The Cast: London Criterion Theatre
DAVID BARK-JONES: Richard Hannay
DIANNE PILKINGTON: Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret
TIMOTHY SPEYER: Man 2
JEREMY SWIFT: Man 1
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Understudy Hannay
KATHARINE BENNETT FOX: Understudy Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret
JAMES HURN: Understudy Man 1 and 2
David Bark-Jones
Theatre includes: Contingency Plan (Bush Theatre); Dealer's Choice, The Forest, Machinal (National Theatre); Dealer's Choice (Vaudeville); Venice Preserved (Almeida); Some Sunny Day (Hampstead Theatre); All's Well That Ends Well, Doctor's Dilemma (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Julius Caesar (Birmingham Rep); The Way of the World (Royal and Derngate) and School for Scandal (Salisbury).
Television series include: Pillars of the Earth, Pride and Prejudice, Oliver Twist, Bramwell, Wing and a Prayer. Television episodes include: Identity, No Angels, Doctors, New Tricks, Slings and Arrows, Wilson, Rosemary and Thyme, Life for Daniel, Rough Treatment, The Legacy of Reggie Perrin, Press Gang, Trainer and Sea of Fire.
Film includes: Rocknrolla, The Calling, Sixty-Six, The Da Vinci Code, A Gentle Creature (short).
Dianne Pilkington
Training: Dianne trained at Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre credits include: Grizabella in Cats (National Tour); Belinda in The Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury Theatre); Mary in Tonight's the Night (Victoria Palace); Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (National Tour); Kim in the original cast of Boy George's new musical Taboo, the title role in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Victoria Palace Theatre, opposite Lily Savage, Protestant Girl in The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre); The Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (Bridewell Theatre); Marion in Tess (Savoy Theatre) and understudied and played Fantine and Cosette in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre).
Original Cast Recordings include Taboo and The Beautiful Game.
Film credits include: The Wolf Man opposite Benecio Del Toro (Universal Pictures).
Other credits include: Meg in the workshop of Love Never Dies directed by Jack O'Brien, Hope in the London workshop production of Urinetown directed by John Rando, Tonya in the workshop of Dr Zhivago directed by Des McAnuff, the title role in Helen of Troy - a new musical, directed by Gary Griffin, Charlotte in Charlotte - Life or Theatre? and appearing with Boy George in Concert at the Albert Hall.
Dianne has recently finished playing Glinda in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre).
Timothy Speyer
Training: Timothy trained at Guildford School of Acting where he was awarded the Max Adrian Cup.
Theatre credits include: Snug in A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (with Judi Dench, directed by Sir Peter Hall, Rose Theatre Kingston); Einstein in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (VM Productions); PYGMALION (Theatre Royal Bath /Hong Kong Arts Festival 2009); GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Manchester Library Theatre); THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Shakespeare's Globe); THE VORTEX (with Felicity Kendal, directed by Sir Peter Hall, Theatre Royal Windsor and Apollo Theatre, West End); PYGMALION (with Tim Piggott-Smith and Una Stubbs, The Peter Hall Company/Theatre Royal Bath, and National Tour); ARMS AND THE MAN (Vienna's English Theatre); THE ANATOMIST (Tour/Eastern Angles); Christina Rosseti's GOBLIN MARKET (Southwark Playhouse and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton Festival); La-Surette in Jean Anouilh's MADEMOISELLE COLOMBE (with Honor Blackman); BRIDGES AND HARMONIES (with Peter Blake and Eva Pope) and THE BOUNDARY (Bridewell Theatre); SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (with Diana Coupland and Stephen Mangan) and THE BFG (Birmingham Old Rep); Bottom in A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM and Doolittle in PYGMALION (Eye Theatre); THE CLUBHOUSE (Hampstead Theatre); Toad in THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Torch Theatre); Terence Rattigan's WHILE THE SUN SHINES (National No.1 Tour / Channel Theatre Company), THE WITCHES, HORRIBLE HISTORIES (UK Tour and Madinat Theatre, Dubai) and TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN (Theatre Royal Plymouth / Birmingham Stage Company).
