Greyscale's Theatre Brothel

Sean cites performing in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme as a truly memorable experience, due to an audience of both Unionist and Sinn Fein members sitting side by side. Sean’s performance in Stones In His Pockets earned the production a West End and Broadway transfer, alongside an Evening Standard Best Actor nomination, as well as Tony and Olivier Award Best Actor nominations.

Theatre includes: Death and the Maiden; Othello (Salisbury Playhouse); Gambling (Soho Theatre); Lulu (Gate Theatre); Berlin-Hanover Express (Hampstead Theatre); The Quare Fella (Tricycle Theatre); Blackwater Angel (Finborough Theatre); Mayhem (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester).

Television includes: Eastenders; Holby City; Fair City; Raw.

Film includes: Timbuktu; Borgia; Goldfish Memory.

John has worked extensively in theatre, notably for the RSC in Merchant of Venice; The Taming of The Shrew and The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes, as well as a wealth of work including The Ruffian On The Stair; Shake V Shave and The Tinker’s Wedding at the Orange Tree Theatre. John appears frequently on television, in popular dramas including Taggart, Birds of A Feather and The Bill.

Theatre includes: The Playboy Of The Western World (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Juno and Paycock; The Plough and The Stars (West End).

Television includes: Murder Rooms; Lorna Doone; Berkeley Square; To Play The King; You, Me and Marley; Armando Iannucci Shows; A Wing And A Prayer; Sharman.

Radio includes: Translations; Words and Music.

Inua is a word & graphic artist currently residing in London, merging visual art with the written word. Inua’s first full length piece, The 14th Tale, was awarded a Fringe First by the Scotsman at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His second show Untitled premiered at Soho Theatre and then toured in autumn 2010. Inua is currently developing Knight Watch: SouthS’tory, which is produced by Fuel and commissioned by the Albany. Find out more at phaze05.com

Alongside acting, Sandy has also worked as a director on Hidden (Vanishing Point) and an assistant director on École de Maître 2010. Sandy has written several plays, including Rhetoric; Tonight ¬__ __ Will Lecture, Dance and Box; Oresteia; Subway and Little Otik.

Theatre includes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Headlong); The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo (RSC); My Arm; A Prayer (Greyscale); Monsters (Arcola / Strawberry Vale); James And The Giant Peach; Charlotte’s Web (Citizens Theatre).

Film includes: Night People; Brighten Up.

Radio includes: Down Boy; Dunsinane; Between Two Worlds; The Royal Game; My Romantic History; The Incomplete Work of Dave Mccabe; Mcleavy: A Bolt From The Blue; Blaze; Vanishing Point; The Charming Mr Kharms; Something Understood; The Confessions of A Justified Sinner.

Susan is co-founder of Pin the Tale. She trained at East 15 after graduating from a degree in Law (University of Warwick). She is associate performer of physical theatre ensemble Tangled Feet. Susan speaks Japanese, German and English.

Theatre includes: Before I Sleep (dreamthinkspeak); Soho Streets (Soho Theatre); The Seagull (Factory Theatre).

As a devising assistant: The Diver (Soho Theatre).

Television and film includes: Doctors; Gloaming; Household Goods; presenting on Sumo.TV; international commercials.

Emmy is co-founder of Pin the Tale.

Theatre includes: An Inspector Calls (Wyndham's Theatre, West End); The Trial (Watford Palace); In the Beginning (The Bush at Westminster Abbey); Prophesy (The Public Theater, New York City); Arden 2.0 (Old Vic New Voices); Miriam. Gonzalez. Durantez (Coalition season at Theatre 503); The Merchant of Venice (Arcola); The Man with the Luggage (Trestle, touring later this year).

Television includes: The Death of Nisha Patel; The Bill

Scott trained at LIPA in 2007 and recently won the Journal Culture Award for North East Actor of the Year for his performance in Apples at the Northern Stage.

Theatre includes: How Many Miles To Basra (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Christmas Carol; Hansel and Gretel; Apples (Northern Stage); Book Of Beasts (Catherine Wheels); Heartbreak Soup (Empty Space); The Tempest (Customs House); Machine Gunners (Polka Theatre).

Television includes: The Bill; The Royal Today; Byker Grove.

Lorne has directed productions for Birmingham Rep, The Traverse, Oran Mor and The Theatre Royal, Bath. Lorne is a former fellow in creativity and performance at the R.S.C. & Capital Centre at Warwick University, as well as a former Associate Director of the Traverse Theatre. Lorne has also worked extensively in Eastern Europe and Russia, including tours and productions for The British Council, Teatri Polski Bydgosczc and the Ensemble of Togliatti.

