PERFORMERS’ BIOS
Year of the Flood – Manchester Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Adam One: Kevin Harvey
Kevin was Olivier-nominated for his role in Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Liverpool Everyman and Hampstead). His many other theatre credits include: Tartuffe (Liverpool Everyman and Rose Theatre Kingston) and Dr. Faustus (Bristol Old Vic). He is currently rehearsing Wig Out! for The Royal Court Theatre. Kevin also has a wide range of film and television credits including Everybody Loves Sunshine (Channel Four Films) and The Golden Collar (BBC).
Toby: Samatha Giles
Samantha is probably best known for the role of Bernice in Emmerdale, which she played for almost four years. Since leaving Emmerdale in 2002 she played Sally in three series of Where The Heart Is, as well as numerous theatre roles including Belinda in Seasons Greetings at the Liverpool Playhouse theatre, and Helen in the nationwide tour of A Taste of Honey.
Ren: Samantha Siddall
Samantha is a Stockport born actress and is probably most remembered for her role as Mandy Maguire in the award winning Channel 4 drama Shameless. Since graduating from Salford University in 2003, Samantha has had a number of television roles including Cutting It, Bodies, Jane Eyre, Casualty and Holby City.
Singers: Members from Manchester Lesbian & Gay Chorus, Ordsall Acapella Singers and Blackburn Community Choir
Director: Polly Thomas
Polly works as a freelance director and producer in radio and theatre. She has worked as an in-house BBC Radio Drama producer for ten years. She won Sony Bronze in 2001 with Coming Down the Mountain by Mark Haddon. She is co-founder and co-director of the international media and performance company Thomas Carter Projects, and has directed new work for West Yorkshire Playhouse, at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford and at Blue, the Royal Exchange Theatre new work season.
Musical Director: Jeff Borradaile
Jeff is the Musical Director of several community choirs in the North West including the medal-winning Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus and Blackburn Community Choir. He is well accomplished in enthusiastically getting the best from his singers.
Manchester:
Director: Polly Thomas
Musical Director: Jeff Borradaile
Producer: Cathy Bolton /Jon Atkin
Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Adam One: Kevin Harvey
Toby: Samantha Giles
Ren: Samantha Sidall
Choir: members of Manchester Lesbian & Gay Chorus and Blackburn Community Choir
London:
Director: Irina Brown Producer: Rosa Bosch/Fiona McMorrough
Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Ren: Lucy Briggs-Owen Lucy only graduated from the Drama Centre London in 2007 but has already made waves in the theatre world, playing Cressida in Declan Donellan’s impressive production of Troilus and Cressida at the Barbican, and receiving rave reviews for her performance as Sybil in Noel Coward’s Private Lives at the Hampstead Theatre. Other credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, The Pains of Youth and Don Juan Comes Back From the War.
Adam One: Roger Lloyd Pack Born in London in 1944, Roger Lloyd Pack is perhaps best known for playing the roles of Trigger in Only Fools and Horses and Owen Nevill in The Vicar of Dibley, but his career has also spanned stage and feature film, including the popular comedy stage-show ART, and the big screen adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He trained at RADA.
Toby: Diana Quick The first female president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, Diana went on to build a successful acting career. Best known for her role as Julia in the television production of Brideshead Revisited, she has also appeared in Minder, Inspector Morse and Dalziel and Pascoe, with film credits which include Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Big Sleep (1978) and Saving Grace (2000). She was feted as one of the most beautiful and talented actresses of her generation.
Director: Irina Brown Irina’s work spans the experimental and the popular, classical drama and new writing, opera and musicals. She was Artistic Director of Tron Theatre (Glasgow). She has directed at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and the West End. Her productions include The Vagina Monologues (West End, London), Further than the Furthest Thing (Royal National Theatre) and most recently The Importance of Being Earnest (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park).
“...there’s plenty of music in Irina Brown’s production: choral singing and choreographed movement are liberally deployed to evoke the wider communal setting of the drama, and the hypnotic, throaty folk chants are often dazzling.”
- Time Out 2007, review of Jenufa
Producer: Rosa Bosch Currently based in London, Rosa Bosch is an independent producer with B&W films. Her film credits include Lost in La Manchaand and The Buena Vista Social Club. She has worked with artists such as Orchestra Baobab, Toumani Diabate and Bjork.
Designer: Louis Price A graduate of St Martin’s School of Art, Louis has designed sets for many professional theatres including The Gate, The Criterion and Wyndhams Theatre. He has also collaborated with November Films on several short films and music videos, as well as a feature length documentary ‘Beyond Biba, a portrait of Barbara Hulanicki’, which received its premiere at the V&A.
Singers: The Pink Singers The Pink Singers is a London-based lesbian and gay choir whose mission is to produce exciting and diverse performances for the general public and in support of local and national community organisations. They currently have 80 singing members and celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2008. Their repertoire is diverse and eclectic and caters for all musical tastes - from Verdi to Abba and from Broadway to madrigals.
Composer, Acoustic Guitar and Vocals : Orville Stoeber
Organ player: Malcolm Hicks
Drums: Javier Camilo and Ginarte Cossio
Light design: Tim Mascall
Cardiff:
Msical Director: Richard West
Technical Director: Paul Elkington
Producer: Sophie Lording
Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Adam One: Kristoffer Huball
Toby: Diana Quick
Ren: Jesse Ingham
Choir: The Flood Singers
Bath:
Director: Robert P. Jones
Producer: Hugh Topping
Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Adam One: Paul Mohan
Toby: Suzi Davies
Ren: Saskia Portway
Choir: Various
Lighting and design: Hugh Topping
Stalls: Local Apple Juice producer, Thoughtful Bread Company
Ely:
Director: Robert P. Jones
Producer: Hugh Topping
Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Adam One: Julian Sedgwick
Toby: Liz Parker
Ren: Katy Lewis
Choir: Various
Lighting and design: Hugh Topping
Music Director: Peter North
Bristol:
Director: Simon Cook
Producer: Andrew Kelly/ Suzanne Rolt
Cast
Narrator: Margaret Atwood
Adam One: Simon Cook
Toby: Suzannah Hampton
Ren: Ros Steele
Choir: The Barefoot Collective, a group of local singers led by Gasworks
Choir director: Ali Orbaum,
Lighting and design: St Georges
