The Cast of Colette Collage

Zoe Nicole Adkin

Zoe trained at The London Studio Centre, 2009. Upon graduation Zoe played the role of Nikki in My Fifteen Minutes the Musical (UK Premiere) as part of the Fresh Ideas Season at the New Wimbledon Theatre and she recently featured in the ensemble of the MGM Musical, Singin’ In The Rain (Stage Taylor Ltd UK). Her film and television credits include the role of Harriet in Harriet (short film), featured dancer on The Sunday Night Project with Alan Carr (Channel 4) and This Morning (ITV) promoting The National TV Awards. Zoe is delighted to be part of the UK Premiere of Colette Collage.

David Alder

David trained at Drama Centre, London, but is not a typical product, and has made his career mainly in musical theatre. West End appearances include High Society, Scrooge, She Loves Me, Leonardo, Annie, Me & My Girl, Les Misérables, Blondel, Mack and Mabel, Irene, Salad Days, The Black and White Minstrels, Leave Him to Heaven and Call Me Madam.

He has also appeared in The Pirates of Penzance at Regent’s Park, Peter Pan in concert at the Royal Festival Hall, Divorce Me Darling and Follow the Star at Chichester, Anyone Can Whistle at the Cardiff Festival of Musical Theatre, Half a Sixpence at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Card at the Watermill, and toured in Robert and Elizabeth, The Pajama Game, The Wizard of Oz, The Boyfriend, By Jeeves and Joseph.

He was a regular artist on BBC Radio 2 in musical productions, featured occasionally on Radio 4 drama, and his films include Ken Loach’s Riff-Raff and Steven Berkoff’s Decadence. He has appeared all over the country in pantomimes and summer seasons, and made his debut at the National Theatre as a tap dancing frog in Honk!

Richard Chatwin

Richard studied Biology at Imperial College, London, and then achieved a MSc in Science Communication from the same college in 2007. He has performed with a variety of different musical theatre companies, and loves it. Past roles include: Gary (A Slice of Saturday Night), Luiz (The Gondoliers), Mack Sennett (The Biograph Girl), Action (West Side Story), Vittorio Vidal (Sweet Charity) and has also performed in productions of Kiss Me, Kate, Batboy'and Babes in Arms. He also entered the 2010 North London Music Festival and gained a distinction mark in the Musical Theatre Category.

Andrew Chevalier

Andrew Chevalier graduated from Drama Studio London (DSL) in July 2010. During his training he represented DSL at the BBC Carleton Hobbs competition and was selected as the Expert Choice for The Stage’s Showcase Review in June.

After graduating, his first production was playing Master Bias in the Lights of London production of Ben Jonson’s play The Magnetic Lady at The White Bear, Kennington. He looks forward to performing in his first musical role as Maurice in Colette Collage.

Kathryn Hamilton-Hall

Theatre includes: Delya The Olde Wives Tale' (Shakespeare’s Globe), Venus The Arraignment of Paris (Hampton Court/Greenwich Palace), Dora Montefiore Kollontai in London (Kelmscott House), Mad Woman Victory Over the Sun (Club Ponderosa) Christmas Past A Christmas Carol  (English Theatre, Stockholm), Ellen Dean Wuthering Heights (National Theatre of Poland),  Annie Table Manners (English Theatre, Hamburg), Lady Jacqueline Me and My Girl (London Adelphi), Eliza My Fair Lady (Theatr y Werin), & Maria Sherlock Holmes (Bristol Old Vic).

Television includes: Caterina Bolones Vermeer (Granada), Game Host Britains Got Talent, & Emma Chopsticks (Sky). Adverts for Samsung, Thomsons, & Wella.

Kathryn began her career as an Illusionists Assistant in a Mexican circus and danced for the Royal Opera House, and in Steven Pimlotts’ Carmen on World Tour. Kathryn regularly performs poetry with 'English Ayres' -with whom she made the CD 'Sister Awake', sold in Galleries nationwide. She plays Elizabethan Masque with 'Passamezzo', and is a member of 'The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor' with whom she has this year recorded 'The Tables Turned' by William Morris and played in 'To Moscow. To Moscow!' a new play by George Pensotti, at the Conway Hall, about the life of Anton Chekhov. Kathryn has a fifteen year old son Seb who has worked with her in film, TV, stage and at the ROH.

