Still Lives and Smoking Jackets

Gill Richardson

Gill lives in Farnborough and has been a member of Theatre64 for a while! (She thought it was ten years but it turns out it's much more than that!)She enjoys both acting and directing; although it's been a while since she was last treading the boards. As a director she has thoroughly enjoyed the whole Open Stages experience as it has been a really exciting way of approaching performance in a holistic way. The learning process has been amazing - so thank you to all involved.

Russ Pitcher

Russ has done almost everything you can in and around a stage, even singing nearly in tune! 'Much Ado..' has been an amazing experience, not just working with a great cast and crew, but learning so much from being part of the OpenStages programme. Previous roles he has enjoyed include Macbeth, Donald in 'Blue Remembered Hills' and a down-and-out muppet. Russ has a geeky IT job and lives in Fleet in an organised pile of bricks that is helping the local tradesmen weather the cutbacks.

Claire Barber

Claire was last seen in 'Shakers Restirred' playing the character of Adele. She has thoroughly enjoyed preparing for A Culinary Cabaret as she has a bit of a musical theatre bug and this has allowed it a bit of freedom! It has been great fun, despite the logistical issues that come with organising such a varied performance. She currently lives in Sandhurst with Jeremy (husband), Eloise (a five year old menace), Angus (a rather austere cat) and Saffy (a sock-obsessed smaller cat...)

Mike Hills

Mike has been a member of Theatre64 for too long to count. His theatrical odyssey began in Bugsy Malone at the age of 14 in school, then exhibited itself in Woking, Bath and Kuwait before he joined Theatre64. He has undertaken acting, directing and writing roles with the group and is close to notching up his 60th role! He is aided and abetted in this by a long suffering wife and two very active boys (see smaller members of the cast). He would usually mention Fulham as well but its just too depressing at the moment. The Aardvark is in rehab.

Rebecca Slocombe

After a short break, Becky is back treading the boards with Theatre64 in another fantastic show! It has been a real privilege to be part of a play written by one of our own and it is great to be involved with the group again. Apart from trying to remember how to memorise lines (and act!), Becky has thoroughly enjoyed being on stage once more and is looking forward to being part of future shows with the wonderful Theatre64.

Alan Barber

Alan has been with Theatre64 for over 15 years now - and they still can't get rid of him! He has done just about everything possible both on and off stage - acting, directing, singing, lighting, sound, amongst many others. He was last seen on stage as Nigel the Viking in "A Fete Worse than Death' and is thoroughly enjoying his villainous turn as Don John!He has two daughters, Jessica and Rebecca and works as an administrator in Thames Ditton.

Caroline Pitcher

Caroline has been a member of Theatre64 on and off for the last 14 years. Previous roles she has enjoyed include Ros in ‘412 Letters’, Penny in ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ and Lady Bracknell in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. Also a member of Fleet Rock Choir, she has sung at The Anvil, Wembley Arena, The Hexagon and LowdeFest music festival. Caroline has a part-time marketing job and a full-time family job looking after 2 girls and managing the renovation project that is their family home!

Pam Howard

Happy both behind the scenes and performing on stage, the prospect of taking on the role of Dogberry was too good to miss. Working with Gill and the ensemble cast in a very different way has been most enjoyable and at times stretching. When not acting, Pam can often be found rootling around in the storage container or trawling the local charity shops to track down items for costumes.

Jeremy Barber

Jeremy has appeared on stage sporadically and the last time was also as a soldier in Still Lives & Smoking Jackets. The opportunity to revisit No Mans Land however was to good to turn down, having enjoyed playing Hans in the previous version. Jack however has been a very different character to learn (not helped by the 3 pages added by Mr Hills part way through the run - Thanks Mike!). Knowing it was a short rehearsal run meant it didn't impinge on his time too much as Jeremy is in the midst of raising £4k for Wessex Heartbeat to allow him to trek to Everest Base Camp in November. He has thoroughly enjoyed treading the boards again and is looking forward to seeing all the audience at the quiz on the 8th March!

Wayne Semark

Having been interested in acting from a young age, Wayne has taken on his first role with Theatre64, as a Soldier! With hypnotism and magic on his CV, he now has another talent to put under his belt. Being part of the production and the group has been a fun and exhilarating experience and Wayne is looking forward to being part of more shows in the future.

Nick Felgate

Nick, an uncivil civil servant, has contributed his presence to Theatre 64 for many, many years. He lives in Portsmouth with his collection of stage properties (his furniture, crockery etc) which sometimes he is allowed to borrow back from the group! Along with many stage appearances which includes Prof. Van Helsing in 'Dracula' and the QuizMaster in 'Horst Buchholz', Nick has directed plays such as 'The Fosdyke Saga', 'The Golden Pathway Annual', and 'Our Man'.

Fiona Wilkie

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Ellen Kilvington

Ellen has been a member of Theatre64 since 2008 when she played Granny Weatherwax in Terry Pratchett's 'Wyrd Sisters'. Since then she has performed a variety of roles in the group, both onstage and off, ranging from running lights and being Producer, to characters such as Sheila Birling in 'An Inspector Calls' and Nicky in 'Shakers Restirred'.

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