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Philippa O’Hara is a professional actor and singer from Belfast. She has been lucky enough to tour Ireland, China, Norway and America five times with various Cahoots N.I. shows. She is a guest vocalist with Lush! Classical and Cream Classical performing in huge venues with symphony orchestras in front of up to 18,000 people, videos of which have garnered over 9 million views on YouTube.
She performs regularly with her sister as the O’Hara Sisters at prestigious events all over the U.K. and Ireland including The Players’ Dinner at The Open 2019 and at extremely exclusive, bespoke events at The Tate Modern, London.
Her recent theatre credits include The Vanishing Elephant at the Grand Opera House Belfast and New Victory Theater New York, Secrets of Space USA tour, and Cinderella at the MAC.
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Christina Nelson is a dynamic and versatile actor and director, renowned for her compelling performances and innovative direction. Her recent stage credits at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast include memorable roles in “Hansel and Gretel”, “Snow Queen”, “Pinocchio”, “Lady Killers”, and “Sinners". Each performance has showcased her exceptional talent and ability to bring complex characters to life.
Recently, Christina took her talents to New York, performing with the Irish Arts Centre in "Good Vibrations," following a successful run at the Grand Opera House in Belfast. Other acting credits further highlight her range and skill, including roles in "Cassandra of Ulster" in Dublin, "McCooeys" at the Grand Opera House, "Betty and Bernie's School Reunion" at the SSE Arena, and "Ring of Steel" with Kabosh.
Christina's directorial prowess was most recently evidenced in her sold-out production of “Bernie's Big Day Out” at the SSE Arena. Christina is currently collaborating with GBL and Greenshoot Productions on an exciting community engagement project, culminating in a large-scale professional production written by Gary Mitchell and community directed by Christina in the MAC Belfast.
Over the past few years, Christina has both directed and performed in a series of comedy plays that have toured throughout Northern Ireland. Her latest triumph is the one-woman show "I’ll Tell My Ma," a prequel to the Aisling Award-winning "Is That Too Hot" at the MAC Theatre. Both productions, written by Patricia Gormley and starring Christina, received critical acclaim. Christina's talents extend to the screen, where her TV and film credits include Hope Street (BBC) Back in 5 (Armchair and Rocket), History Makers (directed by Stephen Pierce, BBC), Make the Difference (directed by Michael O’Neil), and My Mother and Other Strangers (directed by Adrian Shergold, BBC).
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Orla Gormley trained at The Arts Educational School London of Musical Theatre. Theatre includes: Hansel and Gretel (The Lyric Theatre) The Last Ship (PW Productions - American Tour) , Musical of The Year (Eloy Productions), The Last Ship (UK Tour/Princess of Wales, Toronto), Beauty and The Beast, (The Lyric Theatre) Molly Wobbly’s TiT Factory (The Lyric Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (ATG/Jerry Mitchell Productions), Comrade Rockstar (Julian Woolford), One Night Stand (PBM), HATCH! (The MAC Theatre), Den Of Iniquity (BASA Productions), GETGOT (The Main Space/Edinburgh Fringe), Comedy Of Errors (Theatre at the Mill), Molly Wobbly’s TiT Factory (Assembly Rooms/Edinburgh Fringe), Sleeping Beauty (Market Theatre), Lead Production Singer (P&O Azura), Romeo & Juliet (NZ Opera Company), Night of a Thousand Voices (SSE Arena Belfast), Jack & The Beanstalk and Peter Pan (Millennium Forum).
Workshops include - Houdini developmental workshop ( Sting / Karl Sydow) , Devils Advocate (Julian Woolford )
Original Cast Albums include ‘Lizzie’ (Musical of the Year), ‘Renata’ (Comrade Rockstar) and ‘Ruth’ (Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory)
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Hugh W Brown lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an Actor and Writer with 30 years experience in Film, Theatre, Outdoor Arts, Circus, Clown and Music, specialising in producing work for young audiences and their families.
