Cast

Meteora: Tanya Franks

Vermin: Tom Morrison

Vladimir: Nick Malinowski

Ziad: Mark A. Brighton

Saul: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett  

Lucien: Laurence Kennedy

Ivy: Sadie Shimmin

Walt: Gary Shelford

Wirms: Tim Barrow 

About The Cast 

Tanya Franks co-stars in BBC's award winning comedy Pulling playing Karen. Other TV includes Sandra in The Cup, Rainie in Eastenders, DCI Morell in The Bill, and Karen in Family Affairs (for which she was twice nominated for Best Actress in the TV Soap Awards). Theatre credits include Pretend You Have Big Buildings (Manchester Royal Exchange), Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads (Royal National Theatre) and Steven Berkoff's 25th Anniversary production of East (Edinburgh and West End). Tanya is the founder and creative-producer of Stock-pot Productions. 

Tom Morrison made his professional stage debut playing Tibbut in Kes (Manchester Royal Exchange), going on to appear in On The Shore of the Wide World (Manchester Royal Exchange and the National Theatre). He later rejoined the National Theatre to play Scripps in The History Boys, which toured nationally before transferring to the West End. TV credits include Danny in BBC's Blackpool (nominated Network Newcomer by the Royal Television Society Awards), Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic, and John Godber's Oddsquad (BBC). Film work includes Hooper in Brideshead Revisited. 

Nick Malinowski's many credits at the National Theatre includes: Her Naked Skin, Shoot Get Treasure: Repeat, The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other and Present Laughter. Other theatre includes Frost/ Nixon (Donmar), A Verse And A Chorus (Hen &Chickens Theatre), Waiting At The Water's Edge (UK Tour) and The Government Inspector (Almeida Theatre). TV includes Midsummer's Night Dream and Macbeth (both BBC), Silent Witness (BBC), and Heartbeat (Granada). Film credits include Summerhill ((BBC), Lady Godiva (Lady Godiva Ltd) and Fat Slags (Artists Independent Productions). 

Tim Barrow trained at Drama Centre London. In Scotland he worked as an actor for 4 years in theatre, TV, film & radio, before moving to London. In 2007 he wrote, produced & starred in The Inheritance. Nominated Best UK Feature at Raindance, The Inheritance won the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film Awards, and Tim was nominated Best First Time Producer at BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. TV and Film credits include Taggart, Children Of The Dead End, and Richard Jobson's New Town Killers. Theatre includes work and seasons for Citizens Theatre, The Arches, Prime Productions, Theatre Enigma, Glasgow Rep and Nonsenseroom. Tim's first stage play Guy was produced at London's Pleasance Theatre. He has written plays for Shotgun - the collective set up by Tom Hardy, Robert Delamere and Brett.C. Leonard of New York's Labyrinth Theatre.  

Mark A. Brighton's film and TV includes How Not To Live Your Life (BBC), Banged Up Abroad (Channel 5), Holby City (BBC), Silent Witness (BB), Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (Working Title), Final Demand (BBC), Golden Hour (Talkback Thames). Theatre includes Junior's Story (Oval House Theatre), Once In A Lifetime and What The Butler Saw (both Workhouse Theatre). 

Laurence Kennedy's West End credits include, The Royal Baccarat Scandal (Haymarket), Communicating Doors (Geilgud), An Inspector Calls (Garrick) and Steptoe and Son(Comedy). Other theatre includes, Present Laughter (Royal Exchange,) When We Are Married (Sheffield Crucible), Abigails Party (Scarborough,) Merchant Of Venice and Volpone(World tour and Lyric Hammersmith, ESC), Handfull Of Dust (Cambridge Theatre Company), The Deep Blue Sea (national tour), The Real Thing (Strindberg Theatre Stockholm) andWoman In Mind (Watford and USA tour.) Television includes, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Holby, Casualty, Family Affairs, Redcap, The Cazalets, Take A Girl Like You. On Film,Wimbledon, The Lost World, Hitler The Rise Of Evil. 

Gary Shelford trained at LAMDA and The NYT. Theatre credits includes Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Mercury Theatre), Shoot Get Treasure: Repeat and The Internationalist (The Gate), Angry Young Man (Trafalgar Studios and Adelaide Festival - Best Theatre and Best Overall Show), 1 in 5 (Hampstead and Young Vic), Matches For Monkeys (Chelsea Theatre) and Shades (Albery). TV includes Holdy City, Silent Witness, Eastenders, The Quartermass Experiment (live) and My Family (all BBC). Film includes Charlotte Gray, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, A Portrait of London and Slapper. 

Sadie Shimmin's numerous TV and film credits include Alibi (AKA Pictures), William & Mary (Meridian Broadcasting), Waking The Dead (BBC), The Family Man (BBC), Wallander (Left Bank Pictures), Coronation Street (Granada TV) and Blackadder II (BBC). Theatre credits include The Rose Tattoo (Royal National Theatre), You Can't Take It With You (Southwark Playhouse), A Voyage Round My Father (Donmar/ Wyndhams), Life After Life (Royal National Theatre), Women Of Troy (Gate Theatre), and Mensch Meier (leicester Haymarket).  

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett trained at Central School of Speech & Drama. TV includes the lead in Apples & Oranges (Ch.4) and a guest lead in Casualty (BBC). Theatre includes Wig Out (Royal Courth), The History Boys (National Tour/ Wyndhams Theatre), Big White Fog (Almeida Theatre), A Chain Play (Almeida Theatre), The Little Foxes (Perth Rep) and Brixton Stories (Lyric Hammersmith).