
Experience the Magic of Storytelling: "Harper Thursday and the Magic Lantern" - A play with original songs premieres July 17, 2025 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Book & Lyrics by Craig Wilde
Music by Paul G. Clark
Directed by Jake Murray
Graphics & Web by Filipe Ribeiro
Illustration by Jenny Coulter
Produced by Niltoni Entertainment
From the 17th to the 31st of July, 2025. In the Common Room, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
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The Faces behind the Magic
Meet our team of talented experts bringing this production to life, and magic to this very special and enchanting venue in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Producer
Craig Wilde

Craig Wilde is an English actor, voice actor, voice-over artist, television presenter, creative director and television producer. In 2022 Craig wrote and produced his first Charles Dickens adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, playing at Newcastle upon Tyne's Historic 17th Century Alderman Fenwick House.
Craig's second play, a stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein or a Modern Prometheus' will premiere at the Newcastle Castle in November 2024.
Director
Jake Murray

The award-winning freelance theatre and film director, screenplay writer, poet and drama teacher based in Durham, UK. Founder of Elysium theatre which has produced 12 stage productions and several other plays.
Composer
Paul G Clark

Paul G. Clark has worked within the music industry for over 20 years, Recording, Writing, Producing, and project managing for many artists and companies, across a wide field of genres. Paul G Clark also scores music for professional film and theatre companies, and provides licenced sound design for adverts and T.V.
Illustrator
Jenny Coulton

Jenny is a Cambridge based illustrator/comics artist, and an Oxford-based History student. More of her portfolio is available here.