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EYES TO THE WIND
Performer - Samuel Curry
Samuel is a graduate from Jesus College, Cambridge. He
started acting at university and toured around Europe
and Japan in The Merchant of Venice and Two Gentlemen
of Verona, respectively. Professional theatre and TV
credits include: Jamie in The D-List (Underbelly, Edinburgh
Fringe) Brutus in Julius Caesar (Network Theatre), Hamnet
in Cesario (National Theatre); Laertes in Hamlet (ADC
Theatre); The Monster in Frankenstein (Lion and Unicorn
Theatre); Henry in The King and Queen of the Universe
(Edinburgh Fringe) and Gus in Arcadia (Bridewell Theatre). Samuel has appeared on television for
the BBC as Romeo in their Shakespeare 400 series. On film he will appear in The Pursuit of
Normality, due for release in 2017.
Writer - David Hendon
David is a broadcaster and journalist best known for commentating on professional snooker for
Eurosport. His plays include The Bench, From Me to 3792, Red or Blue and Unfriended. In 2016,
his play The D-List, a comedy about modern celebrity, was staged at the Edinburgh festival fringe.
Eyes to the Wind was a finalist in the Kenneth Branagh award for new drama writing in Windsor
in October 2016. His script The Name on the Bench has been selected for Tribute, a new drama
podcast launching in early 2017
Director - Hannah Banister
Directing credits include: This is Art (Riff), I Killed Rasputin (Edinburgh), Gardening for the Unfulfilled
and Alienated (Edinburgh/Latitude; 2013 Fringe first winner), Crimble (Old Red Lion), Trapp
(Old Vic), Best Man (Little Pieces of Gold, Southwark Playhouse).
Associate directing credits include: The Angry Brigade (Paines Plough), The Tempest (Shakespeare’s
Globe), Longing (Hampstead Theatre), Step in Time (24 Hour Celebrity Musicals Gala/The
Old Vic), Jumpy (Royal Court/West End), The Stock Da’Wa (Hampstead Theatre). Hannah was a
finalist for the JMK Award 2014.