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COUNTRY FEEDBACK
by Kenneth Emson
Kenneth Emson
Writer
Kenneth Emson has taken
part in the Young Writers
Programme, invitation and
Supergroup at the royal
Court. He wrote Enduring
Voices for The 24 Hour Plays:
Old Vic New Voices (The
Old Vic) in 2008 and his
play Sonderkommando was
selected for the 2009 US/
UK Exchange. His work has
been produced at Latitude,
Hotbed, Pulse and Hotink
(US) Festivals as well as many
fringe venues in London. He
is the current recipient of
the Off West End ‘Adopt a
Playwright’ Award and has
just completed a commission
for Eastern Angles which
toured community venues in
Peterborough.
Stef O’Driscoll
Director
Stef O’Driscoll studied Drama
at St mary’s University.
Her directing credits include
the award winning Yard Gal;
Our Own Little Piece of Shit
Paradise; There is Nothing
There and Sarajevo Marlboro
Retold (Oval House Theatre);
No Longer I: Old Vic New
Voices (Public Theatre, New
York); The 24 Hour Plays:
Old Vic New Voices (The
Old Vic); When Women
Wee (Etcetera Theatre). Her
assistant directing credits
include Blasted (Lyric Theatre,
Hammersmith). Stef is one of
the Artistic Directors of inner
City Theatre, Sketchbook and
Dirty Stop Out Productions.
Lucy Oliver-Harrison
Producer
Lucy is freelance and Producer
for Cheap Seats, tangled feet
and Black and White rainbow
theatre companies. She is
also an Associate Producer for
nabokov. Producing credits
include Remote Control
(resolution! at The Place);
Plain Jane (royal Exchange
Theatre, manchester); Cyrano
de Bergerac (White Bear
Theatre); The 24 Hour Plays:
Old Vic New Voices (The Old
Vic); Some Stories (Blacks
Club, Soho and Temple Works,
Leeds); never enough to live in
the now (Hampstead Theatre);
The Day that Shook the
Nation (Liverpool Everyman);
Skyscraper (Public Theater,
New York, Old Vic New
Voices); The Office the Opera
(Proud Galleries and Comic
relief 2009).
Nicholas Banks Leah Brotherhead Orlando James David mumeni Brennan reece
Nicholas Banks
Actor
Nicholas trained at The
Guildhall School of music
and Drama (Grad 09).
Theatre credits include:
PUNK ROCK (2009 Lyric
Theatre Hammersmith, The
royal Exchange, manchester
and 2010 National Tour);
Two Shakespearean Actors;
Macbeth; Lord of the Flies;
Uncle Vanya; The Fall of
Lucifer; Julius Caesar (dir
richard Twyman) and The 24
Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices
(The Old Vic, 2010). Film
includes: Imaginary Numbers
(Lead); L is for Love (Lead); Pi
Man (dir John Bock). radio:
Picnic at Hanging Rock BBC
radio 4 (Lead)
Leah Brotherhead
Actor
Leah trained at East 15 Acting
School. Winner of the Carleton
Hobbs Award 2010, her radio
work includes I, Claudius (BBC
radio 4); The Big Sleep (BBC
radio 4); Danton’s Death
(BBC radio 4) and countless
other radio productions. Her
theatre work includes The 24
Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices
(The Old Vic); The House Of
Bernarda Alba (Tristan Bates
Theatre); Eye/Balls (Soho
Theatre); The Children’s Hour
(Littlewood Studio) and a
rehearsed reading - Single Sex
(The Print room)
Orlando James
Actor
Orlando James trained at the
Drama Centre London. He
was a winner of the Laurence
Olivier Bursary Award 2008,
and of The Carlton Hobbs
BBC radio Award 2009.
Theatre includes: Hamlet
(murau Castle, Austria);
Vivien (Theatre 503); Sense
(Southwark Playhouse); Sam
Wanamaker Festival (The
Globe), The 24 Hour Plays: Old
Vic New Voices (The Old Vic,
2010), Macbeth (Cheek By
Jowl international Tour). radio
includes: Slaughter House Five
(BBC radio 3), Ruminations
Upon Mortality (BBC radio
4), Chain Gang (Series for BBC
radio 7). Macbeth is to tour
to Cambridge, Hong Kong,
Budapest, and New York in
2011.
David Mumeni
Actor
David trained at Drama Centre.
His theatre work includes Tits/
Teeth (Soho Theatre); The 24
Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices
(The Old Vic); Studio66 (Old
red Lion); La Strada (ENO);
Stardust (Unicorn Theatre);
Victory Street (Soho).
Television work includes
Whitechapel II (iTV).
Brennan Reece
Actor
Brennan trained at
Birmingham School of Acting.
His recent theatre credits
include; The 24 Hour Plays:
Old Vic New Voices (The Old
Vic); Quadrophenia (National
Tour); Spring Awakening (Lyric
Hammersmith - Workshop);
The Boy With The Thorn In
His Side (Contact Theatre,
manchester). Television &
Film credits include: SoulBoy
(molinaire); The School (BBC);
Heartbeat (iTV). Brennan
also performs stand up
comedy on the UK circuit and
recently won manchester New
Comedian of the Year 2010.
For further info please e-mail
ovnv@oldvictheatre.com