The Cast: London Criterion Theatre
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Richard Hannay
CATHERINE BAILEY: Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret
STEPHEN CRITCHLOW: Man
IAN HUGHES: Man
STEPHEN CRITCHLOW: Man
IAN HUGHES: Man
SABRINA CARTER: Understudy Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret
LEE RANNS: Understudy Hannay
TOM WALKER: Understudy Man
Andrew Alexander
Andrew read history at King’s College London and trained at the Royal Academy of Music.
Most recently, he co-wrote and starred in a new adaptation of BOX AND COX at the Hen & Chickens Theatre.
Other theatre includes: Nanki-Poo in THE HOT MIKADO (nominated for a TMA Award) (Watermill Theatre); Nigel in SALAD DAYS (UK tour); Prince Charming in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (Sheffield Lyceum Theatre); Beast in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Theatre Royal Windsor); Hotspur in HENRY IV, part I (RAM); Chiron in TITUS ANDRONICUS (RAM); Proteus in THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (RAM).
Andrew was also a member of the Sony BMG recording group Teatro. Their eponymous album was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and achieved gold record status and number 1 chart positions around the world.With Teatro, he has performed for Her Majesty The Queen at the Royal Variety Performance alongside Bon Jovi, Russell Brand and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; in Hyde Park supporting José Carreras; on FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT (BBC Radio 2); and at the UNICEF Stars of Europe concert in Brussels.
Follow Andrew on Twitter: @AndAlexander
Catherine Bailey
Catherine’s theatre credits include: TWELFTH NIGHT (Ludlow Festival); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Middle Temple Hall, televised by the BBC); HAMLET and THE SEAGULL (the Factory at the Rose Theatre); THE COUNTRY WIFE (Theatre Royal Haymarket); HOUSE OF AGNES (Paines Plough); WALK HARD - TALK LOUD (Tricycle Theatre); SIT AND SHIVER (New End Theatre and Hackney Empire); THE LIFE AND TIMES OF YOUNG BOB SCALLION (Northcott Theatre); NEWSREVUE (Canal Café); ‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE (Young Vic); and SPRING AWAKENING (RSC).
Television: Catherine has appeared as a regular in: HOUSE OF ANUBIS (Nickelodeon); EASTENDERS (BBC); HIGH STAKES (LWT); RESIDENTS (BBC); THE WILD HOUSE (BBC, nominated for a British Comedy Award) and UNCLE JACK (BBC). Other TV credits include: THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES, DOCTORS, HOLBY CITY, MY FAMILY, EGYPT, 55 DEGREES NORTH, HAWKINS (all BBC); THE BILL (talkback THAMES); THE ENGLISH HAREM (ITV); ROSEMARY & THYME (Carnival); URBAN GOTHIC (Channel 5); PEAK PRACTICE (Central); and THE INFINITE WORLDS OF H G WELLS (Hallmark).
Film: BEGINNER’S LUCK, IT’S NOT YOU IT’S ME and THE GRIND.
Her radio credits include: ‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE and THE CHANGELING for the BBC.
Stephen Critchlow
Stephen trained at Mountview Theatre School.
Theatre work includes: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, THE RELAPSE (Birmingham Rep); TWELFTH NIGHT, SOAP, TIME OF MY LIFE (Theatre Royal Northampton); HAMLET (Gielgud Theatre); PYGMALION (Albany Theatre); CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Royal National Theatre); ROUND THE HORNE REVISISTED (Leicester Square Theatre); THE 39 STEPS (Criterion Theatre); THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE (Salisbury Playhouse); and LOYALTY (Hampstead Theatre).
Television work includes: HATTIE, FANTABULOUSA, SKINS, CORONATION STREET, CASUALTY, CIDER WITH ROSIE, LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, THE THIEVING HEADMISTRESS, THE VICE, BLUE MURDER, three series of TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION, ANTIQUES ROGUE SHOW, HEARTBEAT, and MONARCH OF THE GLEN.
Film includes: FOGBOUND, THE CALCIUM KID, CHIRCHILL: THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS.
Stephen has performed in many productions as a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company and played Stephen Chalkman in The Archers. Other radio work includes CLASSIC GHOST STORIES and THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE read for audio CD.
Ian Hughes
Ian trained at the National Theatre of Wales and Birmingham University.
