Cast
Twelfth Night: Cast
Chris Donnelly trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has had the pleasure of being part of the Actors From The London Stage ensemble since the company formed six years ago, and has performed in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), Measure For Measure (Pompey), in The Winter's Tale (Autolycus) and in Troilus and Cressida (Diomedes). His theatre credits include the role of Lollio in The Changeling for Andrew Hilton's highly acclaimed Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory Company, as well as the role of Antigonus and The Shepherd in Erica Whyman's highly acclaimed version of The Winter's Tale at the Southwark Playhouse.
Chris's television credits include Fat Friends, Silent Witness, Wire In The Blood, Drop The Dead Donkey, Casualty, Wycliffe, The Verdict, Reckless, and Damion Spinks in Eastenders. In addition, Chris has performed many plays for BBC Radio 4.
Claudia Elmhirst received her training at LAMDA. She has performed in A Chorus of Disapproval (Bridget); Love's a Luxury (Molly), Strange Orchestra (Jenny), King Cromwell (Bettie Cromwell) and The Tempest (Miranda), all with the Orange Tree Theatre; Desdemona (Desdemona); Charlotte's Web (Fern); and Waste (Lucy Davenport).
Claudia's film work includes the role of Veronica in One Night Fall. She is trained in cello and piano, and is active in several sports. This is Claudia's first tour with Actors From The London Stage.
Peter Harding trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His Shakespeare work includes Othello and As You Like It at the Royal National Theatre, directed by Peter Hall and John Dexter, respectively, as well as Titus Andronicus (Titus Andronicus), Henry VI Part III (Richard Duke of York); Macbeth (Banquo), and the Merchant of Venice (Duke of Venice, Price of Aragon, Balthasar, Old Gobbo). Peter has also appeared in the Royal National Theatre's production of The Romans in Britain (Cai).
Peter has a long list of TV roles, including Steve Kember in Murphy's Law, Dr. Martin Kendall in Holby City, Det. Supt. Price in East Enders, and Jack the Ripper in All the World's a Stage, all for the BBC; Jack North in Dream Team for SKY/TV; and Dave Mowbray in Wycliffe for YTV. Peter has also recorded for BBC Radio.
Richard Howard's recent London/West End theatre work includes Carnaby Leete in The Marrying of Ann Leete (Orange Tree Theatre); Rev. Phelps in Blues for Mister Charlie (Tricycle Theatre); Dudley in Pam Gems' Stanley (Royal National Theatre); Mr. Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre (Playhouse); the sculptor Rodin in Self Portrait (Orange Tree Theatre) and Rev. Oliver Purefoy in the revival of Sailor Beware! (Lyric, Hammersmith). His most recent appearance in repertory was at the Bristol Old Vic and on national tour as Duncan and the Porter in Macbeth, starring Peter Postlethwaite.
With Actors From the London Stage, Richard has toured to the USA in Macbeth (Macduff) and As You Like It (Jaques). Richard's recent TV appearances include The Government Inspector; Born and Bred; Love in a Cold Climate; Innocents; David Copperfield and Oliver Twist, and his films include Oh! What a Lovely War and Inspector Clouseau.
Rina Mahoney's theatre work includes A Passage to India with Shared Experience on the U.K and U.S.A. tours; Dona Rosita with Orange Tree; Peter Pan with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Behsharam with the Soho Theatre/Birmingham Repertory Theatre; The Tempest and Vurt with Contact Theatre; Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream with Cheltenham Everyman; Private Lives and Woman in Mind with Bolton Octagon; East is East with Oldham Coliseum, and Cinderella with the Nottingham Playhouse.
Rina's TV credits include Coronation Street for Granada TV; Emmerdale for YTV; Hearts and Bones, Doctors, and Casualty for the BBC. Later this year, she can be seen in the UK in Blue Murder (Granada TV) and Eleventh Hour, a new drama series with Patrick Stewart, also for Granada. She has also recorded numerous leading roles for Radio Drama at BBC Radio 4. Currently, Rina is working on a one-woman show based on the possible fate of the character of Isabella after Shakespeare's Measure for Measure has ended.