Producer/Director - Graham Weston

Graham's involvement in the theatre began at an early age and he first performed with the Barnsley Junior Operatic Society. Specialising in comic leads, he has appeared in over sixty musicals including "Oaklahoma", "Die Fliedermaus", "Me and My Girl" and more recently appeared in pantomimes.
Graham's love of Gilbert & Sullivan has led him to play patter parts in theatres from Bridlington to Buxton. He won "Best Supporting Actor" at the Buxton G&S Festival for his portrayal of "Ko-Ko" in the "Mikado".
Graham has performed with or directed several societies in the area, and has also worked as Assistant Director to Alistair Donkin, former patter man for the original D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. He is delighted to be directing at Batley for his tenth consecutive year.

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Musical Director - Colin Akers

Colin started his musical life quite late at the age of 11 and at 16 went to Chethams School of Music with joint first study instruments of piano and flute.  From there he went on to Huddersfield University and studied primarily music performance.
He joined Halifax G & S in 1988, initially as accompanist, and was promoted to musical director in 2000 where his first show was “The Yeomen of the Guard” and the most recent being the relatively unknown Grand Duke.  In 2005 we were pleased to welcome Colin to Batley to become our musical director.  As well as being an accompanist, Colin is also a member of an orchestra that supports several societies throughout West and North Yorkshire.

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