Cast List:

Minister - Susan Raasay
Mother - Claire Farrington
Reporter - Muzz Khan
Activist - Mark Lawrence
Celebrity - Jonathan Rhodes
Girlfriend, survivor, mourner - Amy Smith
Boyfriend, presenter,
survivor, mourner - Peter Stickney
 

 
Crew list:

Director - A C Wilson
Assistant director - Elizabeth Newman
Designer - Will Reynolds
Producers - Kat Gillet, Claire Farrington, Elizabeth Newman
Production manager - Mark Lindow
Costumes - Bex Peczek
Webite manager - Tom Clarke
 

 
   
 

Tim Stimpson (writer)

Having been tutored by such writer’s as Mark Ravenhill and David Edgar, Tim graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA (Hons) in English and Drama and an MPhil in Playwriting Studies. A few months later he joined the writing team for The Archers as their youngest writer ever and has since written more than one hundred episodes. Previous theatrical work includes The Eighth Day (Allardyce Nicoll Theatre) in which Tim explored the idea of a cult of scientists who seek their own salvation through genetic engineering. In 2003 he teamed up with Net Curtains Theatre Company for Breathing Space (Soho Theatre) and Skyscraping (Southwark Playhouse), a play that looked a young man’s obsession with the alleged faking of the moon landings and our loss of 1960s idealism. Tim’s involvement with the company was re-established in 2006 with Flood (Arcola Theatre), an evening of short plays exploring the great flood of 1953. In 2007 he became an associate writer with the company. Tim also writes for the medical drama Doctors on BBC1.
 

 
 

Alan Caig Wilson (director)

A C Wilson is a director with a wide experience of theatre in the UK, Europe and Japan. He trained at RWCMD in Cardiff, at the Ecole Lecoq in Paris, and subsequently with a range of theatre practitioners such as, David Glass, Lev Dodin, Mike Alfreds and Song of the Goat Theatre Co. He has a directed across a wide range of theatre contexts including devised theatre, physical theatre, community theatre, opera and site-specific work. He is also a performer, having worked in a range of devised projects in the UK and Europe. In 2005 he graduated with distinction and top of his class from the inaugural MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck University of London. He is a Fringe First Award winner at the Edinburgh Festival, both as an actor and as a director. His production of How To Kill by Angus Reid bega in Edinburgh then toured to London and Poland before being made into a film. His direction of Torben Betts’ The Biggleswades at Southwark Playhouse was described in The Observer as ‘brilliant’. He recently co-directed Betts’ latest play The Unconquered with Stellar Quines Theatre Co in Scotland and on a UK tour. This play has received two nominations (for best play and best design/lighting) at the CAT Awards for theatre in Scotland in 2007. In July 2006 he was director in overall charge of Flood for Net Curtains, as well as directing the first version of One:Nineteen and Not Waving But Drowning by Sue Lenier.
 
 
 

Susan Raasay (minister)

Trained Guildford School of Acting.

When Midnight Strikes (Finborough Theatre); And the World Goes ‘Round, Do I Hear A Waltz? (Landor Theatre) The Threepenny Opera (Northern Stage); Sweeney Todd,  Phantom of the Opera, Blithe Spirit, Murder on the Nile and Hound of the Baskervilles (Dundee Rep); Top Girls (Focus Theatre Co); As You Like It (Nova Theatre Co); Romeo and Juliet (CentreStage); Godspell (Brunton Theatre); Sunset Song (Edinburgh Fringe); Seats in all Parts (Kings Head); Ten Times Table (Bellairs Theatre); Romantic Comedy (Connaught Theatre); Nightingale (Channel Theatre Co); and A Tale of Two Cities (Bill Kenwright).
Film and Television credits include; Evita (Alan Parker); Ladybird, Ladybird (Ken Loach); All Or Nothing At All (Carnival Films); The Men’s Room (BBC); Forever Green (LWT); Personal Effects (BBC Radio 4).
  
