CAST

Nick Wilkes (Ben) trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre includes The Mysteries, Alice Through the Looking Glass, As You Like It, The School for Scandal, Mild Oats, Under Milk Wood (all Bristol Old Vic), Busybody, The Sound of Music, The Small Hours, The Unexpected Guest, Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat, Murder on the Nile (Charles Vance, Sidmouth), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Radix Malorum (Voice Theatre Co), Measure for Measure, Coriolanus (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory) and An Audience With Charlton Heston. Film and TV includes: Mysteries (BBC), Kavanagh QC, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Capacity (Vancouver and Montreal film festivals).

Murray Andrews (Greg) trained at Gloscat (HND in Performing Arts). Theatre includes Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Love of the Nightingale (Voice Theatre Co). On television Murray has appeared in Casualty, Solitaire for Two, Jane Eyre, Mysteries, Karaoke, Cold Lazarus (BBC) and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Film work includes parts in Jane Eyre and An Awfully Big Adventure.

Rachael Catley-Lane (Wendy) is originally from Cleethorpes in Humberside and is studying English and Drama at the University of the West of England. Her leading role to date was as Pandora Braithwaite in a production of Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. Rachael hopes to pursue a career in acting.

Nicola Rope (Emma) is from Cleethorpes and is studying English and Geography at UWE. She is vice-president of the University's Drama Society and has appeared in productions of Dario Fo's Open Couple and Raspberry by Tony Marchant. Most recently she played Marjorie in William Mastrosimone's Extremities.

Sophie Cooke (props) is currently studying Graphic Design at UWE and has a keen interest in theatre design. Sophie was involved in sixth form productions of The Pirates of Penzance and Jesus Christ Superstar and sang at the Albert Hall. She hopes to gain further stage management and theatre design experience in the future.

Tim Massey (writer) was born in Bristol in 1966 and wrote his first play aged 11. He studied successfully for an MA in the Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing at the University of Wales College of Cardiff and is currently nearing completion of a PhD in Creative Writing also with Cardiff University. Tim is Southwest Scriptwriters' artistic director. Further details of Tim's work are available on his website - www.timmassey.com

Ned Milne (director) graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and taught Drama for several years in secondary schools as well as directing at the Quay Theatre, Sudbury, Suffolk. On gaining an MA in Theatre Studies at Lancaster he became Director of Drama at Bath University, overseeing over 100 drama and dance productions and related classes. He is currently a part-time Drama Tutor at the Centre for Performing Arts at UWE while completing a research degree at Exeter. He directed Cold Comfort Farm for the CPA at the QEH Theatre last December.

Kris Nuttall (lighting designer) has lit a wide range of shows from operas to raves (often on the same day). Credits include Dido and Aeneas, King Arthur and Into the Woods (all for Bath University Students' Opera), Cabaret, Gasping and Animal Farm (for Bath University Students' Theatre). Work with Opera Mint includes La Bohème, Turn of the Screw and Hansel & Gretel. Kris also works at Bath University as a lighting director and teacher.

Rupert de Renzy-Martin (sound) is currently studying for a BSc in Engineering with his sights set firmly on becoming a sound technician. He hopes to carry on gaining experience in live and studio work and dreams of eventually becoming part of the sound crew for festivals and the biggest touring bands.

Jess Wright (designer) is studying design at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her credits include set design for Pericles and Laughing Wild in the New Vic Studio and costume for Pride and Prejudice and Oh What a Lovely War! in the Theatre Royal.

Thanks to:

Shaun Darley, director of the University of the West of England's Centre for Performing Arts.

Steve Brown of the Audio Visual Workshop, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England.

Penny Fitt at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Judy and Alan Thunhurst of M J Rees and Company for being patrons of the arts.

Jon Massey for help with IT.

Derek Graham for his support, encouragement and enthusiasm.

UWE Catering Services for the bacon sandwiches.

Members of Southwest Scriptwriters - probably the best writers' group in the world...

Val Lorraine (1920-2001)

Southwest Scriptwriters

Southwest Scriptwriters was established in 1994 to encourage and promote new drama writing for stage, screen, radio and television throughout the region.

Programmes are organised in seasons of six meetings that usually take place in the Cooper's Loft at the Bristol Old Vic. Activity centres on workshop sessions at which extracts from members' scripts are read aloud and discussed. Southwest Scriptwriters works on the principle that 'scripts are not written, they are rewritten', and the group seeks to offer constructive advice and criticism for this process.

For further information on Southwest Scriptwriters visit our website at www.southwest-scriptwriters.co.uk or email info@southwest-scriptwriters.co.uk.