Theatre includes: Distracted ( Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, winner of Meyer Whitworth Award); Carthage Must be Destroyed ( Theatre Royal Ustinov, winner of Best New Play Critics Awards Theatre Scotland); Cherry Blossom (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh); Tonight David Ireland Will Lecture, Dance and Box ( Oran Mor Theatre).

Ragga trained as a director at Rose Bruford College.

Theatre includes: Ulov; Catch (Pin the Tale for Edinburgh Festival Fringe / tour); Recycling the Reportage (Southwark Playhouse); Nansens Sønn (Rådstua Teaterhus, Norway); The Story of Phillip (Norway, Scandinavia tour); Notes on Falling Leaves; Hippo Love (BAC).

As assistant director: Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe); Othello (RSC tour); The Diver; The Bee (Soho Theatre); Timon of Athens (RADA); 4.48 Psychosis (LAMDA).

Selma has a degree in Dramaturgy and was awarded the Scottish Arts Council New Writing Bursary in 2007 and Peggy Ramsey Bursary in 2008. Selma’s future projects include Ballroom for Greyscale and the libretto for Zatopek! Opera (Second Movement, Cultural Olympiad 2012). Selma’s translations include: Knives in Hens; Blackbird (David Harrower); Jonah and Otto (Robert Holman); Bedbound (Enda Walsh).

Theatre includes: Waterproof; An Incident at the Border; Cyrano (Oran Mor); A Beginning, A Middle and An End (Stellar Quines); Tonight David Ireland Will Lecture, Dance and Box (Oran Mor / Northern Stage).

As a writer, Selma’s work includes: Night Time (Traverse Theatre); Game Theory (ek performance / Traverse Theatre); Time to Go (7:84); Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone (Doc Theatre, Moscow); Broken (Oran Mor); Alaska Jack (Croatian National Theatre Osijek).

Selma has a degree in Dramaturgy and was awarded the Scottish Arts Council New Writing Bursary in 2007 and Peggy Ramsey Bursary in 2008. Selma’s future projects include Ballroom for Greyscale and the libretto for Zatopek! Opera (Second Movement, Cultural Olympiad 2012). Selma’s translations include: Knives in Hens; Blackbird (David Harrower); Jonah and Otto (Robert Holman); Bedbound (Enda Walsh).

Theatre includes: Waterproof; An Incident at the Border; Cyrano (Oran Mor); A Beginning, A Middle and An End (Stellar Quines); Tonight David Ireland Will Lecture, Dance and Box (Oran Mor / Northern Stage).

As a writer, Selma’s work includes: Night Time (Traverse Theatre); Game Theory (ek performance / Traverse Theatre); Time to Go (7:84); Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone (Doc Theatre, Moscow); Broken (Oran Mor); Alaska Jack (Croatian National Theatre Osijek).

Ian studied Music Technology at Rose Bruford Collage. He has composed and created sound design for theatre in London, mainland Europe and Asia. He also works for global television networks composing for adverts and television series.

Theatre includes: Catch (Pin the Tale); The Twits; George's Marvellous Medicine (Simply Theatre, Switzerland); Elite Model Look (live event and television show, China); African Voices; My City My Life (CNN worldwide broadcast).

Anna is a London based designer and maker. Since graduating from an Applied Arts course at Middlesex University in 2006, she has worked in a variety of mediums fabricating artwork for Damien Hirst and making props and set for theatre and events.

Chloe has worked extensively as a designer for both theatre, film and opera including designs for My Romantic History (Sheffield Crucible / Bush Theatre); Joseph K; Kreutzer Sonata (Gate Theatre) and The Mother Ship; How To Tell The Monsters From The Misfits (Birmingham Rep Theatre). In 2007, Chloe won a TMA Award for Best Design.

Theatre includes: Knives In Hens (National Theatre Scotland); Songs From A Hotel Bedroom (Royal Opera House / Tour); SUS (Young Vic); It Felt Empty…( Clean Break / Arcola Theatre); The Country (Salisbury Playhouse); Antigone At Hell’s Mouth (National Youth Theatre / Kneehigh Theatre); Small Miracle ( Tricycle Theatre / Mercury Theatre).

Opera includes: The Magic Flute (ETO); War And Peace (Scottish Opera); The Cunning Little Vixen; Orpheus In The Underworld (Royal College Music); La Calisto ( Early Opera Company).

