The Company of Actors From Series Nine

Robert became a professional actor in 1994, following a 35 year career as a pilot in the Royal Air Force. After training with the Acting Company of Arts Ed (London), his first appearance was in Shreds and Fancies (at the Old Red Lion) for the London New Play Festival. He then understudied three roles at The Old Vic in Conversations With My Father directed by Alan Ayckbourn. He has also understudied Joss Ackland in a national tour of The Gin Game and Julian Glover in Sir Peter Hall’s production of The Dresser (national tour and Duke of York’s Theatre, West End). Other stage work includes the shepherd in The Oedipus Table, Nicholas in A Week With Tony, Grampa in The Grapes of Wrath (all at the Finborough Theatre), General Sergei Radzinsky in Neat Garbage (King’s Head Islington), as well as Rattlesnake and Colonel Stark in Calamity Jane, Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit The Wind and Marcus in Titus Andronicus (all at the Battersea Arts Centre). In 2008 he appeared in The Winter’s Tale, part of the inaugural season at the new Courtyard theatre in Hoxton, and followed this with a national tour of In The Club, directed by David Grindley, in which he played a French doctor and a one-legged Polish archbishop! He has also been a regular participant in the summer series of Greek classical drama at the Scoop open air theatre near Tower Bridge. Television credits include The Governor (ITV), Class Act (ITV), No Bananas (BBC TV), The Last Days of a Condemned Man and Porkpie (both for Channel 4) as Sir William Kingston, the Constable of the Tower of London in Days That Shook The World - The Execution of Anne Boleyn (BBC TV), and mosr recently Bedlam (The History Channel).

He is also a reader of audio books for an internet company.

Katherine trained at Oxford School of Drama (2005/2008) and East 15 (2003-2004)
Theatre credits include Ophelia in Hamlet (101); The Witches in Macbeth (TIE); Viola in Twelfth Night (The Theatre Chipping Norton & The Drill Hall London) Lucy & Ruth in Paradise Lost (The Southwark Playhouse); Laura in Still Life, Connie in Chills (The Half Moon) the Cat in Dick Whittington, (TIE); Maenad in The Bacchae (TIE)
Drama school credits include Dog in Animal Farm (The Botanic Gardens); Valeria in The Rover, Bianca in Othello, Mrs Brigstock in The Madras House, and Alice in Closer.
Katherine will appear in a documentary ‘Article 12’ to be released this year.
Radio work includes Lady Chiltern in Ideal Husband.

Dominic trained at Webber Douglas. His theatre credits include Gerald in "Touch of the Devil" (King's Head Theatre); Wilfred Owen in "Not About Heroes" (Rock Theatre, Gibraltar); Splinters in "The Tender Land" (Grimeborn Opera Festival at the Arcola Theatre); The Baker in "Into the Woods" (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Harold in "Harold & Maude" (TNT Theatre, European tour); the title role in "Hamlet" and Andrew Aguecheek in "Twelfth Night" for the Cambridge Shakespeare Company; Andrew in "Son of Man" (Canal Café Theatre); Young Buddy in "Follies" (Landor Theatre); Earl in the West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Whistle Down the Wind" (Palace Theatre, and first national tour); Richard Rich in "A Man For All Seasons", Dick Johnson in "Treasure Island" and Justin West in "Dolly West’s Kitchen" (all Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Jem Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme) and Augenti in "Passion" and The Young Thing in the European premiere of "Hello Again" for the Bridewell Theatre Company. He made his professional directorial debut last year on Phil Bowen’s "Anything But Love", which performed at several UK arts festivals and the New End Theatre, Hampstead.

Dominic's voiceover work includes characters for the award-winning computer game "Scratches" for Nucleosys Digital Studios and will shortly be working on their next project for release later this year.

Deirdra’s recent credits include: Macdeath (Landor Theatre), Series 2 Radio Plays (Bunbury Banter) Healthy Working Wales (DVD), Series 2 Radio Plays (Bunbury Banter), Tombstone (Soundtrack, Fox Yason Music), Deadlock (Number 1 Tour), Five Kinds of Silence (Theatro Technis), The Shell Seekers (Number 1 Tour), Season's Greetings (Chesterfield Pomegranate and Yeovil Octagon), Blithe Spirit (Yeovil Octagon), Murder With Love (National tour), Sherlock Holmes’ Christmas Turkey (Landor Theatre) Break, My Heart (London Premiere, Blue Elephant Theatre and regional tour), The Four Seasons (Blue Elephant Theatre), The Maias (World Premiere), Lady Macbeth (Riverside Studios and Belfast Festival), Tis Pity She's A Whore (Greenwich Playhouse), Under Milk Wood (UK & US Tour), The Snow Queen (Letchworth Arts Centre) Frankenstein (Gordon Craig Theatre), Pygmalion (Greenwich Playhouse), A Company of Wolves (Woodside Open Air Theatre, Hitchin), History Under Your Feet (Letchworth Arts Centre), A Wilderness of Mirrors (Edinburgh Festival), Fen (regional tour).  Television credits include an ident for BBC Television's Neighbours and commercials for Tresemme Shampoo and Wet Straight Pro hair straighteners. Deirdra is co-founder of Scuttlebutt Gala, producing regular cabarets and theatre productions, she is also the creator of the choreographically challenged dance act Yah-dam-buggedy.
BBC Television's Neighbours and a commercial for Tresemme Shampoo. Deirdra is the Artistic Director of a small independent theatre company with several new projects in development.

Emma trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in Voice and in Acting at Drama Studio London. Recent theatre credits include: Vincent in Brixton: Eugenie Loyer (National Tour. Icarus Theatre/Original Theatre Company); The Time of Your Life: Mary (Finborough Theatre, Icarus Theatre Company); Playhouse Creatures: Mrs Marshall (Theatre Royal Haymarket Apprentice Scheme).
Emma works as a Voice Artist for national radio. She has been Station Voice at Capital Radio London and for Global Radio’s Network stations. She currently works freelance for independent radio and production companies such as Wise Buddah, BBC Radio and Absolute Radio.
As a Voice Coach, Emma works with actors and other professional voice users on vocal and communication skills, accents and dialects and improved technique. She also teaches Speech and Drama (LAMDA Examinations) in theatres and schools and undertakes bespoke private tuition.
Emma will be appearing as Dol Common in ‘The Alchemist’ by Ben Jonson at The Rosemary Branch Theatre from the 23rd March until 11th April.

Josh is delighted to be working with Bunbury Banter Theatre, he is an associate actor with Theatre Delicatessen and recently appeared in Pedal Pusher which should be transferring to Edinburgh this summer. Josh is an experienced voice actor having appeared in numerous radio plays and has recorded many hours of short stories for various producers.

Recent theatre credits include Trading Stories (Arc Theatre), Pedal Pusher (Theatre Delicatessen), Come to Luketia – Land of Opportunity (Zeitgeist Theatre). Recent Television credits include La Likatem Al Sawt (No for a Silencer) (Hot Spot Film).