Nell Thomas

The Goblin of Lesnes - Lesnes Abbey / @sidcupstoryteller / @crossnesset , October/November 2025 . Very fun and all too short time working with the lovely people @ruined_theatre for their Hallowe'en show at some amazing locations around Bexley (including my home town library ❤️). . Performers - Darren Lawrence, Grace Coulson-Harris, Helen Colby, @timboohara Writer - Jordan Paris Director - @nancysulli_x Set and Costume Designer - Chloe Bush Sound Deisgner and Composer - Matthew Moore Producer - @tamrynliddell Stage Manager- @nell.macbeth

Duck Syndrome 🦆 - Orange Tree Theatre, July 2025 . Had such a fun one working with the @orangetreetheatre Young Company (and the absolutely dreamy creative team) on this devised piece back in the summer. Such a seriously talented bunch. . Performers - @agneshalladay , @aria.baker , @avanimehta_ , @eithne.g , @emilyashadams , Ferah Jennela, @ioan.oosthuizen , @izziemayhewsmith , @japhiapapamarfo , @jessiemillson , JJ Chilton, @layla__jayne , Leanne Jumoké Sowole, @_leesule , @lizzieeoreilly , @megandiby , @michaelneckam , @nadiasweeney , @phoebesule_ , Rosie Glynn, @tanyakovatchka Director - @jaygarthh Assistant Director - @deviniat Dramaturg and Movement Director- Rrita Pula Set and Costume Designer - Shahaf Beer Lighting Deisgner - Nell Golledge Sound Designer - Hattie North Stage Manager on Book - @nell.macbeth Assistant Stage Manager - Elena Reynolds Production Manager - @andyowencook

In a panic before the new year, finally got around to editing together my highlight of 2025: watching @redrosesrugby win the World Cup with my dad and sister 🥰 🏆

'Treasure Island', Orange Tree Theatre, December 2024 🏴‍☠️🦜🧀 Had so much fun working on this with the incredible OT Young Company. So ridiculously proud of the whole bunch of pirates! Minus being incredibly ill during tech, what lovely way to end 2024. . Performers: Angus Alderson, @emilyash__ ,@alexanderbousfield , Rosie Glynn, @agneshalladay , Ferah Jennela, @ana____joao , @emmaajudge , @kacikerwick , @tanyakovatchka , @joshua_lendon , @michaelneckam , @japhiapapa_marfo , Taz Rahman, Adil Rehman, @kitriouu , India Rissik, @apple_rozas_lipman , Katie Rough, Bronte Sherborne, Layla Shurmer, Nadia Sweeney and @avanimehta_ . Writer - Hannah Khalil Director - Natasha Rickman Associate Director - @madimahoneyy Designers - Neil Irish & Anett Black Lighting Designer - William Reynolds Sound Designer - Lex Kosanke Musical Director - Paula James Movement Director - Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster Fight Director - Philip d’Orléans Associate Fight Director - Ronin Traynor Costume Supervisor - @evelienvancamp Stage Manager - Nell Thomas Assistant Stage Manager - Waverley Moran Production Managers - Phil Bell & @priyaavirdee_ Production Technician - Andrew Cook . Proper 📸 by @stevegregsonphotos

'Suite in Three Keys', Orange Tree Theatre/Theatre Royal Bath, May - July 2024 (Posting this so late, but it's before my next show starts so it's fiiiine...) Massive shout out to the absolute loveliest cast a stage manager could ever ask for who had the insane job of learning 3 plays, (tens of thousands of words!), doing 9 shows a week, and getting through the most intense tech/preview period I have ever experienced. You are all amazing. And to the incredible soufflé making geniuses/ASM legends Claire and Judith, and the glue that holds OT productions together, Priya. I have NO idea what I would have done without the three of you. ❤️ . Performers - Stephen Boxer, Emma Fielding, Tara Fitzgerald, @steffrizzi Writer - Noël Coward Director - Tom Littler Set and Costume Designer - @lwhitemore Lighting Designer - Chris McDonnell Sound Designer - Tom Attwood Associate Deisgner - Jess Staton Assistant Director - Namoo Chae Lee (@ckl263 ) Costume Supervisor - @evelienvancamp Hair and Wigs Supervisor - @wiginthecity Production Manager - Pam Nichol Stage Manager on Book - Nell Thomas Assistant Stage Managers - @claire1296 & @volk.judith Production Technician - @priyaavirdee_ Production Photographer - @stevegregsonphotos

