Paul Strickland is a graduate of East 15 Acting School. He spent 11 years in Nottingham where he worked extensively with The Lace Market Theatre and as a volunteer for Nottingham Lesbian and Gay Switchboard. His acting credits include The Gay Man's Guide (The Drill Hall and The Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham), The Beaux' Stratagem (The Courtyard Theatre), Hamlet (The Festival Players - National Tour), On Red Hill (Tabard Theatre) and Much Ado About Nothing (The Courtyard at Covent Garden) as well as radio adaptions of Pride and Prejudice and The Day of the Triffids. Paul is also a media spokesperson for the Royal Phamaceutical Society of Great Britain appearing on BBC Breakfast, BBC Lunchtime News, BBC News Channel, Sky News, Central Evening News, Radio 4 and Radio Five Live.

Abbey Wright trained at East 15 Acting School and Oxford University. Acting credits include Romeo and Juliet, Pericles and Henry V (The Abbey Players), King Lear (English Touring Theatre) and the title role in Cinderella (Redditch Palace Theatre). She is the acclaimed writer and director of Masha and the Bear which was performed at both The White Bear and Tabard Theatres. Other directing credits include Widows and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Malvern Studio) as well as community theatre projects in places as diverse as Sri Lanka and Enfield. Earlier work as a writer includes The House That Alan Built and Getty Game.

Abbey is currently Resident Assistant Director at The Donmar Warehouse.

2007 Original Cast - The Drill Hall, London

John Atterbury                Marcel Bruneau           William De Coverly

Ian Jeffs                       Gerry O'Toole                  Matt Ralph

                Paul Strickland

Nic Adams, Martin Berry, Bill Hinds, Paul Strickland, Malcolm Wilson