Character Actor Biography
Jeffrey Bernard Kevin Colson

Having established a successful career in TV and theatre in his native Australia, Kevin came to London in 1965 and took the role of Robert Browning in the world premiere of Robert & Elizabeth (Lyric) followed by Cabaret (Palace) with Judi Dench. His films include Khartoum, Star, Nightwatch, Hope Machine, Trapped In Space and Brushstroke.

Television series include Man At The Top, Spytrap, First Among Equals, The Woman He Loved, Poor Little Rich Girl, Executive Stress, Crossroads, Law Of The Land, Police Rescue and Dance To The Music Of Time.

Plays include The Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, A Thousand Crowns, Who's afraid Of Virginia Woolfe, After The Fall, Eccentricities Of A Nightingale, Sleuth and The Destiny Of Me.

Musicals include originating roles in the world premiere productions of Queenie (Comedy), Two Cities (Palace), Follies (European Premiere), Chess (Prince Edward), Aspects Of Love (London Prince Of Wales, Broadway Tony Nomination, Australia Variety Club Award), Sunset Boulevard (Sydmonton Festival), Children Of Eden (Prince Edward), Maddie (Lyric), Bronte (Redgrave) and Jekyll (Churchill). Kevin recently played Daddy Warbucks in Annie (Victoria Palace and national tour) and appeared in the Cardiff International Festival in Babes in Arms and Jubilee. Lately Kevin has been involved in developmental workshops of five new musicals which he hopes will one day be seen in the West End.

Various Characters Peter Harding

Theatre includes President Roosevelt in Annie (Victoria Palace and national tour), Arthur Miller in I Accept My Life, Seth Lord in The Philadelphia Story and Thomas Putnam in The Crucible (Royal Exchange Manchester), Ted Dallow in Brighton Rock (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Richard Duke of York in Henty VI Part III (London Shakespeare Workout Pentonville Gaol), Titus Andronicus in Titus Andronicus, Ray Say in The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (Octagon Theatre, Bolton), Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, Roberto Miranda in Death And The Maiden (Northcott Exeter), Tom McKenzie in The Seven Year Itch (Playhouse Watford) and Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees (Bridewell).

Television includes New Tricks, Kings Of The Ghetto, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Bergerac, Peak Practice, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, In suspicious Circumstances, Unsolved Mysteries, Wycliffe, Casualty, Holby City and Jack the Ripper in Lulu (All The World's a Stage).

Film includes Wilde, Beautiful People, Young Soul Rebels, Killing Time and Nikolai.

Radio includes The Devil's Province, A Vital Flaw, Other People and Lieutenant Brannigan / Narrator in Guys And Dolls.

Various Characters Susan Harriet

Susan recently graduated with distinction from the postgraduate musical theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music. While she was there her roles included Mrs Sullen in The Beaux Stratagem and Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Theatre credits include Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Annie in Shadowless (Bridewell), Millamant in The Way Of The World (Pentameters) and Gwendolyn in The Importance Of Being Earnest (Upstairs at the Gatehouse).

At the Richmond theatre and on tour Susan played Lucy in The Threepenny Opera (The Opera Group.) In South Africa Tuptim in The King and I, Collette in La Cage Aux Folles, Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (State Theatre South Africa).

In addition to her performing, Susan is also a producer. Her first production, Alan Ayckbourn's How The Other Half Loves, played Upstairs at the Gatehouse, prior to a tour of the Middle East. Subsequent productions include the UK premiere of the Neil Simon's London Suite, and Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking, which also toured with great success.

Various Characters Carola Stewart Carola trained at the Webber Douglas Academy and made her debut in Look Back In Anger (Derby Playhouse). West End credits include Strippers (Phoenix), When Did You Last See Your Trousers?(Garrick), Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell with Peter O'Toole (Old Vic), Stepping Out (Albery). Other London Credits include Florence Lancaster in The Vortex (King's Head), Aristophanes' Wealth (Croydon Warehouse), Frannie Brewer in Anniversary Suite (Finborough), A Clockwork Orange for John Godber (Man In The Moon) and last year The Cherry Orchard (Wimbledon) followed by Venom (Soho Theatre).

