“….a cracking, handsome cast acquitted themselves remarkably well in what transpired to be a surprisingly feel good affair – mounting body count notwithstanding.”

“Gabriel Thomson made for a suitably earnest, conflicted Romeo and found a natural chemistry with Lucy Wray’s defiant Juliet, while laughs came thick and fast courtesy of Sioned Jones’s earthy, lumbering nurse and Joel Sams’swaggering Mercutio.”

“Little wonder the capacity crowd rose to its feet in applause as the curtains fell…”

Daragh Reddin, Metro-Herald

“A lovely addition was some gregorian-chant style hymns sung off stage by the company not on stage during parts of the play.  Some of the actors also played some (presumably) Elizabethan music while the audience were getting settled and again during the performance to good effect.”

Claire Bradley, Dublin Culture

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Beth has been with Oddsocks since last September as an intern but so impressed when she auditioned ( just for the experience of auditioning) for our winter tour of Hamlet that she landed the part of Ophelia, even getting mentioned in several national reviews.

She’s playing a variety of parts in Macbeth including first witch, Ross and Fleance.

“Iron Man meets Braveheart: it can only mean one thing – the Oddsocks theatre company is up to its old tricks again.”

“The sheer energy of the company, with each cast member playing a plethora of roles, is a joy to behold.”

“Another surefire winner for all ages”

The Stage:

“Oddsocks’ summer tour is so eagerly anticipated that audiences scorn the weather and will happily camp out in the rain in whatever grassy space or courtyard the company sets up its ramshackle wagon.”

“Amid all the visual jokes about trifles, the lisping about thanes, the dangling daggers and the ad-libbing about deep-fried Mars bars, the truly remarkable thing about Oddsocks is that they still manage to stick to the story and to tell it well.”

Oliver Cudbill: Benvolio
Oliver trained at RADA. Whilst at RADA, he played John Carter from Earthquakes in London written by Mike Bartlett, which was directed by Andrew Tidmarsh; Calpurnia and Portia in Julius Caesar – a collaborative and devised piece of experimental theatre directed by Vivian Munn; and a new piece of writing from the Goldsmiths MA New Writing Course called Honeytrap, directed by Tom Hunsinger. He’s also a violinist and pianist. He was a member of the Nottingham Youth Orchestra from 2004-2008 and led the orchestra when he was 14. He’s also worked professionally as a violinist performing at weddings, sometimes solo, or with quartets.

David Davies Company Manager: Friar Laurence
David is the company manager of GB Theatre. He played Jacques in As You Like It and Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor for GBT’s launch in 2010. David was also Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, this time for Guildford Shakespeare Company. He was The company manager for The British Shakespeare Company’s national and international tour and played Oberon/Theseus and Don Pedro in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing 09. That year he toured for the Young Shakespeare Company and played Maximillian in the film Leaving, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival Short Corner 09.
David was an ensemble member of the British Shakespeare Company (BSC) and played Oberon and Theseus at Arundel Castle in 2008. He played Chorus/Exeter in Henry V and Dukes Frederick and Senior in As You Like It for the BSC in 2007, and then finished that year with an extensive tour of Germany and Switzerland for New Triad Theatre in Alan Ayckbourn’s Time and Time Again. Other work for the BSC includes Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet in 2006. He plays parts in the film Sweet Swan of Avon where the BSC provided its troupe of players.
David returned to England with the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of The Comedy of Errors to open the Bath Shakespeare Festival 2006, and to play Blackpool’s Grand Theatre. He studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney and was an ensemble member of Bell Shakespeare for six years playing the Sydney Opera House and touring Australia. His theatrical highlight has been playing Hamlet for The Hole in the Wall Theatre Company.
Other companies include the Perth Theatre Company and Deckchair Theatre’s 1999 tour of Croatia and Bosnia with Nevesinska 17.
Television includes Stingers, The Sleepover Club, and Bush Patrol, as well as writing several plays including The Karismatic Effekt and his one man show Finchie about the legendary Australian actor Peter Finch, based on Trader Faulkner’s biography. He directed The Winters Tale for Saffron Walden’s Shake-a-Leg Theatre Company, which marked his professional debut as a director.

