Hotbuckle Productions Community Interest Company is a Surrey based, professional theatre company created by actors Adrian Preater and Gemma Aston. Hotbuckle's purpose is to bring excellent theatrical productions to the general public at an affordable price. Our company value is to "do as you would be done by". In other words, as employers we only ever ask things of our employees that we would be happy to have asked of us. As a company we treat our clients as we would wish to be treated ourselves.
From our experience as jobbing actors and having worked for many companies ourselves, we have concerns that some theatre companies produce some very mediocre and expensive productions and take advantage of both their actors and their clients, once they find themselves in a position to do so. Our mission is never to do this but instead produce excellent theatre that impresses all concerned and that actors are proud to perform. We practise a policy of "equal opportunities" employment.
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Adrian trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama and then Bretton Hall. Appearances in "Gosford Park" and "Enigma" were notable career highs before Adrian founded HotbuckleProductions with his wife Gemmas Aston. Since writing his first play, "Get writing with Rosie", Adrian has gone from strength to strength with firstly "Joshua" and recently "Ballad of a Bird" |
Adrian has worked for such notable companies as London Bubble, Boxclever, Oddsocks Productions, Il Palcetto Stage, The Orange Tree Theatre, Huddersfield's Lawrence Batley Theatre, Re-Creation Theatre Company, Major Road Theatre Company, The Secret Agents Theatre Company, House Theatre and Sixth Sense TIE Company. TV appearances include Eastenders, The Bill, Frost, Keen Eddy (US) and Family Values. Film credits include Gosford Park, Enigma, Love Actually and Brannagh's Magic Flute. |
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Fiona studied Performing Arts at Middlesex University and then went on to study acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has performed in the UK and around the world with, among others, the RSC. From 1999 until 2008 she lived in New York, and as an Associate of The Wooster Group helped to create their acclaimed work, performing in the U.S. and internationally. She has performed with Hotbuckle for the last two years and is thrilled to now be helping to steer the company into 2011 and beyond. |
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Gemma is now Artistic Director at The Riverhouse Barn Community Arts Centre.but remains an executive director of the company. Gemma trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She worked as a professional actress for 5 years in theatre and film and for the last 5 years has been the Senior School Drama Teacher at Claremont Fan Court School in Esher, Surrey. |
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| Her role in this job, as well as teaching students from years 7-12, included directing and choreographing school productions and exam performances.Her theatre credits include working with ‘The Royal Shakespeare Company’,‘Boxclever’,‘The Pied Piper Theatre Company’ and ‘Oddsocks’ . Her film credits include “Maybe Baby”, “A Clandestine Marriage” and “A midsummer Night’s Dream”. | ||
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