Between them our associates have many professional credits, for example:
• West-end and Regional Theatre
• BBC, ITV, Cable & International TV channels
• TV and general release Films
• Corporate and Training Videos
• TV commercials, CD presentations and E-learning voice-over
• Business Acting and Medical Role Play
• Languages, Accents, Character Voices
• Movement and Choreography
• Conference Presentations
• Production and Direction
• Music Composition and Arrangements
• Music Performance
• Design of Programmes, Productions and Training Events
Madeleine Forrester
Drama Associate
Madeleine trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in drama and modern dance. She also trained as a teacher, has worked in promotion and marketing, and is currently working for the BBC.
Credits include:
Stage:
Travels with My Aunt; Spark in Judea; Hayfever; Lark Rise to Candleford; Pericles; Jew of Malta; Tale of Two Cities; Midnight Folk; Revenger's Tragedy; Alice
Choreography for:
London Contemporary Dance Group; Cambridge Contemporary Dance Group; Arts Theatre Cambridge; Combined Actors of Cambridge;
for shows such as:
Hunchback of Notre Dame; Titus Andronicus; Pericles; Alice Through the Looking Glass; Gingerbread Man; Midnight Folk
Media/Voicework:
BBC Radio Two Broadcasts; Video Training Packages; CD Rom Character Voices; E-learning packages; Narrations; Audio Prospectii
Role Play:
Character roles to support organisational training and development programmes.
Conferences:
Organiser, Presenter, and Workshop Leader.
Madeleine is a founder member of ‘Perfect Company’
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Suzanne Ahmet
Drama Associate
Following a Drama Degree at UEA Suzanne completed her drama training with a two year Acting Diploma at Webber Douglas.
She has appeared in productions in London, abroad, and toured the UK.
She is an experienced role player, particularly in the medical field.
Sue has skills in:
• puppetry
• mask
• dance and music, including:
• Salsa (high standard), Flamenco, Bellydance
• Piano playing
• a strong 2.5 octave singing voice
• stage combat, including a Fencing (BAF 3 Star) award
• animal movement
• accents: Native RP & London, Standard American, New York (Standard & Jewish)
Lancashire, West country, Pakistani, Turkish and Nigerian.
Suzanne’s business experience includes as PA and secretary to various London companies; in the Sales and Marketing Department of English Heritage as Co-ordinator liaising with various heritage sites; and is currently a Co-operative Agent to professional actors, based in London.
Lindsey McAuley
Drama Associate
Lindsey is a professional Business and Educational role-player whose client groups are wide ranging. She arranges and appears at corporate events in murder mysteries, meet and greets and tailor-made theatre pieces.
For seven years, Lindsey was an enabler with Libra – an integrated drama group for adults with learning disabilities.
Lindsey’s acting and singing career spans over 30 years and has seen her perform in films and educational videos as well as musicals, comedy, high drama and cabarets on stage. And an extra in a pop video!
Stage Credits include:
Teechers, Agnes of God, Hay Fever, The Madness of George III, The Ghost Train, The Happiest Days of your Life, Fiddler on the Roof, The Importance of Being Earnest
Videos/Films include:
Final year videos for Arts and Media students, Good and Bad Consultations, Explanation and Planning, Consultancy Skills for Disability and Prejudice
Recently Lindsey wrote her first one act play – Brittle Women - which went on to win the Best New Play award and nominations for Best Actress and Best Stage Presentation at the Cambridge Drama Festival.
Julie Kinsella
Drama Associate
Julie is an accomplished actress, with many voice-over, role-play, stage and TV credits to her name, including roles in:
TV:
Hollyoaks, Innocent Party, Bergerac, Children's Ward, Kinsey, and New Statesman
Stage:
The Journeys of John Smith, Limbo, The Imitation Game, The Importance Of Being Earnest, Room To Let Apply Within
Voice Over/Commercials:
Salsa lady for Nescafe; several BBC & ITV documentaries
She has many Accents & Dialects, such as:
American-Standard, Australian, Belfast, Birmingham, Cockney, French, Irish-Northern, Irish-Southern, Italian, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Northern*, RP, Scotland-Standard, Somerset, Welsh-Standard, West Country, Yorkshire.
James Doran
Drama Associate
James is an accomplished actor with many TV, Film and West-End Stage credits to his name, such as roles in:
Stage:
Henry and Harriet; Tinderbox; The Country Boy; Secret Diary of Adrian Mole; The Weir; Macbeth; Of Mice and Men
TV:
In Cold Blood;Pulling Moves; Rebel Heart; Branwen; Waterfront Beat; Trail Of Guilt
Film:
Fifty Dead Men Walking; The Boys and Girl From County Clare; Divorcing Jack; Mickeybo & Me; Sean; Father Bradley; Nothing Personal
He is also a frequent role play actor supporting organisational training and development programmes.
Alan Orme
Drama Associate
Alan’s career as a professional actor has taken him from being Father Christmas on BBC Radio Humberside to an international theatre tour.
Following a brief foray into television, Alan moved into directing and producing, running two successful small theatre companies performing for children and communities.
