The Jungle Book - West End Creative Team

NICK BARNES studied drama at Hull University and theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art and soon after began incorporating puppets into his designs for opera and theatre, nationally and internationally. Until recently he was joint artistic director of the puppetry company Blind Summit Theatre, which he co-founded. With Blind Summit Nick designed puppets for Madame Butterfly (ENO, Metropolitan Opera, Anthony Minghella), A Dog's Heart (ENO/DNO), Shunkin and Master and Margarita (Complicite, Simon McBurney), El Gato Con Botas (Tectonic Theatre, Moises Kaufman), On Emotion (Soho Theatre, Mick Gordon), Faeries (Royal Opera House, Will Tuckett), His Dark Materials (Birmingham ... read more Caroline Bowman has an extensive theater career that has taken her all over the world. Fresh off her five-year run as ‘Elsa’ in the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen playing over 1,000 performances. Broadway and tours include: Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (‘Nicola’), Wicked (‘Elphaba’), Evita (‘Eva Peron,’ Helen Hayes Award nomination), Spamalot (‘Lady of the Lake’), Fame - China Tour (‘Carmen’) and Grease - Istanbul, Turkey (‘Rizzo’). Select Regional: The MUNY (All Shook Up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Helen Hayes Award nomination), Vancouver Opera (Evita). She holds ... read more Finn is a director, designer and performer; he is co-artistic director of Gyre & Gimble, a theatre company specialising in puppetry. As Gyre & Gimble work as Co-Director/Puppet Designer includes: The Hartlepool Monkey (UK Tour) and The Elephantom (National Theatre & West End). As Puppetry Co-Designer/Director: Running Wild (Chichester Festival Theatre & Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) and The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic). Upcoming work includes co-directing/Puppet Designing The Four Seasons (Globe Theatre). Other work includes Angels in America and The Light Princess (National Theatre); Groundhog Day (Additional Movement - Old Vic & Broadway); Dr. Seuss' The Lorax ... read more Indhu Rubasingham, MBE, is a British theatre director and the current artistic director of the Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) in Kilburn, London. On December 13 2023 it was announced that she would take on the role of Artistic Director at the National Theatre in 2025, following on from Rufus Norris. A.R.T: Debut. West End: War Horse, New London Theatre; Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre (Oliver Award for Best Supporting Actor); Pinocchio, National Theatre. Off-West End: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Southwark Playhouse; Putting It Together, The Other Palace. Regional: The Wicker Husband, Watermill Theatre; Treasure Island, Stephen Joseph Theatre; Watership Down, Watermill Theatre. UK Tour: The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Running Wild. International: Cabaret, MAC Theatre. Education: Guildford School of Acting.