Hydrocracker people
Geoff Church
Geoff Church An actor/director with a passion for storytelling. Most recently directed The Consultant for Theatre503 and Hydrocracker.

He assisted Sir Peter Hall on the last production of Amadeus and has directed in several Shakespeare productions in American Universities. He has directed several projects for the National Theatre's Education department, including BasketCase and Going To Market, and is currently Programme Director of the National Theatre's Theatreworks programme. He is also a company director of corporate theatre training experts Dramatic Resources. Geoff has directed Hydrocracker's production of Macbeth, and readings of Sphinx, and The Consultant.

He is a company director of Hydrocracker Ltd.
 
Neil Fleming
Neil Fleming. Writes and translates stage plays, movies and poetry. The author of The Consultant, Sphinx and Musik, he is a former journalist and publishing executive. 
The Consultant ran March 23 to April 16 at London's Theatre503, and following enthusiastic reviews and public acclaim, Hydrocracker plans a further production.

In 2005, Neil's Musik ran for three months to high critical acclaim at the Arcola Theatre London. His English translation Fish Soup of German writer Paul Brodowsky's play Stadt Land Fisch was performed in August 2005 as part of the international Tampere Theatre Festival in Tampere, Finland. Fish Soup received a second outing in 2007 at New York 's HotINK festival in January 2007, alongside Superheroes, Neil's translation of Austrian playwright Ewald Palmetshofer's Helden. His latest translation, Digging, from Austrian playwright Christian Winkler's Graben, was performed at the 2010 HotINK festival.
Neil Fleming
An award-winning journalist for 17 years, Neil worked in East Africa, South Africa, the Middle East and Britain, variously covering war, famine, wildlife, politics, business news, and the international energy industry.
From 1997 to 2002 he was the editorial vice president of the world's largest energy information provider, Platts. More recently he has also worked as an energy consultant, editorial consultant, and head of content at Reed Business Information's ICIS.
He won the 2005 Kent & Sussex International Poetry prize and was shortlisted for the 2008 Bridport Prize. His poetry has also been published in Britain's leading poetry magazine The Rialto.
He is a company director of Hydrocracker Ltd. Follow Neil on Twitter
 
Richard Hahlo
Richard works as an actor, director and teacher in the UK and internationally.
Richard Hahlo For Hydrocracker, he devised, directed and performed in Shakespeare a la Carte for Brighton Festival. He produced and performed in The New World Order by Harold Pinter at Brighton Festival in 2007, and The Erpingham Camp in 2009. He is currently working on development of How Are You Feeling?.
As an actor for the National Theatre, he has appeared in The Wandering Jew, Countrymania (both directed by Mike Alfreds) and Education tours of Henry V and The Tempest (both directed by Brigid Larmour). For the RSC Hamlet. He played Puck in an international co-production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Carrousel State Theater in Berlin. He has also appeared in The Paddock‘s The Young Visiters, and for A27 in Dinner at Mirandolinas. He has also played all over Britain touring schools, community centres, and regional theatres; including Red Shift Theatre Frida & Diego (Edinburgh Fringe First winner), West Yorkshire Playhouse Kvetch, Contact Manchester Metamorphosis. In London’s West End The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. TV includes 99-1, Stolen and The Bill.
He trained in theatre at Exeter University and on a scholarship at the University of California, San Diego. He is an Education and Training Associate at the National Theatre and has run many workshop programmes all over Europe, as well as in South Africa (at The Market Theatre), the USA and Japan. He is also Programme Director of the National Theatre's Theatreworks programme. As well as a company director of corporate theatre training experts Dramatic Resources. His book (with Peter Reynolds) DRAMATIC EVENTS: How To Run a Successful Workshop is published by Faber & Faber.
He is a company director of Hydrocracker Ltd.
 
Jem Wall
Jem is a company director of Hydrocracker and has appeared in the company's productions of The New World Order, The Erpingham Camp and Peter Flannery's one-man show about a goalkeeper, The Boy’s Own Story. He was executive producer of The Consultant.
Other theatre includes The RSC (Henry V111 and Great Expectations), National Theatre (Richard 11 and The Machine Wreckers), The Globe (Midsummer Nights Dream and The Golden Ass), Royal Court (Serious Money), Hampstead The Death Of Cool), Young Vic (Andorra), Donmar Warehouse (Mohicans), The Bush (Little Baby Nothing), The Gate (The Birds), Greenwich (The Piggy Bank)Theatre Royal Haymarket (The Sea), Chichester (A Month In The Country), Bristol Old Vic (The Heart Of A Dog, Antigone and Metamorphosis), Liverpool Everyman (Much Ado About Nothing) and Plymouth (All My Sons and Musik) Jem has toured nationally and internationally as Caliban in The Tempest for A and BC Theatre.

TV includes Dr Who, Merlin, Judge John Deed, Foyle’s War, Murphy’s Law, Eastenders, The Bill, Doctors, Big Bad World, Dead Romantic, Down To Earth, The Chief, Maisie Raine, Richard 11 and Crocodile Shoes.

Film: Of Pure Bood (Warner Bros), Incendiary (Channel 4 Films) and My Week With Marylin (BBC Films).
Jem Wall