About Us

Heifer Productions specialises in exploring cultural heritage through theatre and storytelling.

We produce plays, facilitate workshops and lead youth projects with a range of experienced artists working in the theatre industry. As well as offering artist residencies to schools, we work with local youth groups to create new plays and run our own workshops.

Our professional branch creates original productions exploring our cultural heritage, with our major new project delving into the world of queer pageant director, Gwen Lally.

Find out a bit more about our team below.

Meet The Team

Katie Turner-Halliday

Artistic Director

Katie started Heifer Productions in 2019 to celebrate her family’s hometown of Bradford. She wants to share Yorkshire’s cultural heritage with the world and believes theatre is the best way to do that. Katie loves getting to know people and hear their stories. If you have any questions about Heifer, get in touch via the contact form, she’d love to hear from you.

Dan Ramsden

Associate Artist

Dan has been working in the arts since a teen, starting off as a tech operator and designer before moving onto workshop delivery and direction. Now he enjoys using a range of disciplines in workshops, from film to sculpture, to make sure everyone can take part. In his spare time he is trying to finish the zombie novel he started 14 years ago.

Tom Daplyn

Associate Artist

Tom is something of an all-rounder with experience in acting, directing, writing, theatre design, and drama education. He graduated from the acting course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2001 and worked in theatre, film, and television until 2017, when he spent 5 years working with Heifer to deliver Drama and Theatre Craft syllabuses within secondary school settings.

Rachel Heyburn

Associate Artist

Rachel is currently studying towards her PhD in Shakespeare Studies at The Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham). She has worked as a professional theatre director for fourteen years in the West-End, regional and fringe theatres for fifteen years. Rachel has recently worked as the Assistant Director on a large-scale, highly successful Smith & Brant/ATG tour.

Rachel regularly directs at drama schools including Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, LAMDA, Rose Bruford College and Liverpool Institute for Performance Arts (LIPA).

Hassan Khan

Associate Assistant Director

Charlotte the Magpie

Associate Producer