FRIENDS! The Musical Parody

Enzo trained at The Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2020. Having grown up as a fan of the TV show, he has enjoyed the entirety of Friends in almost every media format there is - from VHS to DVD to Netflix - and is incredibly excited to be appearing as Ross.

His previous credits include:The Ballad of Renegade Nell (Disney+), The Devil May Care (Southwark Playhouse), The Boys From Syracuse (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Romeo & Juliet (UK Tour) The Importance of being Earnest (UK Tour), Animal Farm (European Tour), The Wave (TNT Theatre), A Christmas Carol (ADG Europe), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Changeling Theatre), The Great Game (Encaptivate Films), Othello (Changeling Theatre).

Alicia trained at Bird College.

Stage Credits include: Perfect Princess in Bliss the Musical (Workshop), Maid Marian in Robin Hood (Rotherham Theatres) Frenchy in Grease (UK Tour & Ireland Tour), Perfect Princess in Bliss The Musical (Workshop), Jill Goose in Mother Goose (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Cover Frenchy/Cha Cha in Grease (Dominion Theatre), Swing/Cover Tallulah in Bugsy Malone (UK Tour), Eva/Cover Campbell in Bring It On (Southbank Centre), D’borah Sue/Dance Captain in Little Miss Sunshine (UK Tour).

Daniel trained at London College of Music (LCM). Kenickie in Grease (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line), Swing cover Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, Norm Waxman & Gyp DeCarlo in Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Theatre), Sonny in Grease (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line), Dick Whittington in Dick Whittington (Evolution), Young Ali in The Pebble and the Boy (Now Films), Vocalist for Viking Cruises (Viking Star).

As a lifelong fan of the show, Daniel couldn’t BE any more excited to take on the role of Chandler (his favourite Friend) for this UK tour.

Eva Hope trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she earned her BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.

Credits Include: Lead Vocalist with AIDA Cruises from 2023 to 2024, Snow White and the Seven Elves, choreographed by Matt Wesley and Ariel in Footloose (Trinity Laban)

Ronnie trained at Emil Dale Academy.

Theatre credits include: Tony in Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding (Wonderville, London), Sonny - 1st Cover Kenickie/Roger/Teen Angel/Vince Fontaine in Grease (Royal Caribbean) Jimmy in Elemental (The Bush Theatre, London) Alternate Danton in The Beauty and The Beast (The Lyceum, Sheffield) Dance Captain in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (The Alban Arena), Vocalist (Viking Cruises)

Concerts include: Scott Alan & Guests (Crazy Coqs)

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Amelia trained at Performance Preparation Academy (PPA).

Theatre credits include: Catherine Parr in Six The Musical (Norwegian Cruise Line), Joyce Chilvers in Betty Blue Eyes (Union Theatre), Genie in Aladdin (Lyceum Theatre, Crewe), Ensemble/cover Becky and Nurse Norma in Waitress (UK Tour), Lisa in Next Thing You Know (The Garden Theatre), Spirit of the Ring in Aladdin (The Lowther Pavilion), Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington (The Spotlight Theatre).

Concerts include: Graduates at Cadogan Hall.

Instagram: @ameliaatherton

Represented by Michelle Blair Management

Training: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (BA Hons Acting).

Theatre includes: Brit in We Will Rock You (20th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour), Ensemble/1st Brit in We Will Rock You (UK and Ireland tour), Ensemble/2nd Shrek in Shrek The Musical (UK and Ireland Tour).

Radio includes: Dim/Warder/Comedian in BBC Philharmonic and BBC Radio 3 Presents: A Clockwork Orange - BBC Audio Drama Awards (Best Adaptation).

Edward is represented by Richard at Collective Agents.

Lottie is a graduate from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she trained in Musical Theatre. She most recently appeared as Mabel on the European Tour of Fame where she also covered and played the role of Greta Bell.

Other professional credits include: Beauty in Beauty & the Beast for West End in Schools, Featured Singer/Dancer for Headliners Theatre Company onboard P&O Iona, Trinity Laban Ensemble in Camelot in Concert at The London Palladium.

Lottie is thrilled to be a part of this original cast, as well as Resident Director, a new venture, and the start of a new passion. Lottie would love to thank her ‘Lobster’s’, for all their support and belief, you know who you are!

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Training: Bird College Conservatoire of Dance and Musical Theatre, First Class BA (Hons).

