Cast

Serena

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Roxanne McKenzie is a BAFTA New Talent alumna whose versatile career spans both stage and screen. Her acting credits include Atlanta (FX), Scenes From a Brummie Iliad (The REP), Monologue Slam UK (TCN), and The Angel of Adulation (Prince of Wales Theatre).

 

In addition to her work as a performer, Roxanne is an award-winning journalist and producer, driven by a deep commitment to storytelling that highlights social issues and amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities.

 

She is thrilled to join the cast of Secret Sides of Us.

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Daniel​

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Duncan is an actor and musician originally from Lincolnshire. Training: LIPA

Credits include: Notre Dame (Threedumb Theatre), The Arsonists (Liverpool Everyman), Bouncers (Theatre Royal Wakefield), Titus Andronicus (Cream-Faced Loons), Wuthering Heights (John Godber Company). 

 

He’s super excited to be working on the development of a new musical, especially one created in the East Midlands.

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Theo​

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Ed Larkin has most recently starred in PUPPY at the Kings Head Theatre, Tom Fletcher’s

Creakers The Musical at Theatre Royal Plymouth and BARE at the London Palladium. He

made history as the first wheelchair user to play the lead role in a West End musical with

Olivier Award nominated The Little Big Things, where he picked up a WhatsOnStage nomination for his performance.

 

Upon graduating, he was quickly cast in TV guest lead roles

in Casualty, Doctors and then the lead role in Sundance award-winning Netflix

Docu-Feature, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin.

 

Mollie, Sadie and Others

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Michelle Kelly (she/her) is an actor, singer and voice actor based in South Yorkshire. She is passionate about storytelling that centres queer, disabled and global majority perspectives and has a particular interest in theatre which welcomes and celebrates typically underserved audiences.

 

Recent credits include development work on Vanishing Point with Spare Tyre, Them? with Mind Out Theatre and Immigration Crisis: The Musical with Prickly Pear Productions. This summer her first playwriting commission was performed as part of the Fresh Ink Festival with Middle Child in Hull. When not at work, Michelle can usually be found curled up on the sofa with a cup of tea in hand, fussing over her two beloved greyhounds.

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Tilly​​

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Tallulah is a Midlands based performer and has just finished her A Levels in Drama, Dance and Classical Civilisation. She’s excited to be part of the Secret Side of Us production and can’t wait to be making her debut at Nottingham Playhouse.

 

Her previous productions include Imaginary at Birmingham Hippodrome and she has worked with Women and Theatre on their Women and Land production in the community. In addition, she has worked with dance companies such as Motionhouse, Stop Gap, Fabric and Akram Khan.​

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Stage Directions​​

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Sarah Buck is award-nominated Professional Voice Artist and is especially passionate about making the written word accessible to those who may find it tricky.

 

Proudly Northern from the city of Hull, Sarah is now based in the Midlands with her family.

 

Some of her recent credits include co-narrating Catherine Asta's book Rediscovered, narrating Artist profiles for Ben Uri gallery, promotional work for Tate Britain , KPMG and local charity Love Life.

Sarah is also a regular news and weather presenter on the community radio station, Erewash Sound.

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