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G. M. Calhoun
ROB MULHOLLAND, Director Rob had four consecutive Edinburgh Fringe First Award
productions, three of which transferred to London. They include The Lady and the Clarinet
(Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis), The Boys Next Door (Joseph Mydell, Alan Corduner,
Marcus D’Amico and Steve Guttenberg), Undertow (George Takei of Star Trek fame) and
the first authorized stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. In addition
he has directed Lothaire Bluteau in the West End production of Being at Home with Claude
and Sir Frank Finlay in Black Angel at The King’s Head. In the states he has worked in
New York and regional theatre and has lately specialized in Opera and Musical Theatre,
directing Denyce Graves in Carmen and serving as Production Manager for Placido
Domingo and other well-known musical artists. In all he has directed over five dozen plays
and musicals.
productions, three of which transferred to London. They include The Lady and the Clarinet
(Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis), The Boys Next Door (Joseph Mydell, Alan Corduner,
Marcus D’Amico and Steve Guttenberg), Undertow (George Takei of Star Trek fame) and
the first authorized stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. In addition
he has directed Lothaire Bluteau in the West End production of Being at Home with Claude
and Sir Frank Finlay in Black Angel at The King’s Head. In the states he has worked in
New York and regional theatre and has lately specialized in Opera and Musical Theatre,
directing Denyce Graves in Carmen and serving as Production Manager for Placido
Domingo and other well-known musical artists. In all he has directed over five dozen plays
and musicals.
DAVID BURT as Robert Falcon Scott David graduated from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Arts in 1983. He began work with seasons at the Manchester Royal Exchange
Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Leading roles in original West End productions include: Cats, Evita, Blondel, Great
Expectations, Little Shop of Horrors, Loot and the New York Shakespeare Festival
production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. As well as The Russian in Chess, Drake in
Traitors, Carl in Sean Devlin’s trilogy The Man Who Tried To Be Good, Border Lies and A
Place Among Saints, Ratcatcher in Helen Sharman’s Shadowmoves, the Leading Player
in Pippin, the Pinball Wizard in Tommy, Charles-Maurice Talleyrand in Napoleon and
Germont in the award-winning Donmar Warehouse production of La Traviata. Also the
title role in Edmund Kean Tragedian (Evening Standard nomination), M. Defarge in A Tale
of Two Cities, Vic Christian in Closer to Heaven and Pontius Pilate in the Lyceum Theatre
production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
With the RSC David originated the role of the revolutionary leader Enjolras in the Barbican
and Palace Theatre production of Les Miserables. A year later he began two seasons at
Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Roles included Amiens Le Beau in As You Like It,
Captain Macbeath in John Caird’s production of The Beggar’s Opera (Oliver nomination
for Best Actor), Dollabella in Antony and Cleopatra, and Tambourlaine the Great. Tours
include the roles of Steve in Sport of My Mad Mother, Rumour in Henry IV Part I, Lovborg in
Hedda Gabler and Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus.
Seasons at the Royal National Theatre include the Berliner Ensemble’s Coriolanus,
Jenkin in A Woman Killed with Kindness and Angel in Tyger Tyger. With Trevor Nunn’s
Ensemble 1999-2000: Menelaus in Troilus and Cressida, the Governor of Buenos Aires in
Candide, the Frog in Honk, Mr. Peachum in The Villain’s Opera and the Duke in The
Merchant of Venice.
David played the psychotic transvestite Petal in Boy George’s Taboo and Ernest
Hemingway in Beautiful and Damned at the Lyric Theatre. He has also been working on
preparatory readings of Hugh Whitemore’s translation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the
role of the narrator Bilibin. Most recently he appeared as the infamous Rufus Griswold in
Eric Woolfson’s filmed production of Edgar Allen Poe at the Abbey Road Studios, Brighton
Rock at the Almeida, The Far Pavilions at Shaftesbury Theatre, Women in White at Palace
Theatre, Showboat at The Royal Albert Hall, Promises and Lies at Birmingham Repertory
Theatre and Days of Hope at King’s Head Theatre and most recently Jim Fenner in Bad
Girls in the the West End and Witherby/Brian in Nicholas de Jongh’s Plague Over England
at the Finborough Theatre.
Television credits include Agamemnon in the BBC’s The Trojan Horse and the Duke of
Venice in Trevor Nunn’s award-winning production of The Merchant of Venice.
