FELDMAN & BECKETT: WORDS & MUSIC

Siobhán McSweeney is an actress and presenter. Her film and television works include The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), The Fall (2013), No Offence (2015), Derry Girls (since 2018) and Amandaland and as presenter for The Great Pottery Throw Down and Traitors Ireland. She studied acting at Central School of Speech & Drama, London. She also studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris and has worked in theatre all over the UK and Ireland, at The Abbey Theatre, the Lyric Belfast, the Royal Shakespeare Company and others… Read more. 

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

George Morton is a conductor and arranger based in Sheffield, and is the Musical Director of Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Picture House Orchestra. He specialises in conducting music for film and is in demand across Europe for silent film with orchestra projects.

In the 2025/26 season, George makes his debuts with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, as well as returning for concerts with Opera North. George is a permanent Guest Conductor of Babylon Orchester Berlin, which he will conduct on multiple occasions across the season. Continuing his strong relationships in Sweden, he returns to conduct Västerås Sinfonietta and Uppsala Chamber Orchestra. In recent seasons, George has conduced concerts with the Luxembourg Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble 360, Sinfonia Smith Square, Vaasa City Orchestra, Roma The Orchestra, Stockholm Concert Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and the Nordic Chamber Orchestra. Read more here.

Vicky Featherstone is a theatre and artistic director.

She was artistic director of the UK new writing touring theatre company Paines Plough from 1997, founding director of the National Theatre of Scotland in 2004, and the first female artistic director of London’s Royal Court Theatre from 2013 until 2023. Featherstone’s career has been characterised by significant involvement with new writing.