About us…
Funnelwick Limb Ltd grew out of the success of The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps. Launched in April 2019 to considerable critical acclaim – as a book, as an audio drama, as a a tablet game, as a VR experience and as a live show.
Funnelwick Limb exists to develop cross platform storytelling work, primarily but not exclusively, for family audiences. We combine live performance with family-friendly VR experiences, games and audio content with good old school books. We want to inspire and enable digitally-savvy young people to get lost in language, learn how to create their own stories using different mediums and develop a live performance habit. We want to nurture a new generation of cultural creators and consumers, equipped and hungry for words and the kinds of cultural experiences we can’t yet imagine, unhindered by the barriers to engagement that exist for many today.
The Core Team
Murray Lachlan
Young
Murray Lachlan Young (born 14 March 1969) is a British poet, stand-up performer, broadcaster, playwright, screenwriter and children’s author. He came to prominence during the Brit Pop era of the mid 1990’s, when he became the only poet to sign a contract worth £1m.
His work echoes the great rhymers Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and Gilbert and Sullivan, along with more alternative influences such as Grandmaster Flash, Tom Waits and Ian Dury.
His satirical commentaries can read like RD Laing in their philosophical intensity, whilst their subjects range from the vanities of celebrity and middle-class angst, to highlighting the absurdities of modern life.
Currently the poet in residence on BBC 6 Music radio station, touring the UK with his solo stand-up show and the collection of his work ‘How Freakin’ Zeitgeist are you?’, published by Unbound books.
Nina Hajiyianni
Nina is one of the UK’s leading theatre directors making work for children, young people and family audiences, she is Artistic Director of Action Transport Theatre based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Nina creates original, devised and text based work including Adrift (a refugee fairytale) by Beverly Hancock Smith, Happily Ever After (an LGBT dance/love story for 5+ audiences based on the book King and King) and STATIk. She has directed 8 Christmas shows for ATT and Unity Theatre, Liverpool, including; Beauty and the Beast, Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf and Princess and the Pea.
She is currently working with Theatre Hullabaloo to create a new production ‘Baba Yaga’ written by Laura Lindow, having previously directed 'My Mother Told Me not to Stare’ an opera for children by Finegan Kruckemeyer and Martyn Harry co produced by Hullabaloo and ATT.
Nina is a former chair of TYA UK and Executive Member of ASSITEJ International, a global network for professionals making work for children and young audiences
Matthew Linley
Matthew’s work as a Creative Producer sits in the space between theatre, live literature, spoken word and digital. He is currently Capital Projects Director at the New Wolsey in Ipswich and is producing both The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps and The Chronicles of Atom and Luna.
Current and recent projects include Ballad of Maria Marten (Eastern Angles), Stitch Brothers Patchwork Dreams (Jason Singh, Arun Ghosh, Fabric Lenny, Esther Simpson), Horny Handed Tons of Soil (Unity Theatre, Phrased & Confused) and Nina – a story about me and Nina Simone (Unity Theatre, Riksteatern).
Matthew and Murray have worked together on various projects including Phrased & Confused National Tours, Murray’s Quest for the West tour, the UK Tour of The Incomers and R&D for Running Stag.
Matthew was formerly Artistic Director and CEO of Unity Theatre, Liverpool. He has also creatively led venues in Leicester (Phoenix Arts), Reading (21 South Street Arts Centre) and Bath (Michael Tippett Centre). Matthew is a board member of Colchester’s Mercury Theatre
THE CREATIVE TEAM
Designer Bek Palmer (Raddlesham Mumps, Atom & Luna) (bekpalmer.com)
Digital Animators – MBD Ltd (Raddlesham Mumps, Atom & Luna) (mbd.limited)
Music - Arun Ghosh (Raddlesham Mumps) (camoci.co.uk/arunghosh)
Music – Paul Hartnoll (Atom & Luna)
Lighting Design – Julie Kearney (Raddlesham Mumps)
Movement – Laura Williams Biggs
Stage Management – Thomas Vowles (Raddlesham Mumps, Atom & Luna), Esther Malkinson (Raddlesham Mumps)
Associate Director – Scott Hurran (Raddlesham Mumps)
Marketing – Emma Martin Arts Marketing (emmamartin.org)
PR – Karen Goddard (Raddlesham Mumps)
OUR PARTNERS AND FUNDERS
As a small organisation we rely on our partners to help us deliver our work and share our stories.
Core Producing Partners
Action Transport Theatre (actiontransporttheatre.org) and Eastern Angles Theatre Company (easternangles.co.uk)
Atom & Luna Digital Commissioner
The Space CIC (thespace.org)
Atom & Luna Co-Commissioning Partners
· Arts Out West (kirkgatearts.org.uk/arts-out-west)
· Carn to Cove (carntocove.co.uk)
· CRTA (Cheshire Rural Touring) (cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk)
· Citadel Arts (citadel.org.uk)
· Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries (inspireculture.org.uk)
· Highlights North (highlightsnorth.co.uk)
· The Quay, Sudbury (quaysudbury.com)
· University of Essex (essex.ac.uk)
· Villages in Action (villagesinaction.co.uk)
· Welsh College of Music and Drama (rwcmd.ac.uk)
Core Funders / Investors
Funnelwick Limb’s work on both The Chronicles of Atom & Luna and The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps has been made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. (artscouncil.org.uk)
The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps was supported by an EIRA award from the University of Essex (eira.ac.uk/case-study/the-mystery-of-the-raddlesham-mumps-immersive-vr-experience/)
The Chronicles of Atom and Luna has been generously supported by SECADS (southeastcreatives.co.uk)