Stage credits: Asher’s Wife/Cover Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour, Toronto), Rhoda/Cover Betty Haynes in White Christmas (UK Tour), Ensemble/Cover Mrs Potty in Beauty and The Beast (Crossroads), Bells/Cover Dick Whittington in Dick Whittington (The Arts Centre).

Credits whilst training: Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town (Doreen Bird Foundation Theatre), Myra Hindley in Holloway (Doreen Bird Foundation Theatre), Consuela in West Side Story (Workshop), Cinderella in Cinderella (Cleckheaton Town Hall).

Meg is delighted to be joining the cast of Friends The Musical Parody and would like to thank her amazing family, friends and the fabulous team at BBA for always going above and beyond.

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Training: Urdang Academy

Theatre credits include: Dandini in Cinderella (King’s Lynn Corn Exchange), Prince Charming in Cinderella (White Rock Theatre, Hastings), Danny Zuko in Secret Cinema Presents Grease (Secret Cinema), On-stage swing & cover Sonny in The Cher Show (UK Tour), Ensemble in For Tonight (London Workshop), Cover Double J in Saturday Night Fever (West End), Ensemble/cover Widow Twankey/covered & played Aladdin & Wishy Washy in Aladdin (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Pinocchio in Pinocchio (Above the Stag Theatre), Double J in Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Prince Benedict in Snow White (The Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare), Krupp in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany), Dance Captain/cover Dandini in Cinderella (Milton Keynes Theatre), Straight Dave in Closer to Heaven (Union Theatre), Georg in Spring Awakening (Young Actors Theatre), Tito Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor (Pleasance Theatre), Ensemble in Beauty and the Beast (The Capitol, Horsham).

Training: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Mountview Academy of Performing Arts.

Theatre: Ensemble/Cover Caleb in Fly More Than You Fall (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Roger in Grease (Royal Caribbean), 2^nd Cover Boy 1/Boy 2 in Invitation to Dance (Royal Caribbean) Ensemble/Official 1 in Doctor Zhivago UK Concert Premiere (Cadogan Hall), Perchik/Lead Dancer in Fiddler on the Roof (The Rep Company)

Credits whilst training: Billy/Paul/Doug in Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Professor Bhaer in Little Women, Woodstock/Vocal Captain in Snoopy! The Musical Harry is represented by Brewis Scott Associates and is thrilled to be joining the cast of Friends the Musical Parody.

He would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support.

Michael has worked as an actor, writer and director during his long career.

Recent work includes: Directing new plays Not In The Mood For Quiche Anymore & A Guy Called Scott Crawls under A Table And Won't Come Out at the Barons Court Theatre. Prior to that he directed the recent acclaimed UK tour of The Full Monty.

He also directed UK tours of Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, Yes Prime Minister, When Harry Met Sally and The Play What I Wrote. Clittaford (St James Church, Piccadilly) Relatively Speaking, Confusions (South Africa), Summer Holiday (Theatre Royal Plymouth) Urinetown (Stratford Circus), The Multiverse (Waterloo East Theatre), These Thoughts (Short Film), Universe (P&O Arvia), If You See My Dad (Barons Court Theatre).

As an actor his work includes - Peter Pan, Poppy (RSC Barbican), West Side Story (Her Majesty’s), Exclusive (Strand), Merry Wives of Windsor, The Silver King (Chichester Festival Theatre), From Choices to Chocolates (Riverside Studios), The Rink (Cambridge), Richard II (Oldham Coliseum), Art (Whitehall), The Maids, Family Voices, Leave Him to Heaven, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham), One Touch of Venus (Kings Head).

Michael co-wrote the stage adaptation of Summer Holiday! and wrote Double Top (Valentine Productions/BBC Wales) Serena (SMG). He also wrote the books for Club Tropicana (UK Tour).

Close Encounters (Century City, Los Angeles ) Digital, X, Universe (P&O Cruises) and the musical revue The Multiverse (Waterloo East Theatre).

Michael was assistant director to Jonathan Lynn on Yes Prime Minister at Trafalgar Studios and is thrilled to be Co-Directing and working with him again on the final chapter of this iconic show.

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As Director & Choreographer: The Divas - West End & UK Tour (Fiery Angel).

As Choreographer: Platform - The Other Palace (NYMT); Sleeping Beauty (New Wolsey); Aladdin, Beauty & The Beast (Little Wolf); Cinderella (Stratford East Theatre Royal); Aladdin (Hackney Empire).

As Associate Director & Choreographer: Jerry’s Girls (Menier Chocolate Factory).

