Team

Jason Haigh-Ellery


Jason has produced and/or directed over 300 audio and radio plays, including the highly successful Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures series, working with actors such as David Tennant, Paul McGann, Sir Derek Jacobi, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, David Warner, Anthony Stewart Head, Mark Gatiss, Simon Pegg, Sheridan Smith, David Walliams and Matt Lucas. Two of the scripts from the audio adventures have been adapted for the new BBC television series. He recently directed David Tennant in The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. In co-production with the BBC he has produced the unmade 1979 Douglas Adams’ script Shada and Ghosts of Albion with Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Christopher Golden and produced a new version of the classic horror The Phantom of the Opera which was broadcast over Christmas 2007.

In theatre, Jason has produced Henry V, As You Like It, Days of Hope and Snoopy the Musical in London, Love Shack, High Society, Fly me to the Moon, Debbie Does Dallas – the Musical, Teenage Kicks, The Steamie, The Wedding Singer and Footloose – the musical on tour. In the West End he has produced Life Coach, Footloose – the musical, Shout!, A Christmas Carol, The Whatsonstage Theatregoer Awards, Never Forget and the sell-out West End debut of Nicholas Hoult in New Boy. He was also an Executive Producer on the South African version of Footloose – the Musical. This year he will be producing Never Forget on tour and Cinderella in Los Angeles.