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KS2 School Visitor and Photographer The Vikings Anglo Saxons Iron Age Celtic Britain and the Roman Invasion As well as providing history experiences for schools Alex is also a freelance professional photographer combining historic interpretation and photography to produce imagery for museums, exhibitions, on site interpretive panels, Advertising, and Print.

I am a postgraduate research student at the University of Leeds, and a part time lecturer in community and applied drama at Liverpool Hope University. I have just embarked on PhD study, funded by an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award, and will be working with the National Media Museum (NMeM) in Bradford, and the NMSI (National Museum of Science and Industry) group more widely. My research is in its early days, however it is primarily an enquiry into the interpretive strategies employed (currently and historically) within the NMSI family of museums. The intention is to interrogate and identify (through practice led methodologies) the challenges, opportunities and techniques of performative interpretation within these museum settings. The research will be aligned with, and therefore potentially support, the implementation of a new live interpretation programme at NMeM, which is one of the key strategic aims over the next five years.

Chris Cade is a freelance actor and storyteller working in museums, schools, heritage sites and community venues across Yorkshire and beyond. Born in Hull, Chris is based near York. He trained at St.John's College, York (B.Ed Hons) and Bretton Hall (M.A. Educational Theatre) and was a co-founder of Platform 4 Theatre at the National Railway Museum (1991 - 2016). Since becoming full time self-employed in 2005, Chris has undertaken commissions to research, write and deliver museum theatre for Barnsley, Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Redcar & Cleveland and York Museums. Chris is a member of EQUITY and has portrayed high profile characters such as Joseph Rowntree (2017), Captain Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (2016), LS Lowry (2015), Henry Pease (2014), Richard III (2013), Captain Edward J Smith (2012), George Hudson (2011), Pharoah Ramses II (2010), Charles Darwin (2009), Edwin Chadwick (2008), William Wilberforce (2007) and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (2006).

Based in the Northwest, I have been working with museums, heritage sites and art galleries throughout the UK for fifteen years: as a creative consultant, script-writer, director, actor/facilitator, maker and mentor. Current projects include: "Playing Out in Manchester" (working title) - funded by the Arts Council, Grants for the Arts, I will be working with Matt Wardle and Alison Hale to create a participatory performance that will link with the collections and galleries of three cultural venues in Greater Manchester. John Rylands Library, Salford Museum and Art Gallery and the People's History Museum are actively seeking to build relationships with local schools with specialist support provision and are involved in the creative development of this session for children and young people with special educational needs.

Formerly an Education Officer for Devon Learning Resources and prior to that a Museum Learning Officer for Exeter Museum, providing artefact and role-play based workshops, I am now a Freelance Heritage Learning Specialist. I am a fully qualified teacher with eleven years experience in the classroom and have been involved with theatre in some form ever since I was a child. My experience has ranged from amateur dramatics to outdoor Shakespeare productions to co-producing school shows to running after school drama clubs. I studied and obtained A' level Drama and Theatre Studies at adult night classes. Professionally I have been an Egyptian priestess, ARP warden, Ancient Briton, Victorian Schoolteacher and Florence Nightingale!!

Lara is the founder/director of Bard Unbound. Bard Unbound is a theatre partnership devoted to site-specific and bespoke performance design in museum and heritage settings specialising in Shakespeare. We are available in Europe and North America providing production design and direction, workshops, dramaturgy and story services. Bard Unbound explores new and classic works using site-specific performance immersion, externalising the action to make it accessible to varied audiences and promoting dynamic dramatic design. We devise workshops and learning experiences, and facilitate the work of emerging professionals including actors, directors, dramaturgs, writers and critics.

I am the programmer for the IMTAL website.

Freelance interpreter. Has worked with British Waterways, Croydon Clock Tower, HRP (through andrew ashmore & associates), Rutland Railway Museum.