About us
Theatre2u is a joint venture between Kevin Oliver Jones, Simon Downing and Giles Shenton. It has been created to provide first class professional music & theatre in local environments at a time when people can't visit or are unsure about visiting traditional theatrical venues.
Kevin Oliver Jones
Kevin has over 20 years experience as a Musical Director of all things Rock 'n' Roll in various West End and touring productions - from Abba to Zeppelin - and was nominated under the Best Musical Director category at the British Pantomime Awards. He is also an actor, musician, arranger and multi-instrumentalist. He currently arranges and appears with several award winning music tribute shows as well as running Stuffed Monkey Studios in Surrey.
Simon Downing
Simon has over 30 years experience in professional theatre. He trained at Guildford School of Acting and has worked with theatre companies such as Pandemonium, Liquid Acrobat, Soapbox Theatre Company, The Phoenix Theatre, Bordon and toured Europe with English Teaching Theatre. He has taken lead acting/singing roles on national touring productions for Bill Kenwright but more recently has moved into teaching, directing and writing and is Artistic Director and a managing partner for Kick In The Head Theatre Productions.
Giles Shenton
Giles worked in the West End for over 8 years and worked on theatre productions such as Grease, Barnum, four Royal Variety Performances and three Olivier Award ceremonies. For the last few years he has been busy touring with highly acclaimed performances in the one-man touring productions of Old Herbaceous, My Dog’s Got No Nose and Three Men in a Boat. He is also Producer and a managing partner for Kick In The Head Theatre Productions.