Jason Durr
Jonny the Cyclops
After training at LAMDA Jason headed straight to Stratford and the Royal Shakespeare Company, working with director Trevor Nunn in Measure For Measure and The Blue Angel, followed by Macbeth directed by Adrian Noble.
Some of Jason’s other theatre credits include: Louis in Losing Louis (Hampstead Theatre/Trafalgar Studios), Guy in Volcano (West End - Vaudeville Theatre), Tony Blair in Follow my Leader (Hampstead Theatre/Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes - The Best Kept Secret (West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK Tour), Matthew in Contact.com (Park Theatre), Hercule Poirot in Black Coffee (Theatre Royal Windsor and UK Tour), Zack in A Chorus Line (Sheffield Crucible), Vince in Way Up Stream (Chichester Festival Theatre), Colonel Mustard in Cluedo 2 (Tour), Nick in Wrong Side of The Rainbow (Donmar Warehouse), Ben in The Destiny Of Me (Haymarket Theatre), Quine in Donkeys’ Years (Rose Theatre)
TV credits include: Above Suspicion, Inspector Morse, Midsummer Murders, Lewis, New Tricks, Numb3rs, Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Blue Geranium, Mysterious Island, The Paradise Club, Femme Fatale, Medics, Summer Solstice, Christmas, A Dark Adapted Eye, Fooling Hitler, Winter Solstice, Sharpe’s Battle, Iphigenia at Aulis, Bugs, Gawain And The Green Knight, The Chief, Jupiter Moon, Heartbeat, Holby City, Casualty and Shakespeare and Hathaway
Film credits include: Young Soul Rebels, The Killer Tongue, True True Lie, and Down Dog.
Susie Blake
Shirley
Theatre includes: Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical (Dominion Theatre & Hall for Cornwall); My Fair Lady (Grange Festival); The Mirror Crack'd (UK Tour); Some Mothers Do Av Em (UK Tour); Murder Margaret and Me (York Theatre Royal); Grumpy Old Women Live 3 (UK Tour); Cider with Rosie (UK Tour); Aladdin (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest A New Musical (Riverside Studios); When We Are Married (Garrick Theatre); Pygmalion (Chichester Festival Theatre); Grumpy Old Women Live 2 (UK Tour and Novello Theatre); Bertha in Boeing, Boeing (on Tour); Snake in the Grass and Life and Beth (Stephen Joseph Theatre and on Tour); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); High Society (UK Tour); Noises Off (National Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum (Regents Park Theatre); Virtual Reality (Stephen Joseph Theatre); The Shakespeare Revue (RSC); Absent Friends (West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Lyric, Hammersmith); Prin (Lyric, Hammersmith); Blithe Spirit (Royal Exchange).
Television includes: Silky Hotel for BBC iPlayer; Kate & Koji (Series 1&2) for ITV; Not Going Out for BBC One; The Real Marigold Hotel for BBC One, Casualty for BBC One, Murder on the Blackpool Express for UKTV, The Cockfields for BBC Cuckoo (Series 3); New Tricks for BBC; You, Me and Them for UKTV Gold; Murder on the Homefront for Carnival Film and Television; Mrs Brown's Boys (Series 3&2) for BBC; Series regular Beverley Unwin in Coronation Street for ITV. Great Night Out for ITV; Parents for Sky; The Crossing for BBC; House of Rooms for Channel 4; Doctors for BBC; Judith in Wild At Heart for ITV; Eve Beckett in Roger for BBC; Mrs Buchanan in Sunburn for BBC; Beverley in two series of A Prince Among Men for BBC; Louise in April Fools’ Day for ITV; Eleven Men Against Eleven for Channel 4; Wake up with... for ITV; Susan Hopkins in A Year in Provence for the BBC; Fay Morgan in The Wail of The Banshee for Central TV; Mrs Jerebohm in The Darling Buds Of May for YTV; Blore for BBC 4; 4 Series of Singles for YTV and The Victoria Wood Show for BBC.
Film includes: Nativity 3 and Fierce Creatures with John Cleese.
Max Bowden
Paul
Max just finished starring in Midnight Cowboy at Southwark Playhouse playing the iconic role of Ratso. Prior to this he starred in the national tour of Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks's epic tale of love and loss, returning to the stage in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the internationally best-selling novel, playing the role of Jack Firebrace.
He is best known for playing series regular ‘Ben Mitchell’ in BBC One’s long-running series, Eastenders, from 2019 -2024.
Before that, he played a leading role in season 10 of the first incarnation of the BAFTA nominated popular drama, Waterloo Road on BBC One.
His theatre roles include Elegies For Punks & Raging Queens at Charing Cross Theatre, Only The Brave at Soho Theatre, in addition to roles in Punk Rock and Billy Elliot.
Katie McGlynn
Lisa
NTA award-winning actress Katie McGlynn has been captivating audiences since she was just 16-years old, landing her first lead role in the hit BBC drama Waterloo Road as the fiery, rebellious Jodie 'Scout' Allen filmed in her hometown of Rochdale. After three incredible series, she was then cast as the bubbly Sinead Tinker in ITV’s flagship soap Coronation Street.
It was in this role that Katie truly made her mark, receiving a National Television Award for Best Serial Drama Performance and even gaining a BAFTA TV nomination for their ‘Must See Moment’ award for Sinead’s death scenes. Over her seven years on the cobbles, Katie brought a dynamic blend of humour and heart-wrenching emotion to her character, proving her incredible versatility as a performer.
More recently, she has taken on some bold and complex roles. She played the troublemaking Georgina in the late Kay Mellor’s final instalment of The Syndicate (BBC), starred in a gripping, nine-month storyline as conspiracy theorist Becky Quentin on Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks – and embarked on her professional stage play debut as lead Cleo in acclaimed thriller author Peter James’ Wish You Were Dead tour.
Beyond acting, Katie has made numerous TV appearances including competing in the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing (BBC), featuring in a Sport Relief special of The Greatest Dancer (ITV), and mastering the art of comedy on the Stand Up 2 Cancer charity special, Stand Up and Deliver (Channel 4).
She also fronted a powerful self-shot smear test segment for ITV’s Lorraine, encouraging women across the UK to prioritise their cervical health – and joined BBC Morning Live fronting various features across the show as a guest presenter.