As Associate Choreographer: Shucked (Open Air Theatre Regents Park), The Drifters Girl - Garrick Theatre West End & UK Tour (Michael Harrison Entertainment).

Future: Beauty & The Beast at the New Wolsey Theatre.

Myles won Best Choreographer at The UK Panto Awards 2024 for Beauty & The Beast.

Bob and Tobly parody musicals include: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody (New York, Las Vegas, US tour), The Office! The Musical Parody (New York, US tour), Love Actually! The Parody Musical, Katdashians! The Musical (upsetting Andrew Lloyd Weber), The Office! Parody Presents: Who Is The Scranton Strangler?, 90210!, Showgirls!,  Full House! The Musical Parody; and Bayside! The Saved by the Bell Musical (NYTimes Critics Pick).

Assaf Gleizner (NYC) - Born and raised in Israel, Assaf Gleizner is a Grammy nominated composer, MD, orchestrator, and arranger both in NYC and around the world for the past 10 years. Assaf’s favourite credits include:

Broadway: Arts For Autism - Featuring Kelly O'Hara, Julia Murney (Gershwin Theater). Orchestrator, Arranger.

Off-Broadway/Tour: The Office! A Musical Parody (The Theater Center, North America Tour), Friends! The Musical (The Theater Center, North America Tour, International Tour) 90210! The Musical (Theater 80, Chicago) Composer, Orchestrator.

Regional: The Swingaroos (Florida Studio Theater) Composer, MD.

Other: Move On, A Sondheim Adventure - Grammy nominated album featuring Cyrille Aimee (NYC, FRANCE) Arranger, Orchestrator, Producer. Show Choir! The Musical - Featuring Christiane Noll (NYC) Orchestrator. The Wolf, (NC & NYC) Orchestrator.

Assaf is also a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

Lighting Design: The Way Old Friends Do, Directed by Mark Gatiss - West End, Birmingham REP & UK Tour (James Seabright), Bleak Expectations - West End (Anthology) Pig Heart Boy - Unicorn London & UK Tour (Fiery Angel), Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana Southbank & UK Tour (Norwich Theatre Royal), Murder On The Orient Express & SpongeBob Das Musical - German International Tour (Show Slot), The Jungle Book, Bleak Expectations & Whistle Down The Wind (The Watermill), West Side Story (Ljubljana Festival) & Pantomimes for Crossroads Pantomimes & Mark Goucher Productions.

Set & Lighting: Midnight Cowboy Musical - Southwark, Oti Mabuse I Am Here - UK Tour (ROYO), Johannes Radebe Freedom, Freedom Unleashed and House Of JoJo - UK Tours (ROYO), The Bodyguard Musical (Ljubljana Festival), LIZZIE Hope Mill Theatre (Hope Mill) & UK Tour, Police Cops - Southwark Playhouse (ROYO) and Oscar At The Crown (ROYO).

Set: The Creakers - by Tom Fletcher, McFly (Plymouth Theatre Royal & Southbank London), A Christmas Carol (Lowry), Lady Chatterley's Lover (Shaftesbury Theatre, West End), The Little Mermaid & Pinocchio (Michael Harrison for Crossroads Pantomimes) & Aladdin (Everyman Cheltenham).

Future Projects: Set and Lighting, Priscilla The Musical (Mark Goucher), Saturday Night Fever & Cher Show - Germany, Macbeth - Chester Story House & RRR Musical - Japan.

Lighting: Tick Tick Boom - China & Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana.

Chris has worked in various fields of the sound industry over the last 20 years as a sound designer and mix engineer, working on numerous productions and with many mainstream bands, artists, and orchestras.

