MEET THE TEAM
Susan Costello
Chair & Welfare Officer (Trustee)
Sue has been involved with Starmaker since 2014 when her youngest daughter joined the cast for Honk! She has been on various committees but made it a family affair at Starmaker when she became PA for the shows and her eldest daughter started doing backstage volunteering for Joseph a whilst the youngest was on stage. She went on to become Welfare Officer and then took on the role of Manager of Starmaker Stage School. In 2020 Sue stepped into the vacant role of Chair and is currently also Welfare Officer again.
Although she works full time and runs a busy household with 2 dogs, in her spare time she volunteers with other local charities as a licenced chaperone and is often found backstage - and once even got Katie involved as a dog chaperone for a show!
Tom Widdis
Technical Manager
Tom is most happy on his computer but will happily get involved in most technical things that are asked of him. He lives and breaths programming having spent 6 years studying computing. In his spare time he likes to design and print 3D items, so do get in touch if you have any 3D printing requirements. Tom's younger brothers are in the theatre company and Stage School and he was encouraged to join the committee by his mother Vicki! Tom also enjoys helping during show week and you can normally find him in the tech box doing lighting.
Vicki Widdis
Operations Director & Finance Director (Trustee)
Vicki is a busy mum of four boys (one of whom is a Starmaker member and one goes to Stage School) and spends her time juggling home, work and volunteering with various charities including Starmaker where she is happy to be taking on the roles of Operations Director, Finance Director and Trustee. She also really enjoys producing the Starmaker shows and has dabbled as assistant director too. Vicki is finance director in her e-commerce company TAOS Gifts that she has run with her husband Rob since 2010, starting her entrepreneur journey as a sole trader in 2001. She enjoys a challenge and has a great love of anything technical and Excel, most of all she loves to learn new things.
Trevor Underwood
Membership Secretary & Acting Production Manager
Trevor has recently returned to the Starmaker Family after a few years away after his daughter left. His family have been involved in Starmarker for many years, with his niece starting first, then his daughter. Trevor's son joined the Starmaker family recently and is in the main theatre company. He enjoys his role as Membership Secretary as it means he can chase people for money. Trevor enjoys chaperoning the children during show week and has built up a great repour with them. He would like to remind you that when you send the boys with sweets during show week, they have to share them with him!
FOUNDERS OF STARMAKER
Dennis Carver, Alan Cornish, Angela Cornish, Terry Hodgkinson, Elaine Hunt, Maureen Langham, David Parsonson, David Savage and Linda Webdell.
VICE PRESIDENTS
Richard Agg, Ben Ashton, Shirley Ashton, Marilyn Baker, Keith Baker, Joyce Bamford, Graham Borham, Sir Michael Caine, Kate Caton, Charles Coultas, Michael Cuckson, Gloria Ellis, Anthony England, Jim Ewan, Jenny Green, Steve Harris, Henry Hawes, Lynda Hewlett, Carol Hodgkinson, Jill Lawes, Beverly Legg, Timmy Mallett, Alistair McKay, Mary McKay, Paul McKenna, Sam Murray, Lynne Newell, Lady Norrie, Brenda Palin, Malcolm Palin, David Parsonson, Jean Pratt, Mike Quirke, David Savage, Cathie Savage, Phillip Schofield, Rebecca Simons, Tansy Simpson, Julie Slevin, Alan Smith, Alison Smith, Glynis Smith and Helen Woodford.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Annie Bassett, Charlotte Bonney, Wayne Davis, Steve Druce, Barbara Jenkins, Lesley Pearson and Andy Smith.