Andrew Taylor

Andrew is the script writer for 1215 Productions.

Andrew is a playwright and director with a string of successful fringe productions under his belt. His plays have been staged at venues including BAC, Etcetera Theatre, Wimbledon Studio Theatre and on the Edinburgh Fringe; he studied at Cambridge and read his MA in Playwriting Studies at Birmingham University and recently took part in the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme.  Andrew is represented by Rachel Daniels of Berlin Associates, London.

Desmond O'Connor

Desmond is the composer and lyricist for 1215 Productions.

Desmond O’Connor is a composer and musical performer who has written for both stage and film. Desmond studied Drama at Cambridge University where he was musical director of Footlights Dramatic Club and achieved the impossible when he taught comedy duo Mitchell and Webb to sing. He currently performs musical comedy on the international cabaret and burlesque circuit.  Desmond is represented by Rachel Daniels of Berlin Associates, London.

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Patrick Wilde

Patrick recently directed Sir Tim Rice’s Blondel at the Pleasance Islington, and has directed for the British Council in Pakistan and the British Premiere of Schiller’s Cabal and Love at the Lyric. He has worked at the Edinburgh Festival many times, most notably on a collaboration with writer Jonathan Rich on Sell Out! He also directed his own play You Couldn't Make It Up at the Gilded Balloon in 2002. Patrick has written for various television series including This Life and The Monarch of the Glen. He wrote the feature film Get Real, which won the Edinburgh Film Festival Award in 1998.

Heather Weir is a musical director, actor and singer. Credits include Woyzeck and The Miser (Cochrane Theatre), No Smoke (Arcola Theatre), Twelfth Night (The Bridewell Theatre), The World Goes Round (Landor Theatre), A Swell Party (Jermyn Street Theatre), The Snow Queen (Manchester Opera House), Kaye’s The Word (Pleasance, Edinburgh), The Fax of Life (Greenwich Theatre) Assassins and Merrily We Roll Along (Embassy Theatre). She studied singing, piano and percussion at Trinity College of Music, is a visiting lecturer at Central School of Speech and Drama, Drama Centre London, Italia Conti and Coventry University, the Actors Centre London and works as a voice coach with theatre companies in the UK and Europe.