A couple of weeks ago we said farewell to Iona King who has crewed for us for several recent shows having appeared on stage as a youngster in Oliver! (2006) and The Likes of Us (2009).  Having developed a real interest for backstage work, and following a two year extended diploma in production arts in Leicester, Iona has gone to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London to do a degree in Theatre Practice and prop making.   We will also be saying farewell to Rowan Beaumont after Sweet Charity when she also leaves for London to University College (UCL) to study for a degree in Linguistics after achieving some fantastic A level results.