Lennie Varvarides (Founder/Producer)

“Coming from a visual art and theatre background, my stories are often mixed up and the styles are quite confused. Once upon a time, this was frustrating. But now, I love the inconsistency of my own imagination. My mantra, ‘nothing happens until you push,’ pretty much sums me up. I do theatre stuff because its the only thing I know how to do with out getting bored or tired, and I create these lucid worlds because they are often more wonderful then the routine of my day job. I don’t like rules, and after spending a few years living and working in New York City–writing, directing and producing my own work–I realised that I don’t need to follow anyone elses. The old saying, ‘build it and they will come’ motivated me to set up missfit Productions, with the help of some very good mates. I like people, so email me if you have an idea or want to partner up on a project.”

Tom Latter (Artistic Director)

Tom studied History at Edinburgh University. Having worked extensively in student drama, he founded Fourth Angel Theatre Company in 2006, and studied Theatre Directing at Mountview in 2009. Directing credits include: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Trouble in Paradise, Almost Nothing (Bedlam Theatre), Turn Me To Stone (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Cancer Time by Gary Owen (Mountview), Tilt by Ailis Ni Riain (Cockpit Theatre), Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco by Gary Owen (New Wimbledon Studio). For msft: Wisdom of the Den by David Christopher (Horse/Oubliette) as part of the Dyssing Monadys Festival 2009. Tom is delighted to be joining msft as Artistic Director for 2010.

Chryssanthi Kouri (Theatre/Film Director)

Chryssanthi is a director, writer and actor. Coming from a media background, she has worked as an assistant in numerous TV & Film productions in Athens and London, directing and producing her own short films and music videos along the way. Chryssanthi later trained at Mountview, graduating with an MA, and has been working since as an actor and director in theatre and film. For msft she has directed AWK-WORD, The Currency and short film series @7. For more info on her work, check out her YouTube page and her website at chryssanthikouri.com.

Oliver Dickens (Assistant Film/Theatre Director)

Oliver is a filmmaker, who makes work that would perhaps be best described as artists’ moving image, taking on all roles either in collaboration with another artist or on his own, as well as being available as an editor or cameraman for non-personal projects. He graduated with a degree in Film and Video: Theory and Production in 2009.

He has had films screened at Roxy Bar and Screen and The Horse Hospital, has had gallery based works at 491 Gallery and Ground Floor Left, and in a more professional capacity completed placements at HBL Media and in the BFI’s Artists’ Moving Image archive.

Over the last ten months Oliver has been involved in the conversion and running of a multipurpose art space with a group of 6 other graduate artists. The main function of which is to operate as a studio and public gallery space known as Ground Floor Left. He is currently working on a number of projects including an episodic series of experiments and a long form moving image piece exploring trauma, storytelling, the body, and psychogeography, which is to be shot on 16mm film; and. He also has plans for collaboration with other Ground floor Left members including a multimedia gallery installation, and a short made in the gothic tradition.

Images of his work as well as news about future projects can be found on his blog and videos can be found on vimeo. A website will be found here

Sam Kastin (Marketing/PR)

Sam Kastin, as well as working for MSFT, is a playwright currently working on his second full length. He has had numerous short plays performed in fringe venues and on open arts nights within the capital and is currently collaborating with a producer on a radio play. Over the past year Sam has been working on a small self-published magazine ‘Coastal Shelf’. Like many young writers, he maintains a blog: bullgoosesamuel.blogspot.com ad upkeeps a twitter @samkastin.

Amy Schulz (Website/Graphic Design)

Amy is happily married, living in Florida, and pet-mama to three “furkids” named Jack, Rusty, and Olive (and two in Heaven named Lulu and Libby). She works from home with her husband, Dan, designing and developing websites.  She is also an actress.  Check out her websites at amyhoerler.com and amyschulz.com to learn more about her.