ARDENT8 - ENSEMBLE 3
ANNABEL WORSFOLD
Annabel has a First Class Honours Degree in Performing Arts, specialising in Contemporary Theatre.
Previous productions include: Peter Pan playing Slightly Soiled (the Lighthouse Theatre), Romeo and Juliet playing Romeo (Baden Powell St. Peters), This Changes Everything playing Freya (The Jellicoe Theatre), Darknet playing Stacey (The Jellicoe Theatre), Tristan & Yseult playing Brangaine (The Jellicoe Theatre), Anatomy of a Suicide playing Anna (The Jellicoe Theatre), Constellations playing Marianne (The Jellicoe Theatre), I and You playing Caroline (The Jellicoe Theatre), Love and information playing various roles (The Jellicoe Theatre), Love playing Annabel (The Jellicoe Theatre), The Suicide playing Cleopatra Maximovna (The Jellicoe Theatre), An Unfamiliar Familiarity playing Annabel (The Jellicoe Theatre).
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CALLUM DIAZ
Callum trained at the Arts University Bournemouth in Contemporary Theatre.
Theatre credits: New Views Festival 2023 (National Theatre, London) Jack in Sterotypes, Narrator in To Drown Boundless Oceans.
Theatre during training includes: Callum in Tides of Neglect, Ajay Chopper in Beautiful Burnout, Mr Webb in Our Town, Lars and Gbatokai in Festen, Nicholas Chapman in Punk Rock, Courfeyrac in Les Misérables.
Professional Music video credit: Main actor in ‘What is’ by Ina Shai.
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CAOIMHE MACKIN
Caoimhe Mackin started her training at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in their Youth Theatre Company. In 2022, she was awarded a first class drama degree from De Montfort University Leicester. Theatre credits include Bloody Sunday a self written verbatim play that debuted at the Exit Souls Festival 2022 and was shortlisted for the Christopherson Award. Film credits include To Be an autobiographical film that was shortlisted for the Century Theatre Film Festival 2021.
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DANIELLE LAURENCE
Danielle was born in London, England. She has recently graduated from De Montfort University with a BA in Drama and has always been passionate about acting. During her time in university she performed in scripted shows as well as devising her own work. Grimm Tales (Phillip Pullman), One Under (Winsome Pinnock) Love and Information (Caryl Churchill). Most recently she performed in two rehearsed readings for National Theatre’s New Views Festival. Beyond Ourselves will be her London Theatre debut.
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EDDIE DRUMMOND
Eddie trained at Bournemouth & Poole College and graduated in 2020 with First Class Honours from Arts University Bournemouth. Since then, he has worked as a member of professional choir Questa Voce, performing alongside internationally renowned singers including operatic soprano Merilee Brunet and tenor Raven Joul.
Credits whilst training: Eddie in Tides of Neglect, Angel in RENT, Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde, Jeff in [title of show].
Professional credits include: Gavroche and Enjolras in various performances of Les Misérables (studio performances), and, with Questa Voce, Jedi in Symphonic Cinema, Young Soldier in Parade, and chorus in Video Games in Concert, Stella Natalis by Sir Karl Jenkins, Questa Sings Christmas, and the world premiere of Requiem Pandemus. Eddie is currently scheduled to perform alongside Brian May from Queen and Kerry Ellis at the Royal Albert Hall in 2025.
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INDIA PIGNATIELLO
India trained at De Montfort University Leicester and achieved a BA upper class honours degree.
Theatre credits whilst training: Youth theatre productions of Cinderella, Grimm Tales (Phillip Pullman) and One Under (Winsome Pinnock) and mostly her own devised work during the three years at Uni. Beyond Ourselves will be India’s debut in London.
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JAKE RAYNER BLAIR
Jake trained at Manchester School of Theatre, receiving a First Class Honours Degree in Drama and Contemporary Performance in 2022. Since then, he has written and performed four plays, created three exhibitions, and founded Carnifølk - an immersive theatre collective who are currently working with Shambala and Boomtown festivals to create interactive medieval Carnivals, celebrating music, people, and the planet.
Professional credits include: Orpheus in Orpheus & Euridice (Bristol Old Vic), Art in If it’s to Break (Contact Theatre [for Emergency 22], Burdall’s Yard) (programmed for the Lowry, Courtyard, Theatre Royal Wakefield, and the Alma Tavern for our tour in 2024), Finn in Tenants (Bristol Old Vic), Musician and Co-composer in Babytales (Bristol Old Vic), Spud in Carving’s Carnival (Volunteer Tavern), Jake in T***k You (Bristol Old Vic), Itys & Echo in The Love of the Nightingale (Bristol Old Vic), Sebastian in Craig Barry Hall’s Seventh Circle (Antwerp Mansion).
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THOMA O’NEILL
Thoma is a recent Drama graduate from De Montfort University. He discovered acting at the age of seven years old in a History class playing Henry VIII which is arguably his greatest role to date. That or when he played a frog.
Theatre credits whilst training: The Frog Prince, The Three Little Men in the Wood, Blood Wedding, excerpts from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, excerpts from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, King Midas and his Golden Touch, Peter Pan, excerpts from The Play that Goes Wrong and A Christmas Carol.
Film credits whilst training: A Will To Disturb and Growing up Polish
He also performed a pilot script for an animated fantasy comedy, and has performed stand up comedy on numerous occasions, while in training.
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