CURTIS WALKER
Curtis stars as Milton Lawson, the proud owner of a rum distillery in Jamaica; the wealthy Milton is headstrong, scandalous and devious with a capital D. Curtis is a hugely popular and talented actor, writer and stand-up comedian. Curtis’ charismatic charm and comedy prowess has won audiences over throughout his career in the world of television, radio, film and of course stand-up.
Television credits: BBC Paramount City, CBBC Sitcom Kerching!, BBC The Real McCoy and Blouse and Skirt, BBC3 Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive, BBC The Lenny Henry Show, BBC Ed Stone is Dead! E4Youngers. Film credit: Bullet Boy (Dir: Saul Dibb) Theatre credit: Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (Dir: Maya Angelou) Curtis is the recipient of the Best Male Stand-Up from BICA, as well as the Top Carlton TV Multicultural Entertainment & Comedy Award.
YVETTE ROCHESTER-DUNCAN
Yvette stars as Mrs Diane Lawson. Yvette is an accomplished actress with a varied career in television, radio and the theatre.
Theatre Much Ado About Nothing, Novello Theatre, RSC – The Complete Works Festival, The Big Life, Apollo Theatre, Mother Courage, Nottingham Playhouse & national tour, Funny Black Women on the Edge, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, Off Camera, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Fruit Salad, Greenwich Theatre, The Thing About Shirley, Hackney Empire, Amen Corner, Bristol Old Vic, Incompatibly Yours, Lyric Hammersmith. Television Casualty, BBC, Don't Shoot the Messenger, BBC, The Bill, ITV, Touching Evil, ITV, Chef, BBC, Club Class, Channel Five. Voice Over Jim Jam & Sunny, CITV, London Underground Security Video, BBC, Marks & Spencer Radio, TV & Instore Announcement, UK STYLE TV, Metropolitan Police RADIO/VIDEO
REN LAWRENCE
Ren will be playing Sophia Banton, a feisty, upwardly mobile young woman determined to carve a bright future for herself in the Lawson dynasty. Classically trained, Ren Lawrence has played roles from Shakespeare to Debbie Tucker Green to Sam Sheperd, working with and in major theatres such as The Royal National Theatre, The Globe and Hackney Empire Theatre, as well as in a couple of independent films, one of which was used in primetime TV.
Miss Lawrence trained at Rose Bruford College reading American Theatre Arts, spending a year at Stephen F Austin state university, where she was cast in Hairspray the Musical. She has had the privilege of working with Canadian born actress and director Michele Lonsdale Smith. Coren believes in expressing the joys of life and is furthering her work as a singer and lyricist.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Michael will be starring as Michael Lawson, the youngest son of Milton and Diana. On his return home with his ambitious fiancée Sophia, the young couple are confronted by startling family secrets.
Michael trained at Italia Conti and has the joy of working in such theatres as The Almeida, as well as various tours. He filmed his first feature film earlier this year called “Thea”, and is over the moon he gets to end the year performing for his first time at the Albany.
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