Casting for the dark Christmas comedy The Santa Crisis has been announced.
Mayhem, mischief and madness ensues as Santa Claus dives into an Identity Crisis - can La
Befana, Sinterklaas and the Flog Father bring Santa back to his senses? Will the Elves ever
stop striking? It's a race against time, belief and... wait a minute - WHO'S DELIVERING ALL
THE PRESENTS?!?!
The Santa Crisis is written and directed by Julia Warren.
Casting includes Paulina Brahm as La Befana, Juan Echenique as Santa, Hassan Govia as
Sinterklaas/Chief Inspector Frost, Franceso Pagnoncelli as Commercio and Jonathan Brandt
as Père Fouettard/Flog Father.
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 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 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 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 is a 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 him wandering around London, buy him a coffee and he'll tell you a story. Follow him on Twitter (@MrJuanEchenique)!
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