CAST

ELSA - CHARLOTTE MOORE

Trained:Drama Centre London Theatre includes: u/s & played Gloria, Gretchen and Gabriella in Boeing!Boeing! (Comedy Theatre), Andromache in Troilus and Cressida (EIF/RSC), Pharmaceutical Worker u/s Una in Blackbird (Albery Theatre), Marilyn Monroe in Marylin Case 1128 (Tour and Jermyn Street Theatre), Catherine in PIPPIN, Zelda Zonk in Marylin the Musical (Greenwich Theatre), Terezin Tour Guide/Helga in The Windmill, Queenie in UK premiere of The Wild Party, Shirley in Rocketman, and Fraulein Kost in the acclaimed production of Caberet, all at the Union Theatre. Lorelei in Ladies at the Table – Jerwood space for the Reich Company, Ru in Come & Go at Theatro Technis, Lamentina in the premiere No. 1 tour of Howard Barker’s Ursula – TMA winner of Best New Play, Cassandra in The Oresteia – Greenwich Festival, Katie Fox in The Informer – King’s Head Theatre, Philema in The Broken Heart – Lyric Studio. Film: - Missed- BBC/CSV, Alfie (2004) – Paramount Pictures, Sonnet 57, The Curse – Speak Softly Productions, Welcome It to Terrordome – Non Aligned Productions. Television: Midsummer Murders – Bentley Productions, The Bill - Carlton, Flight of The Swan – Independent film for C4. Radio: - Various live singing for GLR, Capital, London Live, and Loose Ends (R4).

EDWARDO - FEDERICO ZANNI

Federico trained at ArtsEd. He recently played Sir Henry Irving in the new play The Quite Peculiar and Irresistible Charm of Ellen Terry. Last year, he played Pancho in the West End revival of The Night of the Iguana.
His TV credits include: Never Better, Party Animals, Hotel Babylon 2, Afterlife 2, The Complete Guide to Parenting, The Girl in the Café, The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Days to Victory.

THE YOUNG MAN - NICHOLAS KAPRENKO

Nicholas began acting with Cheltenham based theatre company Voice in regional tours of Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet. He also spent a month performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with physical theatre piece, Red Sky. Highlights whilst training at Mountview included his performance as Leonard Ardsley in Somerset Maugham’s For Services Rendered.
Since then, Nicholas has performed as Abanazar in Aladdin and played Macbeth in Macbeth, as well as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. He has also filmed a commercial for UKTV. Recently he toured Norfolk and Suffolk with the children’s play The Emperor’s New Clothes and took the role of Garcin in Jean Paul Sartre’s Huis Clos, which was performed at The Pleasance Theatre in London as part of a New Directors Showcase.

THE OLD MAN - SAUL REICHLIN

Saul’s theatre work includes the leading roles of Valentine in Love for Love, (National Theatre) Capt Ahab in Moby Dick, and Josef Mashkan in Old Wicked Songs, for which he was nominated Best Actor in 2001.
On TV Saul played the lead role in The President File on Ch 4; Defence Counsel opposite Danny Glover in the TV film, Mandela by Oscar winning Ronald Harwood; and key roles in This Life, Miss Marple, Lockerbie, Wall of Silence, Head Hunter, and Poirot.. He may be seen in a featured role in Point Men for Bond director, John Glen. Now You’re Talking, Saul’s celebrated dramatisation of the stories of Sholom Aleichem (Fiddler On the Roof) has now toured 35 cities worldwide, including 11 weeks in London, a 9 week Off Broadway season and 8 weeks in Chicago. His other one-man portrayals include Tony Hancock, Whistler and Gimpel the Fool, by Nobel laureate, I B Singer. Saul won Best Director award for his production of The Purification by Tennessee Williams, and is an experienced teacher and theatre critic!

CREW

AUTHOR & PRODUCER - JON BONFIGLIO

Jonathan Bonfiglio is a writer, director and independent producer. This summer he is directing Nick Awde's Blood Confession in Edinburgh. In the autumn he will be promoting various music nights around the country, as well as producing the inaugural CASA Theatre Festival in London and running visual arts projects in Vietnam and Cambodia. In addition, he also continues to produce the Dos Equis Series of emerging Mexican art. Last year, amongst other projects, Territory (devised in conjunction with grass roots artists in Zimbabwe) premiered at the Harare International Festival of the Arts in 2006 before touring to London and Edinburgh, and Nocturn played at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in Clerkenwell, London in November 2006.Jonathan has just completed his first novel - Acapulco Falls - and is currently working on his fifth play, Pluto, based on the recent reclassification of the planets.

