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COMPANY MEMBERS

            PAUL STRANGE - Actor / Director / S.F.X. specialist - Graduate of John Moore's University where he achieved                         his B.A. (Hons) in drama. - Stage roles include: Nagg & Hamm in 'ENDGAME' by Samuel Beckett - Danny & Harry and  Directed 'DAYS OF WINE AND BRUISES' - Paul in 'ROOMS' at the Gladstone Theatre - Easton / Philpot / Didlum / Policeman / Liberal Orator in Robert Tressell's 'THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS' - Produced and Directed 'THE RADIO HAM' by Galton & Simpson at the Unity Theatre Liverpool  and 'HANCOCK'S LAST HALF HOUR' by Heathcote Williams on a U.K. tour which concluded at the Soho Theatre in London - Directed a documentary about W.W.2 Italian Internee Camps which were situated in Huyton, Liverpool. - Equity Member.

            GERARD FITZPATRICK HOWKINS - Graduated from W.I.S.P.A. (Wirral School of Performing Arts) - under the       

             tutelage of June Butler and Tom Whitehead. Became an L.L.A.M. (Hons) ( Licentiate of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) and a Gold Medal (Hons) of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and a Royal Society of Arts in Variety Entertainment - Actor - Director - Writer - Stage Roles include: Lear in 'KING LEAR' - Shylock in 'THE MERCHANT OF VENICE' - Lennie / Carlson, Crooks / Curly's wife in 'OF MICE AND MEN' by John Steinbeck - Squealer in 'ANIMAL FARM' by George Orwell - Direct / Produced and played Clov in 'ENDGAME' by Samuel Becket - Produced and played Slyme / Barrington / Rushton in 'THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS' - Produced and played Ray in 'DAYS OF WINE & BRUISES' - His World War One play 'PALS' which he wrote, produced and acted in was critically praised - Writer, Producer and Actor played Tommy in 'ROOMS' a supernatural thriller set in Liverpool during the depression - TV & Film include: - 'NEST EGGS' for C4 - 'THREATENING BEHAVIOUR' for Pidgin Productions and 'WATERFRONT BEAT' for the B.B.C. - Equity Member

            DAWN ADAMS - Attained a HND in Community Theatre - A bilingual Actor / Director & Project Manager - Role play,   

             research and development of historical characters. Specialises in community events and is a project manager for charities and local businesses - Stage roles include - Maureen Starr in 'LIVERPOOL FANTASY' by Larry Kirwan at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool - Directed 'WINDRUSH GENERATION' for Dingle Community Theatre - Bert / Newman / Linden /  Ruth / Dr Weakling / Bundy and Tory Orator in Robert Tressell's 'THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS' plus many more - She has been a character guide for educational programmes in Cheshire and Merseyside - From Peter Rabbit at Tatton Park to disaster in Mineral Lead Mines North Wales and numerous character roles across the North West and appeared in 'THE WITCHES' play - Equity Member

            CRAIG McGRATH - Actor / Director / Writer - a B.A. (Hons) in Digital film - Stage roles include - Ken in 'PALS' -

             Tressell / Crass / Sweater in 'THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS - Jackson / Driver in 'NOEL CHAVASSE V.C.' - Gregg / Gascoigne in 'DAYS OF WINE & BRUISES' - Ian in 'ROOMS' - TV & Film include - 'YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES' - 'DEMOB' for ITV - 'PEAKY BLINDERS' for the B.B.C. and 'THE ANGRY MAN' for C4 and TV Ident - Is an accomplish film maker who has won many awards for his short films - Won Best Actor Award at the Leverhulme Drama Festival in 2018 - Combines these works with MURDER MYSTERY tours in Chester and across the North West -

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            JOHN McHUGH - Actor - Credits include - Will Mossop in 'HOBSON'S CHOICE' - Max in 'THE HOMECOMING' by

             Harold Pinter - Alan in 'DAYS OF WINE AND BRUISES' - Owen in 'THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS' - 'ROCKY'S LAST ROUND' - 'TWO' by Jim Cartwright - 'Peter 'A TASTE OF HONEY' - 'ONE FOR THE ROAD' by Willy Russell - TV credits - 'CORONATION STREET' - 'EMMERDALE' - 'BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF' - Equity member   

            ROBERT SMITH - Actor - Attended Everyman Youth Theatre - Stage roles include - Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET' -

             Albany in 'KING LEAR' - Steve and David in 'DAYS OF WINE & BRUISES' - Sawkins / Grinder / Hunter / DeEncloseland in 'THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS' - Graham in 'ROOMS' - TV & Film - Played Gizzmo in 'BROOKSIDE' - for C4 - 'THE CHOCOLATE THIEF' and 'THREE SQUID' presented at the Cannes Film Festival and both directed by Tim Francis. Is Artistic Director of 'IMAGINE' a disabled acting group at the Casa Theatre, Hope Street, Liverpool. - Equity member

            BILL McGARRY - Actor - Producer - Artistic Director of his own company 'Livewire Productions 4U' which is a

             community based theatrical community which supported and performed work for the 2008 Liverpool Capital of Culture celebrations. Bill's stage roles include - 'THE WELSH STREETS' a drama he penned and appeared in himself  about the history of the Liverpool Welsh streets from the past right up to the present. 'THE CANAL'  a self penned saga about Liverpool's own Venice of the north which charts the history of the canal system  commissioned by the Duke of Bridgewater and which he toured ending in the 'Roundhouse Theatre' in London. 'ROOMS' where he played the strange and secretive Mr Chandler of Chandler's Hotel. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' by William Shakespeare. Plus many more. - Equity member

            MARINA BOOTHROYD - Graduated from W.I.S.P.A. drama school  under the tutelage of June Butler and Tom     

             Whitehead - Actor / Artist / Illustrator and Stage Manager - Credits include - 'LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING' by Alan Bleasdale - 'THE UNDERSTANDING' at the Leverhulme Drama Festival plus many more - Director of 'SUBMARINERS' by Tom McClenaghan aboard H.M.S. Plymouth - Stage Manager for 'ROOMS'. Producer of a U.K. tour of 'SUBMARINERS'. - Equity member

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SPECIAL THANKS TO

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Birkenhead Branch - Park Road East, Wirral

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THE CASA 29 Hope Street, Liverpool

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THE PILGRIM, Pilgrim Street, Liverpool

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