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WANTED CAST!
Meet the all female Cast of WANTED!
CAST BIOS
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APRIL NERISSA HUDSON as LEONIE LAWRENCE
April is an actor, video editor and graphic designer based in the West Midlands.
Theatre credits include:
WANTED! Original Cast (National Tour); Mad Hatter’s Tea
Party, A Sense of Belonging (Gazebo Theatre); Robin Hood & The Major Oak, The Wind in the Willows, Home Girl, Treasure Island, Little Mermaid (Derby Theatre); Nobody (Theatre UNCUT); FREEMAN (Strictly Arts Theatre Company; Take Away (ACTS/National Theatre).
Television credits include:
Doctors (BBC); Man Like Mobeen (Tiger Aspect Productions/ Netflix).
DAWN BUTLER
as DR JAMES BARRY
Dawn Trained in musical theatre at M.A.D.D in Nottingham. She is an actor/writer based in the West Midlands, and wrote and produced Deep Breaths for Smiling Eyes Theatre.
Theatre credits include:
Hamlet, Twelfth Night (Birmingham Rep); The Woman who
Cooked her Husband (Hull Truck); Two, Beautiful Thing, Di and Viv and Rose (Old Joint Stock); There is None Who Does Good, Burning Books, The Librarian (Arena Theatre); Holding Baby (Roaring Theatre); The System (Sweet Sorrow Theatre Company); The Mother (Hereford’s Courtyard)
Television & Radio credits include:
Doctors (BBC); Dangerfield (BBC); The Locksmith (BBC); Crossroads (ITV); Family Affairs (Channel 5); Emmerdale (ITV); The Bay (ITV); The Archers (BBC) Dawn will feature in D.I.Ray series 2 (ITV) & the soon to be released film Typist Artist Pirate King (BBC Films).
ALEXIA MCINTOSH
as OLIVE MORRIS
Alexia graduated from Birmingham School of Acting 2015. She originated the role of ‘Anne of Cleves’ in the worldwide smash hit, Six, The Musical, which gained her an Olivier nomination, what’s on stage awards and many TV and radio appearances such as Britain’s Got Talent, This Morning and the One Show. From the sisterhood of ‘Six’ a girl group was formed and SVN sold out the 02 Islington last Summer, and have cowritten and released singles, videos and appeared on ‘This Morning’.
Credits include:
Sweet Tooth (Gazebo Theatre); Six The Musical Original Cast (West End); Big Aunty (Belgrade Theatre); Goldilocks & the three Bears (Birmingham Hippodrome).
Alexia has just finished filming the movie with the original cast of Six, The Musical.
PAMELA COLE-HUDSON
as IRENA SENDLER
Pamela is the Artistic Director of Gazebo Theatre where she has worked for the past 22 years, writing, directing, producing and acting in a range of productions.
Theatre credits include:
WANTED! Original Cast (National Tour); The Sistren (Tour); Echoes (Gazebo Theatre); Wander (Arena Theatre); 14/48 Festival (Seattle)
Writing and directing credits include: WANTED!; Sweet Tooth; Rivers to Cross; Jamaica 50; The Hallowed Turf; Twas the Night Before Christmas; Invasion of the Flingatrons.
RUKMINI SIRCAR
as PHOOLAN DEVI
Rukmini is an Actor and Performance Maker based in London.
She completed a Masters in Performance Making from Goldsmiths in 2022, and is an alumna of National School of Drama, India. She is the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship and the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Award (India).
Credits include:
The Dancing Elephant (RiRi’s Dance Academy), an interactive, children’s theatre piece that toured the North of UK.
Rukmini will be performing in a site-specific, walking tour; A Bloom of Consciousness that she co-wrote at the Bloomsbury Festival 2023.
WANTED CREATIVE TEAM
Meet the all female Creative team behind WANTED!
DENISE ORTON-BROWN MOVEMENT DIRECTOR
Denise has worked in the creative industries for over 25 years, graduating in Dance and Drama from De Montfort University with a degree and PCGE in Dance. Denise ran her own dance company Chrysalis Dance, worked at Regent Theatre in Stoke on Trent as a dance artist, as well as with a range of schools and community groups, and now manages the Creative Training and Education arm of Gazebo. Choreography & movement credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar for Lichfield Garrick, Creating Me, Twas the Night before Christmas, The Mad Hatter’s Bostin’ Jubilee Tea Party and Wanted 2020 and 2021 for Gazebo.
GEMMA BOADEN VOICE DIRECTOR
Gemma is a professional actress and vocal coach. She trained at Rose Bruford College on the BA(Hons) Acting Course in 2002.
She has worked in the West End, in No 1 Touring Theatre Companies, Film, Voice-Over and Commercials.
As a voice coach she has worked with the Almeida, on West End and International Tours for Wizard Theatre Company and the Royal & Derngate Theatres. Gemma is currently the Head of Acting at the University of Northampton where she enjoys nurturing and inspiring the next generation of actors. Gemma is thrilled to be working with Gazebo Theatre.
BETH KESKA-DAVIES DESIGNER
Beth has been working freelance and with Gazebo theatre as Prop/Costume and Set designer and workshop facilitator for over 20 years. Specialising in sculpture and design. Credits Include: Flingatrons, Jamaica 50, Wanted, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’, The Sanctuary, The Forgotten Formula, Mad Hatter’s Bostin Jubilee Teaparty, plus many more....
WANTED WRITERS.
Meet the all female Writers of WANTED!
TONIA DALEY-CAMPBELL DIRECTOR & CO-WRITER
Tonia is an actress, award-winning writer, published author, director and recent casting director for Heart Casting. She has been working in the creative industries for over 25 years. Recent writing and directing credits include: She’s Royal (Birmingham Hippodrome & Wolverhampton Grand Theatre; Mama Afrika (Tour); WANTED! (Gazebo Theatre) Acting credits include: Wanted Original Cast; Sorry, No Coloureds, No Irish, No Dogs (Gazebo Theatre); Lead Role in short film Good Hair (finalist for the British short film awards); Lead Role in She’s My Best Friend (And I hate her) (BFI animation); The Trials (Birmingham Rep). Tonia was nominated for a Black British Theatre award 2022 for her pioneering work in theatre.
THERESE COLLINS CO-WRITER
Therese has been writing since 1989 and has professionally produced over 25 of her plays; her show Os Cachos do Meu Cabelo is touring with Teatro do Montemuro. Therese has a long-standing relationship with Gazebo as an associate artist.
“Researching Dr. James Barry (Margaret Anne Bulkley) has been fascinating, and I hope I have conveyed some of my admiration for her pioneering work and wonderfully eccentric personality”.
PAMELA COLE-HUDSON CO-WRITER
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