Dramatic Arts in 1983. He began work with seasons at the Manchester Royal Exchange
Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Leading roles in original West End productions include: Cats, Evita, Blondel, Great
Expectations, Little Shop of Horrors, Loot and the New York Shakespeare Festival
production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. As well as The Russian in Chess, Drake in
Traitors, Carl in Sean Devlin’s trilogy The Man Who Tried To Be Good, Border Lies and A
Place Among Saints, Ratcatcher in Helen Sharman’s Shadowmoves, the Leading Player
in Pippin, the Pinball Wizard in Tommy, Charles-Maurice Talleyrand in Napoleon and
Germont in the award-winning Donmar Warehouse production of La Traviata. Also the
title role in Edmund Kean Tragedian (Evening Standard nomination), M. Defarge in A Tale
of Two Cities, Vic Christian in Closer to Heaven and Pontius Pilate in the Lyceum Theatre
production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
With the RSC David originated the role of the revolutionary leader Enjolras in the Barbican
and Palace Theatre production of Les Miserables. A year later he began two seasons at
Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Roles included Amiens Le Beau in As You Like It,
Captain Macbeath in John Caird’s production of The Beggar’s Opera (Oliver nomination
for Best Actor), Dollabella in Antony and Cleopatra, and Tambourlaine the Great. Tours
include the roles of Steve in Sport of My Mad Mother, Rumour in Henry IV Part I, Lovborg in
Hedda Gabler and Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus.
Seasons at the Royal National Theatre include the Berliner Ensemble’s Coriolanus,
Jenkin in A Woman Killed with Kindness and Angel in Tyger Tyger. With Trevor Nunn’s
Ensemble 1999-2000: Menelaus in Troilus and Cressida, the Governor of Buenos Aires in
Candide, the Frog in Honk, Mr. Peachum in The Villain’s Opera and the Duke in The
Merchant of Venice.
David played the psychotic transvestite Petal in Boy George’s Taboo and Ernest
Hemingway in Beautiful and Damned at the Lyric Theatre. He has also been working on
preparatory readings of Hugh Whitemore’s translation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the
role of the narrator Bilibin. Most recently he appeared as the infamous Rufus Griswold in
Eric Woolfson’s filmed production of Edgar Allen Poe at the Abbey Road Studios, Brighton
Rock at the Almeida, The Far Pavilions at Shaftesbury Theatre, Women in White at Palace
Theatre, Showboat at The Royal Albert Hall, Promises and Lies at Birmingham Repertory
Theatre and Days of Hope at King’s Head Theatre and most recently Jim Fenner in Bad
Girls in the the West End and Witherby/Brian in Nicholas de Jongh’s Plague Over England
at the Finborough Theatre.
Television credits include Agamemnon in the BBC’s The Trojan Horse and the Duke of
Venice in Trevor Nunn’s award-winning production of The Merchant of Venice.
Tour Biographies
CHRISTIAN OLLIVER as Roald Amundsen Christian is a recent graduate from The
Central School of Speech and Drama and has since appeared on stage as Major
Canynge in Loyalties and as Lord Nelson in Before Trafalgar, both at the Finborough
Theatre. He also played Iago in Othello at the Broadway Theatre, Catford, and the Soldier
in Angels Don’t Dance at the Blue Elephant Theatre.
In 2007 Christian created the role of Man in Tell a two-hander at the Hen & Chickens. The
play then became a success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before transferring to the
New End Theatre in autumn 2007. He has just finished understudying and performing
the role of Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, West End.
He played Premo in a shortfilm titled Quietus and appeared in a Nokia commercial.
On television, Christian was recently seen as ‘Horace Wells’ in Medical Mavericks for
BBC 4.
Central School of Speech and Drama and has since appeared on stage as Major
Canynge in Loyalties and as Lord Nelson in Before Trafalgar, both at the Finborough
Theatre. He also played Iago in Othello at the Broadway Theatre, Catford, and the Soldier
in Angels Don’t Dance at the Blue Elephant Theatre.
In 2007 Christian created the role of Man in Tell a two-hander at the Hen & Chickens. The
play then became a success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before transferring to the
New End Theatre in autumn 2007. He has just finished understudying and performing
the role of Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, West End.
He played Premo in a shortfilm titled Quietus and appeared in a Nokia commercial.
On television, Christian was recently seen as ‘Horace Wells’ in Medical Mavericks for
BBC 4.