Dónal Finn

ORPHEUS

Dónal Finn’s work in theatre includes Sing Street in Boston, United States; and Albion at the Almeida. TV includes Wheel of Time (series regular), Rogue Heroes, The Witcher and Cursed. Film includes Four Letters of Love, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and How to Build a Girl. He was the 2023 Irish Screen Star of Tomorrow.

Grace Hodgett Young

EURYDICE

Grace Hodgett-Young trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, where productions includes The Little Mermaid and Made in Dagenham. Work in theatre includes Sunset Boulevard.

Zachary James

HADES

Zachary James’ work in theatre and opera includes the original production of Akhnaten for English National Opera; the original production of The Addams Family (as Lurch) on Broadway; Spain (premiere) at 2nd Stage; The Perfect American (premiere) at Teatro Real Madrid; Breaking the Waves (premiere) at Opera Philadelphia; Il Sogno (premiere) at Teatro Citta Della Pieve; Edward Tulane (premiere) at Minnesota Opera; and South Pacific, Coram Boy, Sweeney Todd, The Most Happy Fella, Irma la Douce, The Pirates of Penzance and Wozzeck in New York. He has performed around the globe, at venues including The Metropolitan Opera, Opera Queensland, Lincoln Center Theater, Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and Philadelphia Orchestra. TV includes 30 Rock, Law & Order, The Blacklist, Succession, Saturday Night Live and Murphy Brown. Zachary James is a Grammy winner and Broadway World Vocalist of the Decade. Solo albums are available wherever music is streamed.

Melanie La Barrie

HERMES

Melanie La Barrie’s work in theatre includes & Juliet (originating the role of Nurse; WhatsOnStage nomination) at the Stephen Sondheim on Broadway and the Shaftesbury, West End; productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Romeo and Juliet, White Christmas, Guys and Dolls, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Sunshine Boys; and Matilda (Broadway World nomination), Mary Poppins, Daddy Cool, Wicked, Les Misérables, Dick Whittington, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Lorax and Ragtime in the West End. Original cast recordings include & Juliet, Matilda, Mary Poppins and Daddy Cool. TV includes Casualty and EastEnders. Film includes London Road.

Gloria Onitiri

PERSEPHONE

Gloria Onitiri’s work in theatre includes Hadestown at the National Theatre; Women Beware Women and Taming of the Shrew (as Katherina) at Shakespeare’s Globe; A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic; Chiaroscuro at the Bush; Napoli, Brooklyn at Park Theatre; Brighton Rock on tour; 101 Dalmatians (as Cruella De Vil) at Birmingham Rep; Caroline, or Change at Chichester; Clybourne Park on tour; The Grinning Man at Bristol Old Vic; and The Upstart Crow, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, The Bodyguard (as Rachel Marron), The Lion King and Avenue Q (original cast) in the West End. TV includes Urban Myths (as Grace Jones), Varsity, Doctors, The Window, Grass, Bad Girls and Doctors. Film includes Resurrecting the Street Walker.

Bella Brown

FATE

Bella Brown trained at Arts Educational School, graduating in 2023. Productions while training include A Chorus Line and Catch Me If You Can. Her work in theatre includes Rock Follies at the Minerva, Chichester; and Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud.

Madeline Charlemagne

FATE

Madeline Charlemagne trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Work in theatre includes Hex at the National Theatre; The Secret Life of Bees at the Almeida; Kick at Lyric, Hammersmith; Carousel at Regent’s Park; and 42 Balloons at the Vaudeville.

Allie Daniel

FATE

Allie Daniel trained at Mountview, and currently teaches vocal technique at The Urdang Academy. Her work in theatre includes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Southwark Playhouse; As You Like It at @sohoplace; Happy Meal at the Traverse and on UK tour; Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on UK tour; Millennials at Turbine; and RENT at Hope Mill. Concerts include backing vocalist for Ariana Debose at London Palladium; and Peter and the Wolf with Triorca at Cadogan Hall.

Lauren Azania

WORKER

Lauren Azania AJ King-Yombo’s work in theatre includes Close Up: The Twiggy Musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Disco Inferno on tour; and productions of The Magic of Motown on tour; Heartbeat of Home, Boogie Nights, The Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors, Robin Hood and Happy Ever After.