Rep Work includes Mrs Prentice in What The Butler Saw (Portsmouth New Theatre Royal), Party To Divorce (Leatherhead), Olivia in Twelfth Night (Leicester), Time And Time Again (Derby), Steaming (Hornchurch), Cabaret (Theatre Clywd), Alice In Wonderland (Birmingham Rep), Me And My Girl (Eastbourne), Romaine Vole in Witness For The Prosecution (Swansea).

National tours include Godspell for Cameron Mackintosh, Buffy in Strippers, Berkoff's Greek, You Must Be The Husband with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Wife Begins At Forty opposite David Roper. On the Isle of Man she played in Seaside Romp with Jack Douglas and Mollie Sugden.

Carola created the role of Ishmael in Moby Dick The Musical and has sung in cabaret with Fascinating Aida at the Dorchester.

Television includes Wedekind's Lulu for BBC2 with Peter Harding, Comedy Wavelength opposite Josie Lawrence, Grange Hill and most recently Monica Lewinsky's agent in Airtime!

Various Characters
Mark Underwood Theatre includes: Bertram in London Suite (UK Premiere and tour of Gulf), Caulfield in Funeral Games (Pentameters), The Secret Arch, Catesby in Richard III, Le Chavalier Danceny in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Nikolai in Platonov (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), The Hunting Of The Snark, Kip's War, The Caretaker, Follow the Man from Cooks and Animal Farm (Leicester Haymarket), Jesus Christ in Bad Omens (Edinburgh and London), Terry in Matchstalk Man (Bedlam Theatre Edinburgh), Romeo in Romeo & Juliet and The Unicorn (Venue 49 Edinburgh Festival).

Film & Television includes The Hippy Guy and Mime Artist in Welcome to Ibiza for Alpha Beta International. Lip Service and Section Six (YMCA Surrey Film Institute), and The Collective for Channel 4.

Mark has also written several stage plays and film scripts.

Alexander Holt

DIRECTOR

Alex has worked in both the UK and South Africa in Theatre, Television and Film. Directing credits include: Most recently the UK premiere of Neil Simon's London Suite starring Christopher Cazenove, Matchstalk Man at the Bedlam Theatre Edinburgh, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Chorus of Disapproval, How the Other Half Loves, The Secret Arch, Cowardy Custard, The Wordsmith's Lament and Relatively Speaking all Upstairs at the Gatehouse London, Funeral Games and The Way of the World at the Pentameters London, A Midsummer Nights Dream as an open air production in Johannesburg, and last year's production of Ultimate Islands first at Famous Grouse House and subsequent transfer to Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh which received a fringe first nomination. Also transferred How The Other Half Loves, Relatively Speaking and London Suite to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi for a limited tours this year with producer Susie Harriet.

He has worked as assistant to Royal Shakespeare Company director John Barton in New York on a new film version of Playing Shakespeare for PBS. Last year he worked as Production Designer on the location Feature film Welcome to Ibiza for Alpha Beta International and this year as Production Designer on the sci-fi thriller Parasite for Fearnort Films and Rebellion 2000AD. Recently he completed a documentary The Show Must Go On with Sensation Pictures for PACT which has just been aired in the Houses of Parliament. Alex is currently working as an associate producer on two feature films for London and Bulgaria. He has produced over 25 productions for Tenth Planet Productions and designed over 20 since graduating from Mountview in July 1997. He has also worked extensively both here and abroad as an actor.

Katy Tuxford

DESIGNER

Katy studied Theatre Design at Nottingham Trent University. While there she designed Macbeth in conjunction with Nottingham Playhouse. After graduating Katy worked at The Mill at Sonning Theatre, designing Outside Edge, Sylvia's Wedding and Relatively Speaking. Freelance work comprises of Ruffian on the Stair and Funeral Games (Pentameters Theatre), Eclipsed (Riverside Studios) and work with Streets Alive Theatre Company in London and Ghana. Seven shows for Stagedoor Manor New York including Playing For Time, Merrily We Roll Along, 42nd Street and The Boyfriend. Other designs include Sweet Charity (Watford Palace Theatre) and Molly Malone (Riverside).

Katy has designed six shows for Upstairs at the Gatehouse including London Suite, The Wordsmith's Lament, Daydream Believer, A Slice Of Saturday Night, How The Other Half Loves, Duck Variations and Squirrels.

Film work includes Production Designer on Parasite (Fearnort Films), design assistant on The Forthsyte Saga (Granada TV) and currently for the BBC on a variety of projects including The Saturday Show and Paradise Heights.