Tom Fletcher is a number-one bestseller and one of the UK's most popular children's authors. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award. Since then, Tom has published several more chart-topping children's novels including The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch, The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List, The Creakers, Space Band and the instant number-one bestseller The Danger Gang. Tom also writes the incredibly successful Who's in Your Book? picture-book series and is one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture-book series too, which has sold over 1.5 million copies. For older readers, Tom co-authors the Eve of Man series with his wife Giovanna Fletcher.

Tom's books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and to date he has sold over 5 million copies of his books in the UK alone. The Christmasaurus is currently being developed by The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey into an animated movie with original songs written by Tom.

As well as his career as an author, by the age of 21, Tom had penned 10 UK number 1 singles and is the founding member of the band McFly.  The Brit Award-winning band has sold over 10 million records worldwide and Tom has also written songs for other artists including One Direction, Busted and 5SOS.

Miranda’s recent stage writer-director credits include Friendsical, a musical parody of the TV Show Friends on UK tour and the children’s books The Night Pirates and Angelina Ballerina for the Sydney Opera House.  She also adapted Tom Fletcher’s Christmasaurus and the YouTube phenomena Little Baby Bum for the stage. Other UK theatre credits include the current tours of Milkshake Monkey’s Musical and Fireman Sam Saves The Circus as well as several live shows for LegoLand. Additional live show credits include The Amazing World Of Gumball, Monster High, Aardman: Animate It Live, Bob The Builder, Ben 10, Powerpuff Girls, Thomas Live, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants and Teletubbies.

Aside from her stage work, Miranda’s TV credits include Head Writer for a new TV series, Pop Paper City for Channel 5 Milkshake, which recently won a Royal Television Society South Award for ‘Best Short Form’.

Other TV credits include Pinkalicious & Peteriffic for PBS, Marco Polo Learning, Daisy & Ollie, Bob The Builder, Fireman Sam, Thomas & Friends, Baby Riki, Dibo The Gift Dragon, Sunshine Kathy, Cbeebies’ Let’s Play and Melody. With Life Bites and Bienvenue Bienvenida Welcome for the Disney Channel. Hubble, Bubble & Squeak for Nickelodeon, Chip And Potato for Netflix.

Born in London in 1953 of mixed heritage, Roman finally opted out of studying “Biomedical Electrical Engineering” and completed a postgraduate course at the Drama Studio London entering into the world of professional acting in 1977.

His forte has always been visual and physical theatre with a strong understanding of the technical aspects as well.  He specialised more in mime and practiced as well as taught the skill in various schools and colleges in the late seventies.

In 1980 Roman was invited to join Polka Theatre in Wimbledon as an actor and in ’81 as the associate director and has proudly been involved with the theatre for over 42 years helping to direct/produce more than 90 plays at Polka aimed for our younger audiences - both for the Main Stage and the Adventure Theatre. Over the years, Roman has worked with many leading writers: Bryony Lavery, Mike Kenny, Brendan Murray, Lynne Read Banks, Charles Way, Phillip Pullman to name a few.  The style of work has varied from directing straight forward drama plays through to musicals via pure puppet shows. His productions have taken him around the world with performances in Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey and USA as well as the UK

In his freelance capacity Roman also coaches, teaches and directs at many drama colleges, which includes ALRA, E15 and Drama Studio London, RCSSD, and is an experienced mask and puppetry director/consultant for various theatre companies.

Roman’s collaboration with MEI has lasted for over ten years with the successful national and international touring productions of Charlie and Lola, Sarah and Duck and Twirlywoos Live.

Zoe has spent her career bringing to life some of the world’s best loved brands on stage and as live experiences within attractions. Writing for young audiences and readers is her passion and she feels privileged to include Thomas & Friends, Fireman Sam, Twirlywoos and Mr Men Little Miss among her previous work.

A keen advocate of children’s literacy and the accessibility of story books, she is thrilled to be part of the creative team introducing this debut show to fans of Tom’s wonderful book series.

After a near lifetime of collecting, making, and performing with marionettes as a hobby, in 2008 Keith started volunteering at the Little Angel Puppet Theatre in Islington, London. With a career background in Fashion Design and Tailoring, his making skills were quickly recognised and in 2010 Keith was asked to design and build the entire cast of puppets for the Little Angel Theatres production of ‘Dog’s Don’t do Ballet’ his first major commission and the beginning of his professional puppet making career. Since then, Keith has gone on to design and build puppets and costume for many other shows and, after the success of recreating the ‘Twirlywoos’ as stage puppets, is delighted to have been invited back to the MEI creative team to do the same for ‘There’s a Monster in my show’ and bring Tom Fletcher’s much loved book characters to life on stage.

