The Penny Dreadfuls are managed & produced in-house by Idil Sukan. Atmospheric lighting and an epic soundtrack is an intrinsic part of the production; our technical director is the award-winning Neil Hobbs. The artwork, playing cards and other publicity graphics are painted and designed by Idil, and the majority of the photography is taken by both herself and Neil using Nikon DSLRs.

This year we will be joined by the excellent Edinburgh-based sound designer, Alex Macmillan, and award-winning puppet director, Jeremy Bidgood, on loan from Pangolins Teatime theatre company. Steve Greer is our associate production co-ordinator during the festival and provides invaluable support during August.

The Penny Dreadfuls are represented by Susan Williams for The Richard Stone Partnership. (www.vivienneclore.com)

Idil Sukan

Idil is a producer and designer working in London. She has produced the Penny Dreadfuls since their very first gig in October 2005. She is also the Associate Producer for the award-winning Kandinsky Theatre Company as well as producing and programming sketch comedy showcase Sketchatron (Critics Choice – Time Out) which plays to sell out crowds at the main stage in the Pleasance Islington, and returns to the festive Edinburgh Festival in August 2008 for Sketchatron Nano at the Bedlam Theatre and Sketchatron: Unwieldy at the Pleasance Courtyard.

Between 2003-06 she produced and performed with the Edinburgh-based improv comedy troupe, The Improverts (where the Dreadfuls all originally met).

Idil has made the move into digital painting this year, making exclusive paintings of the four Dreadfuls for the annual Dreadfuls’ commemorative playing cards for the Edinburgh Festival, web graphics and publicity designs. She also draws caricatures and cartoons. She is the co-founder of the Edinburgh Festival design and print company edfringedesign.com with fellow designer Nick Kay.

CONTACT: idilsukan (at) gmail.com, 0798 4037 417

Steve Greer

Steve is a producer, writer and academic working in Edinburgh. Responsible for the design and management of the Dreadfuls’ website, he has joined the Dreadfuls as a producer since July 2006. He has a phd in political theatre from the University of Edinburgh and occasionally blogs about his ongoing research.

He, too, was once a member of the Improverts and directed the show in 2001-2. Steve also recently acted as a producer and dramaturge for the The Mantilla Foundation, an international collective offering a bespoke cremation service for unwanted art. He now teaches, and designs interactice performance shenanigans.

CONTACT: steve@readwriteplay.co.uk

Neil Hobbs

Neil is the Dreadfuls’ sound and lighting director. He has toured with the troupe extensively around the UK, joining them for gigs in places as diverse as the Shepherds Bush Empire to the Cabaret Tent in the Latitude Festival somewhere in Suffolk.

Neil is also the Technical Director for the award-winning theatre company Kandinsky, with whom he transferred the play Radio for a four-week run at the 59E59 theatre off-Broadway in New York. Neil won the Technical Award at the NSDF in 2007 for his work with Radio.

Both a performer and technician with The Improverts in his youth, he also was the Technical, Business & Venue Manager for the Bedlam Theatre in Edinburgh for three successive years.

CONTACT: neil (at) notlikecalvin.com