People

Cecil Hayter – Artistic Director

Founded the LOST Theatre Company over 27 years ago, and has been its constant support and pillar of artistic integrity ever since. Hailing originally from South Africa, he started his career as the artistic director of the Lyric Theatre, Durban. There he was instrumental in bringing many West End and Broadway productions to South Africa for the first time, as well as international stars such as Marlene Dietrich. He has directed over 100 plays and 40 operas and worked in cities across the world including New York, Granada, Madrid and St. Petersburg. He has toured productions all over the United Kingdom and directed at the Swan Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon. In London he has directed plays at Young Vic, Haymarket, Cockpit and three operas for the Holland Park Open Air Festival. He choreographed 2 shows for young people for B.B.C. television. In New York he has directed and scenically designed musicals at various off-Broadway venues, and probably strangest of all – worked on lighting design for Pink Floyd at some of their earliest London gigs.

Mark Magill – Company Manager

Has been with LOST since 1989. He has had a varied input working both backstage as set, costume & lighting designer, as well as stage managing before taking up the challenge of producing the annual Edinburgh shows, co-coordinating the One Act Festivals and directing. In this last role his credits include “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Oliver!”, “Heart of Darkness”, “To the Woods” & “Blue Remembered Hills”. Outside of LOST he ran his own fringe theatre production company during the nineties, staging over a dozen new plays and gaining a Time Out Critics Choice in the process. He has been LOST’s Company Manager since 1997 and is in the process of securing a new permanent venue for the Company.

Jamie-Glyn Bale – Company Manager

Jamie began his theatrical career in Spain where he worked at the Granada International Festival of Music & Dance, the English National Ballets tour of southern Spain & The Liceu de Barcelona’s Die Zauberflote. Jamie has been the Co-Company Manager at LOST for the last two years, but has been a member since 2001 where he has Produced and Stage Managed many productions including Blue Remembered Hills, One Act Festivals '05, '06 & '07 and Romeo & Juliet which he took to both Granada & St Petersburg. He has also worked extensively on the London fringe in both Theatre & TV. Since 2005 he complements his time at LOST with his association with the British American Drama Academy (London) where he works regularly as the MCP course co-ordinator.

Trustees

Maurizio Molino

Maurizio has been with the Company since its inception. In that time he has turned his hand to nearly every aspect of the Theatre, including most recently a little bit of website designing.

Julian England

Joined LOST in 1985. He is an actor, writer and director, his roles including Philip in “Noises Off”, Dr Prentice in “What the Butler Saw”, Solyony in “The Three Sisters” and Whipping Boy in "Everyday Life !". He has directed shows as varied as “Hedda Garbler”, “She Stoops to Conquer”, “Cinderella” and most recently “Blue Remembered Hills”. He has co-written, performed and produced two comedy sketch shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Tracy Sorgiovanni

Has been a member of LOST for 10 years and is the current Chair of the Trustees. Not only has she acted regularly with the company, but has taken on the role of producer several large scale productions. She has been a professional actress and singer, and currently works for one of the country’s leading promotional agencies.

Hannah Eidinow

Has been with LOST since 1994 and was Chair of the Trustees until last year. As a Director her theatre credits includes: Harmless (RSC Rehearsed Reading); Gone (Edinburgh Festival 2004 and New Ambassadors, West End. Scotsman Fringe First Award and Best Play Guardian Fringe Awards); Huis Clos (Baron's Court Theatre); Lysistrata and Oidipous Tyrannos (London Festival of Classical Drama at the Bloomsbury Theatre), Macbeth (Granada, Spain); The Dumb Waiter and The Lesson (Theatro Technis). She has also worked as an Assistant Director at the Royal Court, Royal Shakespeare Company, and in London's West End.

Katherine Portman

Has been with LOST since 1993. Alongside her many acting credits – the highlight was playing a cauliflower in Cinderella – she was also LOST’s administrator. Currently she is working in theatre production.

Kevin P O'Sullivan

Kevin has been a member of LOST for many years and enjoyed every one. Kevin’s roles have included Judd in Bouncers, Dad in East, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sidewinder in Our Country’s Good, Rotund Gentleman in Maida Vale, Harold in Black Comedy and best of all Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors. Having played Woofy the Dog in a previous pantomime, last Christmas Kevin donned a frock to play the role of the Dame in Babes in the Wood (Cockpit Theatre), He also took on the role of Sosias in Seamus Heaney’s Burial at Thebes (Tabard Theatre). His most recent role was that of Dad in Cooking with Elvis (Rosemary Branch Theatre) where he got the opportunity to run about the stage in a sequin catsuit while singing Elvis songs...a dream accomplished !!!

Patrons:

Sir Derek Jacobi

Ralph Fiennes

Roy Hickman MBE