about us
Denise Silvey
Director
Denise Silvey has combined being a producer with being an actress, and has been the Artistic Director of The Mousetrap, the longest running stage show in the world, which is now in its 70th year, since 2009. She has also directed the play in China India and the Far East.
Fronted by Denise Silvey Cahoots has been awarded the Stage One Bursary and also the Stage One Start Up Fund in 2016 for the national tour of Dead Sheep.
Current productions include: Bloody Difficult Women by Tim Walker, Wodehouse in Wonderland with Robert Daws and Looking For Me Friend, the Music of Victoria Wood She is also co-producer of Panto Online with Peter Duncan, making filmed pantomimes for cinema.
Previous Productions include: Starting Here, Starting Now, Snap, Sick Dictators (Jermyn St Theatre), The Translucent Frogs of Quuup (Edinburgh Festival, Ambassadors Theatre, King’s Head), Deco Diva (59E59 Theater New York) The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (National Tour), Don’t Call Me Nigel…an Evening with Graham Seed (tour), Burton, Clown in the Moon (Edinburgh and St James’ Theatre), Dead Sheep (Park Theatre and national tour), An Audience with Jimmy Savile (Park Theatre and Edinburgh), Wilde Without the Boy, Rape of Lucrece, The Man Called Monkhouse, Hurricane Michael (Edinburgh), J. B. Priestley’s The Roundabout (Park Theatre and 59E59 Theater New York), Deny Deny Deny (Park Theatre), Ferris and Milnes’ Christmas Cracker (Ambassadors Theatre), Twitstorm (Park Theatre) Twilight Song (Park Theatre) and Looking for John (Edinburgh Festival), Alex Salmond Unleashed (Edinburgh Festival and tour), Makes, Bakes and Outtakes (Edinburgh Festival), The Dame (Park Theatre and National Tour) Late Lunch with Biggins(Edinburgh Festival), My Darling Clemmie (Edinburgh Festival and International Tour), Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (Edinburgh and National Tour).
ANNA BOLTON
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Anna began her professional working career behind television cameras for companies including BBC, ITV, SKY and C4 working her way up to her current role of producer.
In 2007 however she took a sabbatical from TV production and trained as an actress at The Oxford School of Drama. Since graduation she has worked on both stage, for companies including the RSC and screen for BBC and ITV.
Not wanting to sit still for too long, Anna joined Cahoots Theatre Company in early 2016 and has enjoyed working on their many projects as assistant to Denise.
Today Anna enjoys a happy juggle between all three of these worlds.
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Emma Martin
Marketing & Communications
Emma graduated in 2009 with a Theatre & Performances Studies degree from the University of Warwick. She started working as Marketing Officer for the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds in 2010, becoming Marketing Manager in 2012 and moving to the role of Head of Department in 2014. Emma then went on to work as Marketing Manager for Tara Arts and Black Theatre Live from November 2015 – November 2016 as strategic lead on marketing and Box Office for the reopening of the new Tara Theatre.
Emma is now working as a freelance Arts Marketing consultant and manager on strategy development, tour marketing, branding and digital strategy and implementation for producing companies. Currently working with Cahoots Theatre Company, Original Theatre Company and The Production Exchange amongst others.
Over the last 7 years she has worked on 10 national tours including Mansfield Park, Three Men In A Boat, Invincible, The Diary of a Hounslow Girl and Hamlet.
Work with Cahoots Theatre Company includes The Roundabout, Dead Sheep and Deny, Deny, Deny.
Emma is also the co-founder of East Anglian based company The Keeper’s Daughter and the board marketing representative for Metta Theatre.