Elroy Ashmore trained under Margaret Harris at The English Opera Design School (Motley) and was Head of Design at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke. He now works on a freelance basis designing both sets and costumes for many of our regional theatres such as Perth Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Churchill Theatre, Bromley, Royal Theatre, Northampton. He also works extensively abroad with productions in Germany ("Corpse" and "Ginn Game"); ballets such as "Namouna" in Tokyo, "The Natives of Dreamland" for the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky and "Melodrame" in New Zealand and South Africa. He designs in Northern Ireland, "Noises Off", "Arms and the Man" and "The Tempest" for The Lyric Theatre, Belfast and a major pantomime each year for The Ulster Theatre Company. During the last four years he has designed over thirty productions, many at The Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke where he is an associate to their artistic team.

Andrea Montag is Head of The Design Course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and trained at the English Opera Design School (Motley) under Margaret Harris.

She has worked mainly in London at such theatres as Theatre Royal, Stratford East; Riverside Studios; Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith; Royal Court Theatre; Tricycle Theatre; Bush Theatre; Half Moon Theatre; Arts Theatre; Young Vic and so on. Andrea has also designed at The Royal Shakespeare Company; Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Liverpool Everyman; Newcastle Playhouse; Manchester Contact; Sheffield Crucible; Leicester Haymarket; Salisbury Playhouse; The Welsh National Opera; Nuffield Theatre, Southampton; Plymouth Theatre Royal and the Tobacco Factory, Bristol.

This DVD gives a comprehensive insight into the Job Role of a Theatre Designer and includes a major contribution from John Adams MA former Artistic Director of The Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In this interview John explains the role of Artistic Director in the Design/Production Process.

The DVD has been divided into the following Chapters for ease of use in delivering lessons.

1. Overview of the Designer's Job Role.
2. Reading The Play
3. Analysing The Text
4. Models, Plans and Drawings
5. Lighting Design
6. The Team
7. Different Venues
8. Materials Used
9. Budgeting
10. Training (The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)
11. The Technical Rehearsal
12. Advice