in Korea. Her work includes previous collaboration with In Woo, and with Peter Wynne-Willson, as well as designing the award-winning Haruk. She has designed The Bridge twice, because the Korean tour was on a larger scale than the UK tour
Composer	No Sun Lac
Costume Designer	Jin Hee
Lighting Designer	Lee Hyun Ji	Another KNUA graduate, Hyun Ji is one of the most exciting lighting designers in Korea. She was in Pyongyang, North Korea, as one of the invited team celebrating the fifth anniversary of the summit meeting between the two Koreas. She is currently working as an architectural lighting consultant in Seoul.
Stage Manager [Korea]	Kim Ji Ok
Translator	Lee Ji Min
Translator Administrator [Korea]	Park Young Hoon
Stage Manager[UK]	Liam Walsh
Dramaturg	Jang Eun Jeong