Tom Richardson is co-founder and musical director of The Pit Orchestra. He plays guitar, piano and drums, and comes from a background in punk-rock bands in Plymouth. More recently, Tom has started composing for both film and orchestra, with awards for his score for short film Kalla (2022), commissioned to score short film Jay's Grave (2024), and a live performance of his debut solo composition Polyamateur by the University of Plymouth Orchestra. For Battleship Potemkin (2025), he has created a full notated score for 12 players based on the group's 2017 performance including updating and re-composing sections to fully realise TPO's original vision for their score. 

Chris is a musician, writer and filmmaker who joined his first band when he was 12 and has been making things ever since. Primarily a vocalist and lyricist, he is also an enthusiastic player of cello and home-made noise making instruments. He has been in bands all his adult life, most recently Aches. His new band is called Tarrion and he runs Deadlake Films with Katy Richardson. As a filmmaker he has directed or co-directed 6 short films, winning Best Score for Kalla (2022) at RS Filmfest. A founding member of The Pit Orchestra, Chris also co-composes music for TPO and writes many of the lyrics and words found in their compositions.

Katy Richardson is a visual artist and arts producer based in Plymouth, UK. She holds an MA in Contemporary Art Practice from University of Plymouth, 2019. Her work concerns ideas around trauma, grief and haunting, most often using the body, sound and moving image to explore the places where these themes intersect. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and commissioned by major organisations such as Hospital Rooms and The Box. First approaching The Pit Orchestra with a proposal to collaborate on her film project Relic (2016), she is now working with TPO as a producer. 

Martin started out mainly playing violin and folk mandolin, but also, as a side-line, indulging his penchant for rock music on guitar and bass.

He has worked in operas, ceilidhs, symphony orchestras, musical theatre  in fact anywhere where the project or the people (preferably both) are interesting. He has written songs for cabaret, shows at the Edinburgh Festival, and regularly writes or arranges music for any of the string groups he works with.

Jasper has played in the University of Plymouth Orchestra (now POCO). 

He really enjoys playing classical music, as well as Newfoundland and Irish folk. 

He applied for Battleship Potemkin because of the historical significance of the film and he thought it seemed really cool to get involved with a small local group of musicians!

With a rich musical background that includes singing in bands and choirs, as well as playing cello,sax and flute in orchestras, Kim is rediscovering and reviving skills that had long been set aside. Her versatility as a musician even led her to contribute electric cello to a punk band recording, showcasing her belief in the instrument’s potential beyond its classical roots. Drawn to The Pit Orchestra by the innovative and hard-working creatives at its helm, she values the group’s openness to new ideas and their ability to evolve. 

Simon Dobson is an award winning composer, orchestral arranger, producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist. Simon’s work with London's Parallax Orchestra has seen him conduct and arrange sell out shows at the Royal Albert Hall with metal giants Bring Me The Horizon and Alter Bridge and record entire albums of his arrangements in Abbey Road room one with metal-core legends Architects.

His work with brass bands and wind orchestras has seen his work be performed the world over, and Simon has been the recipient of three British Composer of the Year awards (BASCA).

As a conductor Simon has toured as guest conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and regularly undertakes conducting and artistic production duties with the world-famous Metropole Orkest in Amsterdam. Simon also works as a producer and performer, having written the strings and brass for several UK no.1 albums and recorded trumpet and written strings on more than a hundred others.

Charlotte made her feature film scoring debut at the age of 23, writing the main thematic music for One Night In Istanbul (Paul Barber, Stephen Waddington), this formed the start of a great working relationship with the Director James Marquand. They further collaborated on the 2015 release, Between Two Worlds (Elliot 'Example' Gleave, Chris Mason, Lucien Laviscount); and more recently on Beautiful Devils (Ian Glen, Osy Ishkile, and Elliot James Langridge).

She also wrote music for Nicholas Moss's directorial debut Break, starring the late great John Hurt (Harry Potter, Alien) and Kika Markham (Outland, Two English Girls). The film premiered at Manchester International Film Festival (March 2016), where it was awarded 'Best UK Short'.

Charlotte is known for her humanistic sound, utilising classical instruments such as the piano alongside a more "indie" pop sounding palette. Equally at home writing a beautiful classical score or a synth based anthem, her amalgamation of different genres adds to her unique voice.

Kat is UK based professional vocalist, musician and songwriter with over 16 years of studio and live experience. She has worked with a variety of artists and producers, including Grammy-nominated band Bring Me The Horizon and Grammy-winning producers Stephen Fitzmaurice and Jacquire King. She has performed at some of the UK's premiere music venues and festivals including the Royal Albert Hall, the Roundhouse, Reading & Leeds Festivals, Glastonbury, Download Festival and Bestival. 

In addition to her work as a soloist, she is also the founder of (and choir leader/arranger for) Choir Noir  a unique and versatile choir made up of hand-picked vocalists from across the UK, who have a wealth of combined experience in both recording and live environments. She is also an experienced topline writer, lyricist and songwriter, and her songs have been played on major radio stations and have been synced to movies and TV shows internationally. 

She released her debut album ‘Portal’ as Cestra in 2020. She works in partnership with Parallax Orchestra, a professional UK-based orchestra who provide a session-player fixing and music arranging service.