All My Pretty Ones
Three young medical students, one German girl, Miriam, one French girl, Marie Christine and one British lad, Steve are travelling together to the south of France. However due to a heavy storm they become stranded at the local train station late at night. With no accommodation available, the trio are rescued by a gentleman named Maurice who owns a local guesthouse, and take up his kind offer of shelter.
Soon after arriving at Chez Maurice, the three students notice strange happenings, including the discovery of objects from the war, old photographs, as well as hearing music, songs and voices from the past. The audience is transported back to 1944 and the inhabitants of the former farmhouse are brought back to life.
The tragedy begins to unfold. The three young students embark on a journey where they discover the tragic past of Oradour sur Glane, the French village whose inhabitants were murdered by the Nazis on the 10th June 1944.
They not only discover what happened that fateful day in June 1944 but also stumble upon shocking personal revelations as they endeavour to find out the truth about the tragedy.
All My Pretty Ones is not just a historical play about Nazi barbarism but a play that looks at the psychology of The Evil Men Do, an evil that is still present in our society today. It also emphasizes the importance, and indeed hope that young people from different countries and cultures should become the bedrock of stability and peace in Europe in order that tragedies like Oradour sur Glane never happen again.
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Presented by
White Bear Productions
Written by
Patrick Hayes
Directed by
Marcus Fernando
Age guidance
14+
Please note, no under 5s will be admitted to the auditorium.
Content Advice
Please note this production contains themes of violence, death, grief, and suicidal intent, as well as some mild swearing.
The production will also include a weapon on stage, and the sound of gunshots.
Fees and Charges
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Venue
Cast
Katie Cannon
Theatre credits include: ‘Alice in Wonderland‘ – New Vic Theatre, ‘Stranger Things: The Experience‘ – Netflix/Fever, ‘Nest‘ – Colour the Clouds Theatre Company and ‘A Christmas Carol‘ – East Riding Theatre
Television credits include: ‘Autopsy‘- ITV, ‘World’s Most Evil Killers‘ – Sky, ‘I’ll Be Watching You‘ – Paramount and a comedy pilot TBA#
Film credits include: ‘Bad Day at the Office‘ – Action Xtreme ‘Believe‘ – Sealight Films, ‘Death Do Us Apart‘ – Sweet Mate Productions, ‘Another World‘ – bass Films and ‘Mommy I Don’t Want To‘ – Color frame Studio.
She is also starring in several Short Films on the festival circuit.
Alice Orlik
Alice is an actress from Birmingham and is currently based in London. She has recently graduated drama school, Associated Studios, with a Master’s in Musical Theatre. After playing Vivienne in her graduate show of Legally Blonde, Alice is thrilled to be playing Miriam in All My Pretty Ones as her professional stage debut.
Talyaan Pambou
Talyaan is a 24 year old actor, dancer, writer and director from Birmingham who studied at the University of East London where he acted and made his directorial debut in ‘Razzmatazz‘. Currently Talyaan is a scare actor in the dungeons, an archery instructor and the lead in the Trebuchet show at Warwick Castle. This job has given him the freedom to star in a short films such as ‘Dirt Girl‘ and ‘CHAiNZ“.
The Rep has always been home to me from my day being a part of Lightpost Theatre and being in ‘The Brummie Iliad‘. I hope to work with White Bear productions in the future and see where my journey takes me!
Andrew Cullum
Andrew Cullum trained at Webber Douglas in the 1980s. Theatre work includes many Shakespearean roles: Richard III, Polonius in Hamlet, Leonato in Much Ado, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Baptista in Taming of the Shrew and many more. Scratch the surface and he will speak in iambic pentameter!
Also Scrooge in Our Christmas Carol, at the Old Joint Stock, The Great Middlemarch Mystery for Coventry City of Culture, Jeeves and Wooster at Chipping Norton and Cirencester, Sandi Toksvig’s Treasure Island at Leicester Haymarket and For King and Country at Southwark Playhouse. He has played seasons with Heartbreak, The Edinburgh Fringe, Polka, Illyria, Eastern Angles, and The Rude Mechanicals.
For nine consecutive years Andrew was the regular Pantomime Dame for Solihull’s Core Theatre and has played each of the classic dame roles: Cinderella’s Ugly Sister, Widow Twankey in Aladdin, Sarah the Cook in Dick Whittington, and Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk. Based largely on this experience he wrote a play, The Panto Girls, which he took on tour in the UK and in Canada.
Television credits include: Clement Attlee in Freedom at Midnight, the racing commentator The Crown, S3 ep5) EastEnders, as the Bank Manager who wouldn’t lend Alfie Moon any money, Emmerdale and Brum.
