Jon Haynes grew up in a household without a television. At school he won an award for speaking Greek verse and decided to become an actor. He spent his first year at Sheffield University taking drugs, reading books on the Moors murders and digesting R. D. Laing. He turned down an offer to appear at the London Palladium and opted to have a nervous breakdown instead. Seven years later and still as mad as a hatter he enrolled at The Poor School in London and it was there that he met the co-founders of what would become Ridiculusmus.

Link to blog: http://jon-haynes.blogspot.co.uk

Despite being dead as a result of an incident at the “rest and be thankful” in deepest Argyll in 1999, involving a clapped out van, a deer and Gavin Lockhart’s tractor, I have continued to deploy my poorschoolnaturalismmeetsgaulier bouffonscontemporarydancepunk shtick in all Ridiculusmus works since, managed to complete a PhD at the University of Kent called How to be funny and recently delivered a secular sermon “ On Humour” for the School Of Life, much of which I am now in the process of ripping off for academic articles.

Link to blog: http://ridiculusmusdavid.blogspot.com

Creative consultant, facilitator, fundraiser and manager in touring theatre and arts venues for over 25 years, including Oily Cart, Farnham Maltings, National Skills Academy, Independent Theatre Council, Hoipolloi, Blind Summit and New International Encounter. Joanna first saw Ridiculusmus’s Third Policemen 20 years ago and joined them in July 2012.

Independent producer, working with Ridiculusmus since September 2012, Clara also works with Joseph Mercier, Tom Marshman, and a company she co-founded, PanicLab.  She supports raw, personal and challenging performance work.

www.claragiraud.co.uk

Chris is a London based freelance technician and production manager, working primarily in touring theatre. Since graduating from Central School of Speech and Drama he has worked with the likes of Inspector Sands, Diva Opera, Analogue Theatre and Handprint Theatre.

Natalie studied theatre at Dartington College of Arts. She has worked with Living Structures,  PanicLab, Extant, Bryony Kimmings and Escalator Dance Producers. She now performs as one half of new performance company tattenbaum-deluca as well as creatively producing their work.