Cast

Role - Actor

Miss Mackensie - Judy Cornwell
Simona - Sally Farmiloe-Neville
Darius - Steve Smith
Nicky - Polly Banwell
Milton - Aidan Stephenson

Judy Cornwell (Keeping Up Appearances)

Judy was born in London in 1940 and educated in England and Australia. Most fondly remembered as the long-suffering sister of Hyacinth Bucket, Daisy, in five series of the hugely popular BBC series Keeping Up Appearances, Judy actually began her theatrical career as a dancer and singer in pantomime, revue / vaudeville, cabaret and musicals. From there, Judy changed course and secured roles as juvenile leads and juvenile characters in theatre repertory companies, which soon lead to exciting TV work and leading roles in theatre productions. Throughout her career Judy has embraced a broad spectrum of media: stage work, TV, radio and films both for cinema and television, including Santa Claus The Movie (Mrs Claus), Moody And Pegg (Daphne Pegg/ITV), Eastenders (Queenie/BBC), Doctors (BBC), Midsomer Murders (ITV) and Richard Attenborough's movie Cry Freedom. Additionally, in recent years, Judy has lectured on the cruise ship QE2, has written four novels: Cow And Cow Parsley, Fishcakes At The Ritz, The Seventh Sunrise, Fear & Favour; and her autobiography, Adventures of a Jelly Baby.

Sally Farmiloe-Neville (Howards' Way)

Sally began her career as a fashion and advertising model to finance her training in the performing arts independently. Her theatre credits include Miss Gotobed in Dirty Linen (Arts Theatre / lead), Naomi in Bonkers (National Tour / lead), Mrs Barker in A Bit Between The Teeth (National Tour) and Evelyn in Absent Friends (National Tour). Sally's first TV role was Vicki in the iconic Steptoe And Son and she has appeared in numerous 'tellies', the most popular being Bergerac and Casualty for the BBC and The Bill and Funny Man for ITV. She is best known for playing Dawn Williams, 'The Scheming Bitch' for 3 years in the BBC's Howards' Way. Her many film parts include Lady Evelyn in In Search Of Tutankhamen (Fox), Francesca in Spanish Fly (Columbia Tri-Star), Mrs A in Hell To Pay (Miramax) and Margot in Dear Rosie (Film Four). Sally is also an accomplished presenter and author. She is Senior Presenter for W6 Studio and B Well TV and has just launched Kazzy And Sally TV with producer/director R. KAZ. Her latest best-selling book, Sensual Pleasures And The Art Of Morphing Into A Health Goddess has been praised as "the ultimate health and beauty directory" (NICKY CLARKE). Sally is a member of MENSA.

Steve Smith

Steve has worked regularly on both film and stage for the past five years. His film credits include: The Abyss, by Norwegian artist Knut Asdam to be exhibited at the Tate Modern later this year; The Spell, a recently released horror film; Badinage, award winning director Oliver Harrison's debut feature; and The Cats, recently shown at the Raindance film festival. His most recent stage productions include Chasing The Moment alongside writer/actor Jack Shepherd at the Arcola Theatre, as well as various touring productions. Steve trained at the Guildford School of Acting.

Polly Banwell

Polly studied drama at The University of Hull, and then went on to complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Acting from ALRA. Most recently she played the role of Julia in Me and My Friend at the Pentameters Theatre in Hampstead. Other roles include; Adriana in A Comedy of Errors and Mrs Crachet in A Christmas Carol (Oddsocks Productions), Egle in The Trial of Marie Antoinette (Once Theatre), Yerma in Lorca's Yerma (Horseshoe Theatre Company) and Denise in Raving Beauties (Bruce James Productions). She has toured extenisvely across the UK and Europe and has worked as an actor and a director for The English Theatre Company based in Barcelona. She is also a keen cellist and plays for the poetry group Speaker Sleeper. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Aidan Stephenson

Aidan Stephenson's theatre credits include; Arab Israeli Cookbook [Pavillion Dome Brighton], Government Inspector (Nightingale), La Boheme (White rock Hastings), Dog beneath the skin (Hawth), Santa Maybe (Three and Ten) Lose the Plot (Brighton festival) Smallwood (Marlborough). TV and Film include Heathrow Heist (BBC1), Alien Day (Film 4), Dummy (Format Films), Tenacity (Parkes Productions).

Understudies

Sara Dee (Simona/Miss Mackensie)

With a front credit on her first feature Chasing Dreams, a year of national press & TV attention when working at Pinewood with Sir Norman Wisdom, a role opposite Ray Winstone at The Royal Court Theatre and a private jet whisking Sara off to celebrate her lead role in her Cannes debut film, Café D' Paris, Sara Dee got used to the responsibility of high-end productions early in her career. An award nominated performance as a powerful Dominatrix in the play Satisfaction Guaranteed (Talk Of London/Tristan Bates) led to many main roles on the London fringe, including Diana in Absent Friends (Tabard), Deborah in The Song Of Deborah, Ava Bree in End Of The Night (White Bear) and as 'Kristina Linde' in a production of The Doll's House (Rosemary Branch) that was selected for the Ibsen festival in Norway. Sara's TV debut was playing 'The Broadcaster' in the Channel Five feature Jim's Gift. On ITV she played the ruthless journalist 'Margaret Rawlins' in Lynda La Plante's The Commander, and was chosen by director Andy Wilson to play 'Lady Hysteria' in his opulent BBC feature Riot At The Rite. An interesting role in Jim Groom's theatrically released movie Room 36 and a plethora of starring roles in many short films followed including Martin Pavey's highly acclaimed thriller Flash Back, which provoked BAFTA luminaries to suggest Sara as a candidate for the 'Rising Star Award'. The film also marked her Hollywood debut screening. Sara appears in the award-winning feature She Should Have Gone To The Moon and her voice is featured on the first scene of the latest Raindance winner Down Terrace. Sara has recently stepped back into her Dominatrix persona to play Boss 'Gabrihel' in Johan Kruger's cleverly sinister Zombie Office, distributed on the Horror Vault 3 DVD.

Andrew David (Darius/Milton)

Andrew completed a 3 year BA in English and Drama at The University of Bristol before going on to complete a 2 year MA at The Drama Centre London. During the period between his degree and masters Andrew moved to Spain and worked for an English touring theatre company called 'Moving ON!' and completed an eight month tour with the show 'Trans European Express' in which he played the lead role of Harry. His other Theatre credits include: Prince Reinero and Male Understudy, Madness in Valencia, Trafalgar Studios 2. For The Wickham Theatre - Jerry, The Zoo Story; Fatman, Roberto Zucco; Fortinbras and Rosencrantz, The Marowitz Hamlet; Ricky Roma, Glengarry Glen Ross. Lucifer and Valdes, Dr.Faustus, The Winston Theatre; The Gentleman, Madness in Valencia, The White Bear Theatre.

Rosie Houlton (Nicky)

Rosie trained at The London School of Musical Theatre. Her theatre credits include, Lead Vocalist in An Evening of Jazz (The Picturedrome), Jo in Wake Up!! (The Cock Tavern Theatre), Lead Vocalist in One Night Only - An Evening of Musical Theatre! (Milton Keynes Theatre), Carly in Little Girl Lies (European Tour), Carmel Lenze in The Lights and Sounds of Tinsel Town (UK Tour), Ayla in Fabula The Musical (Cochrane Theatre), and Jess in the musical A Long Way From Home (The Stables). Rosie has sung for the Royal Family and alongside artists such as Cliff Richard and Gabrielle at the charity performance Reach out for Africa, (The Royal Albert Hall).