Chris has worked extensively throughout the world, his design credits include: 101 Dalmatians (UK Tour); Cruel Intentions The Musical (The Other Palace, London); The Full Monty (UK Tour); Dirty Dancing (Dominion Theatre, London & UK/EU Tours); White Christmas (The Mill, Sonning); The Bodyguard (Križanke Theatre, Ljubljana); Hairspray (Kilworth House Theatre); Gypsy (The Mill, Sonning); Allegiance (Charing Cross Theatre, London); Mayflies (York Theatre Royal); West Side Story (Križanke Theatre, Ljubljana); Carousel & Half a Sixpence (Kilworth House Theatre); Rehab the Musical (The Playground Theatre, London); Dreamboats and Petticoats (UK Tour); Footloose (UK Tour); But I’m a Cheerleader (Turbine Theatre); Top Hat (The Mill, Sonning); Chicago (Ljubljana Festival); Cats (Kilworth House Theatre); Falsettos (The Other Palace, London); American Idiot (Arts Theatre, London & UK Tour) Winner of BWW Award for ‘Best Sound Design’; Madagascar the Musical (UK/USA Tours); The Producers (International Tour); TriOperas (The Peacock Theatre, London); Thriller Live (West End, Worldwide Theatre/Arena Tours); Guys & Dolls, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre); Knights of the Rose (Arts Theatre, London); Our House (UK Tour); Top Hat & Kiss Me Kate (Kilworth House Theatre); Aladdin & Jack and the Beanstalk (New Wimbledon Theatre); Ricky Gervais Humanity Tour (European Arenas); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kilworth House Theatre); West Side Story (Kilworth House Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Blackpool, Winter Gardens); Wonderland (UK Tour); Legally Blonde and Singin’ In The Rain (Kilworth House Theatre); 20th Century Boy, The Musical (UK Tours & Coventry, Belgrade); Sleeping Beauty (New Victoria Theatre, Woking); Aladdin & Dick Whittington (Stoke, Regent Theatre); South Pacific & Sister Act (Kilworth House Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Aylesbury, Waterside); My Fair Lady and Anything Goes (Kilworth House Theatre); Peter Pan (Manchester Opera House); The Sound of Music & Me and My Girl (Kilworth House Theatre); Christmas with the Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas (Wyndham’s Theatre, London); Little Shop of Horrors, The Pirates of Penzance & Guys and Dolls (Kilworth House Theatre); The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas (The Adelphi Theatre, London).

Other credits include: Anne-Marie (International Arena Tours & Festivals ); British Summer Time, Hyde Park 2017/18/19; Wildlife Festival 2017; Sentebale, Kensington Palace; UCI
2016 Track Cycling World Championships; Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games; London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics, Velodrome; BAKU European Games HAA Arena; Opening & Closing Ceremonies Invictus Games 2014; Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Warwick Castle; Jaguar XE Car Launch Earls Court; The 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Warwick Castle; A Night At The Opera (UK Tour); Dancing in the Streets (Munich, Scandinavia & UK Tour); Swan Lake on Ice (UK Tour); What a Feeling (UK Tour); Sweet Soul Music (UK Tour); The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas (UK Tour); Vega 4 (Ireland & UK Tour); Hybrid (Global Gathering); John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (UK Tour); Glen Campbell (UK Tour).

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Recent Supervisor credits include: Diamonds and Dust; Emerald Theatre (Associate Designer) Hairspray (UK Tour), A Night with Janis Joplin (The Peacock Theatre), Hamlet The Lord Chamberlains men (UK Tour), Bat Out of Hell (UK tour/Las Vegas), The Full Monty (UK Tour) The Narcissist (Chichester Festival Theatre), Bat Out of Hell (UK Tour), Animal Farm (National Youth Theatre), Falsettos (The Other Palace).

Recent Wardrobe Credits include: Strictly Come Dancing Pro Tour; UK Tour Strictly Come Dancing Live (UK Tour), Here Come the Boys (London Palladium), The League of Gentlemen (UK Tour), The Grinning Man (Trafalgar Studios), Some Like it Hip Hop (Zoo Nation Tour).

Credits Include: Wigs, Hair & Make Up Designer Gang of Three (Kings Head Theatre, London), Wigs Designer The Last Laugh (Noël Coward Theatre London, UK Tour & Broadway), Wigs, Hair & Make Up Designer The Parent Agency (Chester Storyhouse Theatre), Wigs Hair & Make Up Designer Hairspray (2024/25 UK & Ireland Tour), Wigs Designer The Magic Flute (Nevill Holt Opera Festival 2024), Wig Designer Buyer & Cellar (London/Tour), Make Up Designer Shrek the Musical (2023/24 UK & Ireland Tour & London Apollo), Make Up Designer Madagascar the Musical (UK, Australia , Asia and USA Tour), Associate Wigs Hair & Make Up Designer Singing in the Rain (Kilworth House), Wigs Hair & Make Up Designer Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre London), Wigs Hair & Make Up Supervisor Drop the Dead Donkey (UK Tour), Wigs Hair & Make Up Supervisor Steel Magnolias the Play (UK Tour), Associate Make Up Designer Mrs Doubtfire: The New Musical Comedy (West End & USA Tour), Make Up Designer Laid in Earth (Sadlers Wells, English National Ballet), Associate Make Up Designer Harry Potter & the Cursed Child (Toronto), Make Up Supervisor The Grinch Who Stole Christmas: The Musical! (UK Tour).

