The Team

All current members of Pecs are company Directors. While different members hold different responsibilities based on experience and skills, the company is non-hierarchical in this way

CO- EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Daisy Hale is a non-binary freelance theatre, cabaret and events producer and practitioner specialising in cross-form and non-traditional theatre. They were part of the Old Vic 12 2018/2019 and are a Clore Emerging Leader 2020. They work with a range of artists including Willy Hudson, Katie Greenall and Fran Bushe.

Previously, they were the assistant producer at Theatre Royal Stratford East and worked for Stratford East as an Associate Producer where they led on the programming of their former 60 seat studio and were the assistant creative producer for Enfield’s local authority venues.

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Ellen Spence is a freelance producer. Recent credits and projects include Fuck You Pay Me 2018 (People’s Choice Award, Vault Festival / Wiltons Music Hall Edinburgh Award) and CanadaHub Edinburgh 2017 & 2018 (Assistant Producer - participating productions won three Fringe First Awards, two Herald Angel Awards and a Stage award over 2 years). She has also worked as fundraising and development manager for Brainchild Festival (Aim Award; Best Independent Festival 2015, 2016), helping them to raise £50k+ to transform their organisation and ensure long term sustainability. Ellen is founder of queer party HEY QT and a long time trustee of Edinburgh based arts charity The Forest.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Celine Lowenthal Celine is a freelance theatre director. She most recently directed Divine Proportions in collaboration with Shotgun Carousel at the Vaults (5 Stars, Time Out), and co-created and performed in Kingdom at Camden People's Theatre, the inaugural production of new company, Artists of Affection.

She has a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University (Double FirstClass), and an MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck College, London (Merit), and was Resident Assistant Director at the Sheffield Crucible 2015 - 2016.

Selected directing credits include Divine Proportions (The Vaults), The 80s Show (Soho Theatre), Twice Through the Heart (Hackney Showrooms), Kreutzer vs Kreutzer (Sheffield Crucible Studio), Into the Little Hill / The Soldier’s Tale (Courtyard Theatre), Canada (The Pleasance, UK & US Tour), Merchant of Venice (European Tour), Fierce (Camden People’s Theatre).

Selected assistant / associate directing credits include An Ideal Husband Vaudeville Theatre, West End), Showboat (Sheffield Crucible / New London Theatre, West End), Racing Demon (Bath Theatre Royal), Labyrinth (Hampstead Theatre), The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre), The Nap (Sheffield Crucible).

Creative Associates

Jodie Mitchell, Vic Aubrey, Lauren Steele, Isabel Adomakoh-Young, Katy Bulmer, Helena Fallstrom, Fiona Shaw

These are the people you know and love on stage. You can read all about them on ‘The Boys’ page.

Temi Wilkey and Celine Lowenthal founded Pecs way back in 2013.

CO-FOUNDER

Temi Wilkey is an actor, theatre maker and drag king from North London. Temi Wilkey is an actor and writer who trained with the National Youth Theatre REP company. Her theatre credits include: How to Hold your Breath at The Royal Court, The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre, Hamlet & Cymbeline at the Royal Shakespeare company, Jubilee at the Manchester Royal Exchange & Lyric Hammersmith and Act & Terminal 3 at The Print Room. She recently co-wrote and performed in Kingdom at Camden People's Theatre, the inaugural production of new company, Artists of Affection and filmed an episode of Years & Years, written and created by Russell T Davies.

In 2018 she finished her first play, The High Table as part of the Royal Court’s Introduction to Playwriting Group, which is being staged at The Bush Theatre in 2020. Temi no longer works with Pecs but remains a loyal fan.