Brother
Charlie Anson
Elegant Lady, Prostitute 2
Nina Bowden
Melancholy Detective, Police Chie, Policeman, Pimp
Martin Brown
Woman 2 , Prostitute 3
Emily Chapell
Prostitute 1, Woman 1
Kathryn Evans
1st Prison Officer, Old Man, 2nd Police Officer, Man 1
Jez Jameson
Sister
Frances MacMillan
Dancing prostitute
Loïs Parker-Smith
Girl
Ina Popova
Zucco’s Mother, Madam
Kate Prentice
Father, Detective, Man 3
Olivier Ward
Zucco
Michael Winawer
2nd Prison Officer, Fat-man, Man 2, 1st Police Officer
Sam Yates
Child
David Toweris or
Ollie Jebb
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BIOGRAPHIES
Michael Winawer - Zucco
michael.winawer@robertozucco.com
Michael is a first-year English student at Emmanuel. Credits include leads in Guys and Dolls, French Without Tears, Amadeus and an independent film of Sartre’s Huis Clos. Whilst at Cambridge he has starred in Edward Bond’s Restoration_and Emma Fresher’s play The Rivals. Other interests include fell-walking, klezmer and puppetry.
Ina Popova- Girl
ina.popova@robertozucco.com
Ina is a first year at Trinity who supposedly reads Law with French Law and wants to work for world peace when she grows up. So far she has kept her acting to a minimum with 3 plays behind her including the Dryden society’s Macbeth, Lysistrata with BATS and the sell-out 3 Short Plays at the Playroom._Ina stuffs the endless spare time at her disposal with travelling, amateur photography, and talking (in foreign languages and sometimes to other people). Once this play is over she is looking forward to whistleblowing Gerald’s warm-up techniques.
Charlie Anson- Brother
charlie.anson@robertozucco.com
Charlie has enjoyed bouncing back and forth from one end of the dramatic spectrum to another during his four years in Cambridge. In eleven shows, he has played everything from comedy roles in musicals to psychopaths in tragedies,_and after some recent Shakespearian comic lunacy in the Arts Theatre,_he is now returning to the dark side with this lost and abusive “brother”.
Nina Bowden- Elegant Lady and Prostitute 2
nina.bowden@robertozucco.com
Nina is in her first year at Christ’s studying French and Italian. In the past two terms she has performed in an ADC Production Eight Days to Srebrenica, CADS’ version of Look Back in Anger, Coriolanus and the Christ’s freshers’ play of Habeas Corpus. Pre-Cambridge roles include Lady Macbeth (MCS Oxford) and Juliet (Creation Theatre Company) as well as Thisbe in a rendition of Pyramus and Thisbe under starry skies in an enchanted garden in Cuba.
Martin Brown- Melancholy Detective, Chief, Police Man and Pimp martin.brown@robertozucco.com
Martin is a first year studying English at Fitzwilliam College. Previous roles have included Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role in Uncle Vanya and Lord Farlington in Archie’s Corking Adventure!, which ran at the Britten Opera Theatre in the West End. Since coming to Cambridge he has played D’Amico in Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Corpus Playroom, ‘killer’ in the short film, Curse, and Baptista in the Marlowe Society’s Taming of the Shrew at the Arts Theatre last term. He hopes to continue acting, marry a fat woman and learn to play the harmonica.
Emily Chappell- Mother, Prostitute 3 and Woman 2
emily.chappell@robertozucco.com
Emily reads English at Trinity and when not onstage, can be found propping up the UL and scouring her inadequate brain for witty remarks to put in cast biographies. She has previously appeared as Desiree in People-Annihilation, Nadia in Some Explicit Polaroids and Tamora in Titus Andronicus. She can next be seen as Clarion in Life Is A Dream (REDS Mayweek Show) and Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (touring to Vancouver in August).
