Cast

Matthew Devereaux

Bandmaster

Theatre: The Big Bopper The Buddy Holly Story (West End); ensemble Under Their Hats (National Tour); Sir Epicure Mammon Face (The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Macduff From a Jack to a King (National Tour); Joe Gloomy Sunday (Jermyn Street Theatre); Commander Harbison South Pacific (Sheffield Crucible); Lenny Bruce's father/ officer Dolan Lenny (West End); Dr Rance What The Butler Saw The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Kittteridge High Society (National Tour); Sarah the Cook Dick Whittington (Theatr Clwyd); General Kipper The Madness of George Dubya (West End); Enrique School for Wives (Nuffield Theatre Southampton); The Tin Man The Wizard of Oz (Nuffield Southampton); Louis Four Beats to the Bar (Nuffield Southampton); Noonan Song of Singapore (Bolton Octagon) The Captain Twelfth Night (Queen’s Theatre); Editor of the Spectator/ Dennis Shaw Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell (National Tour).

Television includes Max Crocodile Shoes (BBC); Mr Laverick Stuart a Life Backwards (BBC)and  The school inspector in Genie in the House (BBC). Matt has performed in numerous productions for the BBC Radio drama department. Matt has been regular compere at The Cockadoodledoo comedy club and over the years a frequent guest of Arthur Smith in An Evening with Arthur Smith at The Hackney Empire.



William Findley

Goldsmith

William was in the final group ever to graduate from the Webber Douglas Academy. Recent credits include BBC's Parents of the Band, directed by Dominic Brigstocke, A Trip to Scarborough written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, and Bedroom Farce directed by Nicky Henson at The Sheringham Little Theatre.
Other theatre credits include Over the Rainbow: The Eva Cassidy Story (Tour); The Philadelphia, The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry (Kings Head Theatre); Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger (Vienna's English Theatre); The Ballad of Blood and Darling (The Rose Theatre); Charley's Aunt (Wimbledon Studio); Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs (The Mill Studio)

Television includes Parents of the Band and The Omid Djalili Show Promo (BBC); A Foot in the Door (Anglia TV). Films include Diagnosis Superstar; The Web; Storm



Dominic Gerrard

Edgington

Dominic trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre credits include An Ideal Husband (Bill Kenwright Ltd); John Thorpe in Northanger Abbey (Salisbury Playhouse); Donalbain in Macbeth (Northcott Theatre); David Beeson in Man and Boy (Duchess Theatre); Anton Chekov in Chekov’s Leading Lady (English Chamber Theatre); Miguel in The Marquise (Bill Kenwright Prods); Ryan Kay in The Gift (Y Touring); Martin Dysart in Equus (Redgrave Theatre) and Gavroche in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre).

TV includes Eric in I Hate This House (BBC).



Richard Mark

Ensemble

Richard trained at Drama Studio London prior to which he read music at Bristol University.  Theatre includes: Jack Wilson in Rough Music (King's Head Theatre), Ernesto Roma in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Watford Palace Theatre), Amiens in As You Like It and Duke of Orleans in Henry V (British Shakespeare Company), Martin in The High Cost of Living (Theatre 503), the title role in Macbeth (Pleasance Theatre, London), and Angelo in Measure for Measure (Bridewell Theatre).  As an actor/musician Richard has worked for the Oxford Shakespeare Company on their production of Macbeth, at The Shaw Theatre, London on A Christmas Carol, and for the Globe Education Dept. on Old Fortunatus as part of the Read Not Dead season.



Sholto Morgan

Spike

Trained at LAMDA and University of East Anglia (Drama and Creative Writing).

Theatre Credits include Otto in Otto Klump; Duke of York in Richard II and Zamislov in Summerfolk (LAMDA); Traci in Four Nights’ In Knaresborough and Pandamoaniam (UEA).

This is Sholto’s professional debut.



David Morley

Kidgell

Recent credits include: Understudied and played Stewart in Pack Of Lies (UK Tour, Bill Kenwright Ltd), George Formby/Nellie Wallace in Wink The Other Eye (Wilton's MusicHall, London), Prime Minister in Under The Eagle (White Bear), King Peter in Leonce & Lena (Tabard Theatre), Priest in Oedipus (The Scoop),various characters in Subverse (Theatre 503), Ray in False Faced (Hampstead Theatre),Newsrevue (Canal Café Theatre), The Sitcom Trials (Edinburgh/Soho Theatre/ITV West), Announcer in The Odditorium (Celador TV pilot) and Guitarist in My Difficult Second Album (Radio 4).

David works as a voice artist and impressionist in animation, commercials and radio drama/comedy, and also records and releases music independently (myspace/morleyhale).

 



Matthew Rutherford

Ensemble

Matthew began working professionally 13 years ago in two seasons of rep with Riding Lights Theatre Company, culminating with a European tour of a different drum. Stage credits include The Inland Sea, Oxford Stage Company (Dir.Dominic Dromgoole), Jesus in The Passion, (Gatton Park Theatre). For Dale Theater Kompani: Karston Bernick in Pillars of Society; Johannes Rosmer in Rosmersholm and Krogstaad in A Doll's House (National Theatre, Ibsen festival - Oslo). Maduff in Macbeth (UK tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Lakeside Theatre, Hever Castle and Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, (New Players Theatre, West End). In the West End - The Buddy Holly Story (Strand Theatre). Sweeney Todd starring Jason Donovan (No1 tour, ATG); Merrily We Roll Along (Watermill Theatre, Newbury).

Film credits include Rider in Ridley Scott's Kingdom Of Heaven; Julius in Ambition; Lucas Devilliers in The Silent Fall (South Africa) and box office Filippino hit Caregiver, dir.Chito Rono. TV credits include Dr Jerard in Lynda La Plante’s Commander (ITV). Matthew was delighted to recently voice his first animated feature film, Lion Of Judah starring Michael Madsen and Ernest Borgnine.