Workshop Particpants
Participants
Duncan Dury
Jar
Duncan is an actor, singer, and musician based in London. He has performed in plays and musicals around the UK and in London. He is also an Estill Qualified Vocal Coach, teaching in drama schools, secondary schools and privately. In addition, Duncan and his partner run Studio Reels, a business creating professional video reels for singers and musical theatre performers.
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Selected credits:
Stage: Facing The Waves (Hull Truck/Lyric Hammersmith); The Rocky Horror Experience (Wyrley Music); Little Red Riding Hood (Churchill Theatre); MacBeth (Quarter Too); The Truth Stops Here (19 Steps); Bonny and Read (Novanda); Twelfth Night (The Yard Players); The House of The Baskervilles/The Speckled Band (Lanternlight Theatre /Portsmouth Borough Council)​
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Eliza Shea
Doll
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Based in both New York City, and her native London, Eliza Shea is an actor, writer and award-winning theatre producer.​
In the UK, Eliza has appeared at The Savoy, Almeida, Arcola, Southwark Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and on television for BBC and Amazon. In the US, she has worked with BAM (Off-Broadway), Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, and Broadway Cares.​
She earned her First Class Bachelor’s Degree from The University of York and trained at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC), graduating with the Lawrence Langner Award. In the US, Eliza is an AEA Equity Membership Candidate and earned an O-1 Visa for 'extraordinary ability in the arts'
Selected credits:
Stage: Facing The Waves (Hull Truck/Lyric Hammersmith; Three Queens (Barons Court Theatre/Rosamund Gravelle); The Chip Shop Chronicles (Dogwood Productions); Titanic - The Inquiry (Upstairs At The Gatehouse); Summer In The City (Upstairs At The Gatehouse); Romeo & Juliet (Churchill Theatre, Bromley); Bonny and Read (Jack Studio Theatre); Fine, Thanks (Savoy, West End / UCS); What Fresh Hell Is This? (McCarter Theatre, New Jersey)
Television: The Secrets of Quantum Physics (BBC/Amazon)
Audio: Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Buried Threats (Big Finish)
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Sarah Spratley
Runner and Control
Sarah is an upcoming actor and gained a Musical Theatre diploma from Kent Stage Academy of Performing Arts.
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Selected credits:
Stage: Mi Gyals (Yellow Box Theatre); Jack And The Beanstalk (Chaplins); Balladina (Passing Stranger Theatre Company); Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Brook Street Productions); Aladdin (Shooting Stars Entertainment); Honk! (Brook Street Productions); Private Widdle’s Rep (Whole Hog Productions); Much Ado About Nothing (Whole Hog Productions)
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Director
Anna Krauze
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Anna Krauze (she/her) is a Polish-born British actor, playwright, screenwriter and producer, and founder of the Passing Stranger Theatre Company.
Most recent credits include performing her critically acclaimed solo show Daddy Issues (longlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2022 by Popcorn Group/BBC Writersroom) on two UK tours and throughout August at the Pleasance Courtyard as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022; performing in Spread by Harrison Rose, directed by Sophie Drake
Passing Stranger Theatre Company’s newest play, We Can Be Heroes, premiered at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre during the Camden Fringe Festival 2024.
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Writer
Rosamund Gravelle
Rosamund Gravelle is an emerging playwright, poet, producer and theatre photographer.
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Rosamund's first stage play - Three Queens - debuted at Barons Court Theatre in 2024 with a three week run and was directed by Sharon Willems (Artistic Director of Barons Court Theatre).
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Three Queens received five and four star reviews, with the production nominated for a London Pub Theatre Award 2024 for Best Direction and two OFFIE nominations - one for Best Lead Actor in a Play 2024 and Best Supporting Actor in a Play 2024.
Three Queens was also one of the London Pub Theatre Reviewers 2024 choices for Best Show 2024 as well as one featuring as one of theatre critic Kat Masterson’s favourite shows of 2024.
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Alongside Barons Court Theatre, she also helped to co-produce the production, and helped secure Tudor historian Dr Elizabeth Norton, (historical consultant on the film Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law), and Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, (former Leader of the House of Lords) to an after-show panel discussion to the show’s audience.
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Rosamund is also a published poet with her poems published in Anthologies, online and in magazines.
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Writing Credits:
Stage: Three Queens (Barons Court Theatre/Rosamund Gravelle)
Poetry:
Bough of Delight Published in Her Heart Poetry Anthology / 2018
​​Exhausted, Content Published in Her Heart Poetry Anthology / 2017
​​The Spine Long and Limber Published Yoga and Health magazine/ 2008
​Elizabeth 1st Winning entry in WH Smith Young Writer's Competition 1992;
Published in WH Smith's Inky Foot Anthology, / 1992
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About the play
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Love is Never Wasted is a play about love, friendship, grief, duty and belief.
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Plot Summary
It's after Jar's shift, but Jar has decided to hang around and share their half pickle sandwich and chat with Doll. Doll has just taken over the shift on the Level, both their job is to to vent the pressure on the water pipes; thankfully there is only a lone Runner around to deal with (or ignore) and the pipes seem don't seem to be a problem.
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However, Doll opens up about a recent bereavement and then the pipes start to play up, Doll, now in a strange mood may now not want to carry out their duties. Jar has to decide whether to start their holiday or make sure Doll doesn't explode the pipes and kill them all and the Runner now seems to have taken a hold over Doll. Will the Runner take over Doll? Will the pipes explode and lose the last of the water left in the world? Will Doll stay with the Runner and give up their life, or leave with Jar and stick by their duty and stick to their path?
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Play Specifics
Running time: Approx. 1 and a half hour
Cast: x3
Other
The play can allow the cast to work within Covid social distancing guidelines if needed.
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Love Is Never Wasted
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