Here he discovered his abilities as a manager and artistic leader.
Alan then became Theatre Officer with the Arts Council in the East of England.
During this time he honed his leadership skills and undertook critical management training to support his role as advisor and assessor of subsidised theatre and small scale theatre companies. He worked with local authorities, national funding agencies, and commercial arts organisations before embarking on a freelance career as an arts and education consultant.
He is an accomplished Business Actor, undertaking character roles in support of organisational training and development programmes.
Alan is currently managing Extended Schools provision for a consortium of schools in South Cambridge.
Paul Philpott
Drama Associate
Paul has a degree from the Open University and trained as an actor at Mountview Theatre School (where he won the scholarship prize two years running and took major roles in the school's tour of the USA), making his professional debut as a member of The Bristol Old Vic Company.
After about 2 years in touring and rep he took up teaching, but continued to act with leading semi-professional and amateur companies in both London and Cambridge.
Over the years Paul has played many stage roles in many different theatres, and directed a number of shows.
When he retired from teaching he developed role play skills focusing on the medical field particularly, now totalling well over a hundred different role simulations as patients or relatives of patients.
Jacqueline Kasket
Drama Associate
Jacqui is Principal Lecturer, HRM, at Middlesex University Business School, presenting and lecturing to large numbers of students on a daily basis.
One of her specialisms is the use of hats and masks in management development.
Using these techniques, for many years she led Open University courses in Creative Management.
Her role with Theatre Matters draws on her significant experience as a drama adjudicator for the Drama Board, officiating at many drama festivals in the South of England.
She has acted in performance on stage in London, most recently in leading roles in Pantomime, and is an accomplished roleplayer.
Suha al-Khayyat
Drama Associate
Suha trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Over the years she had worked as an actress and director in television and theatre. Suha also works as a voice over artist and role-player.
At present Suha spends much of her time in her new role of Artistic director for Little Fish Theatre Company in London where she predominantly directs theatre and runs multi arts projects with young offenders and young people.
Suha’s role-play experience is extensive. She has spent several years working in the medical field, with vets, lawyers and in other business settings. She has a wide range of skills in both role-playing and facilitating. Suha has played mutiple roles and is particularly versatile in improvisation situations.
As well as live role-play Suha has taken part in numerous training videos.
Rex Walford
Drama & Music Associate
Rex has a Master's degree from the School of Speech at Northwestern University, Evanston, one of America's leading musical theatre schools, and has directed over one hundred plays and musicals.
He is a member of Council of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, having previously been Chairman, and is still actively involved as a festival adjudicator.
Together with Gabrielle Bell he has recorded a series of CDs of songs from the British musical theatre, and Rex and Gabrielle frequently perform together in workshops and cabaret.
He was
formerly Head of Cambridge University's Department of Education.
Evelyn Nallen
Music Associate
Evelyn is a leading international musician.
Playing Recorders, she made her BBC debut at the age of nine, and her remarkable skills span early, baroque and contemporary music.
She has had works written for her by David Bedford, Carl Rütti and Roxanna Panufnik, and has given concerts all over the world.
Evelyn has played at the Wigmore Hall many times, the South Bank Centre in London, the Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall, on BBC TV and radio and in the USA, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
"Evelyn Nallen 'pushes the supposed technical and timbral limitations of the instrument to spine-tingling extremes, with noises that conjure up both birdsong and wing-fluttering. She can swing, and she can play a simple tune sweetly, with little embellishment."
[ John Walters, The Guardian]
Evelyn is chair of the European Teachers Association, UK, and is a mentor on the Certificate of Teaching Course for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
She is currently collaborating with the composer David Gordon on new repertoire for the Music Medal Scheme of the ABRSM, and is now regularly appearing with Eddie Hession (accordion) in the duo "Recordion".
Ian Favell
Music & Technical Associate
Ian trained at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and later Trinity College London.
Although he is our Principal Trainer and Facilitator, and our Music Teamleader, he has significant theatre and media experience, and is an accomplished role player.
He has written and directed pantomimes (book and music), directed stage plays, written a series of case studies for role play activities, composed and arranged music for many stage shows, and been Music Director for a number of productions in the Bedford and Cambridge areas.
After 22 years as a senior manager in BBC Radio Networks, he has maintained his technical abilities by providing theatre sound design and operations for a range of productions.
He is a key member of Perfect Company.
Malcolm Crisp
Drama Associate
Malcolm has been active in the Cambridge drama scene since the mid 70’s directing and acting in a wide range of productions.
More recently he has furthered his singing activities, and since 2003 has been an active member of the Cambridge Chord Company, an international award winning close harmony group, where he has travelled extensively performing in concerts and in competitions.
His most recent production was for Theatre Matters, as a member of the Company for "Cafe Cabaret Tonight" in early 2009.
Martin Woodruff
Drama Associate
Martin has performed at the Edinburgh Festival and has been active in Cambridge drama now for 25 years, playing lead roles in many productions, varying from William Shakespeare to Alan Bennett, Oscar Wilde to Bram Stoker.
Martin is a solicitor specialising in company/commercial law, practising in Bishop’s Stortford.