Theatre: winner of the first Royal National Theatre/Ian Charleson Award for title role in TORQUATO TASSO at the Lyric Hammersmith.
For the Royal Shakespeare Company: TWELFTH NIGHT, ROMEO AND JULIET, HENRY IV parts one and two, OEDIPUS THE KING, OEDIPUS AT COLONUS, ANTIGONE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (world tour), HAMLET, KING LEAR, ELGAR'S RONDO, THE VENETIAN TWINS, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, THE WINTER’S TALE, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE RIVALS, MERRY WIVES: THE MUSICAL, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. For the RSC Festival: THE MAN OF DESTINY and EDMUND KEAN.
Other theatre work includes: THE LION KING (Lyceum Theatre); CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (the London Palladium); THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND/BLACK COMEDY (Donmar Warehouse); regional repertory at Manchester, Coventry, York, Mold, Cardiff and Harrogate; tours with the British Actors Theatre Company and the Wales Actors' Company.
Television: TORCHWOOD, ROBIN HOOD, MARGARET, GAVIN AND STACEY, FOYLE'S WAR, MUTUAL FRIENDS, A WASTE OF SHAME, MI HIGH, CASUALTY, HOLBY CITY, DOCTORS, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, FLYING BLIND and SWISS TONY.
Film: DOOM, THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO and BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS.
Radio and audio: over 30 plays for BBC Radio 4, 15 plays for the Archangel Complete Shakespeare, over 70 television documentary narrations and numerous voice-overs.
Concerts: national tour of Mendelssohn’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and MOZART IN PRAGUE, both for the City of London Sinfonia; the RSC 50 Years - the opening of the new RSC Theatre; DYLAN THOMAS REMEMBERED (New York,Washington, DC).
Cast recordings include: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE and MERRY WIVES: THE MUSICAL.
Ian has an MA in Shakespeare and Theatre, is an Education Associate Practitioner for the RSC, and teaches regularly at universities and drama schools overseas and in the UK. He was Head of Acting at St Mary’s University College, London, for two years.
Sabrina Carter
Sabrina trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Theatre credits includes: Lucy Harris in JEKYLL AND HYDE (national No 1 tour); understudying and playing Nancy in OLIVER! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); understudying and playing Elphaba in WICKED (Apollo Victoria); the title role in CLARINDA (scottish tour); Tiger lily and Mrs Darling in PETER PAN (Eden Court); Charity in GUILT (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); the title role of Meg in MARRYING MEG (Highland Quest for a new musical in association with Cameron Mackintosh); and Kate Keller in ALL MY SONS (New Athenaeum).
Film and TV includes: THE PERFORMANCE (Guy Patterson); HIGHLAND QUEST FOR A NEW MUSICAL (Endemol); and HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? (BBC).
Lee Ranns
Theatre credits include: THE TRIBE (Royal Court Studio Group); LIGHTS UP (Camden Outhouse); THE GAME (Riverside Studios); BRIEF ENCOUNTERS (Old Red Lion); IN THE MEANTIME (New Diorama Theatre); CLOSURE (The Water Poet); TWO NOBLE KINSMEN (Lost Theatre); WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL (Arch 468) and MACHINAL (Theatre Royal, Portsmouth)
Lee also co-produced and starred in two shows on the London fringe and is currently involved in co-ordinating a vibrant, new evening of theatre and short film; PLAY@The Water Poet, Spitalfields.
Follow Lee on Twitter: @LeeRanns
Tom Walker
Tom trained at the Manchester Met School of Theatre.
Theatre credits include: Britten’s MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM playing Puck for Opera North and later for Opera Petruzzelli (Italy); Gobbo in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Hazlitt Theatre); Dick in THE CITY WIVES CONFEDERACY (The Lions Part); Feste in TWELFTH NIGHT (Oxford Shakespeare Theatre); Tommy in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (The Union Theatre); Rudy in BENT (Broadway Theatre); Marcus in SHAMLET (The King’s Head); Ben in VIOLENT OUTING (The Soho Theatre); Mile End Lee in CLOSER TO HEAVEN (Arts Theatre, The Really Useful Group) and Edmond in MAKING IT UP (The Library Theatre Co, Manchester).
As well as numerous screen and radio credits he has also written and performed in the play Rhona’s Pantry which was subsequently adapted & filmed as a web-sitcom.