Andrew has a prolific career as a narrator of audiobooks, and has over sixty available through Audible, mostly thrillers and historical fiction.
As a writer his first novel, Lights Burning Blue, is a page-turning thriller with a theatrical setting.
Bryony Tebbutt
Bryony graduated from top drama school Arts Educational Schools in London after six years of training in performing arts. She is an actor-combatant, puppeteer and director.
She played the bilingual role of Colette in Patrick Hayes’ previous show, ‘Les Vaches dans Le Champ’. She has performed venues from The Royal Opera House and The Royal Albert Hall, to touring internationally around Europe and China.
Previous credits include: The Magic Flute (Royal Opera House), Lady Chatterley’s Lover & Hamlet (The Blue Orange Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing, The Railway Children (Heartbreak Productions), Richard III, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet (Antic Disposition Theatre) The Jungle Book, A Christmas Carol and The Secret Garden (Chapterhouse Theatre).
She also works in film and tv, and as a performance capture and voice over artist for video games.
Clement James
Clement is a French-born actor based in London. He studied the Demidov technique at the Demidov Studio London. Its organic approach, taught by Andrei Biziorek, is the one that most influenced his acting.
His recent film and TV credits include: The Lost Women Spies (ZDF Studios / Sky TV History) and Uneven Bars (Ça Existe Productions). His stage credits include It’s Nothing Personal, It’s Just Business at the Barons Court Theatre.
As well as having a strong taste for singing and writing, Clement is also skilled in stage and screen combat (BASSC accredited) and graphic arts (Bachelor’s degree in Product Design). Clement is currently represented by Rob Wilkinson from Red Talent Management.
Annaliese Morgan
Annaliese is an actress and singer from Redditch. Much of her career has been in children’s theatre, often playing child roles. She is delighted to be cast as Claudine and is excited for her debut at the Rep.
Leah Fennell
Leah Fennell is a theatre-maker, artist and comedian from Sutton Coldfield.
Her past credits range from: performance art at Edinburgh Fringe to stand-up comedy in Manchester and musical theatre back home in Birmingham, including being a familiar face at Blue Orange Theatre.
Beyond theatre she’s the founder of the art zine and community “Belka ‘n’ Strelka” and is a proud Midlands regional ambassador for the LGBTQ+ charity “It Gets Better”.
Amara Latchford
Amara is an Actor Musician, songwriter and dancer based in the West Midlands. They play piano, guitar, violin, and are always seeking to expand their repertoire. They trained at Leeds Conservatoire, and have been described as a bold and fearless performer. Amara is particularly passionate about movement, exploring how stories can be told through the body, and is training in martial arts and gymnastics. Not only this, but Amara has a wealth of experience with songwriting, and composing their own music, with the aim to release an album in the summer. They describe themselves as a creative octopus, with a vibrant curiosity and desire to explore as many creative avenues as humanly possible.
Giles Whorton
Giles trained in Birmingham at BOA and then moved to London to train at the London College of Music.
Since Drama School, Giles has appeared as a guest Lead in ‘Doctors‘ BBC, ‘The Wizard of Oz‘ and ‘The Prussian Officer‘ for the Blue Orange Theatre and various Short and Feature Films including the lead role as ‘Mac’ in ‘Another World‘ for Bass Films.
He is pleased to be performing here in the West Midlands where he grew up.
Greg Hobbs
Greg studied Drama at Birmingham University. Greg is also a writer for TV, theatre and film.
Theatre credits include: Up N Under and Ghost Train both at the Palace Theatre Redditch, A Thin Red Line at Birmingham Rep, Hull Truck’s production of Julius Caesar directed by John Godber, The Devil at Coventry, In Hibernation, and A View From The Bridge all for Coventry Belgrade.
Television credits include: Crossroads, Backup, Dangerfield, Doctors and Downton Abbey.
Film credits include: Cathy and I, Trainer, Barbarians at the Gate, Zoran in Bargain, Dark Water.
Creatives
Written by
Patrick Hayes
Patrick Hayes
Patrick, who describes himself as an Irish Brummie is a writer living and working in the West Midlands. He has been writing extensively for forty years in theatre, film and radio. He has won awards for two of his plays, ‘You Know What Happened,’ and ‘Buckets of Sunshine,’ and his work has
been seen throughout various venues in the West Midlands including Birmingham Rep, The Belgrade, Coventry and the Midland Arts Centre.
His ‘Magnus Opus’ is a trilogy of plays set in France during World War Two. The first of the trilogy, ‘Les Vaches Dans Le Champ,’ played to full houses at its premiere and received excellent audience feedback.
Other works include: ‘Break The Spell’ ‘The House That Jack Built’ and, ‘Not Just Pretty Faces.’
