Mae
Brogan – Mary – Son of the FatherMae
Brogan – Mary – Son of the FatherMae made her Fringe debut as Mary in Son of the Father.
She is equally at home with drama or comedy, having played roles as diverse as Joy Gresham in Shadowlands to Michele in the stage version of Allo Allo. She works with CragRats and Wigan Pier Theatre Company as well as performing in murder mystery and themed events, playing a variety of comedy and straight characters,
Recently played Medic Sophie De Paul in Attack of the Killer Brain – a film spoof of B horror movies, and ‘Mother’ in comedy sketch show The Fix.
Mae lives in Wigan and is currently studying for her Degree in Modern Languages (French and English) with the Open University.
Guy
Masterson – director –
Adolf, ResolutionEducated Christ's Hospital School and University of Wales, Cardiff. He emigrated to the USA in 1982. In 1984 he received acting tuition at UCLA.
Between 1985-89 he performed in over twenty plays in Los Angeles including The Caretaker (Mick), City Gents, The Elephant Man (Ross), Othello (Iago), Hamlet (Hamlet), The Taming Of The Shrew (Petruchio), Henry V (Henry), and Romeo And Juliet (Mercutio). In 1989 he returned to the UK to attend LAMDA. In 1991 he formed Guy Masterson Productions to produce Peter Flannery's The Boy's Own Story which then toured domestically until 1992. Early in 1993, he appeared in Cyrano De Bergerac (Bellerose/Ligniere) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Since late 1993, he has produced & performed solo versions of Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm and A Soldier's Song touring all three extensively on the domestic and international. His newest solo work, Fern Hill And Other Dylan Thomas premiered at Edinburgh 2001 and garnered him Best Actor, The Stage Awards 2001. Soon afterwards, he took the role of the Narrator in Theatr Clwyd's production of Under Milk Wood directed by Terry Hands.
Most recently, he played John in Oleanna on a full National Tour.
Directorial credits include: A Slight Tilt To The Left, Goering's Defence, Resolution and Adolf, Mom I'm Not A Lawyer, All Words For Sex, Bye Bye Blackbird, Playing Burton (UK & NZ productions), The House Of Correction, The Private Ear & The Public Eye. In 2003 Guy directed 12 Angry Men for Assembly productions.
More information on Guy's company may be found at www.theatretoursinternational.com
Geoff Bullen is currently Associate Director of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he specialises in the teaching of Shakespeare, as well as directing the annual Showcase Presentation of final-year students, the Stage Fighting Competition and the New York University, Tisch School of the Arts/RADA Shakespeare in Performance programme.
He was born in Cornwall, and graduated from Manchester University in 1969. Working at first as an actor, he began his directing career with Century Theatre, since when he has worked extensively both in the commercial and subsidised theatre.
A 4-year appointment as Associate Director and Writer at Theatre Centre (Britain’s longest established company dedicated to work for schools) has led to work with numerous other companies working in the field of education.
From 1995 to 1999, he was Course Director of Nottinghamshire Next Stage – a pioneering Local Government project in Adult Education Performing Arts; and in 2003 designed and inaugurated a Community Arts Management training course for CADT in Liverpool.
As translator and adaptor – notably of the work of Feydeau and Steinbeck – he is the author of numerous plays on social issues for schools, and his work has been performed around the world.
His most recent productions include Cavalleria Rusticana for Magdala Opera, the premieres of Beside Picasso (Brian McAvera) and Bacon (Pip Utton), both at the Edinburgh Festival, David Rudkin’s Red Sun for a National Tour, Into The Woods, Assassins and The Beggar’s Opera at RADA, and The Tempest at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. He currently is working on an adaptation of Bruce Chatwin’s novel On The Black Hill for AJTC.