 
 

Muzz Khan (reporter)

Muzz trained at the Webber Douglas Academy Of Dramatic Art. Theatre credits include: Blue Funk (Old Red Lion), Felt Effects (Theatre 503) and Streets Together:Streets Apart (Dead Earnest). Television includes: Bradford Riots (Oxford Films), No Angels (World Productions) and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (BBC). Film includes: Iyi Seneler (ZZ Productions), The History Boys (Fox Searchlight) and East Is East (FilmFour). Radio includes: Street And Lane (BBC Radio 4), Silver Street (BBC Asian Network) and Maps For Lost Lovers (BBC Radio 4). Muzz has also appeared in a number of commercials.
  
 
 

Claire Farrington (mother)

Claire Farrington trained at The Oxford School of Drama. She founded Net Curtains Theatre Company in July 2001 and is now one of the directors. Her theatre credits include Cousin Basilio at The Greenwich Playhouse, Breathing Space at The Soho Theatre and Skyscraping (a new play which she commissioned and co-produced) at The Soho Theatre and The Southwark Playhouse. Television work includes The Last Secret of Dr Crippen for Channel 4 and Narnia, Behind the Game for Bravo. This year, further work for Net Curtains includes performing in Three Hard Blasts at The Arcola Theatre and Tales of the Black Hand at The Tricycle Theatre. At present, she is still continuing producing and acting work with Net Curtains Theatre Company.
  
 

Mark Lawrence (activist)

Mark studied in new York at the lee Strasberg Institute. Since returning to London, Mark has worked with the Steam Industry on there production of "The Grapes of Wrath" and also a season of new plays at The Hereford Courtyard.  Mark has been a member of Net Cutains for five years and worked on the productions of Skyscraping (also writen by Tim Stimpson) and Apple Pie at the Tricycle Theatre.  TV includes, "Band of Brothers"(5 eps), directed by Tom Hanks and My Beautiful Son with Julie Walters. Mark has recentley married Alice and they have both started to recycle.
 
 
 

Jonathan Rhodes (celebrity)

Jonathan trained at the Birmingham School of Acting after studying Theatre at Dartington College of Arts. His extensive credits in independent feature films include the award winning horror ‘Through the Looking Glass’; and the comedies ‘The Ultimate Truth’ and ‘Deadpan Valentine’ which recently won Best Feature in Toronto. He also popped up in the BBC Films’ hit comedy ‘Confetti’ with Jimmy Carr.  He has starred in some acclaimed short films, most notably the Cannes award winners ‘Towel Talk’ by Wysiwyg Films and ‘The Other Half’ by Nick Scott. Jonathan’s recent radio and voice-over credits include the ‘Blake’s 7 Audio Adventures’ with Frances Barber and a number of silly voices for a Monty Python game.  He has a few commercial credits under his belt and was last on stage in a collaboration between the Watford Palace Theatre and the Royal Court.

For full details on his work visit: www.jonathanrhodes.com 
 
 
 

Amy Smith (girlfriend, survivor, mourner)

Amy trained at Rose Bruford and Oxford University. Work in theatre includes: The Emperor Jones (National Theatre), Iphigenia At Aulis (Oxford Playhouse), Spoonface Steinberg (Burton-Taylor Theatre), King Lear (Old Fire Station Theatre), and The Croydon Tales (Croydon Warehouse).
 
 
 

Peter Stickney (boyfriend, presenter, survivor, mourner)

Trained: The Oxford School of Drama.
 
Theatre includes:  Romeo and Juliet (The Lord Chamberlain's Men - UK tour), Henry V (Tangram Theatre Company), Stationary (Michael Frayn Studio, Hampstead Theatre), Shhh!! (Embassy Theatre), Mystery Of The Blood Beast Horror Of Wolfbane Manor Mystery (Eastern Angles Theatre Company), Bye Baby Bunting (Jackson's Lane/Xposure Firsts Festival), A Wild Weekend (Forest Forge Theatre Company), Not Waving But Drowning (Arcola Theatre/Net Curtains) Casuality (Young Vic - Genesis Project/Blue Hug), Lucrece Project (Young Vic - Genesis Project), The Serf Of Tidwell (Theatre 503), Factory Plays (a season of readings to celebrate the Arcola Theatre's Fifth Anniversary), Beyond the Breakers (Eastern Angles Theatre Company), Pippin (Union Theatre), Bleak House (Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company). 
 
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