Wendy Hoose. Johnny McKnight

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      Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice in association with Soho Theatre present

      WENDY HOOSE

      JOHNNY MCKNIGHT

      Wendy Hoose was first performed at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow on 7 March 2014, and opened at Soho Theatre on Tuesday 12 April 2016.

       Cast

Laura	Amy Conachan
Jake	James Young
Creative Team
Writer / Director	Johnny McKnight
Director	Robert Softley Gale
Set and Costume Designer	Neil Haynes
Animator	Jamie Macdonald
Lighting Designer/Production Manager	Grant Anderson
Artistic Director (BOP)	Garry Robson
Audio Describer/Artistic Director (RA)	Julie Brown
Stage Manager	Kay Hesford

       Cast

       AMY CONACHAN

      Amy Conachan trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

      Production credits include: Coriolanus, The Hypochondriak and 13 (RCS); Skeleton Wumman (Play, a Pie and a Pint); Blood Wedding (Graeae) and Redefining Juliet (Barbican, Open Lab).

      Film credits include: Let’s Talk About Sex (Frank Patterson); #Conniesflat (Breakingpointflix) and Duplicity (Presspause Productions). Amy is delighted to be reprising the role of Laura in Wendy Hoose.

       JAMES YOUNG

      Theatre credits include: The Incredible Adventures Of See Thru Sam (Random Accomplice); Slick (Vox Motus); Heartbreak Soup (The Empty Space); Paisley to Paolo, The Sunday Lesson, Burning Your Boats, Piece of My Heart (Oran Mor); Nasty, Brutish and Short (Traverse Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland); That Face (Tron Theatre) and We Can All Agree To Pretend This Never Happened (Oran Mor).

      Television and film credits include: Outlander (Sony Pictures); Two Doors Down, Waterloo Road, Casualty, River City, Doctors, Scottish Killers (BBC); Bob Servant Independent (BBC4); Locked Up Abroad (Raw TV); Boy A (Cuba Films); Taggart (SMG); Kitchen (Ecosse Films); Still Game, The Karen Dunbar Show (The Comedy Unit); Deafblind (Ewan Bailey Films); Gamerz (Pure Magic Films); Up There (Wilder Films); Radges (BBC) and Only An Excuse (The Comedy Unit).

       Creative Team

       JOHNNY MCKNIGHT

      WRITER / DIRECTOR

      Johnny is a writer, director, actor and performer as well as the joint artistic director of Random Accomplice Theatre Company. He has been described as the new vanguard of pantomime in the national press having written 11 contemporary pantomimes. In 2014 he wrote A Miracle on 34 Parnie Street for the Tron Theatre and last year he wrote The Little Mermaid for the Macrobert Stirling. Johnny is currently under commission to the Royal Court Theatre, Tron Theatre, Citizens Theatre, macrobert and is developing a couple of original television comedies. Johnny has been nominated for Critics Award Scotland twice for Best Show for Children and Young People (The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam, Cinderella) and Best New Play (A Perfect Stroke). He is currently writing his second episode of River City for the BBC. Credits include: The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam (Random Accomplice); A Perfect Stroke (Oran Mor/Traverse Theatre); Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding (National Theatre of Scotland) and Cinderella (Royal Lyceum Theatre). Previous plays published by Oberon Books include The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam, Smalltown and Double Nugget.

       ROBERT SOFTLEY GALE

      DIRECTOR

      Robert Softley Gale is an established figure in the Scottish arts scene, with over fourteen years of experience as a performer, director, writer and theatre-maker. He has appeared in many productions – including Girl X (National Theatre of Scotland) and his solo show – If These Spasms Could Speak – was presented as part of arches Behaviour 2012, Made in Scotland 2013 and has toured internationally for many years to countries including India, Brazil and the USA. He has worked around the world as a facilitator, trainer and director – most recently developing a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Hong Kong.

      A graduate of Glasgow University with an MSc (Hons) in Business & Management, Robert recently directed Purposeless Movements for BOP to great critical acclaim – ‘…this is one brilliantly shrewd triumph of a show’ The Herald

       NEIL HAYNES

      SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER

      Credits include: Blackbird, Into That Darkness, Eric the Elfs Chaotic Christmas and Flora Fairy Challenge, Miss Julie, Bauble Trouble, Far Away and Seagulls, Hansel and Gretel, After the End, Topdog/Underdog, My Name is Rachel Corrie, Grapes of Wrath, They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (Citizens Theatre); Cooking with Elvis, Bliss and Mud, Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco (Tron Theatre); Roman Bridge, Transform Glasgow, Smiler (National Theatre of Scotland) and The Chooky Brae (Borderline Theatre Company).

       JAMIE MACDONALD

      ANIMATOR

      Jamie Macdonald graduated from Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2003 with an honours degree in Drawing and Painting. Since 2005 he has been based in Glasgow – teaching, illustrating, designing and animating for various companies including Scottish Opera, NTS, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Visible Fictions, Tron Theatre, Macrobert, The Arches, Borderline, Youth Theatre Arts Scotland, Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice.

       GRANT ANDERSON

      LIGHTING DESIGNER/PRODUCTION MANAGER

      Grant Anderson studied Lighting Design at RSAMD (currently RCS). Selected credits include: Little Red, Love Song, In My Father’s Words, Hecuba, Promises Promises, Baby Baby, Anna Karenina (Dundee Rep); To Begin (National Theatre of Scotland); News Just In (Random Accomplice); And The Beat Goes On (Random Accomplice and Perth Theatre); The Polar Bears Go Wild, Beautay and the Beat, Aladdin, Little Mermaid (Macrobert); Panic Patterns (Citizens Theatre); Maw Broon Monologues (Tron Theatre); A Clockwork Orange (associate, Theatre Royal Stratford East); Cabaret, Urinetown, Adams Family, Godspell, Avenue Q, Sunday In The Park With George, Company, Wasted Love and Show Choir (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). Grant is also designer of Botanic Lights. His online portfolio is viewable at www.grantanderson.design

       GARRY ROBSON

      ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (BOP)

      Garry Robson is one of the most respected directors and innovators in disability-led performance, working both in the U.K. and internationally and is currently the Artistic Director of Fittings MultiMedia Arts and Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Glasgow.

      He has directed over 30 professional productions both here and abroad – receiving Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards and a Herald Angel. He runs workshops and training events on theatre