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leighton: thom campbell
Thomas graduated from NIDA in 2002. While studying, his roles included Kostya in The Seagull, The Clown and Lucius in Titus Andronicus and Darrell in the premiere of Nick Enright�s Country Music. Since graduating, he has appeared in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (NIDA company) as part of the Gay Games Festival, Talking With Dogs for the Short and Sweet Play Season, A Midsummer Night�s Dream (Vineyard Productions), Women of Troy at the Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir St and Brecht Explorations and the 2002 Young Playwrights Awards for the STC.
lorna: larissa gallagher
Larissa is a musical theatre graduate of WAAPA where she received the Robert Finlay Award. Her performance credits include Stretching the Friendship, (Harpoo Productions) A Midsummer Night�s Dream (Vineyard Productions) and Taming of the Shrew (Carnivale) where she played the role of Kate. Larissa has also toured with Wiggles Live on the Dorothy the Dinosaur Show.
jaquie: charlotte gregg
Having completed a Bachelor of Theatre Arts/ Acting, Charlotte has spent the past two years working with several Queensland theatre companies and has recently completed a state tour with Matrix Theatre Company and Queensland Arts Councils, production of Citizen Jane. Prior to this, Charlotte worked with La Boite Theatre in their award winning Clark in Sarejavo as well as Queensland Theatre Company�s Emerging Artist Programme and the 2002 Young Playwrights Awards. Charlotte has also recently appeared in Chanel Nine�s Telemovie Seconds to Spare and will be appearing in Fat Cow Motel to be aired later this year on the ABC. Charlotte is pleased to make her Sydney stage debut with Nerd Formal. In real life, Charlotte is far from being a nerd.
smitty: ryan hayward
Originally from Melbourne, Ryan worked as a musician and D.J. before
travelling to New York and London. There he performed in
Guys & Dolls (French Woods), Clark in Sarajevo and Heretic (Blue Tounge Theatre). In 2000 he moved to Sydney to study at NIDA where he played
Vershinin in
The Three Sisters, Len in Saved, Dave in Country Music and Jack
in
Jarrabin. He recently played Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream. At
High School he sat comfortably between the Cool group and Nerd group as is
to be expected of a sports-playing musician with an interest in Drama and
keen eye for fashion
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damon: neil phipps
Hello, it�s nice to see you. Neil has been in several hilarious plays at the University of New South Wales, where he graduated with a B.A, which is less hilarious, but still important. Two of these he is very proud of were Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Fat Men in Skirts. Neil was also in plays that are less hilarious - but still compelling, namely Arcadia and the musicals An Unfinished Song and Sweeney Todd. Yes! He can also sing! After being able to also sing, Neil appeared in Stephen Vagg�s most recent production of Friday Night Drinks which enjoyed much success. There are other things he does here and there but essentially, these are the acting type credits which make paragraphs like this most interesting to a wide audience
amber: nicole sceresini
Nicole is a graduate of WAAPA where the plays she featured in included Hedda Garber and Lughnasa. She acted in the short film Lovebug and was involved in the creation and production of a TV pilot which went into development with ABC television. She has a particular interest in physical theatre and is currently studying to be a yoga instructor.
skid/chet: morgan smallbone
Morgan�s acting credits include Lilian�s Story, Blue Heelers, Murder Call, and for the stage, Antigone, Desire, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Morgan is also director of nerd formal and more biographical details are available on the Crew page.
gabby: alison van reeken
Alison is originally from Perth where she graduated from Curtin University (BA English-Theatre and Film and TV) and WAAPA (Dip. Performance Studies-Theatre). She now enjoys living in Sydney. Most recent theatre credits include; A Midsummer Nights Dream (2003) in the Hunter Valley and Southern Highlands, 5 Stories High with State of Play(2003 Two-Up season of Sydney Festival) at the Darlinghurst Theatre,  The Treatment (2002) at the Darlinghurst Theatre, Etta Jenks (2002) at the Darlinghurst Theatre, Dogs Barking (2002) at The Old Fitzroy and The Storeroom in Melbourne.
mr mcKenzie/ grice: david webb
David has worked extensively in Film, Theatre and Television. Recent credits include: Sanctuary and A Conversation for the Ensemble theatre. Other Theatre Credits include, Act One, Daylight Saving and Long Days Journey Into Night. He played the vet in Kennedy Miller�s Babe. Television credits include Twisted Tales, Stingers, and Water Rats. For US cable he has had roles in Beast, The First Daughter and most recently Junction Boys for E.S.P.N. He last appeared at the SBW Stables Theatre in Monkey Trap for the Griffin Theatre.
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