Ros Johnson: Artistic Director

Ros was a co-founder of Wellsof Wells Theatre Festival in 2018. She is also a co-founder of Naxos Creative. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama as a teacher and voice coach. She is a counsellor and trained life coach. She worked as assistant director at the Crucible Sheffield with the late great Clare Venables and then at the RSC working with the celebrated voice coach, Cicely Berry. After the RSC, she went to the National Theatre as Assistant Director to Sir Richard Eyre and was involved in a number of West End transfers. Since then, Ros has worked with: Dame Judy Dench, Madonna, Dame Maggie Smith, Ewan McGregor and Benedict Cumberbatch. She worked with Clarke Peters on the original production of Five Guys Named Moe and with American comedian Joan Rivers on her UK tour, “Broke and Alone”. Ros has also worked with the British Council, providing coaching for staff members based in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia and has trained drama teachers in China. Helping to run acting & voice courses for Naxos Creative is the next step in a varied and rewarding career!

Neil Johnson: Producer and Associate Director

Until recently, Neil was heading up the performing arts dept in one of Britain’s leading specialist music schools. He now runs presentation skills and business development training in the UK, Asia and Greece. Neil is the other co-founder of Naxos Creative. He spent many years working as an actor in theatre and television, following three years training at the Guildford School of Acting. He was a full-time project manager for the BBC and then the Tate Gallery working on educational and creative projects for Young People all around the UK. He produced and directed the prestigious Institution of Engineering & technology (IET) Faraday Science lectures for a number of years and was actively involved in all aspects of the project, including creation of the presentation and training the presenters.  Neil has worked as a presentation consultant with board level executives from BT, American Express, Balfour Beatty, Lego, Lever Brothers and General Motors. He also worked with the senior management of Bougyues Construction, helping the team develop their presentations for successful bids on a number of major PFI projects. As well as business leaders, Neil has also helped many other individuals, including students, teachers, architects, lawyers, accountants and even a celebrity chef and an MP, to successfully prepare presentations for TV appearances, media events, conferences and interviews. Neil has a Professional Diploma in Management and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA).