Artists' Bios

Cast:
CELIA WILLIAMS/ Fanny Church
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Born and brought up in England, has also lived and worked in Brazil and Portugal.
Theatre performances include:
in the UK - The Human Voice and The Sound of Silence (Trafalgar Studios, West End), All for Nothing (Menier Chocolate Factory), Marching (Tristan Bates Theatre), The Kindness of Strangers (Greenwich), The Mariner (Edinburgh Fringe);
in Portugal - Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, Death and the Maiden, Duet for One, Talking Heads - Bed Among the Lentils, A Doll’s House, Street Scene (TNSC), The Cherry Orchard, Chapter Two, The Importance of Being Earnest, Apanhados no Divã (What the Butler Saw).
Film and TV performances include:
Mrs Davenport’s Throat; Passagem por Lisboa; Deux; "Equador" (TVI); "O Pato" (RTP); O Último dos Marialvas (Last of the Red Hot Lovers - RTP).

NORMAN MacCALLUM/ Gardner Church
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Born in Scotland, has lived and worked in Portugal, Spain,Italy, Austria, Germany and England.
Recipient of Best Actor and Best Voice awards from the faculty of Drama at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret College. Has worked as an actor and presenter for the BBC, ITV, RAI, WDR and ORF.
Theatre performances include:
Animal Farm (Edinburgh, Brunton), Whiskey Galore (Edinb., Brunton), The Good Person of Szechwan (Edin. Intl. Fringe), I Didn't Always Live Here (Edin. Intl. Fringe), Cabaret (Edinb., Brunton), Voyage of the Discovery (Dundee), TIE Spain & Portugal (Madrid and Lisbon), Good (Edinb., Brunton).

Director/Producer
MIGUEL ABRANTES
Born in 1979 in Lisbon.
As an independent artist, has shown his work in Lisbon, Sintra, Crato, Braga and other. Is represented in public collections in Portugal and is currently working on the drawing series Interior, Winter.
Has previously directed Neil Simon's Chapter Two and David Mamet's Oleanna, both presented in Lisbon in original English version (more information on the last production here).

Movement Advisor
ALEXANDRA CAMPOS
Born in Lisbon, has completed her master thesis in Modern History on 18th century court dance in Portugal.
Her dance practice and study concerns historical, traditional, classical and contemporary dance. Works as a dancer with the groups Canora Turba (baroque dance) and péantepé (contemporary dance), also collaborating on choreography and production.
Dance performances include:
Com/passos (Auditório Carlos Paredes, 2006); As minhas allfaces (Teatro da Malaposta, 2007); Yakamoz (Teatro da Malaposta, 2008); Baroque dance presentations at Mafra National Palace (2007) and Queluz National Palace (2008).