Belinda Giblin is one of Australia's most distinguished stage and screen actors. Her most recent theatre credits include "Family Values" (Griffin Theatre), "John" (Outhouse Theatre Company), "Ear to the Edge of Time" (Sport for Jove), "Doubt" (The Old Fitz) for which she was nominated for Best Actress in an Independent Production by the Sydney Theatre Critics' Awards in 2019. "The Turquoise Elephant" (Griffin Theatre Company) "Blonde Poison"( Strange Duck productions) at The Old Fitz, Sydney Opera House and MTC at the Lawler, for which she was nominated for Best Actress in an Independent production by the Sydney Theatre Critics' Circle Awards in 2015. Other plays include "Daylight Saving" (Eternity Playhouse) 2014, "Dark Voyager" (Ensemble Theatre) 2014, "Absurd Person Singular" (Ensemble Theatre) "Dinner" ( SBW Stables); Two sell-out national tours of "The Shoehorn Sonata" with Maggie Kirkpatrick; (Christine Dunstan Productions) "Love Child', which she also produced; (Griffin Theatre); "Wicked Sisters" (Griffin Theatre.); "Scam" , (Christine Dunstan Productions for Company B ,Belvoir St); "Noises Off" ( Ensemble at the Sydney Opera House); "The Vagina Monologues" ( The Valhalla) for Adrian Bohm; "Away" (Sydney Theatre Company) "Blithe Spirit" ( Queensland Theatre Co); "Same Time Another Year" ( Perth Theatre Co); three National Tours of "Steaming" ( Gary Penny Productions); "Things We Do for Love", "Social Climbers", Henceforward", How the Other Half Loves", and "Canaries Sometimes Sing" ( Marian St Theatre). "Quadraphenia" and "The World is Made of Glass", (Playbox Theatre Melbourne)
On television Belinda has played regular roles in the series "Home and Away"; "Sons and Daughters"; "Good Guys Bad Guys"; MDA for the ABC; "Heartbreak High"; "Skyways"; "The Sullivans"; A Country Practise" and "The Box ". Film credits include "On the Edge of the Bed"; "Peterson"; "The Box"; "Demolition'; "Endplay"; "The Empty Beach"; "Say you Want Me" for which she won a Sammy award; and has just completed an Independent feature film with the working title "Liebe", and an internet series "Bent 101". In her "other job" Belinda works as a Corporate Trainer, Executive Coach, and Speech Writer.

Jane graduated from University of Western Sydney - Theatre Nepean (Acting) and University of Sydney (Fine Art, Film and Performance). Recent theatre credits include The Campaign (Seymour/White Box), Black Drop Effect (Sydney Festival/Bankstown Arts Centre), Small Mouth Sounds (Darlinghurst), Letters to Lindy (Merrigong, National Tour) Lost Boys (Merrigong), Good With Maps (KXT/NSWTour/Edinburgh for Siren), Ham Funeral (Siren/Griffin), The Trouble With Harry (Siren/Seymour Centre), Good People (Ensemble Theatre), Beautiful One Day (Belvoir/Ilbijerri/version1.0), Rupert (MTC, Theatre Royal) and Honchos Meeting in Cowra (Rinkogun, Tokyo).
From 2005-14, as Company Artist for version 1.0, Jane devised and performed in all their major works including The Table of Knowledge (Merrigong Theatre co-production), THIS KIND OF RUCKUS (Helpmann Award, Best Physical/Visual Theatre) and Deeply Offensive & Utterly Untrue (Drover Award, Best Touring Show). Jane has toured nationally and internationally, voiced radio plays for ABC Radio National, Eastside Radio and worked on several new scripts with Playwriting Australia. She has directed shows at University of Newcastle, Sydney Theatre School, Excelsia College and University of Wollongong. Jane is a proud member of Equity.

