Playwright
Alexi Kaye Campbell

Director
Joe Mantello

Cast
Hugh Dancy (Philip)
Adam James (The Man/Peter/The Doctor)
Andrea Riseborough (Sylvia)
Ben Whishaw (Oliver)

ALEXI KAYE CAMPBELL (Playwright) Alexi Kaye Campbell was born and brought up in Athens, Greece.  Following studies in Boston and London he became an actor and worked extensively in theatre, film and television. His theatre work includes seasons at The Royal Shakespeare Company and productions at The Royal Court, Lyric Hammersmith, Chichester Festival Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Oxford Stage Company and with Shared Experience.  His first play, The Pride, was on at the Royal Court Theatre in London in November 2008 for which he received the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. His second play, Apologia, premiered at The Bush Theatre in June 2009.

JOE MANTELLO (Director) Joe Mantello’s directing credits include Pal Joey, 9 to 5 The Musical, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Blackbird, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, Terrence McNally and Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking for the San Francisco Opera, The Vagina Monologues, bash, Another American: Asking and Telling, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), Proposals, The Mineola Twins, Corpus Christi, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Blue Window, God’s Heart, The Santaland Diaries, Snakebit, Three Hotels, Imagining Brad.  As an actor: Angels in America (Tony nomination) and The Baltimore Waltz.  He is a recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway Awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company.

HUGH DANCY (Philip) Hugh Dancy currently stars in Max Mayer's Adam opposite Rose Byrne. Dancy plays the title character, a young man with Asperger's syndrome struggling to survive in New York City.  His life changes forever when he meets his new neighbor Beth (Byrne).  Adam premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.  The film was released by Fox Searchlight on July 29, 2009 and Hugh has received rave reviews for his performance.  Dancy recently starred in P.J. Hogan's Confessions of a Shopaholic opposite Isla Fisher.  Based on the books by Sophie Kinsella, the story follows Rebecca Bloomwood (Fisher), who is a college graduate working as a financial journalist to support her shopping addiction. With her bills piling up, her life changes when she meets Luke Brandon (Dancy) a handsome entrepreneur who is not only her new boss but also has a passion for fashion. Confessions of a Shopaholic was released by Disney/Buena Vista on February 14, 2009 and has grossed over $100 million worldwide.  Dancy's other film credits include: The Jane Austen Book Club, Evening, Beyond the Gates, King Arthur, Ella Enchanted, The Sleeping Dictionary, Black Hawk Down, and Young Blades.  On television, Dancy starred in Tom Hooper's critically acclaimed series Elizabeth I opposite Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons.  Dancy received an Emmy® Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role as Earl of Essex and the series received the 2007 Golden Globe® Award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and the Emmy® Award for Best Miniseries.  Dancy's other television credits include: Daniel Deronda, David Copperfield, Relic Hunter and Madame Bovary.  On stage, Dancy starred in David Grindley's A Journey's End opposite Boyd Gaines, Jefferson Mays and Stark Sands.  A Journey's End won the 2007 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Dancy graduated with an English Literature degree from St. Peter's College, Oxford.

ADAM JAMES (The Man/Peter/The Doctor) Theatre credits include; Gethsemane: National Theatre, Now or Later: Royal Court, Rabbit: Trafalgar Studios & 59E59st New York, My Child: Royal Court, French Without Tears: ETT, The Importance of Being Earnest: No1 Tour, Original Sin: Sheffield Crucible Theatre, Time & the Conways, King Lear, Snake in Fridge & Poor Superman all Manchester Royal Exchange, Chimes at Midnight & Glass Menagerie at Chichester/Minerva Theatres, PVT Wars & Lone Star: Bristol Old Vic.  TV credits include; Lewis, A Touch of Frost, Foyles War, The Execution of Gary Glitter, Sleep With Me, Dr.Who (Easter Special), Hustle, Jonathan Creek (Xmas Special), Consuming Passion, Wired, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Hotel Babylon, Bonekickers, Harley Street, Ashes to Ashes, Extras (Xmas Special), Waking the Dead, Sold, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, The Commander, Love Soup, England Expects, Judge John Deed, Silent Witness, Reversals, As If, Trust, Murder on the Orient Express, Lost Battalion, Band of Brothers, Let Them Eat Cake, Sharpe, Cold Lazarus.  Film credits include; Last Chance Harvey, Mother of Tears, Road to Guantanamo, Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart, De Lovely, High Heels & Low Lifes.

