ABOUT US
Denise Silvey
Director and Producer
Fronted by Denise Silvey; Cahoots Theatre Company has been awarded the Stage One Bursary and the Stage One Start Up Fund in 2016 for the national tour of Dead Sheep.
Current and future productions include:
Musik with Pet Shop Boys, Jonathan Harvey and Frances Barber (Feature film and live production), A Thing of Beauty with Imogen Stubbs, Queen with Deborah Findlay and Michael Dussek, Clive with Paul Keating at Edinburgh Festival, Soho Songs with Barb Jungr, James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids, Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show, and the national tour of Wilko: Love and Death and Rock and Roll.
Previous Productions include:
Fringe at Prestonfield and Late Lunch with Biggins with Christopher Biggins, The Ayes Have It! The Ayes Have It! and How to Survive Your Mother (King’s Head), The Translucent Frogs of Quuup (Edinburgh Festival, Ambassadors Theatre, King’s Head), Deco Diva (59E59 Theater New York) The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (National Tour), Don’t Call Me Nigel…an Evening with Graham Seed (tour), Burton, Clown in the Moon (Edinburgh and St James’ Theatre), Dead Sheep (Park Theatre and national tour), An Audience with Jimmy Savile (Park Theatre and Edinburgh), J. B. Priestley’s The Roundabout (Park Theatre and 59E59 Theater New York), Deny Deny Deny (Park Theatre), Twitstorm (Park Theatre) Twilight Song (Park Theatre) and Looking for John (Edinburgh Festival), Alex Salmond Unleashed (Edinburgh Festival and tour), The Dame (Park Theatre and National Tour, My Darling Clemmie (Edinburgh Festival and International Tour), Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (Edinburgh and National Tour) Wodehouse in Wonderland (Edinburgh, Tabard and National Tour) and many more. She is also co-producer of Panto Online with Peter Duncan, making filmed pantomimes for cinema.
As a director, Denise has been Artistic Director of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap since 2009 and has directed it in the West End and around the world. Other shows include Queen (Tabard, Edinburgh, King’s Place, Cunard) James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids (national tour) The Railway Children and Pygmalion (Old Court Windsor), Fringe at Prestonfield (Prestonfield House Hotel) Don’t Call me Nigel (national tour), The Survivors Tale, The Avengers and The Pargetter Triptych (radio podcasts). She has been associate director on The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (national tour) and High Spirits (Bridewell Theatre).
Dawn-Louise Murray
Production Assistant/Co-Ordinator
Dawn-Louise embarked on a freelance Virtual PA/EA career in 2020. Along with a Legal PA & Legal Assistant background, she brings extensive PA/EA experience, primarily within the creative and legal sectors, with a particular focus on Theatre, Television and Music.
Dawn-Louise spent over 11 years at The Really Useful Group, contributing to some of the most celebrated West End productions, including The Phantom of the Opera, Matilda, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph, Evita and Cats. She has also worked at Celador Television and CPL Productions on popular TV formats such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Married at First Sight and A League of Their Own.
Her love of the arts and creative industries underpins her work, allowing her to combine professional expertise with genuine passion. Dawn-Louise has taken on roles and credits as Production Assistant/Coordinator including Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘N’ Roll, Musik and Ruth.
Adam Lilley
Producer’s Assistant
Adam graduated from East 15 Acting School in 2008. Since then, he has appeared on the West End stage and on UK tours including “The King’s Speech” (Wyndhams Theatre & UK tour), “The Mousetrap” (St. Martin’s Theatre & UK tour), “The 39 Steps” (Criterion Theatre, UK tour and Vienna’s English Theatre), “Gaslight” (ATG UK tour), “Maurice” (Above The Stag Theatre) and “Dangerous Obsession” (English Theatre of Hamburg).
Prior to training, Adam worked for six years in the advertising industry, providing research support on global campaigns for brands including Dove, Ford, Comfort amongst others. Since 2012, he has been working at Jermyn Street Theatre, supporting the box office and general management teams.
Combining these skills and experience, Adam joined Cahoots in 2026 to provide production support and assist Denise on the wide variety of productions and projects, whilst continuing to balance his work with Jermyn Street and as an actor.