Film includes: The Full Monteverdi; Rare Books; 4 Dreams of Miss X.

Before directing, Oliver worked in feature film script development for UKFC, Pathe, Weinstein and Wild Bunch. He also worked as a theatre production photographer and his images have been published in the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Huffington Post and by the OUP.

As an assistant director, theatre includes: Half Man / Half Clam (New Wolsey Theatre)

As an assistant director, film includes: Shanghai (The Weinstein Company)

Zahra studied at Central Saint Martins. She has costumed a variety of shows at the Bridewell including Les Liaisons Dangereuse and Hamlet.

Theatre design includes: Talking in Bed (Theatre 503); Pitch Perfect (Tristan Bates Theatre); The Shakespeare Conspiracy (Chelsea Theatre).

As design assistant: Antigone (Southwark Playhouse); The Boy Friend (Her Majesty's Theatre); The Seagull (Barron's Court Theatre).

Aya is a UK and France trained deviser, puppeteer and puppet maker, incorporating puppets into performances and narrative. Currently she is touring her solo puppet piece called UrashimaTaro which will be presented at the World Puppet Festival, Charleville (France).

Aya is a UK and France trained deviser, puppeteer and puppet maker, incorporating puppets into performances and narrative. Currently she is touring her solo puppet piece called UrashimaTaro which will be presented at the World Puppet Festival, Charleville (France).

Alison trained at RADA and alongside a wealth of theatre design work, she has worked as a costume designer for the Royal Court Fundraising Gala, as well as designed a new outdoor space for the Shunt Collective. Alison is also co-artistic director of Bread and Goose.

Theatre includes: Oh To Be In England! (Finborough Theatre); Reverie (Pleasance Dome); Gloucestershire (Arcola Theatre); Never Any Fruit (Pleasance Islington); That’s The Way To Do It! (Red Herring / Tour); Fox In The Snow (Bread & Goose / Brickbox); Love (Bread & Goose / Shunt); Motortown (RADA).

As an assistant designer: Gambling (Soho Theatre); Eigengrau (Bush Theatre); Bliss (Hamburg Staatsoper); Money (Shunt); Roaring Trade; Shoot / Get Treasure / Repeat (Paines Plough).

Theatre includes: Catch (Pin the Tale); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest;
Hegley's Hammersmith Hanky Party; Max and Iván: Televisionarie; My
Boy Jack (Chelsea Players Theatre Productions).

Television and film costume assistance include: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; Any Human Heart.

Phillip has also worked as a Production Manager on shows including SUBS; Pay As You Go; Hotel Sorrento; Edward Bond Season; Pins and Needles (Cock Tavern Theatre) and the Peter Gill Season (Riverside Studio).

Theatre includes: Landscape and Monologue (Ustinov Studio, Bath); Stuck in the Throat (Hen and Chickens Theatre / Exeter Fringe Festival); So On And So Forth (Etcetera Theatre / New Diorama / Accidental Festival); The York Realist (Riverside Studios); State Fair; Generous (Finborough Theatre); Olive Juice (Lion Theatre / Unicorn Theatre); The Collector (Etcetera Theatre); Oleanna (The Carriageworks, Leeds).

Bryony is a theatre performer, facilitator, project manager and producer. She is currently the OVNV Education Manager for The Old Vic Theatre where she has assisted on PLATFORM (2010 Community Project), The 24 Hour Plays and the T.S. Eliot US/UK Exchange.

Edwin is a freelance lighting, set and sound designer and production manager.

Theatre includes: Measure for Measure; Henry IV (Bloomsbury Theatre); technician at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Catch (Pin the Tale).

Kevin has also worked as a Designer for a wealth of theatre including The Nose (The Performance Corporation); Drive-By (Dublin Fringe Festival / Canterbury Festival) and Dr Ledbetter’s Experiment (Edinburgh Festival Fringe / Kilkenny Festival). Kevin’s design for The Nose won the Irish Times Award for Best Lighting Design 2008. Kevin’s future projects include: Xerxes; The Fairly Queen ;Flavio ( English Touring Opera); The Government Inspector (The Abbey Theatre).

Theatre includes: Tosca (Northern Ireland Opera); Rodelinda (Royal College of Music); Arrah na Pogue (Abbey Theatre); The Shawshank Redemption (Wyndhams Theatre / West End / Irish Tour); Dancing Shoes: The George Best Story (Grand Opera House, Belfast); Twelfth Night (Nottingham Playhouse).