THE COMPANY
Steve Apelt - Company Manager
Steve has worked in the entertainment and theatre business for over 22 years, first in the USA then Europe, performing, teaching drama and arranging events. In 1993 he returned to the UK to take up position as a Redcoat at Butlins. After 3 years treading those particular boards he was on the lookout for a new challenge. After a spell in London working on various T.V shows he returned to his home town of Bridgwater. Steve teamed up with Mark and Su in co-ownership of Blue Moon Theatre Company. Early shows included The Wildest Affair, World in a Box, Grandmother Frost, The Quest of the Pantopottamus as well as Junkbusters plus a large bag-full of rather silly street theatre pieces. Working as company manager Steve was able to secure bookings at major events and festivals from Cardiff to Brighton. As a performer and actor Steve has appeared in various commercials and TV parts; one which will always stick in his mind was spending two weeks in the highlands of Scotland dressed in only animal skins (for The Discovery channel). He currently focuses much of his time event organising and hosting anything from water festivals to music and dance events. He once created a piece of art over 80 meter in diameter! (on a very windy hill). Aside from children’s theatre Steve has a great passion in community arts, promoting play and creating opportunities for young people to participate. He is a trustee of Children's World Charity and a freelance arts worker for @Play charity. He has written the children’s book ‘Wizzy and the Missing Shoelace’ and has a fascinating ambition... to cover 99 hay bales in primary colours in a large field and view it from a hot air balloon above!
Steve has worked in the entertainment and theatre business for over 22 years, first in the USA then Europe, performing, teaching drama and arranging events. In 1993 he returned to the UK to take up position as a Redcoat at Butlins. After 3 years treading those particular boards he was on the lookout for a new challenge. After a spell in London working on various T.V shows he returned to his home town of Bridgwater. Steve teamed up with Mark and Su in co-ownership of Blue Moon Theatre Company. Early shows included The Wildest Affair, World in a Box, Grandmother Frost, The Quest of the Pantopottamus as well as Junkbusters plus a large bag-full of rather silly street theatre pieces. Working as company manager Steve was able to secure bookings at major events and festivals from Cardiff to Brighton. As a performer and actor Steve has appeared in various commercials and TV parts; one which will always stick in his mind was spending two weeks in the highlands of Scotland dressed in only animal skins (for The Discovery channel). He currently focuses much of his time event organising and hosting anything from water festivals to music and dance events. He once created a piece of art over 80 meter in diameter! (on a very windy hill). Aside from children’s theatre Steve has a great passion in community arts, promoting play and creating opportunities for young people to participate. He is a trustee of Children's World Charity and a freelance arts worker for @Play charity. He has written the children’s book ‘Wizzy and the Missing Shoelace’ and has a fascinating ambition... to cover 99 hay bales in primary colours in a large field and view it from a hot air balloon above!
Kerrie Seymour - Artistic Director
Kerrie is a Somerset based community arts practitioner delivering theatre, movement and visual art based projects within a wide range of community settings, from children’s centres to elderly care homes. Her work includes drama workshops, issue based theatre projects, site specific theatre performances, large scale community shows, movement and reminiscence work and illuminated processional art. In the last three years Kerrie has devised and directed over 30 original theatre performances with a wide range of community groups in the South West. At the centre of her work is a desire to create a space for individuals to explore their own unique creativity using their stories, real or imaginary, to create new, innovative theatre. From tales of haunted houses to modern twists on Greek myths, her role as director remains new and always a breathtaking experience. Kerrie has been performing street and children's theatre since 1997, whether it’s in a muddy festival field, a village street or a London theatre, Kerrie thrives on any role that comes her way. When she's not working, Kerrie enjoys writing, discovering new places, walking in the woods, playing her guitar and searching for the next dressing up opportunity. Kerrie dreams of swinging from a trapeze!