2023 Highlights 2023 Part 4 . World's Worst Games Night with @worstfoot @vaultfestival . The Extraordinary Adventures of David Copperfield @riversidestudioslondon . @savetherhinointernational 's Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture @rgs_ibg with speakers Jim Al-Khalili & John Lloyd. MCed by the brilliant @rachelwheeley . . @theplaywrightslaboratory Pop Up Residency @arcolatheatre . @worstfoot Live: World's Worst Sibling @cheerfulearfulpodfest . Red Book: The Musical Workshop directed by the always wonderful @katharinefarmer . Short film shenanigans with @issyvb_design (finally getting to work together after far too long!)

2023 Highlights Part 3: Sorry We Didn't Die At Sea @parktheatrelondon & The Least We Could Do @thehopetheatre . SORRY WE DIDN’T DIE AT SEA Writer: Emanuele Aldrovandi Translator: @marcoyoung21 Director: @dandanemery Performers: @marcoyoung21 @yayahal @basicbish95 & Felix Garcia Guyer Producers: @katharinefarmer @theplaywrightslaboratory & @rivatheatre Lighting Design: Catja Hamilton Sound Design: @jamie_ontheway Set and Costume Design: @alyswhitehead Stage Manager (and choreographer 😂): Nell Thomas Production Manager: @lewischampneypm for @estage . THE LEAST WE COULD DO Writer: @kathhaling Director & Producer: @katharinefarmer Performers: @olinds , Melissa Saint, and Dan Wolff Assistant Director: @jess.saunders Lighting Design: @hector__murray Sound Design: @annashort__ Set and Costume Design: @tallulahcaskeydesign Stage Manager: Nell Thomas

2023 Highlights Part 2: Spy for Spy @riversidestudioslondon . Writer: Kieron Barry Director: @lucypapoosky Performers: @amyflorencelennox @oliveisgray Producers: @featherprod @teamakersprod Lighting Design: @hjellisld Sound Design: @annashort__ Set and Costume Design: Bethia Jane Green Assistant Director: @jess.saunders Stage Manager: Nell Thomas ASM: Amy Moore Production Manager: @seanlaing2000 #SpyForSpy @spyforspyplay (Scones in pic 3 generously provided by @issyvb_design !)

2023 Highlights Part 1: Around the World with Nellie Bly @vaultfestival . Written and performed by @iamkatiebrain Additional voices: @joshuaashleycreative @carlblades @anndra89 & @amy_beckett24 Directed and produced by me for @we.are.shedlight Lighting Design: Busé Tobin Composer & Sound Deisgn: @julianstarr94 Original Sound Design: @owenhewittm Costume Designer and Maker: @hannahbhodge Puppet Designer and Maker: @shaunlati Dramaturgy: Joanna Matthews Dialect Coach: @hollyrenaut Photography & Illustrations: Alex Grey

Happy birthday, @bbcdoctorwho 💙💙 . #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoDay

Ah, yes. That time I performed a ballet solo to a dramatic reading of a Douglas Adams poem by @thestorybeast on the stage of the Royal Geographical Society dressed as a rhino in a tutu. 🦏🩰 . This totally normal day is now immortalised in @kjond42 's new book, '42 - The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams'. Make sure you get your copy before Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass! 📖 . . Thanks for the heads up @tdrury . #InAllGoodBookShops #DouglasAdams #DouglasAdamsMemorialLecture #StandUpForTowelDay #HitchhikersGuide #h2g2 #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy

Yesterday we went to see Dodger, our last @guidedogsuk pup, whilst he was training. It was so lovely to see him one last time before he gets paired up with a human and to see him at work. Look at that face. 😍