Theatre includes: The Tempest, Othello (RSC); Into The Woods (Theatre Royal Bath); The Wolf The Duck and The Mouse, Mr Holgado, The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth (Unicorn Theatre); Don Juan (Perth Theatre); Adler & Gibb (In Company Collective/Royal Court/International Tour); Measure for Measure, Elektra (Young Vic); Cyrano De Bergerac (Royal and Derngate/Northern Stage); Bondagers, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh); Medea (National Theatre); A Life of Galileo (Birmingham Rep/Bath Theatre Royal/Tour); The Jungle Book (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Barrow Hill (Finborough Theatre); Bitch Boxer (Soho Theatre); Beyond the Gate, Electra, How To Be An Other Woman, Hedda, The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents (The Gate); Between Dog and Wolf (Oran Mor/Paines Plough); Hansel and Gretel (Catherine Wheels); The Caucasian Chalk Circle (National Theatre/Filter); Gobbo, Home East Lothian, Mancub (National Theatre of Scotland); State of Grace (King’s Head); Charlotte’s Webb (Citizen’s Theatre); Lost Ones (Vanishing Point); Platform (ICA); Fierce (Grid Iron).

TV & Film includes: Obsession, His Dark Materials, Don’t Forget the Driver, Black Earth Rising, Holby City, Next of Kin, Above Suspicion: Red Dahlia, Hell’s Pavement, The Bill.

Oliver trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Theatre credits include: Dance To The Bone (Sherman Theatre), Henry II (RBL Theatre Company) Sunny Afternoon (Sonia Friedman, Harold Pinter Theatre), School For Scandal and Romeo And Juliet (The Tabacco Factory), Ragnorok (The Hush House), Sons Without Fathers (Belgrade Theatre), The Jungle Book (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Antony And Cleopatra (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Treasure Island (Nuffield Theatre).

On-screen credits include: The Sixth Commandment and Casualty (BBC), Game Face (E4), People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three) and One Crazy Thing (Canary Wharf Films).

Music & Composing: Oliver is a highly skilled singer-songwriter who plays with his band Oliver Hoare & The Late Great. He has composed music for film including: Sink (Verve Pictures) Wrong Turn 5 (Warner Brothers), and TV miniseries Thanks For The Memories (Gate Television Productions). Oliver also wrote the music for Dance To The Bone (Sherman Theatre).

Theatre includes: Groundhog Day (The Old Vic); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Once, Ghost: The Musical, Sweet Charity, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (West End); Amelie (The Other Palace/UK tour); Little Shop of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse); Oliver!, The Light in the Piazza (Leicester Curve); The Magistrate (National Theatre); Don Giovanni (New Vic). Television includes: Doctors.

Kudzai Mangombe trained and graduated from Liverpool Institution of Performing Arts 2021. She was Nominated for The Stage Debut Awards 2022 for “Best Performer in a Play” for her performances as Hope in the Hampstead Production of Malindadzimu, she was one of the Spotlight Prize Finalist 2021 and was Shortlisted for The BAFTA Scholarship 2020.

Kudzai’s theatre work includes: We Need New Names R&D (Fifth Word, Directed by Monique Touko and Written by Mufaro Makubika), Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World UK Summer Tour 2022 (Kenny Wax Production, Directed by Amy Hodge, Written by Chris Bush and Music by Miranda Cooper and Jenifer Decilveo), Pinocchio (Creation Theatre, North Wall, Directed by John Hoggarth, Witten by Lizzie Hopley and Music by Lizzie Hopley), Malindadzimu (Hampstead Theatre, Directed by Monique Touko and Written by Mufaro Makubika). SWEET, BLOODY MARY! A REVENGE MUSICAL R&D (Directed by James Baker), All Roads (By Roy Williams and directed by Anastasia Osei Kuffour)

Kudzai’s film work includes: Angel Of Bravery (Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg and Directed by Dominik Ströhle), Love Language (Irresistible Studios and Maroon Filmz, Directed and Written by Damien Nembhard).