Kathryn Evans- Prostitute 1 and Woman 1
kathryn.evans@robertozucco.com
Kathryn Evans has lived in Singapore for the past twelve years where she has been active in both amateur and semi-professional theatre circuits. Kathryn’s final role in the tropics achieved a long held acting goal, to wear a big puffy corseted dress whilst playing Madame de Merteuil in Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and sometimes just for fun too... Since arriving in Cambridge Kathryn has worked with the ADC on Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads as Lesley in Her Big Chance which was followed by a chance to get big, as the stuffed Muriel Wicksteed in CADS’ freshers’ play, Habeas Corpus.
Jez Jameson- 1st Prison Officer, 2nd Police Officer, Man 1 and Old Man
jez.jameson@robertozucco.com
Jez is studying Drama, English and Education at Homerton College. Past performances include Wanting to Laugh Best and Chekhov’s The Seagull which was also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. More recent roles include Gremio in Taming of The Shrew at the Arts Theatre.
Frances MacMillan- Sister
frances.macmillan@robertozucco.com
Frances is a first year English student at Clare College. She has previously been involved in a variety of productions in Cambridge including The Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus and Dr Faustus. Frances is very pleased to have the opportunity to step out of the Renaissance and try something completely different with Roberto Zucco.
Kate Prentice- Zucco’s Mother and Madam
kate.prentice@robertozucco.com
Kate is a first year English student at Emmanuel. She has so far acted on the Cambridge stage in The Rivals, Restoration, Three Sisters and Coriolanus (largely as old women in various degrees of senility.) During Zucco she has particularly enjoyed being thrown against a wall on a regular basis - an
interest she is hoping to pursue in the future.
Olivier Ward- Father, Man 3 and Detective
olivier.ward@robertozucco.com
Olivier is a first year studying English at Trinity College. While in Cambridge he has worked on Titus Andronicus, the Dryden Society’s version of Macbeth, a CADS’ production of The Trial and 3 Short Plays in the Playroom. Olivier is looking forward to the chance of playing multiple roles in Roberto Zucco.
Sam Yates- 2nd Prison Officer, 1st Police Officer, Fat Man and Man 1
sam.yates@robertozucco.com
Sam is studying English with Education Studies at Homerton College. His past experiences include playing Micky in The Blood Brothers, Jeremy in Alan Frank’s The Mother Tongue, Radajan in 8 Days to Srebenica (ADC) and Shark Boy Pepe in the recent production of West Side Story (CUMTS) at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. Sam is looking forward to playing Benvolio in the BATS May Week production of Romeo and Juliet.
Lois Parker-Smith- Dancing Prostitute
lois.parker-smith@robertozucco.com
Lois is a trained dancer and having jumped on board the Roberto Zucco crew a week before they open, she is delighted to be performing dance again. A second_year historian, Lois has appeared in many Cambridge shows, including_two ADC Footlights pantomimes, Copacabana and she wrote Dinner_at Marguerite’s, a comedy play performed at the ADC last term. She has every intention of pursuing a career in the theatre when she leaves university,_as long as her mother approves. Otherwise she will be a dancing lawyer with a swimming_pool and caffeine addiction. Either way, she’ll be happy.
Ollie Jebb- Child
ollie.jebb@robertozucco.com
As a member of the Whizzkids Theatre Company Ollie has amassed an impressive_amount of experience ranging from playing the Mouse in Cambridge_Drama Centre’s recent production of Alice in Wonderland to the ‘Walford Kid’ in the TV serial Eastenders. When offstage Ollie has a particular_interest in watching and reviewing a variety of films.
David Toweris- Child
david.toweris@robertozucco.com
Perhaps David’s career highlight to date was playing the Young Macduff opposite Sean Bean in a recent production of Macbeth. As the second member of the Whizzkids Theatre Company in the cast David has featured in a number of plays ranging from The Merchant of Venice to Alice in Wonderland. However David still finds time to play cricket and the cello in his spare time.
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