VERITY HEWLETT
Theatre Includes: Oleanna [Nuffield Southampton/Tour] Shiver, Claustrophobia [Premieres PLATFORM 4 Theatre], When Icicles Hang By The Wall [premiere New Perspectives Nottingham], 101 Dalmations, Not Now Bernard, Abomination [Nuffield Southampton/UK tour], Hard Times [Compass Sheffield/UK tour], The Rivals [Basingstoke/Greenwich Co-prod], Romeo & Juliet [YSC], Skinned [Premiere Southampton], A Taste of Honey [Southampton], Deadwood [Premiere Watermill Newbury], The Breakfast Soldiers [Premiere Manchester/Critics choice Finborough London], Hamlet, Wildest Dreams [Manchester Library] nominated Best Newcomer - Manchester Evening News Awards. Television: Queen Victoria's Men [Forthcoming May 08 for Channel 4], Peak Practice [Carlton], Coronation Street, Reckless, Moll Flanders [Granada]. Radio: The Smart Couple [R4]. Verity has wanted to work for Riding Lights ever since seeing Calvary which moved her so much - she is very happy to use her faith and creativity so closely together.
PETHROW GOODEN
Pethrow graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama. Credits at drama school: Ossie in Brixton Stories and Edmund in King Lear. Other credits include Small Island(BBC Radio), Torchwood (BBC 2), Peep Show (Channel 4), Swans (NFTS), Exchange (Talawa/Soho), Stiff Acrylic (Fortress Productions/Hen & Chickens Theatre), First Love (Collision/Canal Cafe Theatre), Razor In The Flesh (StoneCrabs), The Late Hour by Gael Le Cornec (The Space) and The Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays 2006 (Old Vic Theatre).
PAUL KISSACK
This is Paul's third tour with Riding Lights, after Scrub That Manger in 2006 and Roughshod (with Flight Cases and Black Market) in 2007. Paul graduated from the Arden School of Theatre, Manchester, in 2004. Since then, he has also toured with small scale theatre companies including Rhema and Lacey Theatre Company and appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005.
IVAN SCOBLE
Ivan originates from Launceston in Cornwall and graduated from the University of North Herts. Previous experience includes The Lost Domain, The Sound of Music, Twelfth Night,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and An Inspector Calls with the RNT. Credits for Riding Lights Theatre Company include Angel at Large, the National Tours of Saving Grace (2003), The Passion and Hope Opera (2004), Calvary (2005 & 2007) and Hope’s Kitchen (2005) as well as Roughshod’s productions of Saving Grace and Tempting Fête. Credits for Rhema Theatre Company include Angels’ Delight (2005), The Letter, The Great Christmas Turkey Caper (2006) and Home (2007). TV credits include the comedy Big Bad World and Crimewatch. As a musician, Ivan has appeared as John Lennon in a touring Beatles tribute band and various cover bands.
AMY TODD
Amy trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama on the post-graduate Classical Acting course and also has a degree in Drama and Classics from Royal Holloway, University of London. Amy has recently completed a national tour with the Jasperian Theatre Company, playing Molly Wesley and the Countess of Huntingdon in Charles Wesley 1707. Other theatre work includes Ruth in Blithe Spirit (Harpenden), First Witch in Macbeth (Wimbledon Studio), Mrs Cheveley in An Ideal Husband (Turnmills, Farringdon), Betty Whitehouse in Dangerous Corner (Bournemouth Little Theatre), Woman of Egdon Heath in Thomas Hardy’s The Withered Arm (Edinburgh Festival) and the side-kick to the Sheriff in Robin Hood (Cambridge Touring Theatre). In addition to acting, Amy is also a keen singer and violinist.