Salma Ahmad Caller is a British-Egyptian artist whose practice involves creating an imagery of the narratives of body that have shaped her own body and identity across profound cultural divides. It is an investigation of the painful and contradictory mythologies surrounding the female body, processes of exoticisation, and the legacy of colonialism as a cross-generational transmission of ideas, traumas, bodies and misconceptions. Her work is informed by a Masters in Art History and Theory, having studied medicine, and teaching cross-cultural perspectives at Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

For more: https://www.salmaahmadcaller.com/

Restrepo is a Colombian actress. Her acting career started when she was 8 and since then she has worked in numerous TV series, films and theatre shows. She has been awarded with well renowned awards for best actress, such as: two "India Catalina", a "Simon Bolivar", and recently the Anatomy Film Festival Award, in Athens, for the film Angustia. Her theatre work includes: Las Burguesas de la Calle Menor, La Familia, Infraganti, Agnes de Dios, Las Fábulas de Esopo, etc. She has worked with renowned directors such as Adela Donadio, Pep Antón Gómez, Pavel Nowinsky and Rosario Jaramillo, amongst others. Her films include: Angustia, directed by Carlos Ortiz; Tres Días, directed by Juliàn Agudelo; A la Vuelta de la Esquina, directed by Silvio Vertel; El Actor, El Director y la Guionista, directed by Dago García; El Coco I, El Coco II, El Coco III, directed by Juan camilo Pinzón; Welcome to Colombia, directed by Ricardo Coral; etc. Her TV work includes: Las Muñecas de la Mafia 2 (Netflix- Caracol TV); Los Briceño (Netflix - Caracol TV); El Tesoro (Caracol TV); La Nocturna (Caracol TV); Tiro de Gracia (Caracol TV); Dónde Carajos está Umaña (Caracol TV); Vecinos (Caracol TV); Confidencial (Caracol TV); La Saga Negocio de Familia (Caracol TV ); Pedro el Escamoso (Caracol TV); amongst many other series and shows. She has been part of the permanent cast of Sábados Felices (Happy Saturdays) from 1998 (Caracol TV), a program still with huge audiences, almost an institution in Colombian TV. She has also experience as a TV host. For several years she was an important collaborator in Mesa de Noche, a program with news and opinion in Caracol TV, led by the renowned Jorge Alfredo Vargas. She trained in the ENAD (Bogotá) and later continued her studies in Cuba, Italy, France, United States and Spain.

Antonio is a performer, director and theatre practitioner. He started his training at the ESAD in Seville, and later in Paris, at the École Internationale Jacques Lecoq. As a theatre actor he has worked with numerous European directors and companies including Peter Brook (Fragments, 11&12), Simon McBurney and Theatre de Complicite (The street of Crocodiles, Caucasian Chalk Circle, amongst others), Dan Jemmett (Twelfth Night, Cinderella, etc) and others. He has played lead roles at the CDN, Teatro de la Abadía and Teatro Español in Madrid, and has performed in many theatres worldwide. As an actor in film: The man who killed don Quixote (Dir Terry Gilliam), Thi Mai (Patricia Ferreira), Risen (Kevin Reynolds) La Mula, The Merchant of Venice (Michael Radford), The Way (Emilio Estevez), Chicas (Yasmina Reza), 007 Quantum of Solace, (Marc Forster), Chocolat (Lasse Halström), amongst others. He has worked in various TV series including: Alba (in production), Malaka (TVE 1), La Reina del Sur (Netflix), La Peste (Movistar Plus), Pulsaciones (A3-Netflix), Los tres cerditos, Pluton BRB Nero, Mujeres, Hispania, Hornblower, Doctors, Soldier Soldier, Benidorm, etc. As a director, Antonio has co-created and collaborated in a variety of productions, and directed several shows, including El lunar de Lady Chatterlay, Kvetch ( which was nominated for the Max awards in Spain as best new production), Les Gloutons (Switzerland), Ruth 66 (Ireland ), etc. He also has experience as a choreographer (Orange Belonging advert) and as movement director in several theatre productions and has participated in several radio dramas for BBC Radio. He was recently nominated as best supporting actor for the show Hablar por hablar (Dir: Fernando Sanchez-Cabezudo), in the Actor's Union Awards, in Spain.