Tiago Dhondt Bamberger

WORKER

Tiago Dhondt Bamberger trained at Guildford School of Acting, where productions included Sweet Smell of Success, The Wind in the Willows, Curtains and The Burnt Part Boys. Work in theatre includes Moulin Rouge! at the Piccadilly; and The Witches of Eastwick at the Sondheim.

Beth Hinton-Lever

WORKER

Beth Hinton-Lever trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts after she studied Classical Archaeology and Classical Civilisations at UCL. Her work in theatre includes The Doncastrian Chalk Circle (Public Acts at CAST), As You Like It (Public Acts at Queen’s Hornchurch), Hadestown and Dick Whittington for the National Theatre; Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe; West Side Story and A Chorus Line at Leicester Curve; Living Newspaper Edition 3 and Maryland at the Royal Court; Millennials for MTFest/Turbine; Treasure Island at Derby Theatre; Reasons to be Cheerful for Graeae; Spring Awakening at Hope Mill; Dancehall and Sleeping Beauty at CAST. TV includes Disclosure, All the Light We Cannot See, The Suspect and Silent Witness. Film includes Wicked and Men in Black: International. Audio includes An Aeneid and The Blind School: Pioneering People and Places.

Waylon Jacobs

WORKER

Waylon Jacobs trained at the Arts Educational Schools London, where he received the BBC Performing Arts Bursary and the Gillian Lynne Award. His work in theatre includes The Last Five Years at the Minack; Treason at Cadogan Hall and at Drury Lane; Chicago on UK tour; Ragtime and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park; RENT for Tabard; The Screams of Kitty Genovese at Tete a Tete Opera Festival and the Edinburgh Festival; Sondheim at 80 for BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall; Riverdance at the Gaiety, Dublin; Dick Whittington at Chelmsford Civic; and Hamilton, Memphis, We Will Rock You (also world arena tour), Children of Eden and The Lion King in the West End.

Christopher Short

WORKER

Christopher Short trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Work in theatre includes Jersey Boys on UK and Ireland tour; Anything Goes on UK tour and at the Barbican; Forever Plaid Upstairs at the Gatehouse; The Lightning Road at the Actors Church; and The Prince of Egypt at the Dominion. TV includes The Olivier Awards (with Anything Goes), Dancing on Ice (with The Prince of Egypt) and Ball and Boe (also at the O2 Arena). Film includes The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West End. Recordings include the original cast recording of The Prince of Egypt.

Lucinda Buckley

SWING

Lucinda Buckley trained at Rose Bruford College, where productions included London Road, The Tempest, As You Like It and After the Dance. Work in theatre includes Dick Whittington at Chipping Norton.

Ryesha Higgs

SWING

Ryesha Higgs trained at The Ailey School, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Work in theatre includes Sinatra – The Musical in a world premiere at Birmingham Rep; We Will Rock You at London Coliseum; and The Lion King at the Lyceum. TV includes Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, MTV European Music Awards and Asian MNET Music Awards.

Miriam Nyarko

SWING

Miriam Nyarko is an actor and R&B singer-songwriter. Her work in theatre includes Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Boy in the Dress and The Magician’s Elephant at the RSC; Our Town at Regent’s Park; and The Lion King in the West End. TV includes Almost Never (series one to three) and Moon Knight. Short films include Blackwool. Her first EP The Journey was released in October 2023.

Simon Oskarsson

SWING

Simon Oskarsson trained at Arts Educational Schools London. Work in theatre includes The Book Thief at Leicester Curve; Robin Hood. The Legend. Re-written, 101 Dalmatians and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park; Claus – the Musical at The Lowry, Manchester; Assassins at the Watermill and Nottingham Playhouse; Kärlek Skonar Ingen (Love Spares Nobody) at Gothenburg Opera House; Julia Capulet for Lilla Beddinge Teater; Kiss Me, Kate at Sheffield Crucible; Ögonblick as an LDMG scholarship residency; To Paint the Earth at Southwark Playhouse; and Return to the Forbidden Planet (nominations for The Stage Debut Award and an Offie) Upstairs at the Gatehouse. TV includes Lotta På Liseberg – Kärlek Skonar Ingen, The National Television Awards and So Awkward. Short films include Unity of Opposites and 03:03. Recordings include cast recording for The Book Thief, Dead or Alive and Knife of Shame. Voiceovers include Warthunder.