Born in Havana in 1973, Carlos Acosta trained at The National Ballet School of Havana in Cuba. After winning a succession of awards, including 1990’s Prix De Lausanne, Carlos went on to dance professionally with the world’s most prestigious companies, with London’s Royal Ballet becoming his home. Carlos retired from Classical ballet in 2016, after 28 years, having performed almost every classical role from Spartacus to Romeo. Carlos created many award-winning shows throughout his ballet career including Tocororo, Cuban Fable, and ‘Carlos Acosta and Friends of the Royal Ballet’. He also choreographed the Royal Ballet Productions of Don Quixote and Carmen, plus the latest Guys and Dolls production for the West End. Carlos’s extraordinary contribution to dance continues to this day and was recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in 2014 when he was awarded a CBE. In 2018 Carlos received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award from The Royal Academy of Dance in recognition of his standing as one of the most influential figures in Dance today. His athleticism, the sheer joy of dancing as well as his tremendous ability to convey emotion, inspired a generation of dancers across the globe.

Nina is an award-winning designer who has created work for a wide range of shows internationally. 
Recent Designs Include: Don Quixote and The Nutcracker,  Birmingham Royal Ballet (video design); Lazuli Sky (scenography co-design with Samuel Wyer and video design); The Seven Deadly Sins and Bluebeard’s Castle, Teatro Colón, Argentina (scenography co-design with Samuel Wyer), The Damned United, Red Ladder Theatre (set and video design).

Set & Lighting: Oti Mabuse I Am Here – UK Tour (ROYO), Johannes Radebe Freedom, Freedom Unleashed & House of JoJo – UK Tour (ROYO), LIZZIE – UK Tour (Hope Mill Theatre), Police Cops & Oscar @ The Crown (ROYO), Millennials (The Other Palace) & The Bodyguard Musical (Ljubljana Festival Theatre)

Lighting Design: The Way Old Friends Do, Directed by Mark Gatiss – West End & UK Tour (Birmingham REP & James Seabright), Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana – Southbank & UK Tour (Norwich Theatre Royal), The Full Monty – UK Tour (Mark Goucher Productions), Bleak Expectations – West End (Anthology), Das Spongebob Musical – German International Tour (Show Slot), The Jungle Book, Bleak Expectations & Whistle Down The Wind (The Watermill), West Side Story – Ljubljana (Ljubljana Festival) & Pantomimes for Crossroads Pantomimes.

Set Design:  The Creakers (Theatre Royal Plymouth & Southbank Centre London), Lady Chatterley’s Lover - Shaftesbury Theatre (West End) & Pinocchio (Michael Harrison for Crossroads Pantomimes).

Future Designs:  A Christmas Carol – Lowry (Hope Mill Productions)The Little Mermaid – Theatre Royal Newcastle (Michael Harrison for Crossroads Pantomimes), Aladdin – Everyman Cheltenham (Mark Goucher Productions).

Fashion and costume designer Angelo Alberto was born in Curacao. After studying as a tailor at the Holtland College Technical School in Leiden, he studied Fashion design at the Utrecht University of the Arts until 1997. In 1998, Angelo Alberto completed a two-year assistantship for the haute couture collection of Edgar Vos Couture in Amsterdam. Since 2007 he’s worked as a costume designer creating costumes for Ballets like Sleeping Beauty, Romeo & Juliet, Sacre, Cinderella, Carmen, Don Quixote, Eugene Onegin, Othello, Giselle and Satori. Working with Choreographers like, Itzik Galili, Emily Molnar, Kevin O’day, Mauro Bigonzetti, Yaroslav Ivanenko, Goyo Montero, Amilcar Moret Gonzales, Raul Reinoso, to mention a few.

José Víctor (Pepe) Gavilondo Peón is a Cuban composer, pianist, keyboard player, improviser, producer, music director and visual creator. His creative catalogue holds over a dozen works for film, twenty for dance and more than 25 contemporary music original pieces, some of which have been performed by famous musicians and ensembles. Since 2014 he has been the main keyboard player at Latin-Grammy-Award-winning band Sintesis.. He is also a Specialist in Classical Music at Havana´s contemporary arts venue, Fábrica de Arte Cubano. He has composed music for award-winning films, documentaries, and short films as well as for seven choreographed works of Acosta Danza. 