Cristina Simon Mention, graduated in Law and Legal Sciences from the University of Girona in 1997.
Graduated as Civil and Commercial Mediator from the University of Lleida in 2012.
Graduated in the Postgraduate course in Personal Leadership and Team Management from the University of Girona in 2019.
Titled as "NLP Practitioner" (Neuro Linguistic Programming) in 2020. Certified with the Specialty of Neuro Education by the University of Nebrija in 2020, and of Creativity and Well-being by the University of Girona. Currently finishing the studies of “Double degree in Psychology Coaching for children and Youth” (ELBS Leadership School) Also in progress, the official Certification of the “Bridge Model”, of relational communication (IC) of Álex Galfre and F. Ramón Cortés.
Two years of communication experience at PuntAvui Television (social network). After short stories and poetry, the first novel “Bossa dels Cors” (Bag of Hearts)was published in 2015, and the second novel is about to be published in September 2020 and I am also writing my 3rd one. Awarded in 2017 with the Short Story Award from the Lawyers School Association Currently I am leading my own educational project, training in emotional management and communication skills for teachers and educators.

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Montserrat Roig de Puig, graduated as an actress at the Institut del Teatre (Barcelona). After that she went to the Ecole Philippe Gaulier (London). She also trained in the following dancing styles: ballet, contemporary, jazz and tango. Her training was completed with lyrical singing. She has worked in film, theatre and television in Spain, England, France, Argentina and Italia. She played one of the two leads in the film Small World, directed by Patryk Vega in Poland. Recently she has also featured in the romantic comedy Marriage Material, directed by Col Spector in London. She has won many awards for her work in Meeting with Sarah Jessica directed by Vicente Villanueva. She has been awarded the Berlinale Talents prize from the Berlin film festival. She does voice over work for adverts, radio and documentaries in the UK.

Belmonte is a playwright and storyteller. She teaches technique and theatrical narratives at the School for Writers in Madrid. She is also a literary coach. Her plays include: Los vanidosos, Clara sin burla, Baile de huesos (International Prize Lázaro Carreter 2010), La herida y Humo en las flores. Her short plays include: Perséfone fuma, Mejor al aire, De noche sueño con tu mano, Sacar la basura, Años de agua, Un tipo responsable, etc. All of the above have been published and staged. Her short stories collections include: Que hablen las farolas y Comamos algo. She has also published a novel titled La época del agua.

Natalya graduated from Russian college of Art in 2005. Her second degree she got from The Queen Margaret University, BA (Hons) Drama and Performance (first-class) in 2020.
The recent theatre credits: The Bluebird ( The Neverthere Festival, Scotland), Nina (Atopon theatre, Scotland), My theatre ( World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT, Italy) , The Language Laboratories (STD, Russia), Heard No More ( National Trust, Scotland)
For the last fifteen years Natalya performed a diverse range of characters from the Russian Classics as Sonya from A. Chekhov "Uncle Vanya", Agafia Tikhonova from N. Gogol "The Marriage" and for instance, a verbatim performer from 3D multimedia productions.
She has been practising several acting techniques as a Stanislavsky system, Game theatre and M.Chekhov technique and many more. Natalya even produces and teaches the M. Chekhov method online during the Pandemic period for all creatives.

Saba Bakhisheva joined the company of State Kimry Drama Theatre being very young. Her theatre credits there included A Streetcar Named Desire (T. Williams), The Wedding, The Cherry Orchard (A. Chekhov), The Flea (E. Zamyatin), The Day of Rest (V. Katayev). In 2008 she graduated from Russian Institute of Theatre Arts Gitis, completing a Master's Degree in Acting. Since then she's performed in many shows such as "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (GIIS Theatre), "Little Shop of Horrors" (Audrey, GIIS Theatre), "Eight Women" (Augustine, The National Film Actors' Theatre), "Christmas Eve" (Lotos Theatre), "A Simple Story" (Lotos Theatre), "Broadway. Post Restante". During the period 2009-2011 Saba attended classes at Broadway Musical School where she had an opportunity to learn from the leading Broadway actors. There she was involved in production of some of the excerpts ("Pippin", "Rent"," Fiddler on The Roof" and others). Her most recent theatre credits are "Naked Hears"t at Natalia Vodianova's Love Ball in Doha and "A Christmas Tale" for Moscow City Hall . In 2018 Saba played a leading role in a short film "Such a Sweet Life" (Cinex production), which has become the selection and the winner of international film festivals.

