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ROBIN COUSINS
Chicago


Robin Cousins will be playing the role of Billy Flynn in "Chicago" at The Garrick Theatre from July 17th 2012 until September 8th 2012. Set in prohibition-era Chicago, "Chicago" features music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Chicago is the story of female criminals, based on the 1926 play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins.


BONNIE LANGFORD
Spamalot


Bonnie is performing in the  UK Tour of "SPAMALOT" playing the "Lady of the Lake" until the end of May 2012.


LEILA BIRCH
The Second City


Leila will be performing in a fantastic sketch comedy show "The Half Hour Power Hour" at The Second City Hollywood, on 10th and 17th of April.  Having graduated from the conservatory program at The Second City - the legendary comedy theatre and training ground for a host of famous alumni including Mike Myers, John Belushi and John Candy through to Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey, Leila has been performing in improv shows across LA, and has contributed several sketches for the current show.

MICHAEL HOWE
A Tale Of Two Cities


Michael will be playing the leading role of Sidney Carton in "A Tale of Two Cities" directed by Paul Nicholas at The Charing Cross Theatre from 5th April-12th May.  Based on the much-loved Dickens story, this new musical version has music by multi-platinum award-winner David Pomeranz and book by Emmy winner Steven David Horwick and David Soames. The production also stars Jonathan Ansell as Charles Darney.


BETHAN CULLINANE
The Rest is Silence


From 2nd May Bethan will be playing Ophelia in "The Rest Is Silence: A Meditation on Hamlet", co-commissioned by the RSC, LIFT and the Brighton Festival.  Playing in Brighton, at the Riverside Studios and at the Newcastle Playhouse as part of the RSC season, this is an ambitious textual and visual deconstruction of Hamlet, interweaving live performance with live and recorded film.


 


CARY CRANKSON 
Paines Plough - Wasted


Cary is playing the role of Ted in Paines Plough's production of "Wasted", a new play by Kate Tempest directed by James Grieve. A co-production between Paines Plough, The Birmingham Rep and The Roundhouse in association with NSDF and Latitude, "Wasted" will tour the UK from mid-March and will spend two weeks at The Roundhouse in Camden.


KATE SOMERSET HOW 
Grease


New client Kate Somerset How is currently playing the role of Rizzo in the NO:1 UK tour of "Grease" produced by David Ian and Paul Nicholas


WILL KEITH
A Chorus Line


Will Keith will soon be travelling to Singapore to reprise the role of Greg in "A Chorus Line" directed by Baayork Lee and Bob Avian for TML Enterprises. The show will be on a the Marina Bay Sands Theater, Singapore throughout May.


 

MAXWELL KNIGHT
Doctors


New client Maxwell will be filming a guest lead across two episodes of "Doctors" playing the role of Jason "Donut" Ford. Maxwell graduates this summer from The Birmingham School of Acting.


CLARE THOMAS 
Young Dracula - Season 4


Clare will be coming in from New York to play the lead role of Ingrid in the 4th series of CBBC’s very popular show,“Young Dracula”, filming in the Spring/Summer of 2012


LISA GEORGE - REGULAR 


Coronation Street


Lisa is a regular cast member of  “Coronation Street” playing the role of Beth, who we saw last year as the date from hell opposite Simon Gregson as Steve MacDonald, who is now back and working in "Underworld" where she is set to create havoc for both Steve and anyone who gets in her way!


XAVIER LAURENT 
Rush


Xavier is about to film the role of a French F1 racing driver in Ron Howard's latest feature "Rush" currrently filming here in the UK. The film, scripted by Peter Morgan, centres on the famous rivalry during the 1970s between Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) and Britain's James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth).


JOE MONTANA 
The Numbers Station


Joe recently completed filming opposite John Cusack for "The Numbers Station", a new feature film for Matador Pictures directed by Kaspar Barfoed.


 

JULIAN WOOLFORD
Best New Song Nomination 


Julian Woolford and Richard John's song 'Smallville Colorado' from their new musical 'Comrade Rockstar' had been nominated for the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Award and will be sung by Matt Corner at the Sondheim Student Singer of the Year competition at the Queens Theatre on the 27 May. 'Comrade Rockstar' tells the true story of the strange life and death of  Dean Reed, an American singer who became one of the highest selling singers in the world when he found fame behind the Iron Curtain.

RICHARD PINNER ILLUSION CONSULTANT
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe


Richard is currently working with director Rupert Gould and designer Chris Randall on 360's Production of "The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe" for Kensington Gardens this summer, following on from last year's smash hit "Peter Pan". Richard recently consulted and created the magic for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on their productions of "Dr Faustus" & "The Mysteries", Birmingham Rep's production of "Travesties" and The RSC on their production of "Measure for Measure".


BARNEY ASHWORTH
MD Grease 


Barney is currently the Musical Director for the UK Tour of "Grease The Musical" until January 2013. He has just returned from working in China as Assistant Musical Director on "Spiral" with Musical Supervisor Mike Dixon and Emmy award winning DIrector Gale Edwards. Spiral is a new musical and this spectacular show has a cast of 45 members including 20 specialist Acrobats, pyrotechnics, lasers and underwater sequences. 


 

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