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Tightrope Theatre in association with Park Theatre presents
Ikaria
DIRECTOR AND WRITER | PHILIPPA LAWFORD
PRODUCER AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | IZZY PARRISS
LIGHTING DESIGNER | SHANE GILL
SOUND DESIGNER | LAURIE BLUNDELL
Philippa Lawford
Philippa is a London-based playwright and director. She has been directing plays on the Fringe
for the last few years and she trained as a writer with the John Burgess Playwriting Course
and an MSt in Writing for Performance from Cambridge University. Philippa has worked as an
assistant director (Saviour, Jermyn Street Theatre) and reader (Finborough Theatre, ETPEP
award) alongside her writing and directing work. Ikaria is her first full length play.
Izzy Parriss
Izzy Parriss is a London-based theatre producer and director. She graduated from the
University of Edinburgh with a BA in Philosophy and went on to complete an internship with
the New York based theatre company Yonder Window. She has worked freelance for the
Ambassador Theatre Group, Theatre503, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Bomb
Factory Theatre and Three Sisters Productions. She is the Lead Producer/Associate Director at
Tightrope Theatre and in 2021, she set up her own production company Izzy Parriss
Productions, which took debut production Dear Little Loz to the Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Izzy
recently completed a RADA directing course led by Irina Brown.
Shane Gill
Shane Gill is a freelance lighting designer based in London. Along with design, Shane works at
Pearl in University College London where he fuses his love of theatre and science to create
realistic immersive experiments to improve how people interact with cities. Recent design
credits include Blister (Dublin Fringe Festival), Fridget (Dublin Fringe Festival, Winner of Little
Gem Award), The Shaughraun (Smock Alley Theatre), Bump (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Test
Dummy, Electric (Irish National Tour, and Disco Pigs/Sucking Dublin (Reality:check
productions).