Hugh has numerous theatre credits with Cahoots NI in their 23 year history including The Ghost House (2022), The Grimm Hotel (2021) and was co writer and performer in The University of Wonder and Imagination which first toured virtually for nine months throughout Ireland, UK and USA during the Covid pandemic of 2020/21. He has toured extensively in Ireland, UK, US and China with their acclaimed shows Shh We Have a Plan and Egg which was winner of Best Show for Young People Off West End (OFFIES).
As a solo performer Hugh has performed all over Europe, Asia and Australia, usually in the guise of his alter ego Jitterbug Jackson. Within that realm of Outdoor Arts, in 2022 and 2023 Hugh was Creative Performance Director of Belfast’s St.Patrick’s parade for Beat Carnival and then in 2024, developed performance, soundtrack and song for the NEIC Pageant at St Patrick’s Festival Dublin.
As a writer, composer, lyricist, film and podcast maker Hugh has produced a variety of successful work for Cahoots, Grasshopper, St Patrick’s Festival Dublin and most recently, successful commissions for Dublin City Council, Creative Places Darndale and Creative Places Bagenalstown. With Grasshopper and Curious Broadcast Hugh also co-created, presented and composed the soundtrack for RTE’s podcast, The Science of Sense, which has been commissioned for a third series in 2024.
Whilst living in Cambodia Hugh wrote, produced, co-directed and performed lead in the feature film INSIDE THE BELLY OF A DRAGON which received special selection at the Cambodian Film Festival and Belfast Film Festival in 2017.
Throughout those 30 years and as a result of his wo
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Terrance Fleming is happy to be working with Cahoots again, but on their home court. Terrance is originally from Mobile, AL. It's not always noticeable, but certain words give it away. From Murphy high school, he chose to further his education at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), where he received his BFA in acting. Next stop for Terrance was Baltimore. During his time in the DMV, he’s had the privilege to collaborate with many different theatres and many talented artists. STC: King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, The Lehman Trilogy, Woolly Mammoth Theater: Incendiary, CSC: Romeo & Juliet, Dracula, Henry V, Measure for Measure, Her Majesty and Sons: Twelfth Night, Richard III, BSF: Hamlet, Center Stage: Dream Girls, Artscentic: The Wiz, Aida, Memphis, Little Shop of Horrors.
Terrance was an athlete, prior to acting. He still finds ways to maintain that part of him. Flag football is a go-to. One of Terrance's favorite things to say is "If you're gonna do it, do it."
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Philippa O’Hara is a professional actor and singer from Belfast. She has been lucky enough to tour Ireland, China, Norway and America five times with various Cahoots N.I. shows. She is a guest vocalist with Lush! Classical and Cream Classical performing in huge venues with symphony orchestras in front of up to 18,000 people, videos of which have garnered over 9 million views on YouTube.
She performs regularly with her sister as the O’Hara Sisters at prestigious events all over the U.K. and Ireland including The Players’ Dinner at The Open 2019 and at extremely exclusive, bespoke events at The Tate Modern, London. Her recent theatre credits include The Vanishing Elephant at New Victory Theatre New York, Secrets Of Space USA tour, and Cinderella at the MAC.
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The Grand Opera House, Belfast Belfast International Arts Festival
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Maeve Smyth is an actor from Portstewart, Co. Derry; her TV credits include The Tourist season 2(BBC 1) and Dalgliesh (Channel 5/US & Canada streaming). Maeve has worked extensively in theatre in Belfast- her Lyric Theatre credits include The Colleen Bawn, The Threepenny Opera, We Like it Here and No Citation. Other theatre credits include The Cassandra of Ulster (Smock Alley Theatre) and Under the Hawthorn Tree (The MAC). Maeve is a professional singer and voiceover artist; her most recent audiobook narrations are Versions of a Girl by Catherine Gray and Quickly While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson.
Maeve is predominantly an actor but wrote and directed her first short film End You, which was recently screened at an F-rated film night at The Strand Cinema. She is currently writing her first feature film.
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The Grand Opera House, Belfast Belfast International Arts Festival
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Madhav Vasantha is a London based actor with a strong background in comedy and improv.