Suzannah Hampton: Lady Capulet
Suzannah graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School last year and is very excited to be touring with GB Theatre Company. Since leaving Bristol Old Vic, Suzannah has forged a successful career as a voice over artist, with credits including Google; ‘Reader’s Digest’; ‘The Economist’; and The Olympic Committee. Theatre credits include: On The Razzle (Theatre Royal); Man of Mode (Circomedia); Oh! What A Lovely War (Tobacco Factory); and Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal). Whilst training, Suzannah was privileged to be chosen as a representative of Bristol Old Vic in the Royal Shakespeare Company annual workshop. Suzannah played Celia in As you Like It and Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor in our 2010 tour.

Sioned Jones: Nurse
Sioned trained at Exeter University and Webber Douglas. Her work in theatre includes: Never So Good, Oedipus, All’s Well That Ends Well and Women Beware Women (The National); The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me (Birmingham Old Rep); Monumental for Grid Iron (Glasgow Citizens); Twelfth Night (New Palace, Westcliff-on-Sea and Cambridge Arts Theatre); WOLF! (Edinburgh and New Wolsey, Ipswich); Moby! (Octogon, Yeovil and Northcott Theatre); and Begin the Beguine (Exeter & Devon Arts Centre).
On tour and in the West End: Tolstoy; Glorious!; The Letter; Shadowlands; and Lilies on the Land. Other London theatre includes: Golden Opportunities; Diary of Anne Frank; Conor Mitchell’s Anthology and Old 100th; The Wild Party; The Windmill; The Cheeky Chappie; Big Voices on a Little Stage; Pippin; Have a Nice Life; Pub; and her own one woman show, Christmas Presence (with Mme Charlotte-Ann Arcati), all at the the Union Theatre.
TV includes: Family Affairs; Cadfael: and The Bill.
Film includes: Happy Now?; Flamenco Fever; Cleanskins; and Madharasapattinam.
Other work includes: Directing Lie Back In Anger; and Basket and Streets in the City; producing Be My Baby; lyricist of the musical Ovid’s Transformations at the Waterfront, Belfast; and writer of The Juror at the Union Theatre. She is a founder member of the Authentic Artists Collective and is also an exhibited oil painter.

Chris Porter: Prince Escalus / Paris
Chris trained at LAMDA where he was directed by Michael Woodwood in a production of The Hostage. Upon graduation, Michael gave him his first job in the industry in Romeo and Juliet and his first experience of touring. Chris is delighted to be working with him yet again and with GB Theatre in what looks to be a great 2011 season.
Theatre includes: The Hypochondriac (Liverpool Playhouse and ETT); Victory (Arcola); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Creation); Much Ado About Nothing (Red Shift); a couple of seasons at Frinton Rep; The Misanthrope (Sevenoaks Playhouse); Little Brother, Little Sister (Kings Head, Islington); Hard Times (Compass); Onysos the Wild (503 and Traverse); Tartuffe (Watermill); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Globe Theatre, Warsaw); Kalila Wa Dimna (Maidan Theatre, Kuwait); Angels Among The Trees (Nottingham Playhouse); The Legend of King Arthur and Bartleby (Red Shift); The Night Before Christmas (Riverside Studios); Saints Day, and The Road to Ruin (Orange Tree Theatre); The Art of Success (Arcola); The Winter’s Tale, and The Maid’s Tragedy (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Dwarfs, The Local Stigmatic, and Lakeboat (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith & Assembly Rooms).
Television includes: The Brixton Bomber (BBC); The Genius of Mozart (BBC); Footballers Wives (ITV); The Bill (ITV); and Bad Girls (ITV).

Joel Sams: Mercutio
Joel trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He made his professional debut at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, creating the part of Fox for the world premier of Blue Sky State. After appearing as a bailiff in Big White Fog at the Almeida, directed by Michael Attenborough, he played the King in Eugene Ionesco’s Exit the King at the Tabard Theatre.
He returned to the Mercury Theatre to play various Romans in Coriolanus and then formed part of the 2008 Pitlochry Summer Season’s company, playing John in Outlying Islands, Young Marlowe in She Stoops to Conquer and the Gus/Augustus combo in Arcadia. Joel has also appeared at The Mill at Sonning as Aubrey in The Bed Before Yesterday, by Ben Travers.
He returned to the UK this Christmas after a year-long world tour of Othello, in which he played Roderigo in many exotic places, such as Costa Rica’s beautiful National Theatre; and the stark reconstruction of the King’s Men’s Globe standing at the University of Meisei, in Japan.
He spent until Easter this year in Hamburg, playing Frank in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, for the English Theatre.

