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MON 4TH AUG
SIREN by David Elms
SIREN: Emma Sidi Emma Sidi is an actor and comic based in South London. She is a former member of the Cambridge Footlights, performing in the International Tour Show 2013. Recent theatre credits include Sweet Meat (Tristan Bates Theatre), EXP (Etcetera Theatre) and Three Sisters (ADC Theatre). Film includes Gregor, written and directed by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. She also recently directed the short play The Walls Are Thin (Tristan Bates Theatre).
SAILOR: Barney McElholm Barney is a LAMDA graduate and co-Artistic Director of Soggy Arts Productions. Theatre credits include: Tomorrow and Middle Child (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Romeo & Juliet, (Young Shakespeare Company; National Tour), The Long Trick and Bucket Club (Nightingale Theatre), Wind in the Willows (Cambridge Touring Theatre; Gilded Balloon), Uprooted, Full House (National Tour). Television and Film: Oliver Ball, The Lurker (Soggy Arts), Pete, The Rambling Men (Soggy Arts).
TREASURE by Alexander Owen
JAMES: Ian Targett Theatre credits include: The Breadwinner (Orange Tree), Bows and Arrows (Royal Court), Why Me? (Novello), The Kiss of Life and A View of Kabul (Bush), Romeo and Juliet (Lyric Hammersmith), Eurydice (BAC), Burning Point (Tricycle), The Woman in Black (PW Productions), A Small Family Business (West Yorkshire Playhouse). Tours include An Inspector Calls, The Winslow Boy, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dracula. TV work includes: Marks, A Taste of Honey, Over the Rainbow, Mind Games, Babylon, The Last Detective, Ghostboat, Midsomer Murders, Monroe, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Trust Me, Casualty, Forever Green, Doctors, Films include: The Fool, A Dangerous Man, and The Lover
MOIRA: Sasha Waddell Sasha has just returned from touring the Far East with Yes Prime Minister. Other recent theatre includes the Old Vic tour of Noises Off; Anya Reiss’s adaptation of The Seagull at Southwark Playhouse; Noel Coward’s Volcano at the Vaudeville Theatre and the award-winning The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner at The Royal Court. Recent television includes the forthcoming drama series Eden (BBC); season 3 of Rev (BBC); Parade's End (BBC/HBO); A Touch of Cloth (Sky Comedy); Doctors (BBC); and Midsomer Murders (ITV).
SANDY: Mark Frost
MATTY: Albie Marber Albie is 12 years old. He attends Portland Place School. He recently made his professional theatre debut in Donkey Heart (Old Red Lion). His work for television includes: Tommy (ITV) and Spotless (Canal+).
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WED 6TH AUG
STRUCK by Isley Lynn
WOMAN: Hannah Taylor Gordon Hannah has been acting in film and television since the age of four, with a particular focus on period drama. Her theatre credits include Lyre (Hightide Festival, 2007). She trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute and LAMDA. Most recently she appeared in Kenneth Branagh's film 'Jack Ryan' and will soon be seen in the modern day espionage story 'Gigolo: Origins.'
MAN: James Rigby James Rigby studied English at Warwick University before training at LAMDA. Professional engagements include Oliver (London Palladium) Wizard of Oz (Haymarket Basingstoke) Eric’s (Liverpool Everyman), The Floods (BAC), Pages (Union Theatre), Love Bites (Southwark Playhouse), WordPlay (Arcola Theatre), Exterminating Angel (Salford Lowry and national tour) Fragments (Riverside Studios), The Railway Children (Waterloo Station - Olivier Award winning production), The Boss of it All (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and Soho Theatre). James has taken part in rehearsed readings at the Soho Theatre, BAFTA and Jermyn St. Short films include Gourmet, The Vision and Locked Up.
OPTING OUT by Caitlin Shannon
BEN: James Rigby (as above).
JUDITH: Daisy Ashford
SOPHIE: Nathalie Buscombe Nathalie's stage credits include The Breadwinner and The Man Who Pays The Piper (Orange Tree Theatre). Her screen credits include: RED 2, Father Brown, New Tricks, Eastenders, Holby City, Doctors and Walking Stories (a short film for Ferragamo by Luca Guadagnino). She trained at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
FRI 8TH AUG
DESERT ISLAND DISCS written and performed by James Moran
SEX ON THE BEACH by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
MIKE: Ian Targett (as above).
JENNY: Leila Sykes
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Leila trained at the Drama Centre London. Her theatre credits include: Titus Andronicus*, (York Theatre Royal & Bedlam Theatre Edinburgh), Romeo & Juliet* (Buxton Opera House). Her screen credits include: Missing Something (Brother Brother Productions), Suddenly From Sleep (OakBeam Pictures), See/Saw* (CooksonFactory Productions). Leila recently featured in the Guardian's article Looking for the new Girls? Srsly, You Need to Get Online alongside Girls creator Lena Dunham as part a new generation of actresses in comedy. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/07/new-girls-web-tv-comedy- srsly-broad-city
* Award Winning Productions
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