DARE TO CREATE
OLDHAM ARTS FESTIVAL
SWIPING
BY KAT EVANS
Double bill with 'The Rum Runners'
1853 Studios - Mill 2
MONDAY 25th & TUESDAY 26th
7:30pm
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Swiping takes a sideways glance at the world of online dating, and all the stories included in it are completely true! (The author would like to both thank, and apologise to, the groupchat).
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Lovey Dovey, it's the place to be!
KAT EVANS
Kat Evans is a playwright from Oldham, Manchester. Most recent credits include; ‘And How Does That Make You Feel’ at 53Two, ‘Not Home for Christmas’ at Hope Mill Theatre, ‘Lovey Dovey’ at Contact Theatre and ‘The Rapture’ at Salford Arts Theatre.
Kat is looking forward to working with Dare to Know Theatre to produce her debut full length play.
THE CAST
JONATHON CARLEY
Jonathon is best known for playing The War Doctor in the official ‘Doctor Who’ audio plays (Big Finish Productions). He has made recent appearances on screen in ‘The Substance’ (Mubi) and as Gary in ‘Power of Parker’ (BBC).
On stage he has appeared in 'Sherica' (Room 5024 Productions) earlier this year and 'Elizabeth, Charles and Lois the Witch' (Off Cut Manchester).
Jonathon has recently won several awards on the film festival circuit for his roles in short films ‘I Made War of the Worlds’ and ‘I Made the Time Machine’ (Cinescope Pictures).
SAM O'DONNELL
This is Sam’s sixth time working with Dare to Know Theatre, on projects such as Young Love and Broken Boys.
He has been a part of various theatre in education and community projects.
Being from Oldham, it’s a joy to have the support of such a theatre company.
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Sam is currently studying theatre and performance at UCLAN.
GRACE WHITE
PAIGE GARTH
Grace is currently studying Performing Arts at Oldham College. She recently performed at HomeMCR and 53Two with National Theatre Connections Play 'No Regrets'.
She is currently training under the watchful eye of Judith Barker with Saddleworth Drama Centre.
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Grace is really excited to be making her professional debut with Dare to Know Theatre.
Paige graduated from Blackpool and the Fylde College with a BA(Hons) in Musical Theatre. She then toured all over the country’s primary schools with M&M Theatrical Productions playing Wendy and Oliver in their productions of Peter Pan and Oliver Twist respectively.
She then went on to perform in a range of pantomimes, Shakespeare plays and classical literature stories.
Other credits include; Amy Chandler in Our Day Out (Oldham Coliseum), Alexei Darling (Rent), Alice Beineke (The Addams Family) and The Lightning Seeds’ music video for Emily Smiles. Last Christmas, she played the role of Jack Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk at Playhouse 2 in Shaw.
As well as performing, she teaches at Footlights Rochdale and Perform Theatre Group (Royton). She also loved being an assistant tutor of the Young Rep Company at the Oldham Coliseum before its unfortunate closure.