Philip Scott-Wallace: Tybalt
Philip graduated from LAMDA in July 2010.
Theatre credits include: Anthony and Cleopatra (The Rose Theatre); Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet (Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls); Cyrano de Bergerac (The White Bear Theatre); The Tempest, Love and Money, O Go My Man, Nana, and The Thousand and Second Night (LAMDA); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Feelgood Productions, Heaton Park, Manchester).
Film credits include: Strangers (short film) and Sherlock Holmes II.

Gabriel Thomson: Romeo
Gabriel Thomson started acting young, playing Pip in BBC’s Great Expectations, followed by the title role in the feature film The New Adventures of Pinocchio, and at the age of 12, starred with Ed Harris and Jude Law in the major feature film Enemy at the Gates. Gabriel became a household name playing Michael Harper in the BBC’s popular British sitcom My Family, for 11 years.
In 2009 he played Lysander and Claudio with the British Shakespeare Company, before appearing as Charlie in the feature film 13 HRS. This was then followed by the GB Theatre Company’s tour last summer as Orlando and Dr Caius. He is delighted to be back touring with the company.

Lucy Wray: Juliet
Lucy Wray trained at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in August 2010.
Theatre credits include: Africker (Hoxton Hall) and Rogue Taxidermy (Waterloo East – rehearsed reading). Roles whilst training included: Alma in Cause Célèbre and Luciana in The Comedy of Errors (Blenheim Palace).

Neil Sheppeck: Director of Romeo and Juliet
Since graduating from GSMD, Neil has put most of his creative energy into Love&Madness, directing: Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Fool For Love; A Taste of Honey; In Lambeth; Macbeth; Othello; Sweetness Follows; Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night; The Playboy of the Western World; Frankenstein; La Ronde; and Mirror Magic Market Tales.
He has performed as: Macbeth; Iago; Romeo; Malvolio; Henry V; Caliban; Stephen Blackpool in Hard Times; Lockwood in Wuthering Heights; Captain Walton in Frankenstein; Sam Bolton in Only When I Laugh!; Richmond in Richard III; and Martin in Fool For Love.
Other directing includes: A Taste of Honey, and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Lewis Live) and True Story (db2productions).
Other theatre acting includes: Inherit The Wind (Old Vic); Guards! Guards! (Fleighton); Softcops and Grace (Finborough); Much Ado About Nothing (Northern Broadsides); plus various projects at the National Theatre Studio.
Film includes: Naked in London; Rumplestiltskin; and The Run.

Company Directors
Gill Roca
Barrie Palmer

Company Manager
David Davies

Associate Producer
Stacey Roca

Stage Manager
Martin Hutchinson

Production Designer
Chris Hone

Wardrobe
Hannah Gibbs

Costume Assistants
Gill MacGregor
Sarah King
Samantha Jones

Fight Director
Dan Stilwell

Administration/Accounting
Gill Roca & Sue Walker

Photographer
Leon Steele

Marketing literature and website
Design Forte

Printing of posters and literature
Technoprint (Leeds)

Director – Erica O’Brien
Assistant Director – Hannah Joyce
Musical Director – Sara Garrard

Cassius – Lydia Wild

Casca/Messala – Sineidin O’Reilly Nelson

Julius Caesar – Anna Baker

Mark Antony – Jasmine Smart

Portia – Martin Whatley

Calpurnia/Cinna the Poet – Steve Leanaghan

Lucius – Sam Ward

Decius Brutus/Lucillius – Michala Meadows

Cicero/Flavius/Pindarus – Janet Adams

Metellus Cimber/Strato – Louise Ennever

Octavius Caesar/Trebonius – Ella Gonzales

Soothsayer – Johnny Ashman

Cinna/Lepidus/Cato – Rebecca Page

Titinius – Portia Panteli

Ligarius – Amy Evans

Volumnius – Edward Price

Artemidorus – Marcus Carroll

Popilius – Jocelyn Docherty

Ensemble:
Alice Cozza
Georgina Fenwick
Charlotte Reeve
Liam Kearns

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