Stage credits include leading roles in:
• THE BROWNING VERSION/HARLEQUINADE
• DOCTOR FAUSTUS
• SPARK IN JUDEA
• SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME
• THE MAN BORN TO BE KING
• KATHERINE HOWARD
• A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
• THE CRUCIBLE
• MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
• THE PRICE
• TWELVE ANGRY MEN
• QUARTERMAINE‘S TERMS
• TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
• HABEAS CORPUS
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
• ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
• TERRA NOVA
• THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
• DRACULA.
His most recent roles have been for Theatre Matters in November 2008 in a production commissioned by the BBC and the Imperial War Museum to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, and in early 2009 in "Cafe Cabaret Tonight".
Beverley Dean
Drama Associate
Beverley is an accomplished actress, with many voice-over, role-play, stage and TV credits to her name, including roles in:
TV/Film:
BBC Inside Out: Edith Cavell - Part of Edith Cavell
BBC Bookmark: Elizabeth Bowen- Part of Anna Quayle
BBC Harry Enfield's - The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
BBC Eskimo Day - Traffic Warden
Theatre:
Shirley Valentine - Mumford Theatre, Cambridge
Pack of Lies - (Barabara) Theatre Royal, Margate
Talking Heads - (Bed Among the Lentils) Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs and Mumford Theatre Cambridge
Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) - Sue Ryder Gardens, Ely
Annie (Miss Hannigan) - Bodyworks Performing Arts
Radio:
Fen Market (Vicky) - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Corporate/Commercials:
Greene King Training Video; Benecol Nationwide Ad; Lex Autocentres Training Video; BT Customer Service Video
Beverley is also an accomplished role play actor for the Medical Profession, Vets, Child Protection and for business.
Christopher Strauli
Drama Associate
Christopher Strauli left RADA in 1969 with the Spotlight award for best actor and has since enjoyed a wealth of experience in film, television, voice work and theatre
(including a number of West End roles).
For the past few years he has concentrated on role-play - working predominantly in the medical field as simulated patients, and at development centres for managers.
Christopher has his own website that contains full details of his career, at www.strauli.co.uk
Gabrielle Bell
Music Associate
Gabrielle read Music and Education at Cambridge and spent some years teaching before gaining her diploma in 'Voice' from Trinity College, London.
She subsequently moved to a career undertaking stage and concert performances, and individual tuition of students in vocal music.
She has played leading roles in many stage musicals and has appeared in concert at the Theatre Museum, London and at many East Anglian venues.
Guy Holmes
Drama Associate
Guy's drama career has included performances at numerous venues throughout East Anglia, London, Edinburgh and at the Minack theatre in Cornwall.
He has appeared in around 40 productions and has a further 150 music hall performances to his credit.
He has written, performed and directed a number of revues and has also appeared in musicals and light opera.
After qualifying for a degree in Laser Physics, Guy spent several years researching laser materials processing before moving into commerce.
He now heads a photonics distribution company based outside Cambridge.
Stage credits include leading parts in:
MACBETH, HAY FEVER, THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, AN IDEAL HUSBAND, THE GHOST TRAIN,
TREASURE ISLAND, DICKENS' CHILDREN, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, DOCTOR FAUSTUS, PYGMALION, DAVID COPPERFIELD,
VALENTINE'S NIGHT, DICK BARTON - SPECIAL AGENT, PACK OF LIES, PASS THE BUTLER, THE ODYSSEY, AMADEUS,
HABEAS CORPUS, NOISES OFF, LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD, ON THE RAZZLE, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, and FOUR NIGHTS IN KNARESBOROUGH.
Eddie Hession
Music Associate
Eddie is a leading accordion player. As well as concert and theatre performances he has performed on many film tracks including:
• Lord of the Rings
• Chocolat
• Mickey Blue Eyes
• Evita
• Shrek
• Shall We Dance?(2004 version with Jennifer Lopez & Richard Gere)
• Gosford Park
• Shipping News
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (where he also makes a screen appearance).
He has also worked with a long list of stars, from
The Three Tenors, to Westlife, including:
• The Corrs
• Chris Rea
• Ronan Keating
• George Martin
• Ute Lemper
• Andrea Bocelli
• Bill Wyman
• Lesley Garret
• Russell Watson.
He has performed with leading orchestras, including the LSO, LPO, RPO, Philharmonia, CBSO, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and ENO.
Eddie is currently appearing with Evelyn Nallen (recorders) in the duo "Recordion", and he has recently featured in BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, and on the latest Wallace and Grommit.
Mandy Jeffrey
Drama Associate
A lifelong performer, Mandy has been an active member of the Cambridge drama scene for over 18 years, including performances at the Arts Theatre.
She continues to perform in such diverse contexts as Management Development programmes, school assemblies, church services and as part of Cambridge University’s Continuing Education Programme.
Her most recent stage role was as Mrs Malaprop in Combined Actors outdoor production of ‘The Rivals’ at Anstey Hall last summer,
and as a member of the Company for Theatre Matters "Cafe Cabaret Tonight" in early 2009.
