Running time 1 hours 20 min with no interval
Setting: Rudgwick, West Sussex, England.
Present day.
Cast Christopher Barlow..........Keith F. Day Laura Barlow.........Daniëlle Hollreiser Colin Barlow.........Christopher Grabski Maurice..................Benjamin Keaton Debbie...................Tamara Richards Eliot......................Coleman Kelly Candice.......................Lara Coret Henry..................Daniel Williamson Creatives and Backstage Director....................Ralph Remers Producer....................Ralph Remers Production...................Anna Anning Front of House...............Anna Anning Front of House........Danny van den Berg Lighting Design..............Evan Morris Set Design....................HB Staging Poster Design................Studio Maja Social Media.................Anna Anning
he is after losing himself over and over again. Is solitude as desirable
as he wants it to be, or are the people around him more important than he dares to admit? How happy are those around him, actually?
Strike Me Pink presents 'Dancing with Daffodills' - a new play that reflects on the ways loneliness doesn't have to be an endpoint but a turning point in our lives.
The cast and crew would like to thank the following people / organisations for their support: Gemeente Amsterdam, Bram Radio & Camille Gribbons, Winq Magazine, Cristian Calderon, Menno Sedee, Selman Aqiqi, Danny van den Berg.
Keith F. Day as Christopher Barlow
| Keith F. Day is an actor and teacher who has been living in Amsterdam for 10 years. During that time, he has appeared in many shows including the role of Algernon in QETC's hugely successful production of The Importance of Being Earnest and Cinderella's Prince & the Wolf in Happily Ever After's very first musical, Into the Woods. Keith is also a director and producer, and recently worked on the sell-out double bill The Virtuous Burglar and Silver Wedding for InPlayers. He also directs shows for teenagers, and has produced many shows for the British School of Amsterdam including A Midsummer Night's Dream, PUFFS and Almost, Maine. Earlier this year he played the role of Gregory Scott in Calamus for Strike Me Pink and is delighted to be appearing with them again in their brand new show, Dancing with Daffodils. |
Pádraig Turley as Archibald Foster
Pádraig is an Irish/Belgian
actor based in Rotterdam. After attending performing arts
school in Belgium, and
appearing as Chinche in Muerto! (Judas Theaterproducties) and
Kleine Jan in 14-18 (Studio
100) he attended The Lir
National Academy of Dramatic
Art in Dublin, completing a
foundation course in Acting and Theatre.
He then received his Bachelor
degree in Music Theatre from
Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam in 2022. In 2021/2 he was the swing and cover for Young Prince Charles in the
Medialane musical Diana &
Zonen. He has appeared as the
recurring character Florian in the 4th season of Hunter Street (Nickelodeon) and played the
role of Peter in the feature
film The Pod Generation (Scope Pictures) which premiered at
Sundance Film Festival this
past January. He has dubbed
many voice over roles in Flemish, including: Kleine Kristoff
in Frozen, Kardez in Strange
World, Buck in The Good
Dinosaur , Nico in Elena of Avalor (all for Disney) and Pete
in My Parents are Aliens (ITV).
Anna Anning as Rose Woodward
Anna graduated with a degree in Film & Theatre Studies from her native New Zealand and has spent the last 15 years nurturing her performance skills in Sydney, Vancouver, London, and now Amsterdam. After a break from acting she returned to the stage in 2022 performing with InPlayers ('Silver Wedding'), Downstage Left ('Womberang') and their joint production of 'It's a Wonderful Life' last December.
Keith F. Day as Gregory Scott
Keith is originally from Oldham in the North of England, and
currently works as a Drama
teacher at the British School
of Amsterdam. He has been in
the Netherlands for ten years, and in that time he has
performed in a variety of
English language productions,
including The Wolf &
Cinderella's Prince in Happily Ever After's production of 'Into the Woods' and Algernon in
QETC's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. With InPlayers he has appeared in many productions,
held the position of
Chairperson and also directed & produced the recent double bill 'The Virtuous Burglar & Silver Wedding'.
'Calamus' is Keith's first show with Strike Me Pink, and he is really proud to be part of this exciting, queer project.
Ken Kitchen as Eugene Woodward
Ken graduated from the Drama Centre in London and has been based in the Netherlands for several decades. During that time he's played in a wide range of productions for companies such as InPlayers, Orange Tee Group, Mike's Badhuistheater Group, and was also a part of Strike Me Pink's first production 'Peanut Pie'.