Television/Film credits include: THE IMPRESSIONS SHOW WITH CULSHAW AND STEPHENSON (BBC); WIND-UP TV (ITV); LONDONERS (Telewizja Polski/Besta Film); THE HUTTON ENQUIRY (BBC); CRIME MONTHLY CASEBOOK (ITV); THE UNMARRIED FAMILY (BBC); XCHANGE (BBC); THE HANGING TREE (Channel 4); BLUE PETER (BBC); NEWSNIGHT (BBC); MYSTERY MAN (Dream Pictures) and THE CLAP (Breakthru Films – runner up the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the London Film Festival 2005).
Jeremy Swift
Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Jeremy trained at The Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre includes: Humble Boy (Northampton Royal and Derngate); The Family Plays, Honeymoon Suite (Royal Court); Abigail's Party (Hampstead and Ambassador's); Feelgood (Hampstead); Three Sisters (Out Of Joint, Lyric Hammersmith); What The Butler Saw (National Lyttelton); Mother Courage (National Cottesloe); The Devil's Disciple, Peer Gynt (National Olivier). Also extensive work with perfomance art /comedy group, The People Show and seasons at Chichester, Manchester Library and Ipswich.
Television includes: Canoe Man, On Expenses, Garrow's Law, EastEnders, Red Dwarf (Back To Earth), Doctors, M.I. High, The Smoking Room (two series), 55 Degrees North, Casualty, The Alan Clarke Diaries, Reversals, Bertie and Elizabeth, Barbara, The Thing About Vince, The 10th Kingdom, A Christmas Carol, Miami 7, Bostock's Cup, Vanity Fair, The Grand, Blind Men, The Bill, The Student Prince, Dalziel and Pascoe, Next Of Kin, An Actor's Life for Me, The Paul Merton Show.
Film includes: Anton Chekov's The Duel, Room Service, King Jeff, Fred Claus, Boy A, Amazing Grace, Oliver Twist, Gosford Park, To Kill A King, Dark Blue World, The Tale Of The Rat That Wrote, Mr. Love.
Radio includes: Tickets Please, The Recall Man, The Tent, Strangers and Brothers, Jeeves and Wooster.
As Composer work includes: Werewolves the Dark Survivors (Discovery Channel), Macbeth (Downstage Theatre NZ).
Andrew Alexander
Training: Andrew trained at the Royal Academy of Music and read History at King's College London.
Theatre includes: Nanki-Poo in The Hot Mikado (Watermill Theatre); Prince Charming in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Sheffield Lyceum Theatre); Nigel in Salad Days (UK Tour); Beast in Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Royal Windsor) and Hotspur in Henry IV, Part I (Royal Academy).
Andrew is also a member of the recording group Teatro. Their eponymous album achieved gold status and numerous number 1 chart positions around the world and they had the honour of performing for and meeting Her Majesty the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance, alongside Bon Jovi and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. More recently they have performed in Hyde Park supporting José Carreras and for the UNICEF Stars of Europe concert in Brussels.
Katharine Bennett Fox
Katharine trained at Drama Studio London.
Theatre includes: THE SIX WIVES OF TIMOTHY LEARY (Riverside Studios); STAND BY YOUR VAN (The Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh); FOUR FOR JERICHO (The Junction, Cambridge); BRANDED (The Old Vic); TUESDAYS (Lowdown, The Albany); VICTOR'S LAMENT (The Hen and Chickens) and UBU ROI (The Courtyard Theatre).
James Hurn
Training: James trained at LAMDA.
Theatre credits include: Steve in Songs of Grace & Redemption (Theatre 503); New Voices (Old Vic); Pete in Three More Sleepless Nights directed by Sarah Wooley (Royal Court); Shakespeare in The Jocker directed by Dawn Walton (Southwark Playhouse); Bradley in Cadillac Ranch directed by Roxana Silbert (Soho Theatre); Dennis Wickstead in Habeas Corpus directed by Rupert Goold (Salisbury Playhouse); Paul in Clubbed Out, directed by Rufus Norris (Royal Court/Ambassadors' Theatre) and Saint Loup in A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu (The National).
Television credits include: Jacobson in Band of Brothers, directed by Tom Hanks for DreamWorks, Freddie in Planet Janet and Tom in The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries for BBC.
James has a gift for voices and impressions which he has showcased in The Slammer and Spoof! (BBC 1) and Blaired Vision (Channel 4). He voiced Sven in Sven: the Coach, the Cash and His Lovers (Channel 4) and has been a regular face and voice in Dead Ringers (BBC 2).
Radio/ audio credits include: Narrator for The Peakies trilogy (audio books).
James is also a Company Director for Liminal Theatre.