His recent work includes Crackerjack! Series 1 and 2 on CBBC/BBC one and can be seen on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
He also played Hero Showoff in Starry Tantrums which debuted on Amazon Prime.
He recently finished a run of a 2 man play called Rajesh & Naresh in the Edinburgh Fringe festival and in the Camden Fringe festival.
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The Grand Opera House, Belfast Belfast International Arts Festival
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Katriona Brown is a Sheffield born and bred actor and puppeteer. She is very excited to have joined the cast of The Vanishing Elephant.
Her theatre credits includes: The Hatchling (Triggers Stuff), Crimes On Centre Court(New Old Friends), Around The World In 80 Days (York Theatre Royal & Tilted Wig tour), There's A Rang-Tan In My Bedroom and Other Stories (Little Angel Theatre), Chum-o-logues (Southwark Playhouse), Twirlywoos live on stage tour (MEI), The Smurfs, international arena (MEI), Kipper's Snowy Day (Slot Machine), The Dinosaur Show (Blue Orange Theatre), The Wind In the Willows (Scripts for Supper), Elmer The Patchwork Elephant Show (Selladoor), Invisible Me (House of Stray Cats),Jekyll and Hyde (Scripts for Supper), The Dream Factory (House Of Stray Cats) and The Comedy Of Errors (Exeter Northcott).
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The Grand Opera House, Belfast Belfast International Arts Festival
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James Grimm is an actor from Greenisland. He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2021. He is one of the many returning cast members that performed in the original Broadway production of The Vanishing Elephant, which received the New York Times Critics Pick in October 2023.
James has just come off the back of performing in 'The Pitch' by Philip Catherwood, which sold out despite its limited run. After performing in Belfast, James will be flying back to London to start rehearsals for 'The Crumplezone'.
As well as stage, James has been involved in numerous short films that have gone to film festivals, such as 'Home Sweet Home' by Maëlle Leggiadro (London Global Film Awards, Roma Short Film Festival, Tokyo International Short Film Festival), 'You Alright Mate' by James Mason (Short Is Beautiful Film Festival) and 'Straight Out of Compton' by Mark Hammett (New York Hip Hop Film Festival, British Urban Film Festival). James is also the Narrator in an upcoming Titanic video game, 'Titanic: Honor and Glory'.
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Belfast International Arts Festival The Grand Opera House, Belfast Arts Council of Northern Ireland Belfast City Council
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Iris Schmid was born in Tyrol, Austria, and worked in the Austrian and German industry for many years (Burgtheater, Odeon Theater, Theater Erfurt, Dschungel Wien) before graduating from RADA’s MA in 2022.
Major projects in the past were The Great Elephant Chase (dir. Mervyn Millar, Significant Object), The Last Days of Mankind & Alma (dir. Paulus Manker), two multi-hour immersive productions, What if Birds (dir. Euripides Laskaridis), Iphigenia in Vienna (based on Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splot) and Theatre for Young Audiences such as Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio or the solo shows "The Alphabet of Dreams” & “Little Red Riding Hood”.
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Belfast International Arts Festival The Grand Opera House, Belfast
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David Morgan is the former Artistic Director of The Magik Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. In his twenty years there, David served in a variety of capacities, including playwright, director, award winning designer (sets/lights/sound), and technical director. His musical adaptations and productions of The Jungle Book, Treasure Island, and Pocahontas became successful national tours for Magik. David also initiated the Theatre for the Very Young programme for Magik’s youngest audience members, as well as a successful multi-year teen internship programme.
David was the production coordinator/designer for Luminaria: Arts Night in San Antonio, a citywide public art event that drew over 350,000 people to the city’s downtown parks and venues for several years, and is an installation artist himself. In a freelance capacity, David has written plays and designed sets for opera, symphony, ballet, and museum companies. In 2015, he created San Antonio’s first-ever Renaissance festival, which brought over 100 performances to 30,000 attendees, involving over 150 artists.
David is proud to have been involved with many Cahoots productions such as puppeteering in The Vanishing Elephant (NYC) and Shh! We Have a Plan (China), as well as having his shows, The Untold Truth of Captain Hook and Geppetto premiere in Belfast.
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