Mark provides services for Music Theatre and TV. As such is a freelance composer, arranger, conductor, musical supervisor and orchestral manager.

TV/Film: As Music Supervisor and Composer Mark has worked on - Penny on MARS (seasons 1, 2 and 3 - Disney TV), Alex and Co (3zero2). On The Sound of Musicals (BBC1) Mark composed the theme tune as well as being an arranger and copyist. He was the arranger on the film Another Mothers Son (BK Films) and composed for the shows Singled Out (MTV/Channel 5) and Dating Hell (Sky One). The latter he was featured as a member of the House Band; something he also did on Lorraine Kelly’s Friday Fever (ITV). Mark has also worked musically on the following shows; John Barrowman Show, This Morning and Saturday Night Takeaway (all ITV), The One Show (BBC1) plus composed various jingles. He is also working with Factory Films on a project aimed for Sky Arts 2022 alongside working on a feature film called Dartmoor Escape with Amoux Films. Mark has also composed for 2 children shows Polka Dot Shorts and Wheels on the Bus both of which toured the UK.

Theatre Supervision/Arranger: Who Do Ya Love (Toronto Workshop and Edinburgh), Now Musical (UK Tour), Rent (New Theatre, Peterborough), The SpongeBob Musical (London Southbank Centre and UK Tour), 9 to 5 (Savoy Theatre, UK Tour, Australian Tour and South Korea), We Will Rock You (World Tour), Madagascar (UK, US, Australia and New Zealand Tours) Trump L’Oeil (The Other Palace, London), Bring It On (London Southbank Centre and UK tour), Footloose (Peacock Theatre, London, Uk and European Tour), A Christmas Carol (Queens Theatre, Barnstaple), Falsettos (The Other Palace, London), Jersey Boys (World Tour), Little Miss Sunshine (Arcola Theatre, London and UK Tour), Avenue Q (UK Tour), Fame (Peacock Theatre/Troubadour Theatre, London and UK Tour), Flashdance (UK Tour and South Korea), Wizard of Oz (Blackpool Opera House), Our House (UK Tour), Spamalot (UK Tour), The Producers (UK Tour), High School Musical, 2 (UK Tour), Annie (UK tours, Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand), Little Shop of Horrors (UK Tour), The Snow Gorilla (The Rose, Kingston, London), Hello Dolly (UK Tour), Oliver (Lincoln Theatre Royal and Kuala Lumpur), Electric Lipstick (UK Tour), Miracle on 34th Street (UK Tour), Teen Scream (Lincoln Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Fringe), Bor Productions for MSC, CMC for P&O plus, various Pantomimes.

Theatre MD: (West End) Heathers, War of the Worlds, Dance Til Dawn, American Idiot, Carrie, Knights of the Rose, Stripped, Altar Boyz, Batboy, From a Jack to a King and Return to the Forbidden Planet. (UK Number 1 Tours) 9 to 5, La Cage au Folles, Sister Act, Hairspray, High School Musical 1 and 2, Seussical, Annie, The Roy Orbison Story, Thank you for the Music, Elvis the Musical, All you Need is Love, Blues Brothers meet Soul Sisters, Harrys Web, Phantom of the P’Opera and Rock N Roll Heaven.

He is currently writing for a new animation series as well as two new musicals.

Biography coming soon.

Biography coming soon.

Ian is an established choreographer and an accredited Intimacy Practitioner with 27 years’ experience in TV, Film and Theatre. Ian trained at Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts, London, and Intimacy on set.

Ian’s credits include:

