The Core Team
Kieton Saunders-Browne
Artistic Director of Wooden Arrow
Since completing a foundation in acting at YATI and NYT Epic Stages, Kieton has written three full-length plays that have had runs at venues like the King’s Head Theatre. All of these were self-produced under the production company that he founded in 2016, Wooden Arrow. He is currently under commission to write a play for Mountview and has recently taken part in WoLab’s Actor-Writer Programme. Other theatre credits include Frantic Assembly’s UK Tour of Anna Jordan’s The Unreturning, as well as Give Me Your Skin (BAC/CPT). He has previously worked professionally as an MD with Queen Mary University's student play 'How To Save The World’. Kieton has participated in several programmes such as Young Pleasance (Edinburgh) and the Young Vic’s Intro to Directing, and this year he is part of the Almedia Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Lyric Hammersmith’s young companies.
He is currently represented by Roxane Vacca Management
Edward Baxter
Head Photographer for Wooden Arrow
Edward Baxter is an actor and photographer who has been intermittently involved with Wooden Arrow Productions since its foundation in 2016. He has captured production photos for every Wooden Arrow show and acted in two (Tumble, Socks). As an actor, he is represented by Paradiso Talent, and his photography portfolio can be found on his website below:
ebaxterphotos.com https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/5733-1271-0266
Gabrielle Leadbeater
Associate Producer for Wooden Arrow
Gabrielle is also an Associate Producer with Coriander Theatre, and Ellie Keel Productions, In 2019, Gabrielle presented a season of four shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with EKP: Collapsible by Margaret Perry at Assembly (Dublin Fringe, Aldeburgh Festival, Bush Theatre), in co-production with HighTide; Where to Belong by Victor Esses at Summerhall; Son of Dyke by Jordan Waller and HOTTER by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter (Soho Theatre), both at Underbelly.
As an Associate Producer with EKP, Gabrielle also presented the pulitzer prize finalist Lisa D’Amour’s (Detroit, National Theatre) Anna Bella Eema at the Arcola Theatre. Her credits as an independent producer include Indigo Griffith’s Masterclass Award winning play, Passing (Tara Arts Theatre) and The Mulatto Girl, Coriander Theatre’s My Mother Runs in Zig-Zags (North Wall Arts Centre, 2019), Your Little Play (Michael Pilch Studio, 2019), Medea (Belgrade Theatre, 2018) and James Morton’s Father’s Son (VAULT festival). Gabrielle is also a member of the National Youth Theatre and her Stage Management credits include Stephanie Street’s adaptation ofThe Reluctant Fundamentalist (Bradford Literary Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2018), the Vintage New Year’s Party (Southbank Centre, 2018), Peter Terson’sZigger Zagger (Wilton’s Music Hall, 2017), William Kerley’s adaptation of Twelfth Night at (Middle Temple Hall, 2016), and Paul Roseby’s The Story of our Youth(Shaftesbury Theatre, 2015). Gabrielle graduated from the University of Oxford in 2019.
Heather Milsted
Project Assistant for Wooden Arrow
After completing a degree in History at Warwick University in 2018, Heather started her MA in Acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA South), graduating in 2019. Heather has worked with The Pleasance Theatre and performed in venues throughout the UK including the National Student Drama Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Warwick Arts Centre. Heather also has experience with self-producing, assistant directing and assistant choreography. As a writer and spoken word artist, recent work has been performed at The Pleasance Theatre, London, The Rosemary Branch and at Redgates Theatre. Whilst studying at the University of Warwick, Heather wrote two plays that were performed with funding provided by the University’s new writing society, Freshblood Theatre.
Alex Blanc
Production Manager for Wooden Arrow
Alex is an emerging writer/director. His most recent piece Numbers toured nationally to London, Brighton, Oxford and had a four week run at Edinburgh Fringe. It was given five stars by Broadway baby who called it: “astonishing, poignant and professional quality theatre” and four stars by LondonTheatre1’s Chris Omaweng who called it a “deep and intense piece of theatre”. Prior to this the ten minute version of Numbers was chosen on four separate occasions to be performed at different scratch nights in both London and Brighton.
