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Park Theatre presents the UK premiere of Melanie Marnich's

These Shining Lives

Alec Newman

Alec trained at LAMDA and NYT.

Theatre includes: King Lear (Donmar), Dantons Death (NT), The Fastest Clock in the Universe (Hampstead Theatre), The Soldiers FortuneAndorra (Young Vic), Plenty (Albery), Certain Young Men (Almeida), Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello), The Recruiting Officer (Chichester Festival), The Glass MenagerieTranslations (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) and The Revengers Tragedy (Orange Tree).

Film includes: GreyhawkA Lonely Place To DieBlackwaterThe Gene GenerationMoonlight SerenadeThe Fifth PatientConstellationStaring At The SunFour Corners Of SuburbiaBright Young ThingsThe Principles Of LustThe Death Of KlinghofferLong Time Dead and G:MT.

TV includes: Waterloo RoadDraculaSilent WitnessHope SpringsThe Reichenbach FallsSpooksChildren Of DuneFrankensteinEnterpriseDark ShadowsTru CallingAngelNightflightDuneMurder Rooms, Judge John Deed, The Rag NymphBlonde BombshellPeak PracticeDangerfieldTaggart and Casualty.

 

Charity Wakefield

Charity trained at The Oxford School of Drama.

Theatre includes: No Naughty Bits (Hamsptead Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (National Theatre), The Rivals (Southwark Playhouse), The Caravan (Look Left Look Right on tour), The Circle (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Three Musketeers (Bristol Old Vic), One Million Tiny Plays About London (Out of Joint), The Cow Play (Theatre and Beyond), Yesterday Was a Weird Day (Edinburgh Festival, BAC for Look Left Look Right), On the Waterfront (Synergy Theatre), 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic), The Graduate (New Vic), Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe Tour), Baby with the Bathwater (Old Red Lion), It’s Your Funeral Baby (Soho Theatre), The Suicide (B.A.C.) and The Tempest (Pegasus Theatre).

Television includes: Mockingbird Lane (NBC), Miss Marple (ITV), Leaving (ITV), Any Human Heart (Channel 4), Midsomer Murders (ITV), Legally Mad (NBC), Casualty 1907 (BBC), Casualty 1909 (BBC), Rapunzel (BBC), Sense and Sensibility (BBC), Doctors (BBC), Jane Eyre (BBC) and State of Play (BBC).

Film includes: Serena, Scar Tissue, The Raven, Day of the Flowers and Extiz – plus the short films: Wraps, In Absence, Scared, Post it Love and The Beachcombers.

 

Honeysuckle Weeks

Television includes: Foyles War seasons 1-8 as Sam Stewart, Carly in Where The Heart is (ITV), Tania in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC), Miss Dawes in Poirot: Cards On The Table (ITV), Annie Ridd in Lorna Doone (BBC), Imogen in Close Relations (BBC), Jenny in The Orchard Walls, Millie in The Rag Nymph (Catherine Cookson), Sophie in Have Your Cake And Eat It, Serena in The Wild House (BBC), Faith in A Dark Adapted Eye (BBC), she has also enjoyed guest leads in Midsomer MurdersThe Bill and Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Strawberry Tree.

Theatre includes: Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Chichester Festival Theatre), Romaine in Witness For The Prosecution (UK Tour), Sarah in A Daughter’s A Daughter (Trafalgar Studio/Theatre Royal Windsor), The Governess in Turn Of The Screw (Theatreworks), Eva in Absurd Person Singular (Bill Kenwright), Viola in Twelfth Night and Katherine in Love Labour's Lost (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Film includes: Lolly in The Wicker Tree, Clarissa in Red Mercury Rising and Sarah in My Brother Tom.

 

David Calvitto

David began acting in New York and New Jersey.

UK credits include The Event (UK tour, Edinburgh Fringe First winner), Americana Absurdum (Menier Chocolate Factory, Edinburgh Fringe First winner), Horse Country (Riverside Studios, Traverse Theatre, UK tour and Edinburgh Fringe First winner).

Since 2000 he has performed in 7 Fringe First winning plays in Edinburgh (including The Exonerated and Fatboy, screwmachine/eyecandy – both with Mike McShane) in addition to roles in Guy Masterson’s production of 12 Angry Men (with Bill Bailey) and Assembly Theatre’s Midnight Cowboy.

Since 2009 he has toured John Clancy’s The Event (www.theeventplay.com) in Adelaide and Perth Australia, Amsterdam, Berlin, Glasgow (The Citizens) and many other cities worldwide.  He was The Stage Best Actor Award winner in 2002 for Horse Country in Edinburgh and the Best Theatrical Performance Award winner at the Adelaide Fringe Festival for The Event in 2010.

 

Melanie Bond

Melanie graduated with a B.A. in Theatre and English from the University of South Carolina and an M.A. in Theatre from the University of Hull. She has just returned from shooting in Rome for the Showtime TV series Portrait playing the character Mindy Ross, directed by Ridley Scott. 

Theatre includes: Romantic Comedy starring Tom Conti (number one tour of the UK), Misconceptions (Hong Hong Arts Centre), A Season in South Africa (Old Vic), Simpatico (White Bear), The Rainmaker and Independence (Tabard Theatre).

Television includes: Portrait (directed by Ridley Scott).

Radio includes: Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money and a number of BBC dramas including the award-winning Trying.

Film includes: The Bourne Ultimatum and Super Storm.

She is also a dancer and choreographer. Choreography credits include Oliver! (starring Rowan Atkinson, Oxford) and Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse).

Melanie is co‐founder of Transmission – a weekly workshop for professional actors, writers and directors, where the emphasis is on sharing creative concepts and developing skills. www.transmissionworkshop.com

 

 

Nathalie Carrington

Nathalie trained at LAMDA.

Theatre includes: The Little Prince (Lyric Theatre Belfast), Viva Forever (Workshop), 24hr Plays (The Old Vic), The Boyfriend (Her Majesty’s West End).

Radio Includes: BBC Radio 4's A Change In The Willows.

Theatre whilst at LAMDA includes: Celia in As You Like It, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Arcadia, Gloriously Mucky Business, The Seagull, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Innocent Mistress, Tartuffe and The Changeling.