Kudzai has also had the opportunity to perform on Blue Peter and West End Live. She was also featured in the PERFORMANCE BY RANKIN both the exhibition and the book.

You can listen to her audio work as multiple voice feature on We Need New Stories directed by Anastasia Osei Kuffour.

Jerome is a multi disciplinary artist blending together movement, spoken word and theatre. He is interested telling and exploring stories physically and how intimacy is defined and what shapes/forms this can take in work.

When facilitating, Jerome likes to create spaces of play and discovery and build work from the bodies and voices in the room. Most recently he was a part of the National Youth Theatre REP company and featured in their plays – ‘Much ado about nothing’ | ‘Gone Too Far’ and ‘Bakkhai’.

Outside of his creative workings, Jerome also does youth work and loves old school R&B Music.

Liyah studied at The Brit School and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Theatre includes: An Unexpected Twist (UK Tour); A Christmas Carol (RSC); Private Peaceful (UK Tour); Who Cares (Lung Theatre); Henry VI Part One Rehearsals Project (RSC); Our Lady Of Kibeho (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Old Curiosity Shop and The Velveteen Rabbit (Everyman Theatre Cheltenham); Maydays (RSC); The Elephant Man (Bristol Old Vic) and The Wizard of Oz (BOVTS)

Readings and Workshops include: Private Peaceful (Nottingham Playhouse); The Darkest Part Of The Night (The Kiln Theatre); The Sea (Hammerpuzzle); The Snow Queen (Bristol Old Vic) and Stars In The Morning Sky (RSC).

Daniel, a recent 2023 graduate of Arts Ed, will be making his professional debut in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Whilst at Arts Ed, he played in roles such as Cassius in Julius Caesar, Jesus in The Last days of Judas Iscariot and was also a 2023 Winner of the Sir Peter and Lady Saunders Laurence Olivier Bursary Award.

Training: Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

Theatre includes: Ocean at the End of the Lane (NT at the Duke of York Theatre); Dick Whittington (Cambridge Arts Theatre); Alice in Alice in Wonderland (Mercury Theatre); The Wind in the Willows (Derby Theatre); Aladdin (The Production Exchange); 8: A Steampunk Opera (The Other Palace); Double Act (Polka Theatre); Why is the Sky Blue? (Southwark Playhouse); White Trash (Vault Festival); The Threepenny Opera (Bolton Octagon); A Christmas Carol (Bolton Octagon); The True History of Julia Pastrana (Hope Mill Theatre); Brass (Hackney Empire & Leeds City Varieties); Sweet Charity (The Curve Leicester); and Variété (Riverside Studios).

Workshops include: The Littlest Yak (LAStheatre/Marlowe Theatre); Plant (B Team); My Friend Billy – working title (National Theatre); How to Succeed in Business…  (Ryan Hugh Mackey); and Under Milk Wood (The Saville Club).

Recordings include: Bound; 8: A Steampunk Opera; Em: A New Musical; and Brass – The World Premiere Cast Recording.

Film includes: Infracktion (British Horror Film Festival Award Winner); Jane Austen’s Guide to 21^st Century Dating (History Bombs); and History of Jane Austen (History Bombs).

Awards: Nominated for Best Comic at the UK Pantomime Awards 2023

Training: ArtsEd graduating 2021.

