Company Biographies

Julianna Dart (director) graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1998. Since then she has worked at Plymouth Theatre Royal, directing and devising The Union Street Show and two youth theatre productions. She trained at Dartington College of Arts following 18 years of work in Bristol as a psychiatric nurse. She was also leader of a community care project at Windmill Hill City Farm. Julianna writes and has recently had a play accepted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4.

Sophie Clarke (Alice) graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in August 1999. Credits include Georgina in HTV's Just Desserts (July 2000) and Anna in The Fireraisers for Union Theatre, London. She can also be heard weekly as the voice of BBC TV's Wild for Animal Zone. Sophie also sings for local blues/funk band Scapegoat.

Ryan Kelly (Guy) graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in July 1999 and enjoyed success with his one-man show Travelling Light in the Basement last autumn. Later this month and into June he is appearing with Sound and Fury Theatre Company, presenting War Music by Christopher Loge.

Lowri Pritchard (Juliet) comes from Rhyl in North Wales. She will be graduating from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in July. She played Rachel in Hard Times and Celia in As You Like It. She is currently working on Dylan Thomas' After the Fair, a short play to be produced in the Basement 23-26 May, and in Under Milk Wood at the New Vic in June.

Ellie Zeegen (Kelly) graduated from the University of the West of England with an honours degree in Literary Studies in 1997. She appeared in Bus Stop! at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1998 and toured with Wellmade Theatre Co in an open-air production of Macbeth last summer. Most recently she has been presenting The Travels of Eleanor Scott, an interactive CD-ROM for children which has involved her travelling to sites of international historical interest including the Great Wall of China and the pyramids. This summer Ellie is touring with Wellmade Theatre Co as Ophelia in Hamlet.

Emily Cross (designer) gained an MA in Theatre Studies prior to completing the design course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Productions include set and costume design for Ruddigore at Cambridge Arts Theatre, Bath Time for Lifetime Theatre and lighting design for Gringos (also Lifetime Theatre), Moral Support's Freak of Nature and Collecting Chairs.

Rob Houghton (stage manager) is a member of Southwest Scriptwriters and continues to work on his dramatic masterpiece.

Benson DuBois III (Keith) has been Ryan's guide dog for the last six years. This is his first production.