Meet The Hogs

A brief overview of us and our experiences in the wonderful world of theatre. We haven't included everything - do you really need to know that one of us worked on a catering truck for a site specific druid theatre group in Edinburgh for three memorable days? - but here's a little sprinkling of the sorts of things in which we like to get involved.


Alexandra Rutter - Artistic and Executive Director

Alexandra Rutter Artistic Director Whole Hog Theatre

Graduated from Warwick University in 2011 in Theatre and Performance
Directed and Designed Five Kinds of Silence (WUDS 2010, NSDF 2011), Dangerous Liaisons (Whole Hog Theatre 2012)
Devised Costanzo (University of Warwick Theatre Department 2011)
Performed in Brokenville (WUDS 2011),  West Side Story (MTW 2010), Bash:The Latterday Plays (Warwick Student Arts Festival 2009)
Likes dragons and salt & vinegar crisps
Hates apathy and whiny female singer-song writers

 


Polly Boon - Company Director

Polly Boon Company Director Whole Hog Theatre

Graduated from Warwick University in 2011 in Theatre and Performance
Costume Designed Macbeth (ShakeSoc 2011), Dangerous Liaisons (Whole Hog Theatre 2012)
Costume Assisted The Arabian Nights (Auden Theatre 2007) His Dark Materials(Auden Theatre 2008)
Set Designed Five Kinds of Silence (WUDS 2010, NSDF 2011), The Weaker Pulse(WSAF 2010), Anthony and Cleopatra (WUDS 2011)
Performed in Arcadia (dir. Al Cormack 2008),  Measure for Measure (WUDS 2010), The Innocent and The Thunderbolt (Ginterval 2011)
Devised Costanzo (University of Warwick Theatre Department 2011)
Likes rice pudding and the sea
Hates soppy films and apostrophe abuse


Charlie Hoare - Company Director
Charlie Hoare Company Director Whole Hog Theatre

Graduated from Warwick University in 2011 in Theatre and Performance
Assistant-Directed Five Kinds of Silence (WUDS 2010)
Set Designed How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (WUDS 2011)
SFX/Make Up Designed Mercury Fur (dir Kay Michael 2010), The Pillowman (WUDS 2012)
Performed By the Bog of Cats (WUDS 2009, NSDF 2010), Seven Jewish Children (WSAF 2009)Cabaret (MTW 2011), Agatha (dir Emma Jane Denly for IATL, 2012)
Workshop Assisted Redford School of Speech and Drama (2007-2012), Peculiar Productions (2009) Children's University Drama Scheme (Drama 2010, Musical Theatre 2011)
Marketed Haunted Child (Intern, Royal Court Theatre 2011), The Westbridge (Intern, Theatre Local 2011)
Likes hyperbole and puppets
Hates  rice pudding and the lack of hours in the day

 

Laura Suzanne Hunt - Digital Officer

Graduated from Warwick University in 2011 in Theatre and PerformanceLaura Hunt - Company Administrator
Vocal Coached 
Wicked (MTW 2009), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee(MTW 2010)
Accent Coached Five Kinds of Silence (WUDS 2010, NSDF 2011)
Co-Wrote FML: The Musical (WSAF 2011)
Marketed A Midsummer Night's Dream (WUDS 2009)
Taught MTW Juniors (singing), Wymondham College (drama),Wicklewood Primary School (Musical Theatre)
Likes custard and hummus (preferably not together)
Hates butter and mouldy walls

 

Anaïs Higgins - Digital Officer

Anais Higgins Company Administrator Whole Hog Theatre

Graduated from Warwick University in 2011 in Theatre and Performance
Assistant Marketing Manager at Creation Theatre 2012-13

Education Practitioner with Playhouse Plays Out Pop Up Tent (Oxford Playhouse 2012)

Project Co-Ordinator for Tree of Light (OYAP Trust 2012) 
Project Intern Tree of Light (CIAO! Festival 2012)
Set & Costume Designed Brokenville (WUDS 2011)
Costume Designed Cabaret (MTW 2011), Spring Awakening (MTW 2011), Mercury Fur (dir. Kay Michael 2010)
Stage Manager Five Kinds of Silence (WUDS 2010), The Lady Is Not For Burning (WUDS 2010)
Likes making people guess the songs that play in my head
Hates
walking behind slow walkers