Sally Knyvette

Sally is particularly well known for her long running TV roles as Jenna in Blake’s Seven and Kate Sugden in Emmerdale. Other TV includes The Sweeney, Z Cars, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Bill, Eastenders, Casualty, A Touch of Frost, Coronation Street, Holby City and Doctors.

Theatre includes: Divine Right (Birmingham Rep), The Dearly Beloved (Hampstead), A Handful of Dust (Cambridge Theatre Company), How the Other Half Loves (The Mill at Sonning), Rule of the Game (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford), Mixed Feelings (Mark Furness tour), Hamlet (New Shakespeare Company tour of India), Having a Ball (Hornchurch), Overruled (Young Vic), Sawn Off at the Knees (Crucible, Sheffield), Dangerous Obsession, Jack and the Giant (Royal Exchange, Manchester), Billy Liar (Theatre Royal York), The Philanthropist (Royal Court) and Filumena (Piccadilly Theatre).

Over the past few years she has directed 12 Angry Men, Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?, Inherit The Wind and To Kill a Mocking Bird, all at the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn.

Sarah Lalin

This is Sarah’s first show with Imperial Productions. A musical theatre geek from birth, Sarah has appeared in many productions through the years. Favourites include City of Angels, My Favorite Year, Pippin, Parade, Guys and Dolls and Sweeney Todd. In addition to singing in small groups and chamber choirs, Sarah is a true gleek, having participated in high school show choir (in reality, it’s much different from the TV show), and loved every minute of it. Sarah looks forward to bringing Missy to life, and hopes you enjoy the show!

Jenny Perry

Jenny graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2008 with a 1st Class BA (hons) degree in Musical Theatre.

Jenny most recently appeared as a dancer on Ant & Dec's Push the Button on ITV, and alongside the contestants of Popstar To Operastar on ITV as both an ensemble singer and dancer. She has also appeared as Rapunzel in Sondheim's Into The Woods at the Landor Theatre, Cinderella/Soapstar in new comedy He's Behind You at The Rose Theatre, Bankside, and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet and Miranda in The Tempest, both on National Tour. Prior to this she appeared as Leisl in The Sound of Music at the Larnaca International Festival Cyprus, and Babe in Andrew MacBean's new musical Raindogs at the Trafalgar Studios.

Credits as a choreographer include the European premiere of the off-Broadway hit Silence! The Musical (Barons Court), the world premiere of the new musical The Last Maharajah (Hoxton Hall), Babes in Arms (Budleigh Salterton), and Follies (Network Theatre).

Chris David Storer

Chris trained at LAMDA. Theatre includes The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (St Stephen’s, Hampstead), The Lost Christmas (Trafalgar Studios), Forbidden (Hampstead Theatre), The Young Pornographer’s Wife (New Musical rehearsed-reading), Anthology: The Music Of Conor Mitchell (Actor’s Church), Torn (Arcola), Hobson’s Choice, Celebration, Flight Without End (World Premiere), Mathilde (World Premiere) and Macbeth (all at LAMDA). Television includes Hustle (BBC/Kudos) and Britz (Channel 4).

When not acting, Chris is also a comic songwriter and has written songs for various fringe shows, cabarets and individual commissions.

Louise Torres-Ryan

Louise recently graduated from Drama Studio London, where she enjoyed playing such roles as Lady Macbeth and Hecabe in The Trojan Women. Since graduating, Louise has set up a theatre company: Tailspin; an ensemble that focuses on physical storytelling. She has also enjoyed roles in a number of productions, including a cross-gendered production of Troilus and Cressida, wherein she played Achilles. This is Louise’s first professional musical production.

Helen Wright

Helen has been performing in one way or another for her whole life. She has played many varied roles including Irena in The Three Sisters and Miss Watson in Big the Musical, as well as ensemble performances in Boogie Nights and Heart and Music. She has also performed as a soloist at many concerts, including for BBC Music Live. After performing as Violet in the world premiere of The Last Maharajah Helen is delighted to be involved in another Imperial Productions show and her first at Barons Court.