Kerrie is a Somerset based community arts practitioner delivering theatre, movement and visual art based projects within a wide range of community settings, from children’s centres to elderly care homes. Her work includes drama workshops, issue based theatre projects, site specific theatre performances, large scale community shows, movement and reminiscence work and illuminated processional art. In the last three years Kerrie has devised and directed over 30 original theatre performances with a wide range of community groups in the South West. At the centre of her work is a desire to create a space for individuals to explore their own unique creativity using their stories, real or imaginary, to create new, innovative theatre. From tales of haunted houses to modern twists on Greek myths, her role as director remains new and always a breathtaking experience. Kerrie has been performing street and children's theatre since 1997, whether it’s in a muddy festival field, a village street or a London theatre, Kerrie thrives on any role that comes her way. When she's not working, Kerrie enjoys writing, discovering new places, walking in the woods, playing her guitar and searching for the next dressing up opportunity. Kerrie dreams of swinging from a trapeze!
Mark Scott-Ison - Script Writer
Mark has worked as a performer for over twenty one years. In plays and pantomimes he has played a huge array of characters. The Marquis of Queensbury, Alfred P Doolittle, Mr. Bumble, kings, dads, insects, puppets, a tree, badgers, bears, wolves and a few times, ladies! He has also written many plays, Ripples, Ghost of a Chance, The Carrot Fiction and many others. He is currently working with illustrator Sue Webber on a series of children's books. In street theatre he has played many roles, including a man from the Ministry of Meaningless Measurement making sure that ladies are not carrying the entire Red Sea or a pixie in their handbags. He has also played a cow, a choir member, a grandad in The Picnic and an athlete in The Olympics (which, when you see that he is a man who casts a larger shadow, is a sight to behold). For our piece 'Trimely On The Marsh Village Fete', Mark becomes Jackson Pillock, who does lightning sketches of the public and once painted the Queen in the nude…until she insisted he put on some clothes! Apart from Mark's performing and writing, he likes nothing better than sitting in the sun and watching the flowers grow and shouting at things that fall on his head.
Mark has worked as a performer for over twenty one years. In plays and pantomimes he has played a huge array of characters. The Marquis of Queensbury, Alfred P Doolittle, Mr. Bumble, kings, dads, insects, puppets, a tree, badgers, bears, wolves and a few times, ladies! He has also written many plays, Ripples, Ghost of a Chance, The Carrot Fiction and many others. He is currently working with illustrator Sue Webber on a series of children's books. In street theatre he has played many roles, including a man from the Ministry of Meaningless Measurement making sure that ladies are not carrying the entire Red Sea or a pixie in their handbags. He has also played a cow, a choir member, a grandad in The Picnic and an athlete in The Olympics (which, when you see that he is a man who casts a larger shadow, is a sight to behold). For our piece 'Trimely On The Marsh Village Fete', Mark becomes Jackson Pillock, who does lightning sketches of the public and once painted the Queen in the nude…until she insisted he put on some clothes! Apart from Mark's performing and writing, he likes nothing better than sitting in the sun and watching the flowers grow and shouting at things that fall on his head.
Su Squire - Associate Artist
Su is a storyteller, performer, director, writer, community drama facilitator and part-time philosopher who enjoys putting herself about (in a dramatic manner, you understand) for the entertainment of others. Over the years, her work has taken her far and wide, from the Edinburgh Fringe to the muddy fields of the Glastonbury Festival. As a performer, Su has turned her hand to a large number of diverse roles including heroes, heroines, gods, goddesses, cats, dogs, pigs and fish to name but a few. Su is both founder member of Blue Moon Theatre Company and Scratch Productions, both of which she has toured with extensively throughout the West Country and nationally, as both a performer and artistic director. In the guise of Tilly the Talespinner, Su spins tales of magic, wonder and great silliness in such diverse settings as schools, theatres, tipis, yurts and round any fire where there is an opportunity to spin a yarn and blag a free cuppa. In her role as a facilitator of drama workshops and projects, Su has worked creatively with a wide variety people including children and young people, early years, children and adults with learning disabilities, recovering drug addicts, FE students and older people. Projects have ranged from Shakespeare and community pantomime, to issue based work and large outdoor events. Su has also written and performed two solo theatre pieces, One Voice and Choked and is currently working on a new project entitled Word Wise Web, which weaves together elements of theatre, storytelling, creative writing and visual installation, to explore the way in which our lives are profoundly affected by words in their many forms.
