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Due to the indisposition of Daniel Benzali, the role of Howard Zinn will now be played by Martina Laird (all evening performances), Ché Walker (Sat 3 Aug 3pm & Sat 10 Aug 3pm) and Ann Mitchell (Thu 8 Aug 3pm).
Martina Laird
Martina Laird has worked extensively in the industry as an actor. Credits include working at The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal National Theatre, The Almeida, The Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare’s Globe. Martina is probably best known as the popular character Comfort Jones on BBC’s flagship drama Casualty. In addition to awards for her television work, she was nominated for an Evening Standard award for her role in Moon On A Rainbow Shawl at the Royal National Theatre.
Guest Starring:
Colin Salmon (Aug. 2)
COLIN SALMON first appeared in award winning Prime Suspect 2 he followed this with 3 outings as Charles Robinson in the 007 films Tomorrow Never Dies,The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Other credits include Trial and Retribution(ITV); The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (BBC); Silent Witness (BBC); Some Girls (BBC3) and Master of None (Netflix) and Limitless (CBS). He currently plays General Dru Zod in the ground breaking Krypton filmed in Belfast for SYFY. On stage he debuted in Caryl Phillips’ All or Nothing at All at the Tricycle Theatre followed by After Darwin by Timberlake Wertenbaker at Hampstead Theatre; Beckett Honour of God by Jean Annuli and Indian Boy by Rona Monroe for The RSC. He is a proud patron of the award winning New Generation Youth Theatre Company.
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Lanna Joffrey
Lanna received her MA in Acting from Royal Central and her BFA in Acting from Syracuse University. Theatre credits include: Cause (Vault Festival); They Promised Her the Moon (Old Globe); A Thousand Splendid Suns (Old Globe, A.C.T., Seattle Rep); The Soulless Ones (Hammer House Live); The Profane (Playwrights Horizons), I Call My Brothers (The Gate); Muse of Fire & Sonnet Walks (The Globe); Troilus and Cressida, Timon of Athens, Measure for Measure (The Factory Theatre), Valiant (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Theatre503, Women & War Festival, Folkestone, and WOW Festival, NY Fringe Award), Nine Parts of Desire (Lyric Stage, IRNE Award), 1001 (Denver Center, Ovation Award).
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Alvaro Flores
Alvaro trained at Italia Conti Academy (BA Acting) and Royal Academy of Music (PGDip Musical Theatre). Theatre credits: Day of the Living / #WeAreArrested (RSC); Wig Out (Royal Court Theatre); Don Quixote in Algiers (White Bear); Qaddafi’s Cook (NY & Hollywood Fringe, U.S.) Musical theatre credits: ClubMex (Hope Mill Theatre); Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall); Fidel the Musical (Iris Theatre); Madagascar Live (Latin America tour) and Concert for Diana (Wembley Stadium). Film and TV: Rambo 5, Daedalus, The Last Bite, Las Reglas de la Ruina
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Claire Lebowitz King
Claire Lebowitz King studied at the New School University. Theatre credits include: The Donkey Show; Measure for Measure; (Director Diane Paulus). With The Living Theatre: No Sir!; The Brig (Asst. Dir, Obie Award); Mysteries and Smaller Pieces. The Transportation of Judith Malina (solo performance); Three Sisters Come and Go (Theaterlab); Jack and the Corporate Beanstalk (NY Fringe). Writing credit: Bradass87 about whistleblower Chelsea Manning. She taught teenagers in Afghanistan Theatre and English, including Howard Zinn’s “A Young People’s History.” Her activist life has included time with The Living Theatre, Occupy Wall Street & The People’s Puppets. Claire also performs stand-up comedy in London.
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Jessye Romeo
Jessye Romeo trained at WAC Arts and was a member of The National Youth Theatre.
Her theatre credits include Stop & Search (Arcola), Big Guns (The Yard), The Islanders (Whitechapel Gallery), Itch and Scratch (Hackney Showroom), Martyr (Unicorn Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Traverse Theatre), If Chloe Can (NYT), Our Days Of Rage (NYT). Her television credits include Curfew, In the Long Run, Doctors, Stan Lee's Lucky Man, Will. Films include Mindhorn, The Somnambulists. |
Trang Le
Trang Le is a Vietnamese- German actress. She started acting in Germany and received her B.A. in North American Studies & Theater from the University of Munich. She is an alumna of the Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theater, Los Angeles. Last year she originated the role of Meriam Babel in Isaac Babel and the Black Sea (Adler Lab Theater, Dir. Timothy McNeil). Other theater credits include: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertholt Brecht (Adler Play Production, Dir. Susan Vinciotti), A Month in the Country (Dir. Brad Kaz). Film credits include: Non-Exitus (Dir. Alain Villeneuve),Dokumori Mountain (Dir. Victor Trevino).
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Anais Lone
Anais Lone is an actor, singer and dancer and a recent graduate of WAC Arts in north London. She graduated with a diploma in Musical Theatre. Anais has directed her first piece at New Diorama Theatre with the Camden Youth Theatre.
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Production Manager - Ryan Watson
Stage Manager - Roisin Symes Production Assistant - Gino Anganda |
Costume Supervisor - Sabia Smith
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Pro Bono Production Counsel
Steven Krone Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp |
Pro Bono Immigration Barrister
Sharon Gibbons Halcyon Chambers (formerly 43 Temple Row, Los Angeles annex) |
