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The Production Exchange and Park Theatre present the World Premiere of 

On The Ropes

By Vernon Vanriel and Dougie Blaxland

VERNON | MENSAH BEDIAKO

CHORUS | ASHLEY D GAYLE

CHORUS | AMBER JAMES

MENSAH BEDIAKO  |  VERNON

Mensah trained at the Poor School.

Theatre credits include: Hoke Coleburn in Driving Miss Daisy (Barn Theatre); Antonio in Much Ado About Nothing (RSC); Ray Francis in Mission (Big House): Leadville in Fisherman's Friends (Hall for Cornwall); Alec in Invisible Me (Bloomsbury Festival); Laius in Oedipus (Tour); u/s Sam in Master Harold and the Boys (National Theatre); Kapenie in My One True Friend (Tristan Bates Theatre); Preacher/MC in Respect: The Aretha Franklin Songbook (Tour); Badger/Chief Magistrate in The Wind In The Willows (Sixteen Feet Productions); Sir Rex Gunn in Arming The World (Teatro Vivo/Ice and Fire); Martin Luther King in The Mountaintop (FIO Theatre Company/Tour); Prez (P.G. Washington) in The View from Nowhere (Park Theatre); Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop (Tour); Bill Devaney in The Bodyguard (UK Tour); Pastor Hovis in The Realness (Hackney Downs Studios); Ensemble/Barman & Cover Lloyd in One Man Two Guvnors (National Theatre Productions/UK Tour); Winston in Fast Cuts and Snap Shots (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Ensemble/Standby Charlie Clench/Lloyd/Gareth in One Man Two Guvnors (National Theatre/The Theatre Royal Haymarket); u/s Hoke Coleburn in Driving Miss Daisy (UK Tour); u/s Albert/Kevin in Clybourne Park (Royal Court/Wyndhams Theatre); Mailman in The Water Engine (The Old Vic Tunnels); Ton Ton Julian in Once on this Island (UK tour); u/s Leplee, Doctor & Monsieur Vaimber in Piaf (Donmar Warehouse/Vaudeville Theatre); Preacher in The Harder They Come (Barbican Theatre); Ed Bishop in Floyd Collins (Southwark Playhouse); Showboat (Royal Albert Hall); Tobias and the Angel (Young Vic); African Snow (UK Tour); On the Twentieth Century (Union Theatre); The Realness (Only Connect Theatre); Lewis Mullins in 12:30am (Intermission Theatre); Prostate (Riverside Studios).

Television credits include: Mr Harris in Romantic Getaway (Sky); Zinska in Andor (Disney+/LucasFilm); Uncle Godfearing in In The Long Run (Sprout Pictures/Green Door/Sky One); John Phillips in EastEnders (BBC); Stephen Eli in Chasing Sahdows (ITV).

Film credits include: Leon in Wonder Woman: 1984 (Warner Brothers); Mr Mzuza in Mr Mzuza (Big Bright Lights); Popular Unrest; Frank in The Baseline (Dangerous Productions Ltd); Wee Kingof Nowhere; The Real Kathy Hayden.

ASHLEY D GAYLE

Training: Guildford School of Acting

Theatre Credits include: Smith The Weaver in Henry VI: Rebellion (RSC); Edward IV in Henry VI: Wars Of The Roses (RSC); Edward IV in Richard III (RSC); Laertes in Hamlet (Theatre Royal Windsor); The Cherry Orchard (Theatre Royal Windsor); Rufus/Leo/Lout/Young Man in The Lady in the Van (Theatre Royal Windsor); Sam in Holes (UK Tour); George in Stop Kiss (Above the Stag Theatre); Mandras in Captain Corelli's Mandolin (UK Tour and West End); Shakespeare in Love (UK Tour); The Duchess of Malfi (RSC); The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich (RSC); Othello (The Globe Theatre); Jay Johnson in The Realness (Hackney Downs Studio); Mike in Ring of Fire (Courtyard Theatre)

Television & Film credits include: Marcellus, Hamlet (Feature Film, BKL Productions); McDonald's Welcome Back Campaign; Cedric Dunn, Turning Point (Short, Sweet Patootee); Jacob Hunter, I Love You (short, Watch Out Entertainment); Steve, Trust Two - Heart Hands (Commercial, Space City Productions); Masked Leader, Nobody Can (Lady Lykez Music Video); Chris, Noose (short, Central Film School); School Boy, The Whistle Blowers (Television, Carnival Films);

Ashley also featured in TV commercials for Mercedes Benz and Reed.com

AMBER JAMES

Amber is a leading light in theatre. She recently starred as Wendy in Wendy & Peter Pan at the Leeds Playhouse and starred in the London debut of Mike Bartlett's Snowflake, following a run in Vassa at the Almeida Theatre. She also played Titania at Regent's Park and also took the title role of Cressida in Greg Doran's Troilus & Cressida for the RSC. Screen work includes CBS series Ransom, Doc Martin (ITV), Vera (ITV) Dodger  (BBC) and has just finished shooting a role on Grace for ITV. 

Amber will soon be seen in the feature film Reawakening by Virginia Gilbert, starring Jared Harris.