Spitfire Girls

Katherine Senior is a writer, actor and producer with twenty years’ experience creating and touring theatre across the UK.

Her debut play, Spitfire Girls, was developed at the National Theatre Studio as part of the Generate programme and is published and licensed by Concord Theatricals under their Samuel French imprint. The play toured the UK in 2025 and 2026 playing to sell out audiences and is now transferring to London, Chichester and Off-Broadway.

In 2024, Katherine was long-listed for the Women in Theatre Lab Playwriting Prize recognising her as one the UK’s most promising playwrights.

As an actor, Katherine has performed leading roles in numerous plays on mid-scale and number one tours including: The Rivals, She Stoops to Conquer, Look Back in Anger, Two, The Lover and The Merry Wives of Windsor. She has also worked in audio drama for Big Finish, including UNIT and Doctor Who: Vortex Ice.

As a producer, Katherine has worked on numerous national tours, including The School for Scandal, Frankenstein, Around the World in 80 Days, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Great Expectations.

Katherine is co-founder of Tilted Wig Productions, which she runs with Matthew Parish.

Hannah trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Acting.

Her television credits include Outrageous (BBC/BritBox), Doctors (BBC), Industry (HBO/Bad Wolf) and Lore (Amazon Studios).

Her theatre credits include Plaza Suite (Savoy Theatre, ATG Productions), Truth/Reconciliation (Old Red Lion Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Holy Land (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), The Railway Children and The Wizard of Oz (The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre).

Her short film credits include Such A Lovely Day (BBC/Element Pictures).

Kirsty trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Her recent theatre work includes the 2025 and 2026 tours of Spitfire Girls (Tilted Wig Productions), Crimes on the Christmas Express, Crimes Against Christmas, Houdini’s Greatest Escape, Christmas Present and Correct, Crimes on Centre Court, A Christmas Getaway, Crimes, Camera, Action and Crimes on the Nile (New Old Friends), Our Church (Watermill Theatre), Christmas Eve (Bath Spa Productions), Persuasion and Fallen Angels (Gilroy Theatre), Down To Earth, I Believe in Unicorns, Apple John, The Boy Who Climbed Into The Moon and Olive and the Dream Train (Theatre Alibi), The Odyssey and Medusa (Bristol Old Vic), 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare and Shakespeare’s Worst (Bristol Shakespeare Festival), The Macbeth Curse (Prime Theatre/Bolton Octagon), The Last Post and The Secret Garden (Kilter Theatre) and the one woman show Stalin’s Daughter (Blue Brook Productions).

She is a regular performer with street theatre company, The Naturals, and the comedy improvisation group, Instant Wit. She has recorded audiobooks and radio drama, including Enchanted Isle and Short Works for BBC Radio 4. Her film and television experience includes Trollied (Sky TV), commercials for Toolstation  and Visit Wales, and several independent feature films.

Training: 2019 Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama Graduate.

Theatre Credits: in 2019 Paul made his professional and West End debut as an original cast member in Groan Ups with Mischief  Theatre at the Vaudeville Theatre. Since then his professional credits include; Tom/ Jimmy in Spitfire Girls (Tilted Wig Productions),Dick Wilkins/ Topper and U/S Bob Cratchit (Leeds Playhouse), Paul (Lead) in Potted Potter US and ROI tour (Seabright Productions), U/S Mr Snow & Bless You in Mr Snow (Leeds Playhouse), multi-role of Daniel/Sean/Ensemble in Night Shift (ZooCo Theatre), U/S Spencer/Archie/Mr. White/Paul in Groan Ups UK Tour (Mischief Theatre),

Lennox and Cover Macduff in Macbeth (Leeds Playhouse), Trelawney in Treasure Island (Derby Theatre).

Television Credits: In 2023 Paul made his screen debut as Sgt Piper in EastEnders (BBC)

Workshops/Research and Development: Ensemble actor for Milton Hall (National Theatre), BSL Actor in Romeo & Juliet

(Derby Theatre), BSL collaborator/Actor for Martha (Deaf and Fabulous Productions), Ensemble/BSL collaborator for Night Shift (ZooCo Productions).

Training Credits: Tayo in Hundred Percent Positive Wellness, Eugen in Kasimir & Karoline, Jo in What We Know, Scullery in Road, Jorgen Tesman in Hedda Gabler, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Daniel Copeland is a stage and screen actor whose theatre credits include Noughts & Crosses (Pilot Theatre), Robin Hood (Watermill Theatre), The Caretaker and The Railway Children (Nottingham Playhouse), The Glass Menagerie (Wolsey Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stafford Gatehouse and Northampton Theatre Royal), and international productions with Ultima Vez and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, including Infamous Offspring, Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour and Puur.

His screen work includes appearances in The Larkins, Starstruck, After Life, Worzel Gummidge, King Gary, Walter and EastEnders, as well as the feature film Invincible.

A graduate of Drama Studio London, Daniel has worked extensively across theatre, television and film throughout the UK and internationally

Seán is a director, writer and dramaturg who has worked at theatres across the UK. He is also artistic director for Tilted Wig Productions.

Productions for Tilted Wig include adapting and directing two national tours of The Picture of Dorian Gray (2019 & 2026), directing a national tour of The School for Scandal, and adapting and directing two national tours of Frankenstein. Other directing credits include new play Love Lab (Seven Dials Playhouse) and Shakespeare’s Richard III (Rosemary Branch Islington, nominated for Best Director in The Stage Debut Awards). He was also assistant director to Derek Bond on the world premiere of Tom Fletcher’s The Christmasaurus at the Hammersmith Apollo.

Having originally trained as an actor at Manchester School of Theatre, he worked as an actor for several years, playing theatres including the Royal Exchange (Manchester), Liverpool Everyman, and the Mercury Theatre (Colchester), as well as playing Pip in the UK tour of Great Expectations.

New writing and dramaturgy have always been a key part of Seán’s work – alongside being a script reader for the Finborough Theatre for several years, he has worked on new writing events at the Young Vic, the Old Vic, the NT Studio, the Arts Theatre (Leicester Square) and Theatre 503.

Seán is a permanent acting lecturer at Manchester School of Theatre (MMU).