Lara Coret as Virginia Baugh
Lara is a Dutch actress who graduated from the Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in 2011. Since then, she has worked as an actress/dancer/singer and voice-over. Among others she has appeared on tv shows such as “Flikken Rotterdam”, “Morten”, “De Zaak Menten” and “Celblok H” and most recently filmed the new Dutch movie “Net als in de Film”. She starred in Strike Me Pink's first production- Peanut Pie - as Ruth Evans and is thrilled to be back on stage with Calamus as Virginia!
Shirley Blake as Margaret Baugh
Shirley was born and raised in Malta. She discovered a strong passion for the theatre during her early teens which led her to study and graduate from the national theatre academy in Malta, followed by a diploma at LAMDA. She has played lead roles at the National Theatre such as ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘King Lear’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Merchant of Venice, ‘God of Carnage’, ‘The lady of the Sea’ ,’A Touch of Spring’ and many more. She has also played in various local television series and sitcoms. Shirley was a founding member of Faces Theatre Group and later Troupe18:45 with whom she produced and acted in various plays such as ‘No More pickled Onions’, ‘Best before end’, ‘Up Helly-Aa’, ‘No Exit’ and ‘9 Parts of Desire’ In 2013 she moved to The Netherlands and was active in the theatre scene playing in ‘Mother Courage’, ‘Love in a Rain Barrel’, ‘Allo Allo’, ‘Straight and narrow’, and ‘That’s not what happened’. ‘Calamus’ is Shirley’s return to the stage after the Covid-19 hiatus.
Hugh Mackay as Robert Baugh
Hugh is an Amsterdam-based
teacher and actor who has
experience with several English-speaking theatre productions, having done two shows apiece
with InPlayers, Orange Theatre Company and Strike Me Pink
Productions, and one with
Queen's English Theatre.
His character in our previous
production, 'Peanut Pie', was
so evil that some audience
members refused to speak to him
afterwards; he is hoping the
much kindler role of Dr. Robert Baugh in Calamus will undo the damage.
Robert Jan Peters as Stanley
Robert Jan is an actor who
started his career at the age
of three. He is best known for portraying the role of the
Mayor in national commercials
for Johma salads for the past
nine years. Other commercial credits include work for Duyvis peanuts.
Theatre credits include; 'The
Cherry Garden' (The Netherlands), 'Der Vater' and 'Am
Weihnachten' (Germany). Film
credits include; 'Sam en Moos' (2015), 'Tuut' (2019),
'Noodlot' (2020), 'Fases'
(2020). Tv credits include;
'Klokhuis', 'Welkom in…', &
the recent remake of 'Floris'.
We are very excited to have
Robert Jan back on stage with
Strike Me Pink for a second
time.
Marcus Coenen Director
Since 1998, Marcus has been working as an actor in many theaters between Braunschweig &
Freiburg, in his native Germany, and also TV roles such in
'Tatort'. He started directing in 2005 and has helmed productions for the Landestheater
Eisenach, Theater Sankt Gallen (Switzerland),
Sommertheater auf der Wartburg, Staatstheater Braunscheig, Schlosstheater Celle, and OTC here in the Netherlands. From 2008 to 2016 Marcus was the Artistic Director of the "Theater am Markt //tpz"
in Eisenach.
Marcus also works in a local
school as a German teacher and as a business coach. He
considers his theatrical
experiences as a great enrichment to his coaching activities.
Maya Moliere Asst. Director
Maya is an Amsterdam-based German actress and improviser. She attended drama school in London and started her career in the UK, working on several short and feature films as well as stage and voice over work, before moving to Amsterdam. She was recently on stage in a Orange Theatre Company's production of 'A Christmas Carol'.
You can also find Maya in bi-monthly improv-comedy shows at Boom Chicago. This is her first foray into the world of directing and we're really lucky to have her share her wisdom and knowledge with us.
Upcoming Production
When widower Christopher
Barlow gets a second chance at life, he must redefine
his relationship with the
people around him and, most of all, himself.
This December, Strike Me
Pink presents 'Dancing with
Daffodils,' an all-original play about family, love, and the consolation of art & literature.
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