Edinburgh Showcase 2008

NSDF / Spotlight
Edinburgh Showcase 2008
Saturday 23rd August 17.00 - 18.00
Dance Base (Venue 22)
14-16 Grassmarket
Edinburgh
NSDF and Spotlight are thrilled to present this showcase of the Edinburgh Festival’s most talented student actors.
Thank you for coming along!
Holly Kendrick, NSDF
Ben Seale, Spotlight
Richard Beecham, Showcase Director
If you would like to contact any of the performers you have seen tonight, please email [email protected] or call 020 7354 8070.
LAURA CORBETT
Laura has just finished a degree in English and Drama at Sussex University. Whilst there she performed in several productions including Wit, Stags and Hens, Memory of Water
and Moliere's The Hypochondriac (also Edinburgh Fringe 2006). Other credits include The Glass Menagerie, Death and the Maiden, and Two for Disenfranchised Theatre
Company; Oleanna for TuckedIn Productions; Love and Understanding for OtherPlace Productions and Chris Fittock’s Red for the 2008 Brighton Festival Fringe. She also took
part in the Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays (Dec 2007). Most recently she played Kath in an Ornate Johnson’s production of The October Revolutions, which will tour in
Autumn 2008. She is currently performing at the Pleasance Dome in Guy Incognito's The Straight Man.
NAME OF PIECE: Stevie from The Goat by Edward Albee
ELEANOR CLARKE
After gaining her LAMDA Acting Diploma, Eleanor recently graduated from Northumbria University with an honours degree in drama. Credits include: Sheila in Iron
(Northern Stage); Bessie Watty in The Corn is Green; Arabian Nights and an adaptation of Northanger Abbey. She appeared in the short film Runner and teaches dance and
drama in several theatre schools. Finalist BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship.
NAME OF PIECE: Denise in Hush by April De Angelis
JAMES REID
James recently graduated from Oxford University where he immersed himself in the drama scene. He has played various lead roles including Eddy in Steven Berkoff's
Greek and Elliot in Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur. At Oxford, he also acted the comic roles of Don Bazile in Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville and Vitoller in Stephen Briggs'
adaptation of Wyrd Sisters. He has also taken part in larger scale performances at the Oxford Playhouse, playing, for example, Tweedledum in Alice Through the Looking Glass.
He further acted in two student-produced films. As a member of the National Youth Theatre for the past 5 years, he gained experience in both a performing and a
technical capacity.
NAME OF PIECE: Elliot from Mercury Fur by Philip Ridley
HELEN GOALEN
Credits include Before We Remember (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008); Rachel in My Name is Rachel Corrie (University of Hull 2008); Strict Machine (NSDF 2008); Dorinda in
The Tempest or The Enchanted Isle (University of Hull 2008) and Helen in Under the Blue sky (University of Hull 2007).
NAME OF PIECE: Debbie in Love and Money by Dennis Kelly
JACK CHEDBURN
Jack is about to enter his third and final year as an undergraduate, reading English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He has performed in twelve productions in Oxford,
including: The Weir and Gloss (both BT studio); Abigail’s Party, Macbeth, Measure for Measure and Heartbreak House (all OFS studio); and The Duchess of Malfi (Oxford
Playhouse). He also co-wrote the play Roussos! which was performed at the BT in November 2007, and appeared in the OUDS Summer Tour production of Arcadia. He is a
writer and performer in the Oxford Revue, appearing regularly in shows throughout term time. He is currently performing in two productions at the Fringe: The Oxford
Revue: Bonfire of the Ottomans (Underbelly) and Little Shop of Horrors (C too). Outside of term time, he lives near Newcastle, and can see the seaside.
NAME OF PIECE: Guy Bennett in Another Country by Julian Mitchell
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ANNA WHEATLEY
Anna is currently a student at the University of Nottingham where she is studying Spanish and Portuguese. With the Nottingham New Theatre, Anna performed at NSDF 08
as Catherine in Proof, where she was presented with the Spotlight Award for Best Actress. This year she rejoins the team behind Proof in the Fringe production of The Bear
Who Paints at Pleasance Courtyard. Anna’s passion for the arts also extends to Musical Theatre, recently taking on challenging roles such as The Baker’s Wife in Sondheim’s
Into The Woods. As part of her degree Anna will spend the next year in Spain and Brazil where she hopes to continue acting.
NAME OF PIECE: Jane in ’Dentity Crisis by Christopher Durang
FELIX TRENCH
Felix was born and raised in Brussels. He is studying for a degree in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Felix' Brussels credits include Joey in Road, Rev. Hale in
The Crucible and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Since arriving in Edinburgh, he has been an active member of the student theatre company based at the Bedlam Theatre. His
student credits include Graham in Talking Heads, Sidney in Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular and Greg in Howard Brenton's Gum and Goo. This Fringe he is
appearing as the tiger in The Last Yak with the award-winning puppet company Pangolin's Teatime.