Theatre Credits include: The Mikado (UK Tour 2023), Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK & International Tour 2022/23)

Film Credits: Wonka (release date Nov 2023)

Other Credits: Emeli Sande (Music Video)

Theatre includes: South Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre); Wendy and Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse); The Whip, A Museum In Baghdad, King John, The Venetian Twins, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Moby Dick, The Jewess of Toledo, The Tempest, Murder in the Cathedral, Hamlet, Columbus, Romeo and Juliet (RSC); Describe The Night (Hampstead Theatre); The Shadow Factory (NST City Southampton); An Enemy of the People – Best Supporting Actor Manchester Theatre Awards, The Threepenny Opera, The Family Way, Journey’s End – Best Supporting Actor Manchester Theatre Awards (Bolton Octagon); Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ragtime (Regent’s Park); The Last Days of Troy, The Death of King Arthur (Shakespeare’s Globe); Sweeney Todd – Best Actor Nominee Manchester Theatre Awards, Best Performance in a Musical Nominee Theatre Awards UK (Leeds Playhouse/Royal Exchange/Welsh National Opera); A Little Night Music (Guildford/West End); Company (Sheffield Crucible); Passion, Grand Hotel (Donmar); Sweeney Todd  – Best Performance in a Musical Theatre Awards UK, Best Actor Scottish Critics Awards (Dundee Rep/National Theatre of Scotland); The Secret Garden, Hapgood, Peter Pan (Birmingham Rep/Leeds Playhouse); Oh! What A Lovely War (National Theatre).

Television includes: Bodies, Silent Witness, Vera, King John, Holy Flying Circus, Midsomer Murders, Buried.

Numerous plays and readings for BBC Radio.

Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Theatre Credits: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse); Rosie & Hugh’s Great Big Adventure (North Wall), A Christmas Carol (Bolton Octagon); The Wicker Husband (Watermill Theatre); Beauty & The Beast, Robin Hood & Marian, The Borrowers and Dracula (New Vic Theatre); On Hostile Ground (Royal & Derngate Northampton); War Horse (National Theatre and No 1 Tour); The Butterfly Lion and A Christmas Carol (Barn Theatre); Cinderella (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Peter Pan In Scarlet (New Vic Theatre and Oxford Playhouse); The Tempest (Stafford Castle); Sunset Five (Edinburgh Festival, Pleasance Theatre & Greenwich, DugOut Theatre Co); Juno & The Paycock (Bristol Old Vic and Liverpool Playhouse) and The Revenger’s Tragedy (Gentleman Jack Theatre).

TV Credits: Art Spiegelman in The Toys That Built America (History Channel) and Down To Earth (BBC).

Training: Millennium Performing Arts & Associates

Theatre Includes: Dance Captain/Swing U/S Nancy in Groundhog Day (The Old Vic); Dance Captain/Swing U/S Mrs Beaver/White Witch in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne); Ensemble U/S Enid in Legally Blonde (Regents Park Open Air); Annette in Saturday Night Fever (Peacock); Joseph And The Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat (London Palladium); Ensemble U/S Miss Honey/Mrs Wormwood in Matilda (International Tour); Rumpleteazer in Cats (South Korean Tour); Kiss Me Kate (Luxembourg); Ensemble U/S Sophie in Mamma Mia (Novello Theatre); Lisa U/S Sophie in Mamma Mia (International Tour); Sillabub U/S Rumpleteazer in Cats (European Tour); Ensemble U/S Cinderella in Cinderella (The Hackney Empire); Tina Harmer in Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); Young Eponine in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre).

Screen Includes: All Star Musicals (ITV) Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Cheerleader (BBC); Big Day Out (Meridian); Young Suzy’s Body double (Universal Pictures- Gypsy Films)

Training: The Urdang Academy

Theatre Includes: Rizzo in Grease (RCCL)

Film Includes: The Watchers (Feature Film)

Ffion is thrilled to be joining the cast of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and would like to thank her family and friends for their continued love and support.

Ffion is represented by Brewis Scott Associates.

Training: Guildford School of Acting

Theatre includes: Simeon in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK & Int’l tour) Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon (UK & Int’l tour); 1st cover Lord Farquaad in Shrek (UK tour); Ross in The Queen’s Nose (The Other Palace); Doctor in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre/RSC); Sir Robin in Spamalot (UK tour); covered then played Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (UK tour & Hong Kong); Lead Male in West End at the Fringe (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Soloist in The West End Men (Vaudeville Theatre); The Goose in Mother Goose (Oxford Playhouse); Joan the Mute in Betwixt! (Trafalgar Studios); alternate Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour).

