Michelle Thomson

SLT Member 2004 - Present

Photo by Gavin Parker

Acting/Performing Roles:

• Corporal Baker in The Dust Collectors (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• High Priestess / Poi in Dr Faustus (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Ridya in The Hot Mikado (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Swing dancer in Aladdin (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Penny, Shirl in A Slice Of Saturday Night (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• Oboe & Recorder House Of Demons (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Miss Waller in Daisy Pulls it Off (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Swing dancer in Dick Whittington (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Saxaphone, Oboe, Recorder & Flute in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Oboe & Saxaphone in Oh What A Lovely War (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Saxophone & Flute in Little Shop Of Horrors (2013) (Bell Theatre)
• Lapp Woman / Guitar The Snow Queen (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• Guitar, flute and oboe in Thumbelina (2022) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Assistant Director

• Jeffrey (2012) (Prompt Corner) & Choreographer
• The Little Dog Laughed (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• The Shape Of Things (2014) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Stage Manager:

• Chinese Coffee (2006) (Prompt Corner)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• The Dice House (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Elegies For Angels, Punks And Raging Queens (2008) (Prompt Corner) & PA
• The Shagaround (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• The Actor's Nightmare (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Bash: Latter Day Plays (2010) (Prompt Corner)
• Dick Barton: The Tango Of Terror (2011) (Prompt Corner)
• Present Laughter (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Calendar Girls (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• There Is A War (2014) (Prompt Corner)

Assistant Stage Manager:

• Private Lives (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Neville's Island (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Daisy Pulls it Off (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (2010) (Bell Theatre)

Production Assistant:

• Who Was Hilary Maconochie? (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Birds Still Fly & Over the Top (2013) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Lighting Designer

• The Birthday Party (2009) (Bell Theatre) with Phil Gammon & Mark Ireson

Productions as Sound Operator

• A Doll's House (2005) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Prop-maker

• The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (2010) (Bell Theatre) (Dragon tails)
• Little Shop of Horrors (2013) (Bell Theatre) (Audrey IIs) with Chaz Doyle, Shona Doyle & David Clements

Costumes/Wardrobe:

• Romeo And Juliet (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Loveplay (2005) (Prompt Corner)
• A Doll's House (2005) (Bell Theatre) and Make-up.
• Road (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Stay With Me (2006) (Prompt Corner) with Stuart Draper
• The Positive Hour (2006) (Prompt Corner)
• Neville's Island (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Dr Faustus (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Aladdin (2007) (Bell Theatre) with Jenni Chadney, Lisa Thomas & Jenny Clements
• The Dice House (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Burglary For Beginners and Bang, You're Dead! (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• Elegies For Angels, Punks And Raging Queens (2008) (Prompt Corner) As 'Costume Advisor' with Jess Osorio
• Daisy Pulls It Off (2009) (Bell Theatre) with Val Williams, Lisa Thomas, Anthea Martin & Emma Kerby-Evans
• Ghosts (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• Dick Whittington (2009) (Bell Theatre) as Costume Mistress
• Ladies Down Under (2010) (Prompt Corner) with Emma Kerby-Evans
• Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick (2010) (Bell Theatre) with Lisa Thomas
• Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens (2010) (Prompt Corner)
• Babes In The Wood (2011) (Bell Theatre) with Lisa Thomas, Helen Todd, Naomi Liddle, Caroline Doyle and Siobhan Campbell
• Our Country's Good (2012) (Bell Theatre) with Lisa Thomas. Carole Coyne, Caroline Doyle, Chaz Doyle. Jono Gadsby, Naomi Liddle, Matthew Lyne, Lauri Morgan, Kathryn Ramsay, Steph Urquhart & Melissa Williams.
• The Penelopiad (2012) (Bell Theatre) with Lisa Thomas
• Snow White (2012) (Bell Theatre) with Carole Coyne,Alan Buckman, Caroline Doyle, Kathryn Ramsay, Lisa Thomas, Matthew Lyne, Siobhan Campbell, Jenny Gammon
• The Little Dog Laughed (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• The Shape Of Things (2014) (Bell Theatre) with Lisa Thomas

Hair/Make up:

• The Beguiled (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• The Winter's Tale (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Ladies Down Under (2010) (Prompt Corner)
• Vincent River (2010) (Prompt Corner) Make-up Designer
• Bent (2013) (Bell Theatre) Make-up

Musician

• Oboe, Treble Recorder & Ocarina House Of Demons (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Oboe, Descant and Tenor Recorders, Alto Saxophone & Flute You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Oboe, Alto Saxaphone & Tin Whistle Oh What A Lovely War (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Alto Saxaphone & Flute Little Shop Of Horrors (2013) (Bell Theatre)
• Guitar The Snow Queen (2018)

Other SLT Roles

• Membership Director 2011 -2014
• Publicity Director 2014 - 2015

Interests:

Costumes, dressing up, sewing, stage managing, musicals, singing, dancing, playing silly and not so silly woodwind instruments, ukulele playing, poi twirling, organising things, travelling, climbing mountains, tae kwon do, running, real ale and sleeping.