Dragonboy Productions magical adaptation of The Arabian Nights comes to Taunton Brewhouse on Monday 1 May. Here’s an exclusive ‘Meet the Cast’ ahead of the show:
CHRIS AGHA
Chris graduated from The Court Theatre Training Company. Last year he performed in three highly acclaimed productions at The Royal Opera House: in March Deborah Warner’s production of Peter Grimes, in the summer David Alden’s production of Lohengrin, and in October Robert Carsen’s production of Aida. He recently performed with the Olive & Stavros Theatre Company in the comedy The Play with Speeches at the Jack Studio Theatre in London.
VERITY BAJORIA
Verity is an Actor-Musician originally from the North-East. She trained at Guildford School of Acting, where she also started her folk band That’s All Folk. Previous productions include Atrocities at Arkham, The Light Burns Blue, and The Break of Day. Verity is very excited to be joining the cast of Tales from a Thousand and One Nights.
MAEVA FEITELSON
French and British with Iranian heritage, Maëva Feitelson trained at the International College of Musical Theatre in London (ICMT) where she graduated with the Kenneth Avery-Clark award of excellence. She made her West End debut in the ensemble of the original cast of Rumi, the musical which played at the Coliseum and starred Ramin Karimloo and Nadim Naaman.
More recently, she took part in a workshop with Emma Rice’s Wise Children Summer Camp where she combined her musician and acting skills for the first time. Maëva can now be found hosting and singing in different cabarets across London; she is also a songwriter.
She is very excited to be a part of the Tales from a Thousand and One Nights and to be able to tell another Persian story!
TALAL KARKOUTI
Talal Karkouti is an actor and comedian from West London, with roots in musical theatre and improvised comedy. He also works and performs as a voice-over artist and provides ADR for major motion pictures and TV series. Talal is a seasoned stand-up comedian, recently winning 2nd place in the Musical Comedy Awards.
You can currently find him co-hosting and producing The Alexei Sayle Podcast.
Scheherazade tells stories… exhilarating stories full of fun, danger, wonder and passion. But will it be enough? Can her stories save her life?
Newly adapted and directed by Eliot Giuralarocca, Tales from a Thousand and One Nights is a feast of storytelling suitable for the whole family. Book tickets now.