Yasel Muñoz is an emerging flutist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and producer base on Havana, Cuba. He is a member of the AHS (Asociación Hermanos Saíz) and ACDAM. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Flute and Ensemble Practices and a Bachelor’s degree in Musical Composition from the University of the Arts (ISA) in Havana. Yasel has led several projects with his music and has collaborated with a grand variety of artists. Including his albums “EIH-Studio Session”, “El Camino del Diamante” under the Colibrí label, in co-production with renowned producer Gloria Ochoa and “Oda al Plagio”.

Declan is an established Sound and Video Designer based in the UK, specialising in Theatre and creative environments, such as festivals, TV, Theme Parks and Attractions.

Recent design credits include: Kisstory London (Festival), Uptown (Festival), Sleeping Beauty (Norwich Theatre), The Land of Might Have Been (Buxton International Festival), High Performance Live (UK Tour), Betty Blue Eyes (Musical, NNOS), Jack and The Beanstalk (Norwich Theatre). Declan is also a member of the Association of Sound Designers.

Originally emanating from South Korea, Jin’s professional career has been based in London since graduating from the London College of Fashon in 2005. After a brief period in the West End, (Wig Master, Daddy Cool (2006/07) and Deputy Wig Master, The Sound of Music (2008)), he joined the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden as a technician in 2008, being promoted to assistant manager Wigs and Makeup in 2018, supervising all Royal Ballets productions. His experience is extensive, and he has worked on everything from classical (Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Manon, Onegin, Alice in Wonderland, Mayerling) to modern (including works by Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett, and Christopher Wealdon). In 2024, he supervised Carlos Acosta’s production of Carmen. Jin also lectures on wig-making at the University of Woo-Song, South Korea.

Tyler is a Lighting and Video Designer for Stage. He Graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2020.

As Designer: G (Royal Court Theatre), Dorian The Musical (Southwark Playhouse), Sunday n Park with George (Mack Theatre), Redcliffe (Turbine Theatre), Diana The Musical concert (London’s Eventim Apollo), Trompe L’Oiel (The Other Palace), Loserville (Blackheath Halls), Our House (The Albany), Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City Exhibition (180 The Strand), No Man’s Island (The Big House Company), Silence (Donmar Warehouse & Tara Theatre), Future Shock (180 The Strand), Roles We’ll Never Play (Apollo Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Electric Theatre), Nor Woman Neither (Tristan Bates Theatre), Macbeth
(Vanbrugh Theatre), Close Quarter (John Gielgud Theatre), Stoning Mary (George Bernard Shaw Theatre).

As Associate Designer: Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker (UK TOUR), Burlesque The Musical (UK Premiere), Umm Kulthum & The Golden Era (Bahrain National Theatre), Once The Musical Concert (China Tour), Kenneth Branagh’s King Lear (Wyndham Theatre), The House With Chicken Legs (UK tour), The Trials (Marlowe Theatre), Spongebob The Musical (UK Tour).

Neil Kelso is a writer, director, and consultant specialising in magic, mystery, and making the invisible visible. A member of both the prestigious Magic Circle and Mensa, Neil trained at circus school in Belgium and has performed worldwide, from the London Palladium to luxury cruise ships and the Orient Express. His televised performances in the UK and USA have reached over 600 million viewers, and he has shared his expertise at UNESCO in Paris and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Magic Consultancy Credits Include: Magical Honey (Sanskruti Dance Company), PLUE (Joe Garbett & Eli Lewis), Dogs of Europe (Belarus Free Theatre / Barbican), Magic Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre), Fanny and Alexander (Old Vic), These Trees are Made of Blood (Southwark Playhouse / Arcola), Safety Goggles Required (Greg Foot), Dr Dee’s Curiosity Shop (Wild Rumpus), Wonder (Ben Hart), Bagdad Cafe (Wise Children / Old Vic), Invisible Me (House of Stray Cats), Cinderella (Theatre Royal Winchester), Dynamo: Beyond Belief (Sky One).