For more information, visit: www.jonbonfiglio.com

PRODUCER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF GRIT - JOE FREDERICKS

Joe is an actor, director and composer. Last year he directed the premier of the short play Nocturn and early next year will be directing and composing for the premier of Pluto. Joe has also been an Associate Director, Project Manager and Assistant Director for the multi award winning Steam Industry's open air summer seasons at The Scoop Theatre, on the Southbank in London since 2002. He has also been Musical Director & Resident Composer for all nine productions there, including Helen of Troy, The Caucasion Chalk Circle, Agamemnon, Treasure Island and Oedipus. Acting credits include Eddie Lyons in Blood Brothers (Phoenix) Nigel in Blowing Whistles (The Sound Theatre & originally at the Croydon Warehouse) and Jerry Allison in Buddy (The Strand) Around The World in 80 Days (Liverpool Playhouse, Guilford, Richmond); Ben in The Dumb Waiter (Allplay); Creeping Wally in Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse); Simon in The Caucasion Chalk Cirlce, Captain Smollett in Treasure Island, Demophon in Children of Hercules, The Watchman in Agamemnon, (all at The Scoop Theatre, The Southbank) TV acting credits include Rhys in Eastenders and Liam Roberts in Wire in the Blood, both the BBC and ITV respectively.

DIRECTOR - TAREK ISKANDER

Born in Sunderland to Egyptian parents, Tarek spent most of childhood living in Kuwait – only returning to England after being airlifted out of the country during the first Gulf War. Previous directing credits include Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Hackney Empire Acorn Theatre), Macbeth (Theatro Technis) and The Desk (radio play). He has also assisted Paines Plough with a wide range of readings and performances at venues such as the Young Vic, Soho Theatre, Trafalgar Studios and the Shakespeare’s Globe. His next directing project will be the UK premiere of Athol Fugard’s The Coat, jointly produced by Tara Arts and Community20 (touring production).

DESIGNER - LORETTA LIPWORTH

Loretta is an emerging designer for theatre, film and TV. Since graduating from Wimbledon School of Art in 2006, she has taken on a variety of roles including Assistant Designer for Murder In The Cathedral at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden; Prop-Maker, Set & Costume Assistant for Tour de Force Theatre Company’s touring productions of Animal Farm and Huls Clos; Costume Assistant for a music performance by The Irrepressibles at The Roundhouse; Production Assistant for short films Final Exmaination and Matador; Costume Assistant for The Bitches Ball at Hoxton Hall; and Painter's Assistant for upcoming period drama City of Vice. Loretta has just finished her most recent project working as Art Director for Gradiva, a graduation film for the London Film School.

SOUND DESIGNER* - KELLI ZEZULKA

Kelli trained at LAMDA. Sound design credits include: The Revengers Tragedy, Ice Cream and Hot Fudge, Five Visions of the Faithful, My Night with Reg (MacOwan Theatre), Measure for Measure, Money Makes You Happy (Bridewell Theatre), Hide the Front Page! (Hen and Chickens Theatre). Kelli is a Lighting Assistant at the Royal Court Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGNER - ROBERT STEMSON

Robert is a graduate of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (BA Honors in Technical Theatre) Lighting Designs include - Frank Pig says Hello, Powerless (Barons Court Theatre). A Patch of Blue, A State of Grace, Schwartz Stories and The World is our Ulcer (Kings Head Theatre), Beyond Omarska, Rural(White Bear Theatre), Love on the Dole(New Players Theatre), Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Hackney Empire Acorn Studio), Johann Strauss Gala Tour - 32 receiving theatres (UK/Eire Tour); Sequin Project, (Roman Eagle Lodge - Edinburgh 2006); Runners the Return (Underbelly - Edinburgh 2005), Dangerous (Chicago, London), Seduction... (Chicago, London, Brighton), Hamlet Project (Arcola Theatre - 2007)

MARKETING MANAGERS & PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS - ROSALIND EARL & MATTHEW LA CROIX

*Soundscape Composers: Angie, Jon and James Grellier;
Translation by Kate Zezulka
Actors: Will Ellis, Ali Gillyatt, Lucy McMAhon, David Mildon, David and Peter Zezulka

Many thanks to:
Steve & Leila Hodge, Mr J Broome & Mike Hawkins
Kate Sloan
Fiona Pearson at the Canal Café Theatre
Emma Reed at the Finborough Theatre