Sebastian Abineri – Executive Producer

Sebastian has been an actor for over thirty years and comes from an acting family. He started in the theatre at the age of 16 and since then has worked extensively in Film, Television and Theatre. Film credits include 'A Bridge too Far'. Sebastian has played many leading theatrical roles around the country including The Library Theatre, Manchester, The West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Clwyd and the Plymouth Theatre Company. Parts Include, Stanley Kowalski in 'Streetcar Named Desire', Christopher Isherwood in 'I am a Camera', Bill Sykes in 'Oliver', Captain Bluntschli in 'Arms and the Man' and many others.
His TV credits include Benny in 'Death of a Young Man' by Willy Russell part of the BBC Play for Today series, Wilfred Owen in 'Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Out of the Battle' for the BBC, Jim Stone in the BBC play 'Buses'. Sebastian has also appeared in 'Eastenders', 'The Bill', 'Coronation Street', 'Cadfael', 'Bramwell', 'Casualty' 'Murder Squad' 'The Last Detective' 'Rosemary & Thyme'
Sebastian has just finished playing 'Papa Gonzales' at the Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue in Tenessee Williams play "Summer & Smoke" directed by ex Royal Shakespeare Company Chief Adrian Noble.

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Sally Millest – Theatre Director

Sally trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1979-82) after which she performed in regional Theatres around the country. Some of her credits include Leeds Playhouse, (dir: Jude Kelly) The Belgrade Coventry, Chester Gateway Theatre, Manchester, York Theatre Royal, The Mill at Sonning, The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. N.o 1 tour of "Daisy Pulls It Off". (dir: David Gilmore) Andrew Lloyd Webbers Really Useful Theatre Co. (which won The Olivier award and the Drama Theatre Award for Best Comedy). She played Bev in "On The Piste." (dir: Bob Tomson) A Bill Kenwright Production at The Garrick Theatre, West end.), which was nominated 'Comedy of the Year' at the Olivier Awards. Her TV credits include: - Dr. Juliet Kennett in "Casualty" Dorrie in "Shine On Harvey Moon" (dir Baz Taylor) Marie in "10%ers" (dir: Ed Bye) and was nominated one of Phillip Schofields best comedy moments "Paradise Postponed" "The Bill" and "Minder". Her film work includes: - "The French Lieutenants Woman" "The flute" and the lead in "Screen test for Lulu" (The London Film Festival).

Sally Directed "The Sunshine Boys" Palace Theatre Westcliff in association with Southend Theatres. and The Winslow Boy also in the main house 2007.

Sally co-founded the actor’s agency Billboard in the early 80’s and Cornucopia Theatre Company. (Canal Café/ Jersey Arts Theatre)

Sally worked with The New Focus Youth Theatre - for 7 yrs, running workshops devising and directing many of their productions. She ran drama classes @ Westborough Primary School for 1 yr. (and was brought in as an adviser & producer on their production of The Wizard of Oz)

She was an associate lecturer for three years at Southend College.
In 2008 she was an adjudicator for 2 nights (The Shakespeare schools festival.)

She directed the first Fakespeare The Lamentable Tragedie of Yates Wine Lodge performed and written by comedian Russell kane The Dixon Studio Westcliff & The Ace Dome Edinburgh 2008. Noel Cowards Red Peppers Hill Street Theatre Edinburgh 2008. The Joan Crawford collective comedy team . Nov 2009 she co-produced and directed Pack Up Your Troubles a charitable show for The Royal Anglians. She filmed and edited a promo for Flamjam entitled pescador

She has recently mentored at Battersea Park School on their production ‘Find Me’ and as a Director in collaboration with writer Elizabeth Heery to develop their own devised piece (Feeding the Troll) The Vault Edinburgh 2010. Peckham Academy a devised piece with Elizabeth on Road safety. She will also be directing In 2010 a short film- for screen, written by Elizabeth Heery

November 2010 invited as guest Director Romeo & Juliet (SSC)
She runs workshops for performing arts and media in schools and colleges Nationally.
She is now working in collaboration with QDOS/HQ Theatres one of the leading producers of Pantomime in the country developing and running Pantomime workshops. (Cinderella 2009 and Peter Pan 2010.)

Sally is a founder member of Act-ed and has produced, directed and edited their educational films aimed at the performing arts and media studies.

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