DRAMA AT INISH

Juliet Cadzow is one of Scotland’s leading actresses. Her theatre career started with Billy Connelly in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show in Edinburgh and the Young Vic. Some leading roles she has played include Jean Brodie, Madam Arcati in Blithe Spirit and Dorine in Tartuffe at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, The Indian Queen by Dryden/Purcell at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Lady MacBeth on Inchcolme Island and Sicily, Female Parts by Dario Fo at the Tron and on a UK tour, The Thrie Estaites at the Edinburgh International Festival and in Warsaw. Other EIF productions include Too Late for Logic by Tom Murphy, The Servant of Twa  Maisters by Goldoni and  The Four Estates by John McGrath. Juliet worked with Bill Bryden’s company for The Ship and The Big Picnic in Govan and for Channel 4, and with John McGrath for Border Warfare at the Tramway, also Channel 4. Juliet played Morna in Italian in The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy at Teatro Trianon , Rome and did seasons with the La Zattera di  Babele in Erice, Sicily and Rome. She has performed at the Traverse Theatre, Dundee Rep, Lyceum, Salisbury and Watford. Her TV work includes, Scotch and Wry, Dr. Findlay’s Casebook, Rab C. Nesbitt, Coronation Street, Casualty, The Bill, The Stonehouse Affair, Playing for Real, Glasgow Kiss, Wedding Belles and Balamory – which led to arena tours all over the UK, with the highlight performances at Wembley. Juliet has appeared in many pantomimes, most memorably at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh with Stanley Baxter. Films she has appeared in include Heavenly Pursuits, The Wicker Man, the award winning Wonderland, Thicker Than Water for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, The Big Man and most recently Stone of Destiny, Fast Romance and Perfect Sense with Ewan McGregor.

Anthony Delaney’s credits include Northern Star at the Finborough Theatre and Hired (Watford Palace Theatre). Television includes The Tudors.

Rupert Frazer’s credits include Blithe Spirit, Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic), Lady Windermere’s Fan (National Tour), Private Lives (Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke), The Thickness of Skin (Royal Court Theatre), Arcadia (Gate Theatre, Dublin), Naked Justice, David Copperfield (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Picture of Dorian Grey (Theatre Royal Windsor), The Constant Wife (Lyric Theatre), Hamlet (Birmingham Rep and Lyceum Theatre) and Festen (Birmingham Rep and National Tour). Film includes Gandhi, The Far Pavilions, The Shooting Party, Empire of the Sun, The Girl In A Swing, Zorn, The Reef, Past Present Future Imperfect, Wasp 05, Van Wilder 2 and D-Notice. Television credits includes The House of Eliott, A Dinner of Herbs, The Slavery Business, Berkeley Square, The Sleeper, Love in a Cold Climate, The Bill, Shackleton, The Crooked Man, Heartbeat, Prime Suspect VI, Foyle’s War, Vincent, Slave Trader, After You’ve Gone and Doctors.

Hermione Gulliford’s credits include The Importance of Being Earnest (Birmingham Rep and The Old Vic), Time and the Conways, The Rehearsal, The Double Inconstancy, Hay Fever (Salisbury Playhouse), Twelfth Night, The Country Wife (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Happy Savages (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith), Anthony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company), Arcadia (Bristol Old Vic), Three Sisters, The Real Inspector Hound and The Critic (Chichester Festival Theatre). Film includes The Affair of the Necklace and Stage Beauty. Television includes Jane Eyre, Oktober, Monarch of the Glen, Carrie’s War, Heartbeat, The Brief, All About George, Midsomer Murders, Kingdom, Doctors, MI High, Holby City, The IT Crowd and Handle with Prayer.

Celia Imrie’s theatre credits include Acorn Antiques – The Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket) for which she won an Olivier Award, The Hothouse (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, and Comedy Theatre), Habeas Corpus and Polar Bears (Domar Warehouse), Dona Rosita (Almeida Theatre), The School for Scandal (Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre), Unsuspecting Susan (King's Head Theatre and 59th Street Theatre, New York), The Way of the World and Mixed Up North (Wilton's Music Hall), Plague Over England (Duchess Theatre) and Hay Fever (Rose Theatre, Kingston).Film includes The Harmfulness of Tobacco, Blue Black Permanent, Frankenstein, In The Bleak Midwinter, The Borrowers, Star Wars, Hilary and Jackie, Bridget Jones's Diary, Lucky Break, Revelation, Thunderpants, Heartlands, Calendar Girls, Wimbledon, Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason, Nanny McPhee, Imagine Me and You, Wah Wah, St Trinian's, St Trinian's – The Legend of Fritton's Gold, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.Television includes Dinner Ladies, Acorn Antiques, Kingdom, A Dark Adapted Eye, Wokenwell, Gormenghast, Love in a Cold Climate, Baddiel's Syndrome, Station Jim, Midsomer Murders, Randall and Hopkirk Deceased, Absolutely Fabulous, The Gathering Storm, A is for Acid, Zhivago, Sparkhouse, Daniel Deronda, The Planman, Still Game, Jonathan Creek, Doc Martin, Miss Marple – 4.50 From Paddington, Mr Harvey Lights a Candle, Poirot – Taken at the Flood, The Lavender List, The Last Detective, The Commander – The Devil You Know, After You've Gone, Florizel Street and Titanic. She recently published her autobiography, The Happy Hoofer.

