Directors of JLOS
Zena Wigram - Director
Zena Wigram trained at the South African College of Music, Academy Drama School, and (on a scholarship) Hertfordshire Theatre School, and gained the LLAM (LAMDA) Gold medal with distinction.
She was a NODA rep for eight years, and has directed for amateur companies including Richings Players, Digswell Players, Anchor, ROS Musical Theatre, St Giles Singers and Proscenium, as well as being MD for other groups.
Zena is currently a principal soprano with Grims Dyke Opera, singing G & S at Gilbert’s home in Stanmore. Other professional companies she has performed with include Barking Dog, Jellybean and OperaWorks. In between theatre work, she runs a B2B services marketing company, Minim Marketing.
James Naylor - Musical Director
James Naylor is a choral director and community practitioner working in the Greater London area. He is the MD of Waltham Forest Community Choir and touring chamber opera company the Willmore Singers. While reading music at the University of Birmingham, he was MD of the university's Gilbert and Sullivan Society and conducted an award winning performance of Patience at the Harrogate International Festival
James has taken part in G & S Operettas and roles include Pooh-Bah The Mikado, the Usher Trial by Jury, Dick Dead-Eye in JLOS's 2018 H.M.S Pinafore and 2nd Yeoman in their 2019 The Yeomen of the Guard.