HANNAH DALE
BEN FENSOME
KELLY GRAY
JACOB JACKSON
ROSS KERNAHAN
CALLUM NEEDHAM
DEMELZA O'SULLIVAN
JOHN SLADE
HANNAH DALE

GEORGIE - FEEL MORE

Hannah Dale trained at The Poor School. In her graduating season Hannah played May in The Accrington Pals and Ruth in Blithe Spirit. Since then she has played Titania in a National Tour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Frances in Wuthering Heights. She has also toured with A Christmas Carol playing The Ghost of Christmas Past and Tiny Tim. Other credits include the Archangel in Jerry Springer the Opera (Stockwell Playhouse), Bertha in Hello from Bertha (Hen and Chickens) and Alice in Laki in Love (The Drayton Arms). In 2019 Hannah will be playing Beth in Little Women touring China. When not acting Hannah is also a classical singer and pianist. This is Hannah's first time working with Proforca Theatre Company and she is very much looking forward to the experience!

Twitter: @HannahDale89

BEN FENSOME

LUKE - FEEL MORE

Ben is an actor/writer who trained at the Oxford School of Drama and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Recent acting credits include: "In the Blue" (Briefs 19) Waterloo East Theatre, "Couplet" (Central Goes South) Southwark Playhouse, "Every Seven Years" New Wimbledon Studio. As a writer his work has been performed at venues such as Theatre Royal Stratford East, Bush Theatre, Ovalhouse, Park Theatre and Soho Theatre.

Twitter: @BenFensome

KELLY GRAY

ELISE - FEEL MORE

Kelly has worked extensively for most of her life appearing on both stage and screen, although having trained as a dancer she soon realised acting was her true passion

Past credits include feature film “Love Actually”, the world tour of “Sesame Street”, “Only Fools and Three Courses” (Ed Fringe), “Treason Show”, and feature film “Stop That Wedding”

You may have also seen Kelly in commercials for “Premier Inn”, “Bensons For Beds”, “Pick Me Up magazine”, “Deep Heat” and “Vauxhall Corsa”.

Kelly also recently wrote her own 6 part comedy series “All’s Fair in Love and Tinder” which can be found online.

Other loves in life include travel, adrenaline, spinning and cake!

You’ll also find Kelly taking part in regular challenges for various charities- she even jumped out of an aeroplane for cancer research!

Twitter: @kelsmgray

JACOB JACKSON

Jacob graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2015. He works in London as a comic writer, lyricist and performer.

His recent theatre credits include: NewsRevue (Underbelly – Edinburgh Fringe); Tine in Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho (Pleasance Courtyard – Edinburgh Fringe); Tiger in The Tiger Who Came To Tea (UK & International Tour), Tony Lumpkin in The Kissing Dance (Rose & Crown), Patrick Shaw Stewart in In Soft Wings (Tristan Bates Theatre); Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Unicorn Theatre); Absent (DreamThinkSpeak).

Jacob is also in comedy partnership with Jack Mosedale, and as well as writing together, Jacob and Jack perform in and produce the acclaimed LGBTQ+ podcast ‘The Hole Seekers’.

Twitter: jacobjackson_jj
Spotlight: https://www.spotlight.com/7894-3498-7103

ROSS KERNAHAN

MIKE - FEEL MORE

Ross is a London born and bred dramatist, actor, producer, sound designer and writer. He graduated in 2015 from the University of Sussex, after completing a foundation course in Music and Computer Science and went on to complete a BA in English Literature. At University Ross returned to performance and by the end of his degree had performed in several film/theatre/commercial productions, had devised, designed, wrote and directed several of his own productions and installations, performed at the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe and become producer at the company Fight or Flight Productions where he remains today.

Having relocated to London the company's latest production, "Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons" has been very well received well in it's new home and opened to 5 star reviews at the Brighton Fringe.

Having graduated Ross pursued acting full-time playing a variety of TV/Film and theatrical roles including:
Theatre: Othello (Touring - UK); Boys (Stockwell PH);
Film: Justice League, Hey Joe, The Loft.
TV: Will, Life Outside the Frame, and various commercial work.

Additional Credits: Ross is a London born and bred dramatist, actor, producer, sound designer and writer. He graduated in 2015 from the University of Sussex, after completing a foundation course in Music and Computer Science and went on to complete a BA in English Literature. At University Ross returned to performance and by the end of his degree had performed in several film/theatre/commercial productions, had devised, designed, wrote and directed several of his own productions and installations, performed at the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe and become producer at the company Fight or Flight Productions where he remains today.

Having relocated to London the company's latest production, "Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons" has been very well received well in it's new home and opened to 5 star reviews at the Brighton Fringe.