Seamus Hoolihan makes his Finborough Theatre debut in Drama at Inish. He has extensive stage experience, and his many television credits include Doctor Who, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, In The Name Of The Father, The New Statesman, Chimera, Information Received, No Strings, Personal Imports and The Bill.

Jack Klaff’s credits include Trilby, Nagging Doubt, and The Representative at the Finborough Theatre. Other theatre credits include Henry VI, Son of Light, As You Like It, Tamburlaine (Royal Shakespeare Company), Othello, Troilus and Cressida, Donkey’s Years, I’m Not Rappaport (Bristol Old Vic), Map of the Heart (Shakespeare’s Globe), Insignificance (Donmar Warehouse) and as Michael Mansfield, QC in Stockwell (Tricycle Theatre). Film includes Star Wars, For Your Eyes Only, King David, Pasternak, Olga, 1871 and Ten Pence. He has over 150 television credits, including Vanity Fair, Ruth Rendell’s Road Rage and his own works. His latest radio performance was the Book of the Week – Last Resort and he has received two Sony Silver certificates. 

Lee Knight’s credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Wyndham's Theatre) and Colors (Tristan Bates Theatre). Film includes Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Christopher Logan’s credits include The Belle's Stratagem (Southwark Playhouse), The School for Scandal (BarbicanTheatre and Amsterdam), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Headlong), The Picture (Salisbury Playhouse), The Comedy Of Errors (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park), Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), The Rivals (Southwark Playhouse), Nicholas Nickleby (Chichester Festival Theatre, UK Tour, West End and Toronto), Pravda (Chichester Festival Theatre and Birmingham Rep), Twelfth Night (Thelma Holt Productions and Plymouth Theatre Royal – UK Tour), The Quare Fellow (Oxford Stage Company – UK Tour including Tricycle Theatre), Shakespeare's Lovers (QM2 - Cunard) and The British Federation of Festivals' 75th Anniversary Gala (Queen Elizabeth Hall). Television includes Kerching! (BBC). Film includes The Magic Flute, Mrs Henderson Presents and Esther Kahn. Radio includes The Arab/Israeli Cookbook (BBC).

Frances Low’s credits include Moonlight Across Heather (Soho Poly Theatre), Animal (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), Wait Until Dark and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh), Let Wives Tak’ Tent (National Theatre of Scotland), Polly Honeycombe and Lear (Cochrane Theatre, London), Real Time (National Tour), The Plough and the Stars (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), My Mother (Bloomsbury Theatre, London), Venus and Adonis (National Theatre Workshop), The Way of the World (National Tour) and Words Beyond Words (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh). Film includes Couple and Robbers, Loose Connections, December Bride, Shallow Grave and Gosford Park. Television includes Billy Liar, The Cherry Orchard, Miss Marple, Radio Pictures, Ties of Blood, Father Matthew’s Daughter, Perfect Spy, Love After Lunch, Poirot – Triangle at Rhodes, The Brittas Empire, Peak Practice, Taggart, Pie in the Sky, Casualty, Jonathan Creek, Doctors and Holby City.

Oengus MacNamara’s credits include The Hostage (Southwark Playhouse), Beckett’s Outbursts  (Irish Tour), Waiting For Godot  (Tricycle Theatre and Irish Tour), Molly Sweeney (National Theatre of Scotland), The Quare Fellow (Tricycle Theatre), The Playboy of the Western World (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), Barabbas (Hong Kong Tour), The Country Wife (National Theatre) and Bohemian Lights (Gate Theatre, London). Television includes The Bill, Casualty, Eye of the Storm, Dangerous Ground, Roughnecks, The Bill, 99-1, Henry VI Parts I, II and III and Richard III. Film includes Round Ireland with a Fridge, Eamonn and On Wings of Fire.

Ellie Turner’s credits include Ophelia in Nicholas Hytner’s Hamlet (National Theatre), An Ideal Husband (English Theatre, Frankfurt), Bloody Poetry (White Bear Theatre), The School For Wives (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Oliver Twist, Henry V, The Playboy of the Western World (Riverside Studios and National Tour), Avocado, Osip (King’s Head Theatre), The Lodger (Arcola Theatre) and Alphabetical Order (The Mill at Sonning).

David Walshe’s credits include The Weir (Scottish tour), The Breathing House (Tron Theatre, Glasgow), Westenders, An Apple A Day, What the Animals Say, Clara (A Play, A Pie, A Pint at Òran Mór, Glasgow), The Wisher, Lost Property (Edinburgh Festival), Shining City (National Tour), By the Seat of Your Pants (Scottish Tour), Betrayal (Byre Theatre), Dirty Dusting (National Tour), The Psychic Detective (National Tour), Mother Courage (Scottish Tour), Big Baby (Scottish Tour), and A Mobile Thriller, an award winning one-man-show, performed in a moving sports car (Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival). Film includes A Soldier’s Song, The Morbegs, The Chop, A Man with Gaps, Irish Tourism Global Advertising Campaign, Korea, Love and Rage and various radio drama at RTÉ.