Patrick has also worked in theatre in Poland and Austria. Patrick worked for many years as a community arts worker in schools, colleges and community venues where he wrote, devised and directed a plethora of theatre and drama projects. He is also involved in a plethora of theatre and drama projects, and involved in medical education as an Associate Tutor at the School of Medicine, University of Warwick.
He is also a published a published author and professional actor.
Directed by
Marcus Fernando
Marcus Fernando
Born in Dorchester, moved to America, raised in Guernsey and now living in Birmingham, Marcus also spends much of his time pursuing theatrical pursuits in Canada, Croatia and (occasionally) New Zealand. This travelling has helped him to develop a broad outlook towards his directing.
He began his professional career as an actor after completing his training in Birmingham. He has worked with major companies throughout the country, including the National Theatre, RSC, Hammersmith Lyric and Belgrade Theatre Coventry, as well as touring as an actor-musician with the musical “Buddy”.
As a director, Marcus has worked for several companies, many of them based in this region. He has directed major national tours such as “Romeo and Juliet”, “Gulliver’s Travels” and “Ali Baba”, as well as smaller touring productions such as “The Snow Queen” and “Blackpool and Parrish”, and has taken several productions over to Canada. He now works regularly at Blue Orange Theatre in Birmingham. It was at the, Blue Orange that Marcus directed, ‘Les Vaches Dans Le Champ.’ He particularly likes to work with live music in his shows, as he himself is also a musician. Recently he directed the new musical “Trolls Online” at the Cockpit Theatre in London.
Produced by
Fateha Begum
Fateha Begum
20 years experience in Arts and Education. In the last five years she has focused her work on producing new performance work. She is an associate artist for Stans Cafe Theatre co and delivers their schools programmes as a drama facilitator.
She has produced the last three productions by Zeroplus Theatre which were: My Grandad and I, Hackey and Antigone. She has also worked with Culture Central where she managed and produced, ‘Craft and Qawaali‘ which was a Transforming Narratives legacy project.
Currently she is working with the Birmingham Hippodrome and the recently formed ‘Bangladeshi Arts Development Agency’ in the role of a producer to develop the vision and mission of the organization. Fateha has a wide network of schools and community groups as well good working relationships with key arts organizations in Birmingham.
Patrick Hayes
Patrick Hayes
Patrick, who describes himself as an Irish Brummie is a writer living and working in the West Midlands. He has been writing extensively for forty years in theatre, film and radio. He has won awards for two of his plays, ‘You Know What Happened,’ and ‘Buckets of Sunshine,’ and his work has
been seen throughout various venues in the West Midlands including Birmingham Rep, The Belgrade, Coventry and the Midland Arts Centre.
His ‘Magnus Opus’ is a trilogy of plays set in France during World War Two. The first of the trilogy, ‘Les Vaches Dans Le Champ,’ played to full houses at its premiere and received excellent audience feedback.
Other works include: ‘Break The Spell’ ‘The House That Jack Built’ and, ‘Not Just Pretty Faces.’
Patrick has also worked in theatre in Poland and Austria. Patrick worked for many years as a community arts worker in schools, colleges and community venues where he wrote, devised and directed a plethora of theatre and drama projects. He is also involved in a plethora of theatre and drama projects, and involved in medical education as an Associate Tutor at the School of Medicine, University of Warwick.
He is also a published a published author and professional actor.
Music Composer
Jobe Sullivan
Jobe Sullivan
Jobe Sullivan is a composer and music director. He worked on Patrick Hayes’s previous play, ‘Les Vaches Dans Le Champ‘.
A multi-instrumentalist, Jobe has a keen ear for orchestration, texture and melody. He has composed for video games, short film and on project work in a diverse array of settings and countries
Stage Manager
Nathan Bower
Nathan Bower
Lights & Sound by
Paul Withers
Paul Withers
Costumes by
Abeda Begum
Abeda Begum
A self-taught, passionate Bangladeshi costume designer, Abeda has been honing their craft in sewing and garment creation from a young age and specializes in the design and production of costumes for theatre and dance companies, with an impressive list of commissions.
Some notable projects include: Being a wardrobe assistant for Trigger Stuff PolliNations, lead dresser for the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies, costume designer for Amina Khayyam Dance Company’s Kantha Stories, and costume assistant for Coventry City of Culture’s House of Kraft project. They have also contributed to the maintenance of costumes for Daniel Lismore’s exhibition at the Herbert Museum in Coventry and most recently tailoring for Miss Lauryn Hill on her UK tour concerts as well as Burberry London fashion week 2025.
Their passion for textiles extends beyond design, as they have also planned and delivered textile workshops for various community organisations such as Active arts Castle Vale, Birmingham Mind and many more.
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