Su is a storyteller, performer, director, writer, community drama facilitator and part-time philosopher who enjoys putting herself about (in a dramatic manner, you understand) for the entertainment of others. Over the years, her work has taken her far and wide, from the Edinburgh Fringe to the muddy fields of the Glastonbury Festival. As a performer, Su has turned her hand to a large number of diverse roles including heroes, heroines, gods, goddesses, cats, dogs, pigs and fish to name but a few. Su is both founder member of Blue Moon Theatre Company and Scratch Productions, both of which she has toured with extensively throughout the West Country and nationally, as both a performer and artistic director. In the guise of Tilly the Talespinner, Su spins tales of magic, wonder and great silliness in such diverse settings as schools, theatres, tipis, yurts and round any fire where there is an opportunity to spin a yarn and blag a free cuppa. In her role as a facilitator of drama workshops and projects, Su has worked creatively with a wide variety people including children and young people, early years, children and adults with learning disabilities, recovering drug addicts, FE students and older people. Projects have ranged from Shakespeare and community pantomime, to issue based work and large outdoor events. Su has also written and performed two solo theatre pieces, One Voice and Choked and is currently working on a new project entitled Word Wise Web, which weaves together elements of theatre, storytelling, creative writing and visual installation, to explore the way in which our lives are profoundly affected by words in their many forms.
Christina Smith - Performer
Christina trained at Liverpool Theatre School back in the mid eighties when “Fame” was the big film, and legwarmers, leotards and sweatbands were the gear to be in! During this time, Christina was also a member of ‘Act Inc’ Theatre Company that produced original work and adaptations around her hometown of Liverpool. Christina left Liverpool for the formidable role as a Butlins Redcoat, which she enjoyed for 3 years. Wanting desperately to join the stage crew, she finally became the first female allowed, after proving that her muscles were up to it! After basing herself in Minehead, Christina played the leading role in a short television drama before joining local theatre companies ‘Fat and Thin Productions’ and ‘Image Factory’. She went on to play many roles within these companies, and was part of the cast of the winning play of the One Act Play festival that won the title for the Somerset area. Since joining Blue Moon, Christina has participated in pantomimes, festivals and street theatre, and is looking forward to many more performances in the future.
Christina trained at Liverpool Theatre School back in the mid eighties when “Fame” was the big film, and legwarmers, leotards and sweatbands were the gear to be in! During this time, Christina was also a member of ‘Act Inc’ Theatre Company that produced original work and adaptations around her hometown of Liverpool. Christina left Liverpool for the formidable role as a Butlins Redcoat, which she enjoyed for 3 years. Wanting desperately to join the stage crew, she finally became the first female allowed, after proving that her muscles were up to it! After basing herself in Minehead, Christina played the leading role in a short television drama before joining local theatre companies ‘Fat and Thin Productions’ and ‘Image Factory’. She went on to play many roles within these companies, and was part of the cast of the winning play of the One Act Play festival that won the title for the Somerset area. Since joining Blue Moon, Christina has participated in pantomimes, festivals and street theatre, and is looking forward to many more performances in the future.
Sue Webber - Associate Artist
Sue does most things arty. She has a diverse range of arty skills; creating publicity material for Scratch Productions, painting backdrops and posters for Blue Moon Theatre Company, photography, painting and drawing artist’s books and bookbinding, painting themed trade back drops and decorating trees. And so the list goes on. Sue likes collecting qualifications and prizes. Her favourites so far is a BA(hon’s) in Illustration and a Gold award from the Association of illustrators for best new talent. Sue also likes traveling, penguins and Robin Hood. One of her ambitions is to become eccentric, she looks quite ordinary at the moment, but is working on it by dyeing her hair different shades of brown.
Sue does most things arty. She has a diverse range of arty skills; creating publicity material for Scratch Productions, painting backdrops and posters for Blue Moon Theatre Company, photography, painting and drawing artist’s books and bookbinding, painting themed trade back drops and decorating trees. And so the list goes on. Sue likes collecting qualifications and prizes. Her favourites so far is a BA(hon’s) in Illustration and a Gold award from the Association of illustrators for best new talent. Sue also likes traveling, penguins and Robin Hood. One of her ambitions is to become eccentric, she looks quite ordinary at the moment, but is working on it by dyeing her hair different shades of brown.