ANDREA RISEBOROUGH (Sylvia) Andrea Riseborough graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her professional theatre credits include Ivanov (Donmar Warehouse), The Pain and the Itch (Royal Court), Miss Julie/Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal Bath), Citizen/Burn/Chatroom (National Theatre), A Couple of Poor Polish Speaking Romanians and A Brief History of Helen of Troy (Soho Theatre). For television, her credits include The Devil’s Whore (Royal Television Society Award and Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress), Being Human, The Long Walk to Finchley (BAFTA TV nomination, Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress), Party Animals and A Very Social Secretary; and for film, Love You More, Mad Bad & Sad, Happy Go Lucky, Magicians and Venus. Upcoming films include We Want Sex, Brighton Rock and Never Let Me Go. She was a recipient of the 1999 Mike Figgis Award, and in 2007 she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performances in Measure For Measure and in Miss Julie.‪

BEN WHISHAW (Oliver) Ben Whishaw was born on 14 October 1980 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating spring 2003.  In 1999, prior to drama school, Ben played important supporting roles in two films, The Trench (Arts Council/Studio Canal dir. William Boyd) and Mauvaise Passé (Pathe/Studio Canal dir Michel Blanc). He also played the title role in My Brother Tom (Film Four dir. Dom Rotheroe). After graduation, he went on to appear in Enduring Love, a film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel directed by Roger Michel, and Layer Cake (2004), a feature directed by Matthew Vaughan where he starred alongside Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller. ln 2003, he starred in the popular comedy-drama The Booze Cruise for ITV.  Ben subsequently made his West End debut at the National Theatre in their stage adaptation of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials and starred as Hamlet in Trevor Nunn's electric 'youth' version of the play at the Old Vic, for which he has received tremendous critical acclaim and a Laurence Olivier nomination in 2005.  It was during this run that Perfume producer Bernd Eichinger and director Tom Tykwer discovered Ben’s extraordinary talent. Ben played the lead character Grenouille in the highly acclaimed Perfume which debuted in the UK in December 2006. Ben has also shot a feature film called Stoned, in which he plays Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones, which was released in 2006. In the same year, Ben also completed filming I’m Not There, Todd Haynes film portrayal of Bob Dylan’s life along side the likes of Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere and Christian Bale. Ben plays the young, poetic Dylan and will be seen on screens in the fall of 2007. Ben also appeared on television in Nathan Barley from director Chris Morris for TalkBack Productions. Ben returned to the theatre for Katie Mitchell’s version of The Seagull at the National Theatre in the Autumn of 2006, for which he again received great reviews.  Ben’s most recent projects include Brideshead Revisited which was released to critical acclaim in September 2008. The film featured Ben as Sebastian Flyte, a young, troubled aristocrat. The project was directed by Julian Jarrold and produced by Robert Bernstein. In 2008 Ben also starred in the hugely popular BBC drama Criminal Justice which saw him pick up the award for best actor at the 2009 Royal Television Society Awards and was BATFA nominated for the second time. 2008 also saw Ben in The Idiot played at the National Theatre.  2009 has been a busy year again for Ben seeing him star as poet John Keats in the film, Bright Star out in November. The film focuses on Keats’ relationship with Fanny Brawne, who will be played by Abbie Cornish. Out in 2010, Ben can also be seen playing Ariel opposite Helen Mirren and Russell Brand in the eagerly anticipated film William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Returning to the stage late in 2009 Ben will take the lead role in the Royal Court’s production of Cock a play described as “a candid look at one man’s sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realise you have a choice. ” Ben is due to star in Kill Your Darlings next year.