DYSSING MONADYS 2009
Alexandra Carey (director, On My Own) studied at Durham University and trained at Mountview. She has directed a wide variety of shows including The Madness of George III, The Last Five Years, Anything Goes, Christopher Shinn’s Dying City and a national tour of The Tempest. This summer she directed Conor McPherson’sThis Lime Tree Bower at the Cockpit Theatre and is currently working on a version of Mick Gordon’s On Religion. Alex has worked extensively with disabled young performers at The Orpheus Centre and is passionate about the potential of the performing arts to change lives.
N. Werenowska (writer, On My Own) Bio coming soon.
Christopher Thacker (actor, On My Own) trained at CSSD, graduating in 2009. While at Central, he starred in a number of films: Harry; Taming Retold/Malcom; Macbeth Retold/Mr Smith; The Interview. His previous stage performances include: Billy (Alter Ego)/Policeman/Psychiatrist in Five Kinds Of Silence, Antipholus Of Ephesus in The Comedy Of Errors and Merriman in The Importance Of Being Earnest at The Crescent Theatre.
Emma Drysdale (actor, On My Own) has just recently graduated from Central School of Speech & Drama, after doing a BA Hons in Acting. Whilst training she filmed a pilot with Endemol, a corporate video for CIBA Lenses, attended a workshop with the RSC, and took part in shows such as, The Love of the Nightingale and Jerry Springer the Opera. Emma is happy to kick-start her career with msft!
A. Morrisroe (writer, Seconds) is a dyslexic writer from Manchester. Due to irreconcilable differences, she suffered an acrimonious split from school at fourteen, after which she went on to sell the Socialist Worker, work in the charity sector, raise a child, fall in love with theatre, and give up caffeine, binge drinking, and religion to finally discover where her true happiness hang outs. Alex believes creativity is a natural, innate, human drive that everyone has a right to express and should do so regardless of disability, age, gender, race, religion, or socio-economic factors. She believes all aspects of self and experience contributes towards the depth of an artist’s work and offers relevance to their vision.
Alison Brown (director, Seconds) Bio coming soon.
Laura Harling (actress, Seconds) Laura has returned to her acting career after a Fine Art degree and going on to train at Drama Studio London. At the age of 8 she took on her first role at the Hampstead Theatre in Morning and Eveningalongside, Alex Kingston and Helen Baxendale. Since then her credits as a young actress were prodominantly in TV and Film including ‘Young Jane’ in LWT’s 1997 version of Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, Robert Altman’s Gosford Parkand more recently Silent Witness. Laura is delighted to be a part of Seconds, gaining more experience in theatre. Laura will next appear at The Scoop for a 24 hour Shakespeare Marathon at the end of this month, taking on 6 plays, please come and keep her awake!
D. Christopher (writer, The Wisdom Den) Bio coming soon.
Tom Latter (director, The Wisdom Den) Bio coming soon.
Lennie Varvarides (writer, Awk–Word) “Coming from a visual art and theatre background, my stories are often mixed up and the styles are quite confused. Once upon a time, this was frustrating. But now, I love the inconsistency of my own imagination. My mantra, ‘nothing happens until you push,’ pretty much sums me up. I do theatre stuff because its the only thing I know how to do with out getting bored or tired, and I create these lucid worlds because they are often more wonderful then the routine of my day job. I don’t like rules, and after spending a few years living and working in New York City–writing, directing and producing my own work–I realised that I don’t need to follow anyone elses. The old saying, ‘build it and they will come’ motivated me to set up missfit Productions, with the help of some very good mates. I like people, so email me if you have an idea or want to partner up on a project.”
Awk-Word Parents expectations are like invisible monsters constantly influencing our decisions, without contemplation our choices. Well, that is what it is like for Sal and Raz, our two Muslin love birds who are desperate to do what is expected. That is until Alex comes along to shake things up a bit. But the other women is never to blame, it’s always the man’s fault when he makes his own mistakes, so why should the women forgive him?
Chryssanthi Kouri (director, Awk–Word) is a director, writer and actor. Coming from a media arts background she has worked in numerous TV / film productions in London and Athens and has written and directed short films and music videos. In 2005 she went on to train as an actor at Mountview gaining an MA in Performance. She has since been working as an actor and director in theatre and film. Her new found love is the travel documentary as she likes nothing more than being on the road with a movie camera. Having recently travelled and filmed in South America, her next stop is the Route 66 in the U.S.A. For more info and a look to some of her work go to:http://www.youtube.com/user/WomanMakeFilms, andwww.chryssanthikouri.com.
Babita Pohoomull (actress, Awk–Word) Bio coming soon.
Rajan Sharma (actor, Awk-Word) Awk-Word marks Rajan’s professional stage debut, having recently graduated from the MA Acting course at Arts Educational Schools London. Stage roles at drama school included Luka (The Bear), Banquo (Macbeth), and Tom French (The Secret Rapture), and a short film role as Ray (Some Voices).
Special Thanks: Adult Dyslexia Organisation, Microlink, Friendship School, Horse
DYSSING MONADYS ran every Monday and Wednesday from October-November 2009 at Horse.
