Liv Edmunds
Executive Director London
Producer, actor, presenter, mum.... Liv comes with a wealth of experience across film, TV and theatre working with major UK broadcasters, large-scale theatre and fringe shows alike. As ED at TheMACHINE Liv oversees the day-to-day running of our exciting slate of projects.
Stephen Laughton
Creative Director New York
An award-winning writer, producer and director, Stephen's latest play, the critically acclaimed ONE JEWISH BOY, will be transferring into the West End in spring 2020. His film work has garnered BAFTA, RTS, HUGO, BIFA and OSCAR nominations and wins.
As CD of TheMACHINE, Stephen oversees PR and artistic strategy.
Amanda Leigh Owen
Director - North Production
Manchester
Entrepreneur, managing director, motivational speaker and successful actor with critically acclaimed performances across TV, film and theatre. Amanda oversees our north and regional production, alongside external partnerships and our national and international touring slate.
Our Associate Artists
Sarah Meadows
Director, One Jewish Boy
Sarah is an award‐winning director and part of the Old Vic 12 2019. She was nominated for an Off-West End Theatre Award for Best Director for Screwed at Theatre503, and has worked across the UK, Europe and the USA. Currently working in the West End on ADMISSIONS by Joshua Harmon, the play stars Alex Kingston.
Ryan Andrews
Director, Hiraeth
Ryan Andrews is a feature film and music video director, who's debut feature film, horror fantasy ELFIE HOPKINS, starred Jaime and Ray Winstone. He directed BBC mini series Beasthunters starring James Corden and has made music video’s for Little Mix, Charli XCX, Asap Ferg and Odd Futures the Internet.
Sarah Sigal
Writer, Vanishing
Sarah is a writer, director and dramaturg who works in new writing, physical theatre, devised work, cabaret and interactive theatre. Her book Writing in Collaborative Theatre-Making was published in 2016. She is the Live Performance Programmer at JW3 and is a co-founder of the Change of Art Festival.
Sarah Meadows is an award‐winning director, who has worked across the UK, Europe and the USA. Currently working in the West End on ADMISSIONS by Joshua Harmon , the play stars Alex Kingston. Sarah is the director on ONE JEWISH BOY.