Online programme
Oedipus Rex
Full performance credits, including cast, creatives, chorus, community chorus, orchestra and production
Cast & Creatives
Oedipus, King of Thebes
Shengzhi Ren
Jocasta, his Wife & Mother
Kitty Whately
Creon, Jocasta’s brother
Roland Wood
Tiresias, soothsayer
Callum Thorpe
Shepherd
Seumas Begg
Messenger
Emyr Wyn Jones
Speaker
Wendy Seager
The Gods
Samuel Alberti, Ines Alberty, Fiona Allen, Sara Baumert Eileen Henry, Joe Kelly, Charlie Walton and Rachael Wood
Conductor
Stuart Stratford
Director
Roxana Haines
Designer
Anna Orton
Lighting Designer
Robert B Dickson
Choreographer
Alex McCabe
Associate Designer
Ailsa Munro
Assistant Choreographer
Riccardo Olivier
The Chorus of Oedipus Rex
Soprano
Rachael Brimley
Rachel Hynes
Emily Mitchell
Sarah Power
Monica Toll
Mezzo soprano
Heather Ireson
Fiona Joice
Jane Monari
Sarah Shorter
Alexandra Tiffin
Tenor
Eden Devaney
Matthew Kimble
Declan McCusker
Christian Schneeberger
Connor James Smith
Cal Swainson
Bass
Paul Anwyl
Francis Church
Timothy Edmundson
Jonathan Forbes Kennedy
Phil Gault
Douglas Nairne
Jonathan Sedgwick
Community Chorus
Norma Aldred
Tom Allan
Robbie Allen
Morven Allison
Roisin Ash
Morag Bain
Lucy Barclay
Laura Bennison
Angela Bentley
Mitchum Bock
Becky Brazil
Neil Campbell
Julie Carmichael
Iain Cartwright
Loni Chambers
Caz Cockburn
Moya Cove
Jan Craigen
Sarah Culbertson
Jessica Davidson
Nelly Desingue
Sheila Dickson
Linda Entwistle
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Marion Flett
Katy Gray
Joachim Greiling
Anne Higgins
Fiona Jack
Fiona Keay
Isobel Kinghorn
Ronnie Lamont
Steph Land
Susan Langridge
Francesca Latif
Alison Leask
Bob Leslie
Philip Lingard
Andrew Lockyer
Cerys MacGillivray
Anne Mackay
Morag Mackenzie-Fairley
Elly MacLeod
Rosie Magee
Madeleine Martin
Len McCaffer
Kerry-Ann McCormick
Morven McElroy
Heather McSharry
Joanna Meiklejohn
Debbie O'Connor
James O'Neil
Barbara Orton
Barbara Quigley
Stella Rice
Jac Ross
Lianne Swadel
Eileen Taylor
Ray Thomson
Kate Toft
Paul Towning
Claire Turnbull
Kath Vass
Helena Ward
Mark Watson
Jane Whitaker
Lesley Wilkinson
Breda Wilson
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Leader
Anthony Moffat
First Violins
Anthony Moffat
Frances Pryce †
Katie Hull § †
Terez Korondi
Tim Ewart
Sian Holding
Maria Oguren
Gemma O’Keeffe
Sharon Haslam †
Stephanie Brough
Elspeth Luke
Helena Rose
Second Violins
Andy Long **
Giulia Bizzi
Liz Reeves
John Robinson
Helena Zambrano Quispe
Abigail Young
Malcolm Ross
Elana Eisen
Kirsty Orton
Alison Miller
Violas
Lev Atlas * †
Rachel Davis
Mary Ward
Shelagh McKail
Alison Hastie
Ian Swift
Ian Budd
David Martin
Cellos
Robert Anderson *
Marie Connell
Sarah Harrington
Aline Gow
Susan Dance
Feargus Egan
Double Basses
Peter Fry *
Tom Berry
Chris Freeman
Kirsty Matheson
Flutes
Eilidh Gillespie *
Lee Holland
Oliver Roberts
Piccolo
Oliver Roberts
Oboes
Amy Turner * †
Catherine Earnshaw
Cor Anglais
Kirstie Logan
Clarinets
Kate McDermott *
Robert Fairley
Lawrence Gill †
E♭ Clarinet
Lawrence Gill †
Bassoons
Julian Roberts**
Andrew Watson
Contrabassoon
Heather Brown
Horns
Sue Baxendale * †
Helena Jacklin
Gabi Rodriguez
Ian Smith
Trumpets
Andrew Connell-Smith *
Simon Bird
Mark Addison
Juliette Murphy
Trombones
Cillian Ó Ceallacháin
Alan Pash
Bass Trombone
Chris Stearn
Tuba
Craig Anderson **
Timpani
Ruari Donaldson * †
Percussion
Patrick Nolan **
Joanne McDowell
Harp
Sharron Griffiths
Piano
Jose Javier Ucendo
§ Assistant Leader
* Section Principal
** Guest Section Principal
† Visiting Tutor to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Production
Assistant Conductor
Alistair Digges
Assistant Director
Emma Doherty
Assistant Director
Mark Burns
Second Assistant Director
Cecilia Thoden Van Velzen
Chorus Director
Susannah Wapshott
Repetiteurs
Fiona MacSherry
Toby Hession
José Javier Ucendo
Technical Director
Andrew Storer
Production Manager
Niall Black
Stage Supervisor
Martin Woolley
Stage Wingman
Stephen Fulton
Stage Technicians
Robert Milne & Sam White
Stage Manager
Donald Ross
Deputy Stage Manager
Alexandra McKenna
Assistant Stage Managers
Thomas O’Hear
Mickey Graham
Rachael Murray
Lighting Supervisor
Robert B Dickson
Electrics Chargehand
Andrew Burnside
Electrics & AV Chargehand
Barry McDonald
Lighting Programmer
Neil Hobbs
Head of Costume & Costume Supervisor
Lorna Price
Assistant Costume Supervisor
Ruth McLean
Community Chorus Costume Supervisor
Gloria del Monte
Production Hair and Makeup Manager
Laurie Rankin
Running Hair and Makeup Manager
Alison Chalmers
Hair and Makeup Assistants
Natalie Hargreaves
Kerrie Scullion
Running Wardrobe Manager
Siobhan Randle
Deputy Running Wardrobe Manager
Rachel Jackson
Running Wardrobe Assistant
Polly Russell
Dressers
Mary Boyd
Jo McKeever
Head of Props
Marian Colquhoun
Props Supervisor
David Young
Running Props Supervisor
Emma Robinson
Running Props Technician & Assistant Stage Manager (Swing)
Anne Peart
Supertitles Operator
Euan Kemp