The Broken Biscuit Theatre Co-op
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Ingrid Schiller plays Hedda Gabler Ingrid has just completed her training at The City Lit. After several years of imitating characters on her Granny's couch, she joined a children's theatre club in Dresden, Germany. She deepened her love for acting on several stages in Dresden, including the Saxon State Theare's Youth Theatre. Her credits include several film roles as well as Mia in Above And Below The Clouds, Hunger/Iris in Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphosis" at The John Lyon Theatre, and most recently Alice in "Amore The Merrier" at The Cockpit. | |
| Hugo Grispo plays George Tesman Hugo completed the Foundation and Drama Access course at the City Lit, during which he appeared in various short productions during his training. Notably he was one of the lead actors in the UpOverDownUnder Short Film festival, which was short-listed and came second at the 2002 UpOverDownUnder short film festival at Red Lion Square, Holborn. Having previously trained at the London Centre for Theatre Studies, this is Hugo's first full stage production. Hugo is also one of the founding members of Broken Biscuit productions. Roles whilst training include: Bob in This Happy Breed, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Judge Brack in Hedda Gabler (condensed), Soranzo in 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. |
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Stephane Middleton plays Judge Brack Stephane studied at the City Literary Institute in London and graduated from their Advanced Performance Diploma course in 2007. Theatre credits include various characters from "Here Comes A Chopper", Alan in "Sweetness Follows", Creon in "Antigone", the devised piece "The Weird And The Wonderful" and he recently recieved critical acclaim for his portrayal of The Station Master in "Journey Song". Stephane has appeared in the City Lit Rep Company productions of "Whose Life is it Anyway" as Kershaw, "Macbeth" as Macduff and "Wild Honey" as Colonel Triletsky. He has just finished filming his first short film "Oakwood". He has been trained by the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC) in 'rapier and dagger', 'unarmed' and 'knife fighting' techniques. | |
| Russell Parke plays Eilert Lovborg Russell attended the CCE at Sussex University, studying Creative Writing, before moving to London where he attended courses in Drama at the City Lit. He is currently busying himself with a multitude of writing projects both dramatic and prose whilst pursuing a career in acting. The roles he has performed during training have been: Rimbaud in Total Eclipse, Giovanni in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Andrey in Three Sisters, Ajax in Ajax and Orestes in Electra. He is one of the founder members of the Broken Biscuit Co-op. This is his debut in a full stage production. |
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Shaheena Dax plays Thea Elvsted. Shaheena completed the Access Drama course at the Citylit this year. She also trained as a competitive Ice Skater for 10 years and was part of the rock group Rachel Stamp for 7 years and performed in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. She has done some modelling and has been in various music videos and short films. Credits include: Hermia in Midsummer night's dream, Ariel in The Tempest, April/Silva/Barbara Pitts/Zubaida Ula/Rulon Stacey in The Laramie Project (2008). | |
| Jean Apps plays Julia Tesman Jean trained for three years at the City Lit, graduating with their Advance Diploma. Her stage credits include Mamy in '8 Women', Mrs. Justice Millhouse in 'Whose Life is it Anyway?', Mrs. Mi Tzu in 'The Good Person of Sechuan' and a gala performance for Age Concern in Bristol. Jean has also acted in three short films for the internet and recorded a short story, 'Desiree's Baby', which can be heard on the Peopletalk website. In October 2007 she appeared as Aunt Julia in a production of Hedda Gabler at the Colourhouse Theatre, Wimbledon. Jean has kindly stepped in a few weeks before the performance to replace Elizabeth Webster who unfortunately had to step down. |
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Eugenia Low plays Berta Eugenia has attended various courses in acting and stage combat (BASSC) at the City Lit and Stratford Circus. To date, most of her acting has been accompanied by weapons, but she has since come to accept that the role of Berta simply cannot be played with a sword in hand... Roles while training include: Jessica in 'Burning Cars' (Matt Hartley), Caitlin Bree in 'Clerks' (Kevin Smith) and Antigone in 'Antigone' (Jean Anouilh). This is Eugenia's first foray into a full stage production and she has very much enjoyed being a founder member of The Broken Biscuit Co-op | |
| Directed by Marysia Kay Marysia trained at The City Lit. In her youth she was involved with Opera West and Ayrshire Voices and over ten years performed in numerous shows including Eugene Onegin, The Magic Flute, Guys & Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance and Orpheus in the Underworld. She has played Prospero in The Tempest, Olivia in Samadhi and Betty Northrup in Babalon since moving to London. She also works in film and television, roles include feature films Forest of the Damned, When Evil Calls, Colour From The Dark, Blood + Roses and Tiny Town. Roles while training include: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Hedda in Hedda Gabler, Annabella in Tis Pity She's A Whore and Vi Gibbons in This Happy Breed. This is Marysia's theatre debut as a director. She founded Broken Biscuit in 2007 and is greatly looking forward to Liz directing the next project. |
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