Television includes: ‘Matilda’ on The One Show

Recordings: Hush by John Victor (Perfect Pitch)

Will is an accredited Vocal Balance teacher.

Mischa is a recent graduate of The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and is very excited to be joining the cast of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Credits include: 101 Dalmatians (Regents Park Open Air Theatre).

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Theatre includes: Into The Woods (Theatre Royal Bath); Rhinegold (ENO); Il Trovatore, Alcina, Madama Butterfly, Lohengrin, Nabucco and Die Zauberflöte (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Madagascar: The Musical (UK and International Tour); Hairspray (Pimlico Opera); Stiles and Drewe’s The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium and UK Tour); Magic at the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall); The Best of Musical Starnights (German Tour); Jonathan Lewis’ Our Boys, Closer Than Ever and Early Birds (Edinburgh Fringe); My Land’s Shore (Theatr Soar); The Railway Children and The Light Princess (Cadogan Hall); Merrily We Roll Along (Yvonne Arnaud); Shakespeare Live! (RSC, Stratford); The Battle of Boat (Stockwell Playhouse); Aladdin (Maidenhead); Metropolis (Ye Olde Rose and Crown); Anyone Can Whistle (Union) and Parade (Pleasance).

Screen includes: Coca-Cola; IKEA; Polo Mints; The X Factor Final 2015; Eurovision 2016 and Being Human.

Recording includes: The Wind in the Willows (Original London Cast Recording) and Soapdish (Demo Recording).

Training: The Urdang Academy

Training: The MTA, Arts Educational Schools London and Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Credits include: Most recently Samuel appeared as Albert Godby in Brief Encounter (New Wolsey/UK Tour). Previous credits include 101 Dalmatians (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Joseph in Amelie (West End/UK No. 1 Tour/Watermill Theatre); Herman in Sweet Charity (Watermill Theatre); Joey in Sister Act (UK No. 1 Tour), Lucius in Titus Andronicus, Bianco in The Taming of the Shrew (New Wimbledon); Grim (Charing Cross Theatre); Eldest Magician in Just So (Bridewell Theatre) Cool Rider Live (Lyric Theatre); Island Song (St James Theatre).

As Musical Director/Composer: Anna Karenina (Brockley Jack); Jericho Creek (Cockpit Theatre); Saucy Jacks and the Space Vixens (Kings Head); The Winter’s Tale (Lion and Unicorn); Taming of the Shrew (New Wimbledon).

Training: The Urdang Academy Theatre.

Theatre Credits: The Book Thief (Belgrade Theatre/The Curve, Leicester); TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych); Matilda (UK & Ireland Tour); Mary Poppins (UK & International Tour); Blippi: The Musical (Lyric, Etihad Arena); Horoscopes (Serpentine Gallery); Dick Whittington And His Cat (Hackney Empire); and Classically British (Tabernacle).

Film & Television Credits: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (Universal Pictures); Pet Shop Boys: Glastonbury Festival (BBC); Ant & Dec’s: Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV); Blue Peter (CBBC); Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (ITV); Finale (Distortion Entertainment); and Royal Legions Festival Of Remembrance (Royal Albert Hall, BBC).

Ciaran was trained in Musical Theatre at ArtsEd, from which he graduated in 2022.

Upon graduating Ciaran has starred in the West End production of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne Theatre).

Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating 2018

Credits include: Clarence Pool in Tarantino Live (Riverside Arts Studios) Dandini in Cinderella (Princes Hall, Aldershot) Assistant MD and Music Swing in Beautiful (UK tour) Sparky in Forever Plaid (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Dick in Dick Whittington (Princes Hall, Aldershot), Goody in Fame (UK Tour and West End).