Having graduated Ross pursued acting full-time playing a variety of TV/Film and theatrical roles including:
Theatre: Othello (Touring - UK); Boys (Stockwell PH);
Film: Justice League, Hey Joe, The Loft.
TV: Will, Life Outside the Frame, and various commercial work.

Additional credits include: Things We Do Before Midnight (Short film) Lilly Gwynne-Thomas, Parniscus Motion Pictures, Camouflaged King (Rehearsed Reading) Farah Najib, CSSD, Complimentary Bread (Theatre) Rosaline Hull, Arts and Drafts, The Barrel Project, Virgin! Amateurs First F***! (Theatre) Jess Mullen, Arts and Drafts, The Barrel Project, Hamp (Theatre) James Thacker, Stockwell Playhouse, The Gift (Theatre) Harry Darell, The Chelsea Theatre, Kensington Stories (Theatre) Nnenna Samson-Abosi & Lucy Bond, Come in Unity: An Evening for Grenfell, Lyric Hammersmith, Sink (Rehearsed Reading) Anna Marshall, The Space Theatre, Momentary Insight (Theatre) Jake Lyons, The London Improv Theatre, Bucket (Rehearsed Reading) Adam Hemming, The Space Theatre, Baby Love (Theatre) Sam Barrett, The Waterloo East Theatre.

Forthcoming credits include: Last Laugh (Theatre), Ross Kernahan, SLAM Kings X, The Crypt Gallery, All I Need (Theatre), TBA, JunkBox Theatre, Turnham Green.

For Proforca Theatre Company, Ross played the role of "Sammy Sax" in "Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens" (November 2016), Algernon Montcrieff in "The Importance of Being Earnest", and Ross also originated the role of “Wanderer” in our 2017 production of “Reading Gaol"- Ross is a Proforca Emeritus and is the first actor to have appeared in four separate productions with the company (which makes him a bit of a legend in his own right!)

Twitter: @RossKernahan


CALLUM NEEDHAM

Callum Needham has been studying acting for more than 10 years, including developing his voice technique and character study.

Completing his Bachelor of Film and Digital Media at Deakin University has established Callum in the independent film production and devised theatre spaces, ensuring his adaptability to different forms of production.

Callum has gone on to write, produce and star in his short film FATUM that screened in Melbourne’s Astor Theatre as well as film festivals internationally. Since completing his studies Callum has appeared in several short films portraying varied characters from spirit guide to eccentric tv host.

We are thrilled to welcome Callum to the Proforca family and to the cast of Feel More (2019)

DEMELZA O'SULLIVAN

BRENDA - FEEL MORE

Demelza is a Birmingham based actress who currently trains with renowned Midlands director Tracey Street. She was a professional actress as a child, performing regularly at The Birmingham Rep, but then trained to be a primary school teacher and up until last year, was a Deputy Head. She then had a mid-life crisis and returned to professional acting in 2017 and has never looked back.

Her most recent role was playing Maggie in Anna Jordan’s ‘Yen’ (Bunker Theatre and The Old Joint Stock) and she will soon be playing multi-roles in Patrick Barlow’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham. She can also be heard in the role of the Nurse in the BBC Radio Drama, ‘Jesus Piece.’

Demelza has also starred in many Midlands-produced independent films and is very much looking forward to working with Proforça Theatre Company for the first time.

Twitter: @DemelzaO

Spotlight: https://www.spotlight.com/0533-4535-7110

JOHN SLADE

MARK - FEEL MORE

John is a British Australian actor and mover based in London. He graduated from the BA course at LABAN with first class honours and the ‘Marion North Achievement in Performance’ award. More recently, he graduated from the acting course at The Poor School. He recently played the role of Howard Hughes for an ITV documentary (Autopsy – The Final Hours of Howard Hughes) due out in early 2019 and the role of ‘Mike’ in his first feature film ‘British Made’ which is set for release in November. His work also includes physical theatre and he is currently collaborating with ‘State of Flux’ on their new piece, which will premiere at The Curve Theatre in Leicester in 2019 as part of Inside Out Festival.

Theatre credits include Peter Quince in Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and Warwick in Marlowe’s ‘Edward II’ (Greenwich Theatre); Jake/Chorus in ‘Pandora’s Box’ and Acahtes/Chorus in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ (national tour); Talthybius in ‘The Trojan Women’ (Rialto Theatre); Oliver in ‘Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons’ (Stockwell Playhouse); Toby in ‘How To Save A Life’ (Theatre N16).

John also works as a voice over artist and most recently narrated Jack Hudson’s debut novel ‘Swim Wild’. He also regularly records for EFL publishers in a range of different accents.

This is John’s Proforca debut.

Twitter: @johnmarkslade
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