Eliza Kovalski is a Russian stage and screen actress, singer and model.
From 2006 to 2014 Eliza worked in “The Young Actors Musical Theatre” in Moscow.
Her theatre credits include In “The Nursery” (role: Nina), “The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer” (main role: Becky Thatcher), “Oliver Twist” (role: Beth), “The Rain
Dream” (main role: Girl), “Moscow History 1205” (main role: Newcomer) and “The
Fantasy on the music of Dounaevsky” (role: Ballerina).
In 2014 - 2015 Eliza studied Acting in Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College in
Leeds, England.
In 2018 Eliza attended Jack Waltzer Intensive Acting Workshop and Master Classes
of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
In 2020 Eliza graduated from Parisian Acting University “Cours Florent”.
Her future film credits include “Subitya" directed by Alex Cross, “Garçon de Ville”
directed by Antony Labiod and “Care” directed by Thomas Villepoux for Digital Rise
Production.

Polina Glukhova was born in 1993 in Moscow. Graduated from the All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov, specialty- scriptwriting. Polina is a screenwriter of the movie "Ёф" directed by Nikolay Sidorov-Frantsuzov, also works with the text and graphics, contemporary poetry and video, educational projects and advertising agencies based in Moscow.

Barış Celiloğlu is a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. She also studied with the famous physical theatre teacher Philippe Gaulier in his London School between 1997 and 1998. She was initially trained by the famous Turkish actress Şahika Tekand in her drama school in İstanbul in 1993. Barış Celiloğlu started her acting career in İstanbul by performing in the acclaimed films Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite by Tunç Başaran and Sommer­sault in a Coffin by Derviş Zaim. She also played various parts in Turkish theatre in Studio Players and Bilsak Theatres (Beatrice in Roots by Arnold Wesker, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream of Shakespeare, Madam in The Maids by Jean Genel, the Lover in War Plays by Edward Bond) until she moved to Britain in 1997. In Britain, she performed in various venues such as The Gate Theatre (Don Quixote-Mar­itornes, Dulcinea), Arcola Theatre (Pelebians Rehearse the Uprising-Brecht's actor), The Young Vic (work in progress by Kwong Loke-Women of Troy-Hecuba), and joined Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a leading part (Semblance of Madness) in 2001 as well as performing in a British film (Closed Circuit-Ms Kemal) in 2012 directed by John Crowley and TV (The Bill-Mrs Yavaş) by Thames Television in 1999. She has recently played a mother in an infomercial (Dinner Table) made for the Quilliam Founda­tion directed by Jon Stanford and played Charlotta in Cherry Orchard directed by Mehmet Ergen at the Arcola Theatre. Barış Celiloğlu also has been directing plays in the fringe since 1998 and teaches drama and acting in a London college. Barış dedicates this performance to her beloved parents İlhami and Bilhan Celiloğlu and many other progressive people who fought against juntas in Turkey.

She studied acting in London 2003 and Şahika Tekand Studio Players in 2004. She played various parts in the Turkish Theatre at BKM and the National Turkish Theatre, as well as performing Turkish films and TV serials such as “7 Husbands for Hürmüz (İclal) “The Actor ( Naz)” and “Government Woman( Zümre)”. She graduated Master Degree in Film and Drama at the University of Kadir Has in 2009.
Since 2014, she has started her own company called “Nefes Tuition and Productions” in London. She has been working as an actress and director. She has been also leading creative drama, acting and yoga classes since moving to London.