Other credits include an immersive comedy: An Unexpected Visitor (2018, Mitre Pub Oxford); Jonathan (Brighton Scratch 2017) and A Tale of Snakes and Jade (Red Dragonfly New writing finalist). Directing credits include: The Actor’s Nightmare (Burton Taylor Studio and Ed Fringe 2018) and 13 (O’Reilly Theatre 2017).
Alex is a student at Oxford university and is a member of the National Youth Theatre.
Anthony Fletcher-Hodgeson
Project Assistant for Wooden Arrow
Anthony is an actor originally from Lancashire, England. Since joining the National Youth Theatre in 2017, he has continued his training with Young Actors Theatre Islington.
He marked his professional debut as Sam in The Voice Matters Theatre Company's production of Purple, written and directed by Ella Fidler. After enjoying a sold out run of London previews at The Drayton Arms Theatre, it was taken to 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Member of National Youth Theatre
Young Actors Theatre Islington, Foundation in Acting
Directors/Dramaturgs
Billy Taylor
Movement Director for Wooden Arrow
Billy has been passionate about movement on stage since the age of 9. He now studies European Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College, alongside being the Artistic Director and Movement Director of his own company, Now & Then Theatre, situated in Buckingham. Most recently with this company, he has performed, devised and directed Tull 100 and is currently in the early stage of doing the same with Rumble. In the past, Billy has worked with companies such as Frantic Assembly in their 2016 Ignition company, the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and Motionhouse. He continues to develop his own company whilst also being excited to be involved in the development and movement of Wooden Arrow.
Kirk-Ann Roberts
Associate Director for Wooden Arrow
Kirk-Ann Roberts is a Carribean-born, London-based theatre director and spoken word artist.
A graduate of the Young Vic Directors and Almeida Young Producers programmes she has gone on to work with theatre companies including Talawa, Pleasance and Emergency Exit Arts.
Innovation, honesty and inclusivity are at the heart of Kirk-Ann’s work which often focuses on themes of identity and home and always reflects her commitment to championing under-represented voices.
Kirk-Ann’s most recent show S.W.E.P.E, written and performed by Chloë Florence, has recently been programmed by both the Roundhouse and VAULTS Festival.
Rees Jenkins
Associate Director for Wooden Arrow
Rees was the writer and director of the play ‘Justice’ produced by Wooden Arrow. He is also an actor. He took part in ‘The Red Shoes’ with Young Pleasance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 and also, ‘(This isn’t) A True Story’ by Nina Segal with the Almeida Young company. His training consists of Old Vic Summer School, National Youth Theatre and he is currently working with Orange Tree Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Camille Mallet De Chauny
Workshop Facilitator for Wooden Arrow
Camille Mallet de Chauny is a graduate of Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Yellow Earth Constellation Creatives Award Winner 2017. His credits include (Film & TV): Maleficient 2 (Disney) and Bulletproof (Vertigo). (Theatre) Forgotten 遗忘 (Arcola Theatre). Although he is classically trained his real interest lies in New Writing. He had currently undergone R&D projects for various theatres such as the National Theatre and The Unicorn Theatre.
Crew
Gabrielle Wood
Micro Elements (Film) for Wooden Arrow
While being the Second Unit Script Supervisor for Amazon Prime’s ‘Hanna’ Season 2, Gabrielle has taken care of continuity for over 10 independent feature film. She has worked on various commercials, shorts and campaigns for anti knife crime in London, post natal depression awareness, anti terrorism and pro Muslim. An avid learner of British Sign Language, Gabrielle incorporates signing into her work, working with deaf actors and actresses and helping with communication between hearing and deaf people in the film industry. Being trained by Marnie Paxton, Gabrielle has Assistant Script Supervised on Amazon Studios’s ‘The Aeronauts’ and Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard’. She is very much looking forward to Scrip Supervising her 11th feature in January.
Francesca Johnson
Stage Manager for Wooden Arrow
Fran has stage managed productions of ‘The Red Shoes’ and ‘A Grave Situation’ for Young Pleasance
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018 and 2019. She then became Company Manager for Young
Pleasance London. Currently on a gap year, she is working on a music diploma and applying for
BA(Hons) Technical Theatre courses starting in 2020.