"Thrilling heights achieved by Mike Tibbetts impressive Richard and Lyn McAndrew’s Elizabeth ---- Joyce McMillan   The Scotsman

“ A fine warhorse of a Richard in Mike Tibbetts”  -- Andrew Burnett   The Sunday Herald

 "Holds you in its machiavellian maw”  --

Edinburgh Guide.com

“ Michael Emans and his cast

 Have much to be proud of”  -- Catriona Killin   The Daily Record      

“The performances in even in the minor roles put the standard of acting in Scotland’s major funded companies to shame” – Joyce McMillan   The Scotsman

Cast

Richard                                     Mike Tibbetts

 George, Duke of Clarence           Ian Aldred

Brackenbury                           Adam. P.Tomkins

Hastings                                   Alan Thornton

Lady Anne                                  Paola deRosa

Lord Rivers                          Duncan.R.Edwards

Queen Elizabeth                        Lyn McAndrew

Buckingham                           Adam. P.Tomkins Stanley, Earl of Derby                 Dan Gray

Queen Margaret                      Helen Lamarra

Catesby                                Diane Thornton

The Keeper                          Vincent McGread

1^st Murderer                     Duncan.R. Edwards

2nd  Murderer                        Diane Thornton

King Edward                         Gordon Cochrane

Duchess of York                        Aileen Waite

 Sir Richard Ratcliffe               Andrew Williams

Cameraman                       Martin Mc Naughton

 John Scrivener                      Andrew Williams

Bishop Ely                              Vincent McGread

Mistress Shore                    Anne Marie Feeney

The Mayor                            Andrew Williams

Tyrrel                                        Rod Morrison

Duke of Norfolk                  Martin McNuaghton

Director                              Michael Emans

Designer       Michael Emans and Lyn McAndrew

Thanks to:

David, Iain, Krista and all at the Cottier Theatre, RSAMD, Jarvie Plant Hire, The Passup Shop, West End Management, Citizens Theatre

Company Biogs

MIKE TIBBETTS  (Richard)

Previous theatre includes: Whose life is it anyway, Othello, City Sugar, The Way of the World, The Diary of Anne Frank

Radio Includes: The title role in Doctor Who

For Rapture Theatre: A Kind of Alaska, Oleanna, Macbeth, Betrayal, Speed the Plow, Simpatico, Boy Gets Girl, The Old Neighborhood

As a writer Mike has twice won the Scott Salver for best original play in Scotland and in 1997 he won the Geoffrey Whitworth award for best original play in the UK with “The Dancing Fusilier”

IAN ALDRED  (George, Duke of Clarence)

Trained: RSAMD

Previous Theatre Includes: Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Fusion)

Brighton Beach Memoirs, Educating Rita, 84 Charing Cross Road.

Ian also regularly presents radio broadcasts for BBC Scotland

For Rapture Theatre: Rat in the Skull, Boy Gets Girl

PAOLA deROSA  (Lady Anne)

Trained: Glasgow University

Previous theatre includes:

The Seagull, The Deep Blue Sea, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Delicate Balance, Absent Friends, Inez deCastro, Medea, Rumors, The Importance of Being Earnest

For Rapture Theatre: Simpatico, Mr.Peters’ Connections, The Old Neighborhood

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Previous directorial credits:  Godspell, Irene, Funny Girl.

Alan Thornton  (Hastings)

Trained: Reid Kerr College

Previous theatre includes:

Weegies (Amira Theatre) Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Cinderella, The Crucible, Men Should Weep, Death of a Salesman, The Merchant of Venice (Reid Kerr College) The Gay Detective (Ramshorn),

For Rapture Theatre: The Sailmaker.

ADAM. P.TOMKINS (Lieutenant Brackenbury, Buckingham)

Trained: Queen Margaret University      

Previous Theatre Includes: Mickey the Torch, Mother Goose, Macbeth, Reminisces, Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy, King Lear

Monday Lizard at the Traverse.

Adam is also founder member and director of Imperative Productions an Edinburgh based company through which Adam produces fund raising events for charities.  

This is Adam’s first appearance for Rapture Theatre

DAN GRAY  (Stanley, Lord of Derby)

Previous Theatre Includes: An extensive career in various musicals and operetta.

For Rapture Theatre: Shadowlands, Macbeth, Assassins

LYN MCANDREW (Lady Elizabeth)

Trained: Edinburgh University, Strathclyde University

Previous Theatre Includes:

The High School, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, A Night in the Ukraine, Teechers, The Steamie, Men Should Weep, The Cemetery Club, The London Vertigo, The Orchestra, Play it again Sam.

For Rapture Theatre as Actress: Macbeth, Perfect Days, Shang a Lang, Assassins, Betrayal, Bold Girls, Speed the Plow, Simpatico, Boy Gets Girl.