Yapıncak Gürerk is a creative artist from Ankara, Turkey. She is a pianist and a painter by degree, a piano educator by profession. In 1993, she won the "Young Musician of the Year Competition" organised by the British Council of Turkey. The award was a year's study in Royal Northern College of Music, UK. She pursued her master's degree in piano in Manhattan School of Music, US and her master's and doctoral degree in painting in Hacettepe University, Turkey. Her thesis was about the concepts of creativity process and interpretation in the worlds of sound and vision. In 2001, she was offered a teaching position in piano faculty in Bilkent University where she also served as the Associate Dean of the Faculty for 3 years. In 2008, she founded her own music school "Salon Sanat" where she has been teaching the piano and directing "Music Together", an international family music program.

Gurerk has performed the piano and exhibited her artwork in many venues in her homeland and in the UK, the Canary Islands, the US, Japan and Bulgaria. She translated the international best-seller book "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer" by Tracy Hogg. Apart from music and art, writing has always been her passion. However, her writing career only started recently. During the coronavirus pandemic, she had the chance to concentrate on her long time dream of writing seriously. During this time, she completed the Creative Writing Course of author Murat Gülsoy and wrote a number of short stories which are mostly about women with traumatic pasts and people embracing the struggle in life. Her studies in music, art and literature create an interconnected synergy and reflect on her creative process.

Cigdem is a London based photographer, creative director and video artist. She is an experienced visual designer who has created versatile, visual communications across sectors, through digital, print and moving images. She studied Graphic Design & Photography. She took part in photography projects around Europe. She coordinated an EU photography project for gipsy culture & children. She was showcased in multiple exhibitions and she worked as a director of photography in a short film which screened in Cannes Film Festival. She collaborates with various artists and brands.

Ada Burke studied acting at London International School of Performing Arts and The Poor School in London. She participated in many shows in many well known theatres such as Arcola Theatre, Soho Theatre, Hackney Showroom, Etcetera Theatre and Rosemary Theatre. Ada also took part in short and feature films. "Landescapes" brought her Best Actress Award in International Kosova Shqip Short Film Festival(2013). Ada still continues acting in different productions. She has been recently working as a pupeteer in famous Turkish shadow play Karagoz and Hacivat which is funded by Yunus Emre Institute and she also does voiceover for commercials and animations.

Aslı Özgönül is a young Turkish actress who currently studies “Media and Visual Arts” and “Sociology” at Koç University. In 2013, she played the leading role Jill Mason at Akademi 35.5 Istanbul in “Equus” by Peter Schaffer.In 2015, she went to the Juilliard School to stage a play with a group of students. She performed for the women and their children there supported by “Women in Need”. When she came back, she worked as a climate activist at Global Climate Forum. In 2016, she staged and acted in Ray Cooney’s play “It Runs in The Family” and played the character Rosemary Morgan. In the same year, she performed in an organization called “Give Music a Future” funded by the European Union in which she performed as a vocalist and worked as an assistant to the project director. In 2017, she achieved Grade 8 distinction certificate in musical theatre from The London College of Music. In December 2019, at Koç University’s Theatre Festival she directed a play called “L.T. 25” and performed one of the leading roles which was about femicide and increasing domestic violence. Aslı has two research papers regarding theatre arts: 'How and Why Does Shakespeare represent violence both on and off stage in his play Macbeth?’ And “Building Bridges Between Commedia Dell’Arte and Orta Oyun: Similarities in Characters, Subjects and Structures” in order to explore the rich intercultural friendship of Italy and Turkey due to her multilingual and acting background. She also has a short movie named “The sound of Darkness” in which she worked as an actress and co-writer, to raise awareness towards “human echolocation”.

Berna Vardar studied Management Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. After moving to UK she graduated from King's College London, Department of Geography. She volunteered and worked at the LDAF, London Disability Art Forum. Involved in community theatre projects, sparsely but consistently. Berna was editor at 'Güncel Sanat', Istanbul based monthly art journal, 2014-2015. Also wrote art critiques/reviews for various London based Turkish newspapers. Translated books and articles.Berna writes reviews and press releases for artists such as Didem Ünlü and Sümer Erek, as well as for stage plays.