Keith makes puppets for commercial and private commissions, both here and abroad. He has also had the privilege to teach puppet making at the illustrious, Wimbledon School of Art. Credits include: Design and build for: Jack V Giant (Polka Theatre) The Storm Whale (York Theatre Royal) Dog’s Don’t Do Ballet wow said the Owl, wow it’s Nighttime (Little Angel Theatre), The Twirlywoos (MEI Entertainment) The Hobbit (Middle Earth Productions USA) Sour Puss (Lori Hopkins Puppetry), Wee Dragon (Wee Dragon Productions) Some of the build teams Keith has been a part off: Cinderella (Norwich Puppet Theatre) A Quiet Place: Day One (puppet costume, Paramount Films) ‘Miracle’ The Dog (Britain’s Got Talent) Fantastic Mr Fox, The Fabulous Flutterbys, Petrushka, McBeth, Alice In Wonderland, Hold on Mr Rabbit, The Tempest and Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Little Angel Theatre) Peter Pan (Polka theatre), Awful Auntie (Birmingham Stage), Hound of the Baskervilles (The Mill at Sonning), The Dong with The Luminous Nose (puppet costume, Cubic Feet) Man, Down Title Sequence (Costume Maker & Puppeteer for DWS & Baby Cow Productions), BBC Bite Size (Costume).

Laura McEwen has been designing for the stage for more than twenty years. She is a specialist in designing for young audiences and has worked for a range of companies including the RSC, English National Opera, Unicorn Theatre, Polka Theatre and London Old Vic. Most recently she designed the whole interior scheme for the new Polka Theatre, Wimbledon working alongside Foster Wilson Architects. Their joint vision was nominated for a RIBA award in 2023.

Laura has had her designs for the stage exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum and her work as an artist exhibited at the Royal Academy on numerous occasions.

She has worked regularly with MEI over the past ten years most recently with their national tour of Twirlywoos Live.

Millennium Entertainment International (MEI) is headed by Chief Dreamer Nick Larkin. Nick was a performer for eight years before turning his talent into producing. He is well-known in Asia, the Middle East and more recently in the UK and Europe for his work producing family entertainment for malls, arenas, and theatres. In the UK, Nick has produced on the West End and toured regionally with three productions: The Very Hungry Caterpillar show, Twirlywoos Live and Sarah and Duck.

With 31 years of extensive touring across Asia, the Middle East and Europe, MEI has produced shows with licensed properties, including Star Wars, Cartoon Networks Ben 10, Power Rangers, Hello Kitty, Bananas in Pajamas, Thomas The Tank Engine, Barney and the Smurfs name a few.

Nick produced three Barney tours across Asia and took Barney, for the first time, to Beirut, Abu Dhabi , Bahrain and Saudi Arabia . In 2007, MEI brought the first-ever fully imported children’s show to India with Barney, followed by a four-city tour of Noddy in 2008. In 2009 MEI produced two world premiere productions, the first being the first-ever Hit Brands multi-character show titled The Little Big Club Live in Concert, followed later in the year by  Ben 10 Live - Power of the Omnitrix for Cartoon Network. Many of these shows were large productions with million-dollar budgets, playing to stadium audiences of 10,000 people.

In 2012 MEI was brought in as consultant executive producer for the World Premier arena production of Norwegian preschool property City Of Friends, and in 2015, produced an original musical with the SMURFS, which toured extensively across Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe. Nick is a dual UK/ Australian national based in London.

Katie is a hugely talented and experienced Puppeteer/Actor with a long list of performance and puppetry credits. Katie trained at LAMDA and has since gone on to perform in UK No1 Tours, West End Shows and international theatres including In The Night Garden Live, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Sarah and Duck, The Storm Whale and The Wolves in The Walls.

She recently turned her hand to directing and became Associate Director of The Very Hungry Caterpillar show directing the first UK Christmas Adaptation. She is now producing and preparing to direct a new show currently in R&D for the Amelia Scott in Tunbridge Wells. Katie is thrilled to be invited back to MEI to assist Miranda, Directing ‘There’s a Monster in Your Show’ as well as perform as company swing.

Theatre Credits include: The Wolves in The Walls (The little Angel Theatre) The Storm Whale (The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The Ambassadors, West End) Pygmalion (No 1 UK Tour) Ariodante (Palau De Les Arts) Swiss Family Robinson (The Core at Corby Cube) Snow White (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford) Dear Father Christmas (The Oxford Playhouse) In The Night Garden Live (The O2 & UK Tour)

Television Credits include:

Jovis Bon Hovis - Puppeteer (TBN UK, Sky) Mr Wroe's Virgins (BBC), Where the Heart is (ITV).

Sarah is an Actress, Singer and Puppeteer from the West Midlands. She went to the University of York before completing her training at Drama Studio London.

Credits include - Kitty & Poole in Jekyll and Hyde (The Barons Court Theatre), Diana in Anne of Green Gables (Midlands Arts Centre), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Ludlow Assembly Rooms), Elfie & Ellie in Father Christmas Needs a Wee! (Edinburgh The Space), Artist, Tailor and Student in The Giants Loo Roll (The Arts Theatre, West End), Carol Catherine & Charlotte in A Bit of A Hitch (European Tour for The English Theatre Company), Kelly in Kelly's Day Out (Auditori Teatre Espai Ter Barcelona), Frog in Oi Frog and Friends Live (UK and Ireland Tour), Betty in Hey Duggee! The Live Theatre Show (UK and Ireland Tour), Ellie in Santa's Sparkly Surprise (For Imagine Theatre, Corby & Halifax)

Soon to be appearing as Ensemble in Alice in Wonderland at The Albany Coventry this Christmas season. Sarah is very excited to be touring this wonderful show around the country!