For Rapture Theatre as Designer: Perfect Days, Macbeth, Assassins, Insignificance, Simpatico,  Your Turn to Clean the Stair, The Old Neighborhood.

Duncan R. Edwards  (1^st Murderer, Lord Rivers, Lord Richmond)

Trained: Langside

 Previous Theatre includes: Zoo Story, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Victory, Confusions and Andromache.

For Rapture Theatre: Your Turn to Clean the Stair

HELEN LAMARRA  (Margaret)

Previous Theatre Includes: Steel Magnolias, Noises Off, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Office Party (Theatre Fusion)

For Rapture Theatre: Broken Glass, Death of a Salesman, A Kind of Alaska, Habeas Corpus, Macbeth, Bold Girls, Assassins, Insignificance, Shang-a-Lang, Boy Gets Girl, The Old Neighborhood.

AILEEN WAITE (Duchess of York)

Previous theatre includes: Jane Eyre, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lion in winter, Arsenic and Old Lace

For Rapture Theatre:  Some Kind of Love Story, Shadowlands, Taking Sides, Broken Glass, Grace, Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, Mr.Peters’ Connections, The Old Neighborhood.

Directorial credits include: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A Nightingale Sang, Yeoman of the Guard.

GORDON COCHRANE  (King Edward)

A late entrant to the professional ranks Gordon has been involved in amateur theatre both acting and directing with Giffnock Theatre Players, Glasgow Light Opera, and Lyric Club.

His professional credits include various short films, adverts and television

This is his first appearance with Rapture Theatre

 DIANE THORNTON (Catesby, 2nd Murderer, Clarence’s Daughter)

Trained: Queen Margaret University      

Previous Theatre Includes: The Magic Box (Rise Phoenix) The Final Curtain, Love on the Dole, The Children’s Hour, Hobson’s Choice The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Royal National Theatre). Limbo (Benchtours)

This is Diane’s first appearance for Rapture Theatre

ANNE MARIE FEENEY (Mistress Shore)

Previous Theatre Includes: Top Girls, Happy End, In Flame  (Ramshorn Theatre)

For Rapture Theatre: Assassins, Mr.Peters’ Connections 

ANDREW WILLIAMS   (Scrivener, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, The Mayor)

Previous Theatre has included:

Thick as a Brick, The Rise and fall of Little Voice,

For Rapture Theatre: Death and the Maiden, Shadowlands, Grace, The Collection, Death of a Salesman, Habeas Corpus, Macbeth, Perfect Days, The Old Neighborhood.

ROD MORRISON  (Tyrell)

Trained: Langside

Previous Theatre Includes:  In Flame, Façade, Macbeth (Ramshorn)

Love Unrequited, a Really Big Dog, Paraphernalia, The Bear, and As You like it, Mistero Buffo, The Bacchae, A Midsummer’s Nights Dream

Film and Television Includes: Looking After Jo-Jo, Winners and Losers, The Big Tease

Rod is also a seasoned musician with groups such as

 For Rapture Theatre : The Sailmaker

Vincent McGread  (The Keeper, Bishop Ely)

Trained: Langside

Previous Theatre includes: The Incident, Hamlet, Not About Nightingales

(Ramshorn) King Lear (Theatre Babel), Maskerade (60 watt Theatre Company)

This is Vincent’s first appearance with Rapture Theatre

MARTIN MCNAUGHTON (Norfolk and Cameraman)

Trained: Langside       

Previous Theatre Includes: Titus Andronicus (Flexible Deadlock), Edward the Second, Aid Thy Neighbour, Loot, Troilus and Cressida, Endgame, Romeo and Juliet, Marat/Sade, Woyzeck (Strathclyde Theatre Group) 

Martin has also written and directed several plays his most recent being “Memorae” at the Ramshorn in Glasgow

This is Martin’s first appearance for Rapture Theatre

MICHAEL EMANS  (Director)

Trained: Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama.

Previous Theatre Includes: Over the Mountain

 (Creek Road Studio Theatre), Tom Jones (Lillian Bayliss Theatre), The Finishing School (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton)

For Rapture Theatre, Michael has directed: Death and the Maiden, The Dumb Waiter, Some Kind of Love Story, Shadowlands, Taking Sides, Clara, An Evening with Gary Lineker, Broken Glass, Boys’ Life, Grace, The Collection, Death of a Salesman, A Kind of Alaska, Habeas Corpus, Rat in the Skull, Oleanna, Macbeth, Perfect Days, Bold Girls, Shang a Lang, Assassins, Betrayal, Mr.Peters’ Connections, Insignificance, Speed the Plow, Simpatico, Boy Gets Girl, Your Turn to Clean the Stair