Anastasia Revi is the Artistic Director of the award-winning Theatre Lab Company. Some of their recent awards include: OFFCOMM Commendation for their 2019 production GREAT EXPECTATIONS and Most Innovative International Theatre Production Company UK at the Global Entertainment Awards 2018. In 2014 they were selected as the Coup de Coeur Show of Avignon Festival in France. In 2007 they received a nomination for Total Theatre Awards of Edinburgh Festival and the title of Best Show at the Prague International Theatre Festival.
Anastasia was nominated for the Greek International Women Awards (London, December 2017) and Woman of the Year Award of Greece (Athens, March 2017). She received the 2016 Best Theatre Director of Greece award for her Shakespeare's Macbeth (National Theatre of Northern Greece, Athens, November 2016) and EXALIPTRON Award for Theatre (Athens, April 2016). In 2009 she was nominated for the Emerging Director Award of Greece.
Her training includes a degree in English and American Literature (Aristotle University, Greece), 3-year Classical Acting (Drama School, National Theatre of Northern Greece - Distinction), London Theatre Conservatory, École Philippe Gaulier and workshops with masters of theatre including Simon McBurney, Augusto Boal, Ozzie Rogriguez, Tage Larsen, Rufus Norris.
Recent productions include: LOVE LETTERS (audio-visual series of 10 episodes, June 2020-present), Great Expectations (Playground Theatre, London 2019), Lucrezia Borgia, The Sinner/The Saint( Cockpit Theatre, London -Oxford Playhouse-BT Studio 2019), Mothers and Lovers (Playground Theatre 2019), On the 10th of June (Simpkins Lee Theatre, Oxford 2019), Six Nights on the Acropolis (Hellenic Centre, London 2018), A Respectable Wedding (Playground Theatre, London 2018), Don Juan (Hoxton Hall, London, 2018), Splinters (Simpkins-Lee Theatre, Oxford, 2018), Jamaica Inn (Tabard Theatre, London, 2017), I Want a Country (O'Reilly Theatre, Oxford, 2017), Salome (Hoxton Hall, London Festival D'Avignon OFF, France; Thessaloniki; Cabaret Voltaire, Athens; Old Cholmeley Boys' Club, London, 2017-2012), Dancing with the Devil: A play about Rudolf Nureyev (Sadler's Wells/ Lilian Baylis, London 2016), Melted Butter (Simpkins Lee Theatre, Oxford 2016), Macbeth (National Theatre of Northern Greece 2016), Sweet Bird of Youth (Theatre Alma, Athens 2015), The Building (Michael Piltch Theatre, Oxford 2015), Medea, (Riverside Studios, London 2014), Lysistrata (Riverside Studios, London 2013), The Bee (Aggelon Vima, Athens, 2013), The Oresteia (Riverside Studios, London 2012), Psychostasia: The Performance (Riverside Studios, London 2012), Cuba Libre (Aggelon Vima, Athens 2012), Dream Waves (National Opera House of Northern Greece, 2011), Antigone (International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama, Cyprus; 2011 Riverside Studios, London 2010), The Fall of the House of Usher (Old Cholmeley Boys' Club, London 2010), Ghost from a Perfect Place (National Theatre of Northern Greece, 2009), Velvet Scratch (New York International Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Prague Festival 2008-2006).

Sevi is a multilingual actress living in London. She trained at the École du Théâtre du Pommier (option comédiens) in Switzerland. In October 2018, she joined the second year of Theatre Lab Company's actor training programme. She is also a member of Praxis Oxford Theatre Group. Over the last fifteen years, she has been translating classic and contemporary theatrical plays and poems from and into English, French and Greek. Theatre credits include: Madame X (Technis Theatre, Athens); Mothers and Lovers (Playground Theatre, London); On the 10th of June (Simpkins Lee Theatre, Oxford), Le bourgeois-gentil homme (Aneton Theatre, Thessaloniki). Sevi also has a PhD from the UNINE.