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Charlie is a puppeteer/actor working in theatre, TV, and film.

She recently finished a tour with Olivier award winning show, Hey Duggee the Live Theatre Show, and before that she puppeteered Duck in Sarah and Duck's Big Top Birthday. You can catch some of her TV work on His Dark Materials (BBC) and the Netflix family show, The Last Bus. Charlie is very excited to be joining the cast of There's a Monster in Your Show as she is a big fan of the book series!

Ben is an actor and an established puppeteer who has toured the UK and internationally with a variety of shows. His credits include:

White Rabbit/Puppeteer/Ensemble in 'The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland' (UK Tour), Puppeteer/Pizza Man in 'Twirlywoos Live' (UK Tour), Stitch (voice/puppeteer) in 'Stitch Live' (Disney), Puppeteer in 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' (UK and International Tour), Puppeteer in 'Elmer and the Patchwork Elephant' (UK and International Tour), Puppeteer/Vocals in 'The Dinosaur Show' (Blue Orange Theatre and UK Tour), Puppeteer in 'Sarah and Duck's Big Top Birthday' (UK Tour), Puppeteer/Scarecrow in 'Goosebumps Alive' (The Vaults London) and Puppeteer in 'In The Night Garden Live' (UK Tour).

His Panto and Christmas Show Credits: PC Pong in 'Aladdin' (Regent Theatre Ipswich/Carlisle Sands Centre), Santa Claus in 'Santa and the Christmas Adventure' (Epsom Playhouse, Watford Colosseum, Wimbledon Theatre) Gawp (Puppeteer and voice) in 'Beauty and The Beast' (Camberley Theatre), Man Friday in 'Robinson Crusoe' (Leatherhead Theatre and The Winter Gardens Margate)

Film Credits: Puppeteer in 'The Muppets: Most Wanted'

Other Credits: Scratch (Puppeteer) in 'Bear in Woods' (5 episodes plus Storytime Adventures/Sing-A-Long)

Ben is also an author with a range of children's books from novels to short stories. His latest novel, for adults, titled 'Syght' - a sci-fi thriller. All books available now on Amazon.

Follow on Instagram @iambenmurrell

Vinnie trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre Credits include: Tag in Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show (UK & Ireland Tour, Winner of the Olivier Award for ‘Best Family Show’); Swing and 2nd Cover Charlie/Sherman in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK & Ireland Tour); Colin in Puss in Boots and Silly Billy in Mother Goose (Millfield Theatre); Igglepiggle and Swing/Puppeteer in In The Night Garden (UK Tour); John in White Lies (Brockley Jack Studio); Jack in The Great Christmas Sleigh Ride (Harlow Playhouse); Peter in The Railway Children and Eddie in Season’s Greetings (Leatherhead Theatre); Colin Craven in The Secret Garden (Hordern Ciani Ltd.); Jack in Messy Max’s Kitchen Chaos (Hertford Theatre); Narrator/Actor in Locked Down, Undercover & Manor of Lies (Morpheus).

Cast Recordings include: ‘We Will Be Loved Anyway’ for My Son’s A Queer, But What Can You Do?

Vinnie is thrilled to be part of the ‘There’s A Monster In Your Show’ team, and is so excited to bring the story to life on stage!

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William trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2020

Theatre Credits include: Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Young Shakespeare Company), Macbeth in Macbeth (Quantum Theatre),The Journalist in Nurture (The Old Red Lion Theatre) and Buttons/Prince Charming in Sleeping Beauty (LADA).

Recordings include: Christmas Again (The Show Must Go On) for the Theatre Support Fund.

William has also featured in a number of short films since graduating.

He is absolutely over the moon to be joining the wonderful 'There's A Monster In Your Show' team!

Andrew graduated from The University of Manchester in 2007 with a first class honours degree in Acting Studies.

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Theatre credits include: Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Pygmalion, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Best Bits, Wind in the Willows (Australian Shakespeare Company); Romeo & Juliet (Page 2 Stage); Twelfth Night (Malkin Tower); Hay Fever, Deathtrap, Father’s Day (Oldham Coliseum); Bouncers, Charlie and Lola (Watershed Productions); Sarah and Duck, The Smurfs, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Millennium Entertainment International); The Cabaret of Dr. Caligari (Artizani); Wuthering Heights, Whistle Down the Wind, Arabian Nights, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Cheltenham Everyman).

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TV and film credits include: Neighbours (Freemantle); Bloom (Stan); Emmerdale, The Royal Today (ITV); Skins (Channel 4); Confession (Five Frames Left).