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THE CAST

Alexander Andreou

Socrates

Alexander Andreou’s acting career has included diverse parts, from Islamist hate preacher (The Black Album, National Theatre) to Gypsy King (The Wolfman, Paramount) and New York docker (A View from the Bridge, Manchester Royal Exchange); from Othello (Othello, Pacific Playhouse) to Caiaphas (Jesus Christ Superstar, Ljubljana Festival) to Queen Margaret (Princess Ivona, Waterloo Tunnels). He made his directing debut with Mamet’s Boston Marriage for Sturdy Beggars. He writes regularly for the New Statesman, the Guardian and Radio 4. After a career in law, Alex trained at The Poor School and has taught and directed there.

Paul Hutton

Strepsiades

Paul trained at Laine Theatre Arts. Theatre credits include: King Kevin in Sleeping Beauty (The Castle Theatre, Wellingbourgh), Freddie in Mack & Mabel (Southwark Playhouse), Durdles in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Landor Theatre & Arts Theatre), Herr Flick in ’Allo ‘Allo (Swan Theatre), Flat Top in Starlight Express (Apollo Victoria), Mark in Rent (Swan Theatre), Huntsman in Giselle (Royal Opera House), Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Malvern Theatre), Bill Snibson in Me and My Girl (Swan Theatre), Bobby Child in Crazy for You (Malvern Theatres), Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Spires Theatre), Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain (Malvern Theatres), Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors (Norbury Theatre), Slim/Fusspot in Sleeping Beauty (Roses Theatre), Freckles in Puss in Boots (Swan Theatre), Archie Goose in Mother Goose (Swan Theatre), Smelly in Dick Whittington (Roses Theatre), Wishee Washee in Aladdin (Swan Theatre) and Buttons in Cinderella (Swan Theatre). Television credits include: Bob Says Opportunity Knocks (BBC TV), Noah’s Ark (Carlton TV) and The Royal Variety Performance (ITV). Choreography credits include: Aladdin, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Dick Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose, Beauty and the Beast (Roses Theatre), Hot Mikado, Sweet Charity, Damn Yankees (Swan Theatre).

Jack Montgomery

Phidippides

Jack is 21 years old and comes from Birmingham. His theatre credits include: Beauty & the Beast (Birmingham Hippodrome), Peter Pan and Brassed Off (Birmingham Rep). He appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium) and was in the original cast of both Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre) and The Sound of Music (London Palladium). He also appeared in the title role in the Qdos production of Peter Pan at Wolverhampton’s Grande Theatre. His film credits include Ridley Scott’s Tristan & Isolde and The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. TV credits include: Primeval (ITV), Doctors and Torchwood (Young Captain Jack) for the BBC. Recently, he has been touring Germany with The International Magic Tenors, an eight-part vocal group performing a crossover of classical, swing, pop and rock numbers.

Riana Athanasiou

Chorus

Riana trained at AMDA, New York. Theatre credits include: Fairy Godmother/Mother in Sleeping Beauty Awakes, Queen/Witch/Narrator in Immortal Water (Cyprus National Theatre, THOC). Opera credits include: Dido and Aeneas, Marcellina in Le Nozze Di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Cyprus Opera Organization). Musical theatre credits include: Nancy in Oliver! (Diastasis Productions), Mary in Mary Poppins, Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Morfi Productions). She has also appeared in several concerts in venues such as Herod Atticus Theatre, Lyrical Stage (Athens), The Kremlin Theatre (Moscow) and Palais de Congrès (Paris).

Lucyelle Cliffe

Chorus

Lucyelle trained at The London School of Musical Theatre. Theatre credits include: Hot Mikado (Landor Theatre), Sound of Music (Bahrain International Theatre), Thing About Men (Landor Thetare), Songs for a New World (Rose Theatre), Winter Wonderland (Hyde Park), Plague and Piramania (Edinburgh Festival & Upstairs at The Gatehouse), Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi (Union Theatre), Bacchus in Rehab (Etcetera Theatre), Crazy for You (London Palladium), Newsrevue (Canal Café Theatre), Rasputin Rocks! (Kenton Theatre), Sleeping Beauty (Oakengates Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Comedy of Errors (British Touring Shakespeare Company), and Sleeping Beauty (Oakengates Theatre). Lucyelle is also a member of the West End Gospel choir.

Rahil Liapopoulou

Chorus

Rahil is a graduate of Veaki Drama School (Greece), Stella Adler Studio of Acting (N.Y.) and Birmingham School of Acting (UK). Before moving to England she was working for the National Theatre of Northern Greece. In England she performed in plays by O. Wilde, A. Radcliffe and G. Eliot among others. In 2012 her French novel adaptation The Devil in Love was staged at the Courtyard Theatre. She also works in film and was offered the part of Alexandra in the only Greek feature film with M. Scorsese as the Executive Producer, The Brides. Rahil has just returned from Athens where she performed a monologue-play based on the historical/religious figure Kassia (featured on National Television). She recently started a collaboration with Transmission Workshop where she teaches Greek Drama and open theatre performance for professional actors.