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Eileen Dillon is a freelance director, performer and teacher. She has worked with Wrights & Sites, Para Active, Death by Theatre, Altogether Theatre and Spiderwheel Theatre. She is currently teaching BTEC Performing Arts at Exeter College, developing and delivering Theatre-In-Education projects for The National Trust and touring a one-woman performance, directed by Dorinda Hulton.

Stephen Hodge is a lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter and a practising performance artist. He combines scientific method, visual imagery, found material, fragmented texts and intervention. His work is structure led - time tends to be the controlling force, rather than narrative or character. Stephen has created work for In The Big Room, Exeter Music-Theatre Co-operative, Platform 4 and Theatre Alibi, as well as self-directed pieces, including for piano solo (1994, National Review of Live Art, Glasgow), 2⁶ (1997, Spacex Gallery, Exeter) and Exeter A-Z (2000, Exeter bus fleet).

Simon Persighetti, born Southend-on-Sea, 1954, studied at Southend School of Art and Dartington College of Arts. He has worked as a visual aids technician, performer, teacher and theatre-maker. Member of Gog Theatre (1981); the Crack Collective (1985-88); Gog tour of Cameroon, West Africa with Musinga Drama Group of Buea (1985); worked in Simba school, Zambia (1988-92); angelcast site-specific productions (1993-). He continues to develop approaches to site-specific performance as a member of Wrights & Sites and as a lecturer in Devised Theatre at Dartington College of Arts.

Phil Smith was born in 1956 in Coventry. Now a performer, dramaturg, director and writer for live performance. A member of TNT and Wrights & Sites. He has created over ninety productions. He works within a range of performance that spans traditional panto, jazz oratorio, site-sympathetic autobiographical pieces, confrontational adaptions of classic novels, text for physical theatres like Perpetual Motion and 'new writing'.

Elizabeth Swift is a director and founder member of VOID:Performance. She is a lecturer in Performance at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education and has an MA from Lancaster University in Contemporary Theatre Practice. She has written and directed performance work for VOID which has been presented at various sites and venues in the UK and US. Liz has presented papers at several major conferences and is undertaking a Ph.D on hypertext and performance.

Cathy Turner is a theatre writer and a research fellow in the performing and creative arts at the University of Exeter. Between 1992 and 1999 worked extensively for and with The Common Players. Commissions from others include Orchard Theatre (1992), The Northcott Theatre (1996, 1997) and Paines Plough (1999). Co-produced the 1995 Platform 4/Theatre Alibi new writing season. Has taught projects at the University of Exeter, Plymouth University, Dartington College of Arts and the University of Kent. Currently producing/writing Inner Space/Outer Space for a science/art production, funded by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

The Quay Thing (Pilot-Navigation)

5, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 11 July 1998
Four performances created for a boat journey between Exeter Quay and the Double Locks, aboard The Southern Comfort - Phil Smith, Simon Persighetti, Stephen Hodge & Cathy Turner
Performers: Jo Loyn, Naomi Ludlam, Patrick Morris, Sue Palmer, Phil Smith

The Quay Thing (Main Season)

24 - 29 August 1998
The Lollipop Guaranteed For A Thousand Licks - Phil Smith - The former Maritime Museum, Haven Road, Exeter
Treading Water - Peter Ireland & Liz Swift (VOID:Performance) - Exeter Boatyard
Performers: Charlotte Hawkins (choreographer for Lollipop), Jane McGinnes, Ross Mullan, Millie Taylor (composer for Lollipop), Phil Smith (Lollipop), Peter Ireland (Treading Water)

31 August - 5 September 1998
Matt's archaeological dig and 3 PHASE (650 approx) - Stephen Hodge
WATT? (Absolute Power) - Simon Persighetti
Both at the former Municipal Power Station, Haven Road, Exeter
Performers: Matt Fletcher, Naomi Ludlam, Sue Palmer, Stag Theodore

7 - 9 September 1998
Absent Water - Eileen Dillon (with consultation from Dorinda Hulton) - Medieval Exe Bridge, Western Way, Exeter
Performers: Catherine Church, Jill Dowse, Jo Loyn, Patrick Morris

10 - 12 September 1998
The Bell - Cathy Turner - The former Maritime Museum, Haven Road, Exeter
Performers: Catherine Church, Jill Dowse, Jo Loyn, Patrick Morris

Wrights & Sites Core Members
Stephen Hodge, Simon Persighetti, Phil Smith, Cathy Turner

Additional Wrights for The Quay Thing (Main Season)
Liz Swift & Peter Ireland (VOID: performance), Eileen Dillon

Performers Catherine Church, Jill Dowse, Matt Fletcher, Charlotte Hawkins, Jo Loyn, Naomi Ludlam, Jane McGinnes, Patrick Morris, Ross Mullan, Sue Palmer, Millie Taylor, Stag Theodore

Administrator
Bob Butler

Other Company Members
Visual Artist: Gary McCann
Assistant Visual Artist: Annette Wolske
Stage Managers: Claire Clayton-Evans, Helen Turner, Simon Whatley
Additional Lighting Design: Dave Blencowe, Anthony Richards
Finance: Wendy Butler
Publicity Design: Joe Pieczenco
Pilot Photographs: Alan Winn (2001 Design)
Video Documentation: Stephen Clarke, Joel Segal (angelcast Productions)
Office Management: Wendy Hodgson
Project Assistants: Glenna Borrill, Michael Hodgson, Louise Kingham, Jamie Smith

Community Performers/Groups
Students from Theatre Department, Dartington College of Arts (Topsham research project)
Waterfront Writers, Plymouth (Lollipop)
Exeter Age Concern, Thursday Group (Treading Water)
Michael Hodgson, Louise Kingham, Jamie Smith (3 PHASE (650 approx))
Frank James, Kate Schofield, Sarah Tickner (WATT?)
Tammy Webber, Verity Healy, Ed Farleigh (Absent Water / Quay Impressions)
The Heavenly Choir & Rick Westhorpe (The Bell)

Supporting Organisations/Individuals
Exeter University Drama Department, Dartington College of Arts, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, South Devon College (Faculty of Arts & Technology), Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter & Devon Institute, Exeter University Library Audio-Visual Department, Exeter College Audio-Visual Department, Exeter Boatyard, Exeter Darkroom, South West Arts, Theatre Alibi, The Common Players, Exeter Phoenix & Media Centre, Barbican Theatre (Plymouth), Independent Theatre Council, Eurobell, Devon County Supplies, Exeter City Council Electoral Department, The Quay Gallery Antiques Emporium, Bar Venezia, Saddles & Paddles, Exeter Battery Centre, CC Training (Exeter), The Salvation Army (Exeter), Peter Hocking & the crew of The Southern Comfort, Jennifer Rowland & Reflections in Time staff, Mr Bastone, Mr Beckett, Sarah Brooks, Nick Capaldi, June Dingle, Nick Eastwood, Nick Ewbank, Alison Fordham, Julie Gray, Mark Green, Jennie Hamilton, Martin Henson, Ann Heppell, Doreen Hitchcock, Tim Hughes, Terry Jackson, Sarah James, Dan Jamieson, Mark Jeffs, Jack Knott, Susan MacManus, Ian Maxted, Jane Milling, Kim O'Loughlin, June Player, Jon Primrose, Mr W.K. Robinson, Bindy Saywood, Stuart Schofield, Andy Stacey, Josie Sutcliffe, Peter Thomson, James Turner, A-K Verso, Mrs Wayland, David Whitfield

Financially supported by
The National Lottery through the Arts Council of England
Exeter Arts Council
dB Sound & Lighting