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Director - Linda Westwood
A second year Literature and Linguistics student, Linda joined the society last year as stage manager for The Mikado, but she sang along so vigorously that she decided (well in fact, the other techies told her) to be on the stage. It seems she took one step too many� She would like to say thank you to the entire cast, who have made her work thoroughly enjoyable. Fifteen Lords-a-marching are certainly a force to be reckoned with! Linda believes in fairies!
Musical Director - Mark Swinton
Mark Swinton is an MA student in the Music Department. He first became involved with Gilbert and Sullivan during his final year at the King's School, Chester, when he played the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe. Since coming to York in 1999, he has served as Repetiteur for the productions of Pirates of Penzance (2000), The Sorcerer (2001) and The Mikado (2002) as well as playing for the summer shows and various concerts. Outside of the University, Mark is the Organ Scholar of Selby Abbey and a founder member of the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir. He works regularly as a recitalist and accompanist.
Technical Director - Oliver Fisher
Last year's show (Oliver's first with the society) was sooooooo enjoyable that he was itching to get a second bite at the cherry. No sarcasm intended. Thankfully no one else wanted to be technical director for Iolanthe (surprisingly) so he is. Oliver is a second year linguist who likes to have fun in his spare time. Oliver is extremely cynical about the existence of fairies.