More than 50 people have been part of In the Smoke since 2007.
Current members

Catherine Clark
Bio to follow.
Tom Dalton
Tom is a psychiatrist by training and a tenor without any training. He is lucky that, for the first time in any group he has ever sung with, there are more than enough tenors in ItS, so sometimes he is allowed to do vocal percussion or “beat-boxing” as the kids called it 20 years ago. His A Cappella career started at university when he was a founding member of the now slightly famous Sons Of Pitches, but despite this he only learned how to correctly spell A Cappella last month.


Kate Gledhill
Bio to follow.
Tom Griffin
Originally hailing from the sunny climes of Australia, Tom’s love of a cappella music transcends international borders. While completing his PhD in California, Tom sang with numerous collegiate a cappella groups including UC Berkeley’s DeCadence and the Cal Jazz Choir. When not singing, Tom can be found pondering the mysteries of the universe as a theoretical physics researcher at Imperial College.


Emilie Hart
Bio to follow.
Nick Hartley
Nick is a baritone, handyman, arranger, dad, a cappella nut, business manager, countertenor, gardener, computer techie, coach, cook, sleeper, breather and clothes wearer. Sometimes he is all of these things at once, and sometimes he misses one or two of them out for a while. Hopefully it won’t be the clothes wearer bit.


Becky Kramer
Bio to follow.
James Le Marquand Jenkins
James normally has a beard, but you might recognise him in this photo from his year 8 school picture. James has excellent vocal credentials, most impressively The King’s Men of King’s College, Cambridge. James is the current Chairman of ItS and uses his charm and grace to guide the group as it navigates the modern soundscape of London.


Lizzie Maughan
Having previously sung against ItS in competitions with a cappella trio Make Do & Mend alongside past ItS hero Marianne, Lizzie decided that if she couldn’t beat ’em, joining ’em would be infinitely more fun! When not singing with the smoky crew, Lizzie can be found in ENT surgery/research (and happily dispenses vocal advice for free within the ItS family!).
Imogen Mechie
Bio to follow.


Cat Rae McShane
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Sarah Shephard-Smith
Sarah joined the group in 2017 and enjoys singing high and loud (other pitches & volumes are available). Outside of ITS Sarah balances a COO/CFO role in finance with running around after small children. Her Achilles heel is having no sense of direction whatsoever and losing things.


Freddie Tibbs
Freddie started his a cappella career as a founding member of the A CapelLads of Cardiff University and when he’s not posing for the camera to get the most out of a good hair day, he spends his days, nights, evenings and weekends doctoring in A&E in South London, a job that is as rewarding as it is all consuming. In the spare few moments he manages to find between shifts, Freddie enjoys silversmithing, wood working, and some light Pantomime Daming…when he’s not rehearsing and performing with In the Smoke that is.
Chris Tortise-Crawford
A jack of all trades and master of none, Chris does many things. After training as a physiotherapist, he moved to London to sing and work in media. Now he fills his time doing very little, yet always seems to be busy. He screams tenor in the group, and is currently MD of In the Smoke, much to the chagrin of the rest of the members.


James Tortise-Crawford
James has probably been to about 500 ItS rehearsals (as of 2026), as an on-and-off Smokie since the beginning, having tried and failed to leave twice (so far). He works across arts, culture and higher education and dreams of singing a Rufus Wainwright tribute gig.
Former Smokies
Katie Bamber
Reb Barrantes
Rosalie Bevan
Vishar Bhavsar
Josie Bretherton
Edward Brightman
Shirley-Anne Brightman
Vicky Britton
Ben Burnett
Darren Chadwick
Nick Corrin
Becca Dale
Stephen Doughty
Ian Higgins
Andre Flemmings
Zara Gates
Alex Godfree
Phil de Grouchy
Tom Handley
Melissa Harteam Smith
Ian Higgins
Michael Humphrey
Hannah Khan
Cesar Kawakami
David Knight
Luke Leeves
Tyler Mattiace
Marianne Neary
Laura Ralph
Tom Searle
Sophie Stevens
Matthew Thorne
Lydia Todd
Anna Trocmé Latter
Paul Vialard
Joel White
Alison Winter
Rachel Wood
Hazel Younger