Jonathan Melhenney-Hayward
- Art Department
- Art Director
- Additional Crew
Jon attended Mountview Theatre School in London where he attained a diploma in Stage Management, Technical Theatre & Design, graduating in 1991.
Jon immediately started a ten year career in theatre Stage Management which saw him work at venues such as Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Sadlers Wells and the Liverpool Everyman.
He switched to TV in 2001 when he started to work on Emmerdale as a Stage Manager (the historical term Yorkshire TV gave for their Standby Art Directors) and this job lasted 12 years.
A short period of freelance work as Standby Art Director on Hollyoaks and Coronation Street followed in 2014 before Jon accepted another full time contract as Standby Art Director on the UKs leading soap opera - Coronation Street.
Jon immediately started a ten year career in theatre Stage Management which saw him work at venues such as Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Sadlers Wells and the Liverpool Everyman.
He switched to TV in 2001 when he started to work on Emmerdale as a Stage Manager (the historical term Yorkshire TV gave for their Standby Art Directors) and this job lasted 12 years.
A short period of freelance work as Standby Art Director on Hollyoaks and Coronation Street followed in 2014 before Jon accepted another full time contract as Standby Art Director on the UKs leading soap opera - Coronation Street.