Pip Utton - Collaborators
Mae 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.
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.
Educated
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
Jeremy Towler - director -
Kean,
Labels; -
joint writer with Pip
- Bacon
Melissa Wishart - film - Chaplin
Melissa Wishart first made programmes for Student TV at Edinburgh University.
Subsequently produced programmes for Channel Four and BBC Wales as well as
working on numerous television documentaries for independent production
companies in Scotland and Bristol. Some feature film and drama production work.
Worked as director/camera for HTV on observational documentary and now works as
freelance director/camera on collaborative projects with painters, actors and
dancers. Very interested in use of large scale video projection in theatrical,
exhibition and artistic contexts.
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Geoff Bullen
