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Shalei Davis

Actor, Dramaturg, Co - Founder

After dancing from the age of two years old, Shalei has been active in the arts ever since. Whilst training for her BA (Hons) in Drama and Performance course at London South Bank University, she was involved in an adaptation of Blood Wedding; a physical theatre piece devised and performed in London and Madrid. A keen Shakespearean actor, it is her dream to perform at onstage at Shakespeare’s Globe.

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Theatre: [Whilst Training] Twelfth Night (LSBU Student Theatre Company), Bodas de Sangre / Blood Wedding (TrasformArts!), Closer (LSBU Student Theatre Company), The Multiple Endings of Planet Earth (Frantic Assembly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LSBU Student Theatre Company), An Intervention (LSBU Student Theatre Company), Miss Julie (LSBU Student Theatre Company), Henry V (Franklin College). [Amateur Productions] People (Caxton Theatre), Animal Farm (Caxton Theatre), Yesterday (Class Act), Blitz (Class Act), The Dark (Class Act).

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Film: Followed (Short Film), Cut Scene (Short Film).

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Workshops: Told by an Idiot, OBRA, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Frantic Assembly, Complicite, Shakespeare’s Globe.

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Elsie Harvey

Actor, Workshop Leader, Co - Founder

As a graduate of London South Bank University with a BA (Hons) in Drama and Performance, drama has always been a fascination of Elsie’s, ever since she participated in a production of Oliver Twist at age 8; put on by her stage school Footlights. She loves acting and creating theatre because it gives her the chance to free her mind, explore her inner emotions and well, act like a bit of a fool occasionally.’

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Theatre: [Whilst Training] God of Carnage (LSBU Student Theatre Company), Fear of Falling and Loud Noises (Frantic Assembly), Titus Andronicus (LSBU Student Theatre Company), Mind the Gap (New York Theatre Workshop), The Long Road, A Dolls House (LSBU Student Theatre Company). [Amateur Productions] Beauty and the Beast (Gypsy Booth School of Theatre Arts), Grease (Gypsy Booth School of Theatre Arts), Bugsy Malone (Gypsy Booth School of Theatre Arts), Oliver Twist (Footlights Stage School), Les Miserables (Footlights Stage School), West Side Story (Footlights Stage School).

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Film: Good Doctor (Role, South Bank Collective).

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Workshops: Told by an Idiot, OBRA, Frantic Assembly, Complicite, Shakespeare’s Globe.

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Nathan Croft

Actor, Producer, Co - Founder

Nathan has been performing from a young age with multiple theatre companies across the South East of England; including The Performance Factory (Eastbourne), Bullfrog Productions (East Grinstead) and Lewes Little Theatre (Lewes). Originally focused on musical theatre, he pursued the path of acting by training at London South Bank University. Graduating with a BA (Hons) in Drama and Performance, Nathan has trained under artists from companies including; Fast Familiar, Little Bulb Theatre, Told by an Idiot, Frantic Assembly, Shakespeare’s Globe and Complicite.

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Theatre: [Whilst Training] Twelfth Night (LSBU Student Theatre Company), God of Carnage (LSBU Student Theatre Company), The Multiple Endings of Planet Earth (Frantic Assembly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Long Road, Miss Julie (LSBU Student Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mr Puntilla and his Man Matty, Behind Closed Doors, Love and Money, The Dumbwaiter, Romeo & Juliet, Oh! What a Lovely War (Sussex Downs College, Eastbourne). [Amateur Productions] The Little Mermaid (The Performance Factory, Bullfrog Productions), Beauty and the Beast (The Performance Factory, Bullfrog Productions), Inherit the Wind (Lewes Little Theatre),  I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (The Performance Factory), Mulan (Bullfrog Productions), Just So! (Bullfrog Productions), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (The Performance Factory), Seussical the Musical (The Performance Factory, Bullfrog Productions), Alice in Wonderland (The Performance Factory), Oklahoma! (Bullfrog Productions), The Wizard of Oz (The Performance Factory), Our House (Bullfrog Productions), Annie (The Performance Factory), High School Musical 2 (The Performance Factory), Big the Musical (The Performance Factory), Honk! (The Performance Factory), Bugsy Malone (The Performance Factory), Seussical the Musical (The Performance Factory).

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Film: Criticise After Dinner (Short Film).

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Workshops: Told by an Idiot, Frantic Assembly, Complicite, Shakespeare’s Globe, Shakespeare Summer School with Jack Shepherd.

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