Steve Nallon, Writer and Performer

Steve is one of Britain’s most versatile and prolific writers and performers working in all aspects of the media from film and television to radio and theatre. He began as an entertainer on the northern working men’s club circuit when he was just sixteen. After gaining a degree in Drama and English at The University of Birmingham he became an original member of the Spitting Image team providing the voices of The Queen Mum, Roy Hattersley, Margaret Thatcher, David Attenborough and many more for the next ten years. Steve’s recent television appearances as an impressionist could be seen on Who Did You Do?, Newsnight, Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression and Night of a Thousand Faces with Dame Edna Everage. Steve’s writing includes The Ghost of Number Ten and The Nallon Tapes, two major comedy series for BBC Radio Four written with Turan Ali, the drama Props written with Mark Eden and the play Prizegiving written with the novelist Tom Holt. In 1989 Steve wrote I, Margaret with Tom Holt, the spoof autobiography of Baroness Thatcher published by Macmillan. Other published writing includes articles for ScriptWriter and Musical Stages, and a chapter on musical theatre for the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. For the stage, Steve wrote the book of Like Love, a new musical commissioned by the Jermyn Street Theatre. As an actor, Steve has performed in several musicals including Carnival (Barbican), The Rocky Horror Show (Leicester Haymarket), and The Cloggies (Theatr Clwyd). Film credits include The Girl With Brains in Her Feet and Asylum. As a celebrity guest, Steve has made numerous television appearances on such shows as Call My Bluff and Noel’s Telly Years. From 1995-2003 Steve was been a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts in the University of Birmingham.

Ed Curtis, Director

Ed graduated from the University of Birmingham with a First Class BA Hons in Drama and Theatre Arts. Most recently, he directed the UK National Tour of the musical Calamity Jane, which was nominated for Best Musical by the Manchester Evening News Awards 2003, and subsequently transferred to the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Ed's other directorial credits include the world premiere of the double bill Bacchae/Backup written by award winning playwright Howard Brenton, Little Shop of Horrors (Derngate Theatre, Northampton) and West Side Story (The Guild Theatre, Birmingham). Ed was Assistant Director to Joe Harmston on Noël Coward's Hay Fever and Brian Friel's Dancing At Lughnasa and as an Associate Artist of Tour de Force Ltd, Henry V (Arundel Festival) and Macbeth (Connecticut, USA).

Acknowledgements

Thanks go to Jo Thackwray for her advice and work on costume and Andrew Emberton, Men’s Personal Shopper at House of Fraser, for his help and perseverance in finding the right outfit. Thanks too to Dr. Brian Crow for proof reading the text of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Homer’s Odyssey (But Were Afraid to Ask) and to Sue Gilligan for the loan of props. A special thank you to Andy Collier, Piers Torday, Neale Simpson and Matt Harvey at Fat Bloke Productions for their enthusiasm, encouragement and counsel in the staging of the original production.

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