Meet the Team
We are a group of London-based actors and musicians who want to reconnect with the generosity of performing.
Elisabeth Swedlund
The Emperor Penguin
Hi, I’m Elisabeth! I’m the founder and General Director of Wind-Up Penguin. Musician by trade, mischief-maker by choice. I have a Masters’ Degree in opera singing from the Guildhall School, eleven years experience as a children’s magician, and a Pied-Piper-esque enthusiasm about making music accessible to the world’s most vulnerable children.
Current Senior Penguins
Bianca Watts
Bosnia tour leader
Lauren Brown
Development officer
Past and Present performers:
Jesse Angelo (Actor)
Eleanor Arnot (Stage and Costume Management)
Charlotte Bartley (Recorder Player/Clarinettist)
Friederike Bieber (Classical voice)
Megan Bird (Jazz singer)*
Ella Bodeker (Classical singer)
Ruby Bowler (Viola player)
Daniel Bowerbank (Actor)
Lauren Brown (Clarinettist)*
Isabella Brownson (Actor) *
Omar Bynon (Actor)
Emma Canning (Actor)
Ross Carswell (Actor)
Adi Chase (Composer)
Rachel Coe (Clarinettist)
Jacob Coleman (Actor)
Helen Cox (Actor / Theatre facilitator)
Victoria Creighton (Flautist)
Curtis Day (Composer)
Rodrigo De Vera (Pianist)
Ruth Dingle (French Horn player)
Anna Driftmier (Stage Designer)
Raphael Eilenberg (Actor)
Jack Flammiger (Actor)
Elisabeth Flett (Recorder Player/Violinist)
Charlotte Fraser (Actress)
Gabriella Gilliat (Music-theatre)
Carlos Gomez* (Singer)
Julia Hamilton (Violin player)
Johanna Harrison (Singer)
Abi Heath (Clarinettist)
Josephine Hill (Actor)*
Edward Holmes (Clarinettist)
Jack Holton (Singer)
Ellis Howard (Actor)
Lucas Houldcroft (Trumpet player)
Ana Ikkos-Serrano (Singer)
Lerato Islam (Actor / Theatre facilitator)
Darcie Jago (Trumpet player)
Jay Jones (Stage director)
Bozhana Karadalieva (Pianist)
Emma Kenrick (Flautist / Music therapist)
Lina Kosi (Stage Manager)
Chloe Lam (Singer)
Louis Landau (Actor)
Rebecca Lee (Actor)
Anna Litvinenko (Cellist)
Ioana Macovei-Vlasceanu (Classical singer) *
Chavdar Mazgalov (Pianist)
Luke Maher (French Horn)
Barney Medland (Trombonist)
Zoe Moore (Actor)
Tom Moss (Bassoonist)
Jordan Murray (Percussionist)
Corey Mylchreest (Actor)
Tal Naveh (Performance artist)
Christian Needle (Lighting/Sound and Video Designer)
Sissel Nielsen (Stage Manager)
Caleb Obediah (Actor)
Abigail Palmer (Stage manager)
Joseph Partridge (Classical singer)
Olivia Petryszac (Recorder player)
Verity Poulston (Jazz singer)
James Ratcliffe (Composer)
Patrick Riley (Actor)
Ilar Rees-Davies (Classical singer)
Jessica Rhodes (Actor)
Caleb Roberts (Actor)
Valerie Sanders (Violinist)
Pippa Scourse (Trumpet player)
Gero Shipmann (Guitarist)
Tegen Short (Actor)
Charlotte Skidmore (Singer)
Liam Smaje (Actor / Theatre facilitator)
Wesli Spencer (Actor)
Alexandra Stephenson (Actor / Saxophonist)
Jessica Sweeney (Spoken word)
Sarah Sweet (Stage Manager)
Frank Walker (French Horn)
Lydia Ward (Singer)
Bianca Watts (Harpist) *
Emma Whyte (Actor)
Tom Widdicombe (Viola Player)
*previous team leaders
Trustees
Meg Bird
Jazz vocalist graduate of the Guildhall School.
Barnaby Medland
Trombone graduate of the Guildhall School and the Royal Academy of Music.
Thomas Moss
Bassoon graduate of the Guildhall School.
