Anna Callender

SLT Member 2001 - Present

Anna Callender in Kiss of the Spider Woman (2012). Photograph by Phil Gammon

Acting Roles

• Marina Oswald in Starlight (2001) (Prompt Corner)
• Valerie in Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Mrs Nancy Evans in Monkey Monkey Bottle Of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here? (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Lady Cressida Arlington in Black Widow (2001) (Prompt Corner)
• Women's Chorus in Spectacular! Spectacular! (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Bianca in Othello (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Queen / Dancing Girl in The Stolen Princess (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Chorus of Corinthian Women in Medea (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Scraps in Carpe Jugulum (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• 'Goddess' in The Tempest (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Mavis in Stepping Out (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Bridget in Translations (2004) ([[Bell Theatre]
• Gangsters' Mole in Rats! (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Lookout / Humphrey The Camel in Dick Whittington and His Cat (2005) (Bell Theatre) Humphrey with Chris Learmonth
• Betty in Tom Jones (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Charity Lady in A Christmas Carol (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Uookko in The Hot Mikado (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Edith in 'Dentity Crisis/Endgame (2008) (Bell Theatre) 'DC
• Philomena in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Amnesty International Rep / Dancing Chorus in Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2012) (Prompt Corner)
• Ensemble in Oliver! (2015) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Ensemble in Toad of Toad Hall (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• Jo in Low Level Panic (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• The Mirror in Mirror, Mirror On The Wall (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Agnes Bin / Flora Moribund Goner Dies-Early / Cockney Woman / Boy in Bleak Expectations (2024) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Director

• The Murder Game (2002) (Prompt Corner) with Emma Howcutt
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Video Nasty (2004) (Prompt Corner) with Stuart Flitton
• Proof (2009) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Assistant Director

• Calendar Girls (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• Tooth of Crime (2014) (Prompt Corner)
• Edith In the Dark (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2022) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Curator

• Summer Shorts (2024) (Old Fire Station) with Guy Jones and Cal Beckett

Productions as Production Assistant

• Terra Nova (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• The House of Bernarda Alba (2009) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Choreographer

• Two Gentlemen of Verona (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Love Upon the Throne (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Spectacular! Spectacular! (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Privates on Parade (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Melons at the Parsonage (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Dick Whittington and His Cat (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• On the Razzle (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• The Dracula Spectacula (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Private Lives (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• The Libertine (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• A Slice of Saturday Night (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• Schweyk in the Second World War (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• Humble Boy (2011) (Prompt Corner)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Postcards From God - The Sister Wendy Musical (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• After Life (2023) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Dance Captain

• Stepping Out (2004) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Assistant Stage Manager

• Twelfth Night (2001) (Bell Theatre) as 'Stage Crew'
• Hamlet - The Murder Mystery (2002) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Lighting Designer & Operator

• The House of Bernarda Alba (2009) (Prompt Corner) with James Webb

Productions as Lighting Designer

• Dead Guilty (2002) (Bell Theatre) with Mike Elliott and Chris Vian-Smith
• Absurd Person Singular (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Copenhagen (2003) (Prompt Corner) with Mike Elliott
• The Importance Of Being Earnest (2003) (Prompt Corner) with Stuart Draper
• New Directors' Showcase (2003) (Bell Theatre) with Emma Connolly
• Stevie (2003) (Prompt Corner)
• Baby With The Bathwater (2004) (Prompt Corner)
• Two (2004) (Prompt Corner) with Phil Gammon
• Translations (2004) (Bell Theatre) with Bob Callender
• Neville's Island (2006) (Bell Theatre) with Bob Callender
• The Libertine (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• Black Comedy (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• A Slice Of Saturday Night (2008) (Bell Theatre) with Phil Gammon
• The Fire Raisers (2008) (Prompt Corner) with Induja Bandara
• The Dice House (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• La Bête (2009) (Prompt Corner) with James Webb
• Ghosts (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2012) (Prompt Corner) with David Dellaire
• A Skull In Connemara (2012) (Prompt Corner)
• Blithe Spirit (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• Betrayal (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• Oliver! (2015) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Two Into One (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• The World's Wife (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Switzerland (2021) (Old Fire Station) with Sean Thomas and Rebecca Law
• Two (2024) (Old Fire Station)
• Summer Shorts (2024) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Sound Designer

• Summer Shorts (2024) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Lighting Rigger

• Loveplay (2005) (Prompt Corner) with Bob Callender & Bernie Bullbrook
• Bullshot Crummond (2008) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Lighting & Sound Operator

• Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (2006) (Prompt Corner)
• Babes in the Wood (2011) (Bell Theatre) with Gavin Parker, Rachael Lovegrove, Induja Bandara, Bob Callender & Philip Maytom
• Immaculate (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Edith In the Dark (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls) with Siobhan Campbell
• Do Not Disturb (2022) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Lighting Operator

• Two Gentlemen Of Verona (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Death And The Maiden (2003) (Prompt Corner)
• Switzerland (2021) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Sound Operator

• Love Upon the Throne (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Othello (2002) (Prompt Corner)
• Absurd Person Singular (2002) (Bell Theatre)

Make-up

• Terra Nova (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• The Miser (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Rats! (2004) (Bell Theatre)

Set Construction

• The Cagebirds and The Monkey's Paw (2002) (Bell Theatre) New Director's Showcase
• Dead Guilty (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Medea (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Carpe Jugulum (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Stepping Out (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• The Miser (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Translations (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Under Milk Wood (2004) (Prompt Corner)
• Dick Whittington & His Cat (2005) (Bell Theatre)

Costumes

• The Marriage-Go-Round (2003) (Bell Theatre) with Jenny Gammon, Ingrid Palm & Elinor Morgan-Jones

Productions as Prompt

• Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (2006) (Prompt Corner)

Other SLT Roles

• Theatre Director 2004 - 2005