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Ghost Train Biographies
This is Ben Baxter’s third production in London, having previously played George in ‘After the Dance’ (Putney Arts Theatre) and Saint Matthew in ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ (Sedos). Recent roles elsewhere have included Orlando in ‘As You Like It’, Algernon in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ and an ensemble role in ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’
David Matthews is from Leicester and went to Cardiff University where he trained as a journalist. He now lives in London with his family and works in theatre. He hasn’t acted in over 10 years and is excited to get on stage again. He was relieved to hear about the line learner app.
Dean Bartholomew is very excited to be a part of KDC’s production of ‘The Ghost Train’ and was more than happy to take on the role of Herbert Price. Having been involved in amateur theatre for the past five years, he is relishing the opportunity to tread the boards once more.
Elizabeth Stevens has been acting on stage and screen for the past 10 years. Her most recent work includes ‘The Children’s Hour’ at the Rosemary Branch theatre, Simon Stephen’s ‘Pornography’ at the Bridewell Theatre and ‘Let the Clock Chime On’ with BFI Film Academy.
Felix Newman is a recent graduate of German and Politics and made the leap to the big smoke this summer to begin a sales role in the digital marketing industry. He’s been a keen amateur actor throughout university and have loved the chance to carry on in London with KDC!
Gabriella Guymer-Davies left Norfolk when she moved to London late last year. She now works in a Central Government Department in Whitehall and previously enjoyed working for the Crown Prosecution Service in Norwich. Previous acting experiences includes playing more Victorian boys (Tiny Tim, Oliver Twist to name a few) than she cares to remember; a sheep and a talking bird. She is now very happy in London and is enjoying playing a female character, who is not an animal.
‘The Ghost Train’ marks Hannah Brooks’ first performance with KDC Theatre since moving to London in December. Having graduated from Leeds University in 2016 with a degree in Spanish, Hannah returned home to Oxford where she made her debut performance at the Playhouse as Elinor in OTG’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Hannah is excited to be treading the boards once again with an exciting company.
After a 10 year hiatus from theatre, where the only acting he did was to convince himself that he really, honestly didn’t want to do any theatre anyway, James Cross is returning to the stage. Past theatrical highlights include many musicals, a stage adaptation of ‘Clerks’ and directing ‘The Exonerated’ at University.
Jill Davy has most recently been seen in ‘A Christmas Carol’ for Katch22. Other productions include ‘Clybourne Park’, ‘Breathing Corpses’, ‘Science Experiment’ (also writer), ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol’, ‘The Haunting of Hill House’, ‘Up Pompeii’, ‘The Great Santa Kidnap’, ‘The 101 Dalmatians’ and ‘Kindly Leave the Stage’. Jill has performed in Italy, Portugal and Spain, toured TIE and Panto as well as appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Cardiff International Music Theatre Festival.
This is Paul Caira’s first role with KDC. Recently he has performed with Sedos in ‘Pornography’, ‘Whose Life is it Anyway?’ and ‘One Man, Two Governors’. He is not from Cornwall.
‘The Ghost Train’ is Nick Mouton’s fifth directorial effort with KDC, following ‘Junk’, ‘Noir’, ‘Female Transport’ and ‘Tiger at the Gates’. He has additionally directed ‘The Devils’ and ‘Whose Life is it Anyway?’ for Sedos and ‘One Night Hire’ for independent theatre company So It Goes. He recently joined the Director’s Cut theatre company where he’s directed two short new writing pieces at the Pleasance Theatre and Southwark Playhouse. @NickMouton
This is Mauro Galluzzo’s fifth KDC production as Stage Manager. Having first worked with Nick back in 2009 in ‘Dangerous Corner’ and again in 2011 with ‘Female Transport’, he’s looking forward to getting on board ‘The Ghost Train’. He’s also produced the ‘Butler Didn’t Do It’ for KDC and is on the committee.
Kinga Kliss – Assistant Stage Manager
Ben Hussey – Lighting Designer
Rose Pickles – Sound
Neil Ballinger – Poster
Jim Yip & Marcella Toth – Photography