NAME OF PIECE: Dominic from Latin! or Tobacco and Boys by Stephen Fry
KATHERINE PRESS
Katherine trained at Elmhurst School for Dance and the Central School of Ballet, where she took part in performances at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London and Design for
Dance at the Cochrane Theatre, London, and toured with Ballet Central in 2005. She is now at the University of Cambridge where she has performed in Love's Labours Lost
and Lady Windermere's Fan as well as newly written works. At the Edinburgh Fringe 2008, she is performing in Debbie Tucker Green's Stoning Mary with the New Cambridge
Theatre Company at Underbelly.
NAME OF PIECE: Joan of Arc’s speech from Henry VI Part I Act III by William Shakespeare
PADDY LOUGHMAN
Paddy is a 22-year-old English Literature student at the University of Edinburgh, going into his fourth and final year of study. He performs regularly with the Edinburgh
University Theatre Company at the Bedlam theatre, with parts including Berowne (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Moon (The Real Inspector Hound), Block (The Trial) and Jim (Humble
Boy). With the rest of his time Paddy beat-boxes professionally, and has appeared in a few short films. This fringe Paddy performs with the award-winning puppet company
Pangolin’s Teatime in The Last Yak and Aeneas Faversham Forever. After university Paddy hopes to pursue a career in acting.
NAME OF PIECE: Keith in The Cosmonaut’s Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union by David Greig
CHARLIE BINNS
Since graduating recently Charlie has worked both in the UK and abroad, touring Italy. Recent theatre credits include: Various Short Cuts (Live Theatre), Josie in Iron
(Northern Stage), Lucinda in Bit of Respect (Operating Theatre) Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest (Palketto Stage) and Sylv in East (3 Male Theatre Company).
NAME OF PIECE: Fran in Bedtime Stories by Lesley Bruce
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ALASTAIR MAVOR
Alastair Mavor is 19 years old. He was born in London and won a Drama Scholarship to Tonbridge School aged 12. He subsequently performed in the following productions:
The Dumb Waiter (Gus), The Government Inspector (Governor), The Rivals (Faulkland), Teechers (Salty), A Servant to Two Masters (Florindo), The Visit (Mayor), Journey's End
(Stanhope), Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Opera (Prime Minister). He acted and co-directed in a sell-out production of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at last year's Edinburgh Fringe,
and is also a member of the NYT. He is currently appearing in a lead role in Boys of the Empire at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
NAME OF PIECE: Nicky from The Vortex by Noel Coward
CAMILLA HIGGINS
Camilla is a student at Edinburgh University reading Ancient History and Archaeology. She has taken part in many amateur productions from a very young age, attending both
StageCoach Theatre Arts and Youth Lyric (Belfast) with whom she performed in Teechers and A Midsummer Night's Dream. At University she has become involved both on and
off stage with its two theatre companies, Bedlam and Paradok. She has taken on various roles in a range of plays, from Woyczeck and Rhinoceros to comedy sketch shows. At
this year's Fringe she is performing in a student-devised play at the Forest Cafe, and stage-managed a production of Philotus at the Zoo Southside. After finishing her degree
she hopes to get onto an actor training course to further her vocational development.
NAME OF PIECE: Marie in Bold Girls by Rona Munro
RACHEL ADAMSON
Rachel studied Performing Arts at Sunderland University and San Diego State University, California. Recent theatre credits include: Kitty Farelly in A Man of No Importance,
Kate in Blasted (SDSU),Young Fay in Iron (Northern Stage/Live Theatre) and Valerie in The Weir (Live Theatre Showcase at The Royal Court). Rachel has played parts in
independent and student films. Finalist BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship.
NAME OF PIECE: Jill in Cooking with Elvis by Lee Hall
ROBIN STEWART
Originally from Norfolk, Robin is currently in his third year of a History and History of Art MA at the University of Edinburgh. Credits include, with the Edinburgh University
Theatre Company, Romeo & Juliet, Saved, Love's Labour's Lost,The Crucible, Marry Me A Little and The Cosmonauts Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet
Union, as well as five fringe productions including The Umbilical Project (2006), The Tempest (2007), Ritter Dene Voss (2007) and Company (2008), and three Edinburgh University
Footlights productions (42nd Street,West Side Story and Crazy For You). Robin is also the director of improvised comedy sketch group The Improverts. He trained at the Arts
Educational School, Tring.
NAME OF PIECE: Lance from Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
HELEN EMBLETON
Helen recently graduated from Birmingham School of Acting. Recent theatre credits include: Alice in Transgenia (Operating Theatre), Bethany in Pub Quiz (New Writing North),
Maggie in Saturday Matinee (Tyneside Cinema) and Fay in Iron (Northern Stage - Winner of Spotlight Best Actress Award at NSDF 2007).
NAME OF PIECE: Jean in Your Home on the West by Rod Wooden
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