MEET OUR FREELANCERS
HELEN WHITESTONE
Craft Class Coordinator
A local fan of bright colours, sunshine, creative activities & happy thoughts! Helen has Early Years and Office Admin experience combined with a passion for all things crafty! Working for a number of Gloucestershire charities, she loves helping others to learn new skills and really enjoys seeing participant’s creativity blossom during each craft class.
ALICE DAVIES
Dance Assistant
Alice loves working creatively with young people of all ages and backgrounds to encourage self-belief and confidence, creativity and imagination through theatre and dance. She graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Drama and English, and since then has worked with different creative organisations across Gloucestershire to facilitate workshops, support young people, and lead youth theatre groups.
ELLIE MAYNARD
Dance Lead
Ellie graduated from the prestigious Bird College with a degree in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre. Since graduating, she has worked across multiple primary and secondary schools, local dance schools and cultural organisations in Gloucester to deliver dance classes. Ellie loves the rewarding feeling she gets when she teaches dance to children and sees how their confidence grows.
SHADAY BARROWES-BAYEWUNMI
Youth Theatre Facilitator
Shaday Barrowes-Bayewunmi is a Young people's facilitator, Performer and Writer. Specializing in Co-creation, Devising, Poetry and Play. Shaday encourages empowerment and bravery within any space she holds. Shaday has worked as a Theatre and Writing practitioner, delivering workshops for young people through Beyond Face as part of the With Flying Colours project in 2021 and 2022, and 2023.
ETHAN HUDSON
Production Manager
Ethan Hudson is an engineer, production manager and eco-technologist who is interested in using new and old technologies to enhance live performance, create public space and pursue climate justice. His theatre specialisms are in site-specific performance infrastructures, live audio and multi-source video. Ethan founded an equipment rental and technical services company – Frontseat Media Ltd– in 2012, which has since supported thousands of performances in hundreds of venues across the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.