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Calliope, The Widow

Liv Spencer

Liv Spencer

Liv Spencer’s work spans theatre, tv and film.

Theatre credits include: Dr Who: Time Fracture (Immersive Everywhere); Magic Goes Wrong (West End/The Lowry); Twelfth Night (Southwark Playhouse); The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Comedy of Errors (Illyria Theatre); Julius Caesar, Henry IV, The Tempest (Donmar Warehouse); The Snow Queen (Theatre by the Lake); The Wind in the Willows and The Witches’ Promise (Birmingham Rep); Le Petit Mort (Les Enfants Terribles); The Last Women (Belgrade Theatre).

Television includes: Wednesday, Hijack, Kaos, Knightfall, Citizen Khan. Film includes: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and I Am A Great Man.

Shea Wotjus

Shea Wojtus is a London-based actor, creator and clown originally from the icy tundra of Northern Canada.

Since moving to London in 2016, she has worked extensively in comedy and immersive/interactive performance. She trained in Paris France at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and has since gone on to train and work with comedy companies such as SpyMonkey, Mick Barnfather, Carlo Jacucci and Philippe Gaulier himself.

She is excited to step into the role of Calliope and inhabit her rich world.

Ellis, The Musician

Katy Tranter

Katie is an actor, musician, puppeteer and theatre maker from Mid Wales.

She trained with the National Youth Theatre, Exeter University and Escuela Nouveau Colombier in Spain. An OFFIE finalist for her performances in The Canterville Ghost (Tall Stories) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Iris Theatre). She co-created dark physical comedy Canary, winning the Audience's Choice Award at Prague International Fringe Festival in 2019. 

Other recent credits include Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Paramount), Cinderella: A Fairytale (Northern Stage), Doctor Who (BBC), The Wind in the Willows (Alnwick Playhouse), Little Lily Harley  (The Rude Mechanicals), SMOOSH! (Paraorchestra), Curious Investigators (One Tenth Human),  Father Christmas at the Hall (Royal Albert Hall), Recycled Rubbish (Theatre-Rites),  Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Derby Theatre/Hiccup), Pirate Bonnie (Fidget Theatre).

Garance Louis

Garance Louis is a French accordionist, singer and composer who plays with the finest jazz musicians in London. She has played the accordion with many different artists, such as Leonie Evans and Roisin Murphy, ran away with Gifford Circus, played for The Shakespeare Globe, Black Cabaret as well as busking her way all around the world.

Garance appeared on BBC6 doing an acoustic version of Padam from Edith Piaf live at Maida Vale for Cerys Matthews, who discovered her busking in the street 10 years ago and has always been a big supporter of her project since then.