HELLO DOLLY!

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Biographies

	Director - Sheryn Ali Having joined the Theatre Company when it was Balerno Community Songsters in the early 1990's, Sheryn made her Directing debut in 2009 with the "King and I". After a break, on stage as a clock in "Bonnie and the Beast" last December, Sheryn is back in the Directing Chair for Hello Dolly.
	Music Director - Neil Metcalfe After reading music at Edinburgh University and a scholarship at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Neil worked for Scottish Opera and then in Australia, Germany and the United States, working in a vast number of theatres in the UK and abroad. Neil is Chairman of the Scottish Schools Orchestra, works as an examiner and adjudicator and has run Music Departments in a number of Scottish schools. He is also Musical Director of Edinburgh University Chorus. Neil joined Balerno Theatre Company in 2009 for the "King and I" and it is great to have him back on the team for Hello Dolly.
	Producer - Kirsty Dewar Kirsty has also been with the Company for years having appeared in many of the productions. She took on the task of Producer for the first time for the "King and I" in 2009. She did a brilliant job then and after a year back on stage in "Bonnie and the Beast" last year, it is great to have her back as Producer for Hello Dolly.
	Choreographer - Joanna Watson Joanna has been strutting her dancing stuff onstage for 17 years now, having donned her first ballet shoes at the age of 2. This is her fourth year as a choreographer for Balerno Theatre Company - "Ever After", the "King and I", supporting Debbie Spurgeon in "Bonnie and the Beast" and now for Hello Dolly