CURRENT PRODUCTION
Cast
La Befana - Paulina Brahm
Paulina Brahm is a classically trained lyric soprano who sang at NYC’s Amato Opera Theater for seven seasons (Papagena, Barbarina, High Priestess) and has performed as a leading actress at NYC’s Theater for the New City. She trained with much-missed Broadway director Gene Frankel and studied voice with Dolores Mari (New York City Opera.) Now based in the UK, she has collaborated with award-winning filmmakers and is delighted to be working again with producer Rebecca Dilg. Paulina is a proud member of Equity.
Jonathan Brandt as Père Fouettard
Jonathan Brandt trained at The Bridge Theatre Training Company. In 2019 he performed as The Anonymus in The Flies (The Exchange Theatre) and as Santa Claus in Santa Claus on Strike as part of the Latinx Scratch Night (Untold Collectiv). Other shows include The Learned Ladies (Exchange Theatre, 2018), Much Ado Nothing and Neil Gwynn (The Tower Theatre Company, 2017). Credits as a voice actor include Home Front, Season 9 (BBC 4 Radio Series) and the radio play Settling The Score (Ragged Foils Productions). Jonathan wrote A couple in One which was part of Metamorphoses 2 produced by Off the Cliff Theatre in 2018. He also directed The Empire Builders in 2016 at The Hen and Chickens Theatre.
Francesco Pagnoncelli - Commercio
Francesco is an actor-singer who graduated from ICMT - London. Recent theatre credits include Frosty in Christmas Crackers, Mittens in Kitties in Space, Clone 1/Marty in As Is and Lane/Merriman in The Importance of Being Earnest. Film: Sac à poche. Follow him on Twitter (@fpagnoncelli92)!
Hassan Govia - Sinterklaas/Chief Inspector Frost
Hassan trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Theatre includes Boujie (Unshaded Arts), Any Rebellion of Will and N89 (Matchstick Theatre), Angel (Camden Fringe) and Pray Your Wings Will Carry You (Full Disclosure Theatre).
Juan Echenique - Santa Claus
London based actor, writer and tall person. Founder of Horatio Theatre and organiser of the Science Fiction Theatre Festival and the Making Films guerrilla film making challenge. Recent credits include ReGen (Pleasance Theatre), The White Princess (Starz TV) and Red Button (Edinburgh Fringe). Also works as dramaturg, editor, MC, composer, and tabletop games developer and writer. Has a passionate relationship with semicolons; he finds them irresistible. If you find it wandering around London, buy him a coffee and he'll tell you a story. Follow him on Twitter (@MrJuanEchenique)!
Creative Team
Julia Warren - Writer/Director
With a background in music and fine art, Julia followed a directing course at London Central School of Drama and became a founding member of the Directors Cut theatre group, participating in showcases and rehearsed reads. More recently involved in film. Her short film Madame Chiffage, 2018 has been selected by several festivals including Fabulosis Film Festival & Metro Film & TV Awards Festival and was a semi-finalist at the $5 Dollar Film Festival 2019. Other films include 'Calls' by Lanre Ajayi (IMBD), and the long short film 'Tiny Little Worlds' by Ben Cannon (currently in post-production). Her most recent theatre collaboration was with Untold Collective for their Latinx Scratch night in October 2019.
As a writer, Julia has published mystery novels. Her plays "Independence Day" and "Of Kings and Lions" were performed as part of "Readings in the Shed" in Mumbai. She is also an avid prop collector. Follow her on Twitter (@JuliaFWarren)!
Rebecca Dilg - Producer
Rebecca Dilg is an independent theatre producer based in London. Previous credits
include Visions of Bradford, So You Say, I Will Miss You When You’re Gone and In Search
of Myself. Upcoming projects include Big at VAULT Festival 2020 and Illusions of Liberty at
the King’s Head Theatre in May 2020. Follow her on Twitter (@universereb)!
This play uses sounds from Freesound https://www.freesfx.co.uk/.
Special thanks to Gianbruno Spena, Sarita Plowman and Sammy Attalah for the additional voice-overs and The Vone for Krampus' new favourite song.
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