Half Man (HBO) starring Jamie Bell and Richard Gadd, Sunny Dancer (27 Ten Productions) starring Bella Ramsey, The Girl on the Train (UK and Ireland Tour), The Agency (Paramount+) starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere, Random Facts About the Sky (Fortuna Films) starring John Hunter Bell, Clutter (Sash Film Productions), Land's End: A Shepherd's Tale (Tin Can Productions), EE Curfew (TV Commercial), Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of), Emma Rice’s Brief Encounter (Cunard), The Full Monty (UK and Ireland Tour), Men Up (BBC/Quay Productions) produced by Russell T. Davies, Greatest Days, The Official Take That Musical, exclusively for (Arvia – Iona P&O), The Play What I Wrote starring Tom Hiddleston (Birmingham Rep, UK Tour), Princess Mirror Belle (BBC), Afterplay (Drumstick Productions), Cinderella - I Married a Numpty (Òran Mór), Last Tango in Partick (National Theatre of Scotland), Cinderella (Kings Theatre Glasgow), Four series of the BAFTA-nominated Molly and Mack (CBBC), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Kings Theatre, Glasgow), Mr Moonlight (Òran Mór Glasgow), Taking the Next Step (BBC), Eight series of the BAFTA-winning show The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), Eiderdown, Dance International Glasgow (Tramway), IFEST (Blackpool), Christy Carlson Romano (Walt Disney Records US concert ), The Blues Brothers (UK Tour), Crocodile (Roxy Agogo), BAFTA-nominated independent film, Waitress, Digby Brown (STV), Clyde 1 Live (SECC Arena), Pulse (Tramway Theatre, Glasgow), Moulin Rouge Ball (Newbury), SQA Awards, Scotland (Dance Studio Scotland), Pent Up (Dundee Repertory Theatre).

Ian choreographed and directed multiple projects for the Commonwealth Games including the Tom Daley ambassador performance (Fruit Market, Glasgow), the royal performance for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Emirates Arena), The Commonwealth Mascot press launch (BBC Scotland, Blue Peter), The Queen's Baton Relay (Holyrood Parliament), Countdown with Sir Chris Hoy (ITV's Daybreak), Clyde and Friends (Scottish Tour), The Bill (ITV), London’s Burning (ITV), Dogging Around (BBC), Leprechauns (NBC Entertainment), Feel the Force (BBC2 Scotland) and The Flying Scotsman (Verve Pictures).

Jessica Martin is a multi-talented entertainer whose career embraces acting, singing, impressions, cabaret performing, writing and illustration. She comes from a musical family - her grandfather was the orchestra leader at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore and her father Ido Martin was a band leader and jazz musician with whom Jessica performed from an early age. After graduating from London University with a degree in English and Drama, Jessica got her big television break as the sole female impressionist in the LWT series Copycats. She was also a regular voice actor on the iconic Spitting Image series as well as starring alongside Bobby Davro in his impressionist series Bobby Davro’s TV Weekly. At this time, she was a frequent guest on variety shows such as Sunday Night at the Palladium, Summertime Special and several Royal Variety Shows.

As an actress, she played the memorable character of Mags, an intergalactic werewolf in the Seventh Doctor season of Doctor Who. She reprised the role in three audio dramas for Big Finish and even illustrated her for an exclusive Doctor Who comic published by Titan.

She made her West End debut playing Sally Smith opposite Gary Wilmot in the hit musical Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre and has performed in over thirty musicals to date.

Other theatre credits include: Babes in Arms (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park), The Wizard of Oz (Theatre Royal, Plymouth and tour), The Card (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park), Mack and Mabel (Piccadilly Theatre and Southwark Playhouse), South Pacific (Churchill Theatre and tour), Sweeney Todd (Bridewell Theatre), Sunset Boulevard (Comedy Theatre), Spamalot (National tour), Sondheim at 80 (Royal Albert Hall), Elf the Musical (Dominion Theatre), Shirleymander (Playground Theatre) Blitz! (Union Theatre) and Menopause – The Musical 2 (UK & Ireland tour).

Last year Jessica headlined the London revival of the Jerry Herman revue Jerry’s Girls (Menier Chocolate Factory) and recently played Lily Pepper in Noel Coward’s Red Peppers and Deena Ames in Aged in Wood (Tabard Theatre).

She has performed panto many times alongside legendary performers including John Inman, Peggy Mount and Christopher Biggins.

Panto includes: Cinderella (De Montfort Hall, Leicester), Aladdin (The Grand, Wolverhampton), Peter Pan (Wycombe Swan), Mother Goose (Cambridge Arts), Cinderella (Churchill Theatre, Bromley) Goldilocks & the Three Bears (Richmond Theatre) and most recently Mother Goose and Aladdin (Cheltenham Everyman).

Jessica writes and draws comics and graphic novels inspired by her love of films and showbusiness. Elsie Harris Picture Palace was shortlisted for the Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Prize and her graphic memoir, Life Drawing - A Life Under Lights was longlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize and Theatre Book Prize 2020.

Forthcoming appearances include Frau Blücher in the regional premiere of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester)