Ian’s CV as Director is a weighty document. Favourite plays he has directed include Boeing Boeing and The Vigil. Pantomimes (self-scripted) include Sinbad the Sailor and Jack and the Beanstalk. A rich diversity of musicals incorporates Half a Sixpence, Hello, Dolly!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and over twenty school productions, his favourites being Annie and the Scottish amateur premiere of Disney’s Aladdin.

Recent productions directed have been the phenomenally successful Copacabana for Theatre Guild Glasgow, the sell-out Rogers and Hammerstein classic South Pacific for East Kilbride Light Opera Club, the all-singing, all-dancing triumph Summer Holiday also for Theatre Guild Glasgow, My Fair Lady for Minerva which seemed to take Glasgow by storm and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for Lyric.

Summer 2010 will see Ian direct the pop-musical Grease for Bellahouston Academy where he teaches. Autumn will see him turn his attention to directing the spectacular pantomime Cinderella specially written for Minerva and in the Spring he is looking forward to returning to East Kilbride Light Opera Club to direct the Rogers and Hammerstein classic Carousel.

David is a past member of EKLOC, appearing in The Desert Song and Kiss Me Kate (1989/90). After seventeen years as musical director for societies in Lanarkshire and Glasgow, David is delighted to return to EKLOC to follow in the footsteps of his former music teachers, Sam and Cameron. With over sixty five productions under his belt, David has enjoyed musicals ranging from Die Fledermaus to Chess and Jesus Christ Superstar to Mack and Mabel.

Over twenty one years as a Church Organist and Choir Master, David's musical experience has included; guest conducting, accompanying singers and instrumentalists for RSAMD exams, appearing on STV and recording music for Abbey National in Abbey Road Studios, London.

Whilst happy to make music in Scotland, David has also toured Denmark with Return to the Forbidden Planet, in addition to playing piano in Oregon and Chicago in his 'single days'.

Karen trained at the Helen Ford and Helen Young schools of dance, starting at age six, then first became involved with amateur dramatics in 1982, primarily as a dancer, with various clubs throughout Glasgow. Her choreographic debut was in 1987 and, since then, she has worked on many productions for a number of clubs, including; An evening with Cole Porter, Kiss Me Kate, The Boyfriend, Hello Dolly, Me and My Girl, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof, Anything Goes and My Fair Lady, to name but a few.

Although Karen is also a qualified aerobics teacher, working briefly in this role, it is the bright lights of the theatre that are closest to her heart and she is currently working on her first Pantomime (oh, yes it is!); a production of Cinderella, which is to be staged by the Minerva club in the Mitchell Theatre Glasgow later this year.

This will be a double first for Karen - working with East Kilbride Light Opera Club and working on Carousel. She is looking forward to it and hopes the club will enjoy the challenge and rise to the occasion with her.