flashbang (2026)

Alex is an Offie Award-winning actor, writer and producer, and the creator of the acclaimed one-person play Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England.

First staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023, the show returned to the festival in 2024 where it won the Holden Street Theatres Award and transferred to Adelaide Fringe, going on to win Best Theatre & Physical Theatre. It has also enjoyed multiple London runs and a UK tour.

This is Alex’s debut performance for Proforca Theatre Company.

Spotlight PIN: 5655-5612-0892

Robert is a proud Yorkshireman who trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Robert is also a playwright, having written and performed his debut show Sweetheart at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, which received two Offie nominations, including Best New Play and Best Duo Performance.

Recent stage work includes playing the eponymous roles of Macbeth, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, alongside Tybalt and Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet for Dickens Theatre Company. He previously worked with Proforca on Volcano.

Other work includes The Passenger and Macbeth for Box Clever Theatre and Bull for Sonderous Theatre. Screen work includes Gentleman Jack for BBC, Better for BBC, The Toys That Built America for History Channel and the lead in indie feature film Nights, as well as numerous short films.

Spotlight PIN: 4055-7832-5610

Charlie is an actor based in London.

Previous work includes Banjo in series 1 to 4 of Changing Ends for ITV, John Julian in The Lost Pirate Kingdom for Netflix, and Shaw in Inheriting Gods for Theatr Gwalia.

This is Charlie’s debut production with Proforca Theatre Company.

Spotlight PIN: 9978-8947-4398

Haydn is an actor from Essex, based in London.

Previous roles include Michael Darcy in Last Goal Wins at the Union Theatre and Theatre Peckham, Tim in Phalanx at the Lion & Unicorn, and Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Golden Goose.

Screen and audio work includes short films Contact Hours and The Other Hand, The Space Race with Amazon Audible and The Truth About Phyllis Twigg on BBC Radio 4.

For Proforca Theatre Company, previous work has included Hungry by Alison Viña for the Side Hustle Scratch at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre and Eden Dock, Canary Wharf.

Spotlight PIN: 0457-9054-5024

Ben is a Derby-born actor and graduate of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Flashbang marks his third appearance for Proforca Theatre Company. Previous credits include And If The Surface Tension Breaks at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, The Side Hustle Scratch and The Side Hustle Scratch: Al Fresco at Eden Dock.

Ben is an Associate Artist of Proforca Theatre Company.

Spotlight PIN: 4413-5618-4839

Dan trained at Italia Conti, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Acting.

Recent credits include a lead role in No Explanation, a short film by Steven Knight, DCI Renford in the National Theatre’s UK tour of Evan Placey’s Jekyll & Hyde, and Donalbain and 1st Murderer in Macbeth at Kew Gardens with the Australian Shakespeare Company.

Other credits include Love You More as Henry Steel, All’s Well That Ends Well as Dumaine, Flashbang as Mikey, 48 as Daniel and short film One Shot as Reginald.

Spotlight PIN: 0615-5612-3074

Lauren is an Offie-nominated actor based in Hertfordshire. She trained at Rose Bruford and the National Youth Theatre. Since graduating, she has worked mainly in screen projects, most recently playing Lauren David in the pilot episode for Out of Bounds.

Lauren is an Associate Artist of Proforca Theatre Company. Previous work for the company includes originating the role of Alf in Lately, Sophie in Volcano, Shanice in Flashbang, Lauren from the Future in 48 and Holly in The End of the Year Show.

Previous theatre credits include Best Served Cold at Leicester Curve, White Millionaire, Emmas, Ghosts and Cleansed.

Spotlight PIN: 0452-4539-9736

David is an award-winning writer, director and Artistic Director from Coventry, based in London. He is also the Artistic Director of Proforca Theatre Company and the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town.

His awards include Off West End “Offie” nominations for Lately and Flashbang, OffComm nominations for At Last and Feel More, and Standing Ovation nominations for AAAAA and Best Director for The Shatter Box. He is also the winner of the New Writing Awards 2025 as the writer of At Last, as James Lewis with Alexander Knott.

David is a regular press and podcast contributor and was awarded a special commendation for services to Pub Theatre in 2021 by London Pub Theatres Magazine.

For Proforca Theatre Company, credits include If I Go, Saucy Jack & The Space Vixens, The Importance of Being Earnest, Reading Gaol, Feel, Feel More, At Last, AAAAA, Volcano, Lately, Flashbang, The Shatter Box and If The Surface Tension Breaks.

In addition to his work at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, David has directed work at YORAC, Greenwich Theatre, Theatre N16, The King’s Head Theatre, Hertford Theatre, Upstairs at the Western, The Space, the Alma Theatre Bristol, The Old Joint Stock Theatre Birmingham and The Albany Theatre Coventry.

Social media: @davidbrady83

Lucy is a movement and intimacy director from the Midlands. She has a Master’s degree from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and has trained and worked professionally as an actor and dancer.

She explores physical storytelling and movement languages to enable full embodiment and character creation, through devising in a consent-based inclusive practice. She is particularly interested in how to create rituals and ensemble movement to create shared histories and narration to drive performance narratives.

Theatre includes Pontypool at Wales Millennium Centre, (the) Woman at Park Theatre, Little Women at HOME and Pitlochry Theatre, Thrown for National Theatre of Scotland, Bindweed at Arcola and Mercury Theatre, Summer and Smoke at Birmingham Rep, Fighting Irish at Belgrade Theatre, Pride & Prejudice at Curve Theatre, Flashbang for Proforca Theatre, Hansel & Gretel at Nottingham Playhouse and Sonder for Centrality Theatre.

Mass movement work includes Dance Captain for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games 2022, and Assistant Movement Director and Choreographer for the City of Culture Opening Ceremony.

Greg is a lighting designer based in London and holds a BA (Hons) in Lighting Design from Rose Bruford College.

Recent lighting design credits include Jinglebell Jukebox, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, Twelfth Night, At Last, Halloween Haunt Fest 2025, Shrek Jr, Taylor Swift: The Eras Experience, Sunshine on Leith, Anahera, Elephant in the Room, Red Ribbons, Spring Awakening, Little Women, Mess and Goodnight Mr Tom.

Alongside his design work, Greg has been Head of Lighting for National Youth Theatre Backstage and has also been involved in productions including Frozen, Equus, Schism, The Great Gatsby, The Phantom of the Opera and Urinetown.

Website: www.gregoryjordan.co.uk

Mark is an actor, movement director and workshop facilitator. As a multi-disciplinary performer, he has worked professionally across a range of new and classic work, and has worked extensively across theatre, screen and community settings.

Whilst studying Acting at Rose Bruford, he was nominated for the Spotlight Prize in 2009.

Previous work includes Land of Our Fathers at Theatre503, The Ice at the End of the World at Omnibus Theatre, Glacier at Old Fire Station, Past Life at The Lowry and on UK tour, The Mozart Question at Barn Theatre, Acedian Pirates at Theatre503 and Sex With Robots and Other Devices at Live Theatre.

For Proforca Theatre Company, Mark has worked on The Shatter Box, And If The Surface Tension Breaks and At Last. Mark is an Associate Artist of Proforca Theatre Company.