SANDY TRUMAN Sandy has a First-Class Honours degree and an M.A. in Drama and Theatre Studies. She was Artistic Director of Fizz Theatre Company for five years, which toured to venues in central London and the south of England, and now runs Bryteye Productions with her husband Mike. She also prepares students for drama exams and auditions. Her many acting roles range from the tragedy of Chekhov to the comedy of Coward, but her most challenging role to date was playing the 80-year- old Barbara Cartland, alongside Stevie at The Connaught Theatre Worthing. Act of Revenge is Sandy’s fourth play. Her previous production, which toured the south two years ago, was A Royal Threesome based on the tragic life of Caroline of Brunswick. However, times are darker now, and so she has written a play which she hopes will spread a little light and laughter.

Abi Pattenden Abi is a Brighton-based actor, writer, and director. She has an MA in Staging Shakespeare and spent the majority of her early career on stage in adaptations of Elizabethan and Jacobean works, including playing seven parts at once in As You Like It and taking a production based on Richard III to the Edinburgh Fringe. After a long hiatus, Abi undertook fresh training at Rose Bruford and has been enjoying getting back to her theatre roots. She’s very excited to be part of Act of Revenge.

Samantha Nixon After graduating in Drama, Sam has made a life in theatre, performing, writing, directing and producing. She is also a voice coach and examiner for LAMDA. Over the years Sam has performed in many productions from traditional plays and panto, immersive theatre, open air theatre as well as on screen. Sam has played leading roles in productions such as Queers (Alice), Oliver Twist (Fagin), The Welkin (Charlotte Cary), Blithe Spirit (Madame Arcati) and recently Lydia, in Exit Who, at the Cockpit Theatre. She has also toured as Julie Andrews, Marni Nixon and Gertrude Lawrence in self-penned musical biopics. She is delighted to be flexing her comedy muscles again to bring Petra alive in Act of Revenge for Bryteye productions.

Stevie Lambert Stevie has appeared in many theatrical productions in West Sussex. These include, Blithe Spirit, various pantomimes, The Ghost Train, Allo Allo, Last of the Haussmans and In the Pink performed at the Connaught Theatre alongside Sandy Truman. He performed for the Brighton Fringe in the sell-out show - Why Other People Piss You Off directed by Linsay Oliver. More recently he appeared in Dinner by Moira Buffini. He is currently appearing as four different characters including Mrs Bennet, Mr Bingley and Lady Catherine de Bourgh, on tour in a sell-out production of Potted Pride and Prejudice which has enjoyed a successful run in Chichester, Bath and Worthing.