MYCHELLE COLLEARY

Here I’ll Stay is Mychelle’s first theatrical performance in London since arriving from New York just a few months ago.

A California native, now honorary New Yorker, Mychelle has garnered critical as well popular acclaim for her work in NYC. In 2003 she was nominated by MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) for OUTSTANDING FEMALE DEBUT; in 2004, 2007, 2008 she was nominated for OUSTANDING JAZZ VOCALIST.

Mychelle landed her first professional acting role while still in high school as Peppermint Patty in Sierra Repertory Theater’s production of Snoopy. A series of other leading roles followed at SRT and the historic Fallon House Theatre before she headed off to study music at San Jose State University.

Prior to leaving the San Francisco Bay area for NYC, audiences enjoyed her performances of folk rock at the Fillmore, Turkish Sufi music at the Place of fine Arts, jazz at the Plush Room and Bach with the San Jose Symphony. Her discography includes "Analgesic" - original compositions, and "After Hours at the Plush Room" – standards.

While performing with the Columbia Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Bobby McFerrin recommended and introduced Mychelle to Laurie Antonioli (Head of vocal dept at Berkeley Jazz School) with whom she privately studied vocal jazz for three years while also studying classical voice and composition at SJSU.

GARY HUGHES

Gary studied flute, piano and composition at The Purcell School of Music and then at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has studied singing with Louise Shepherd and has been a working actor-musician in the musical theatre and film industry since leaving Guildhall in 2003.

Some of his most prominent roles are Pete in Kiddy-Fiddler on the Roof, lead vocalist in Lullaby of Broadway, Man 2 in Songs For A New World, Zach in the musical film Fairy Tale, Tommy Tucker in adult musical comedy Nursery Crimes and vocalist in The Voice of Tomorrow at The Bloomsbury Theatre directed by Gareth Ellis. He hopes very much that you enjoy tonight’s show.

JOHANNAH JOLSON

Johannah is in her graduate year at the Guildford School of Acting on the musical theatre course. Professionally, she could most recently be seen as ‘Belle’ in Blackeyed Theatre’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol last Christmas. Other credits, whilst training, include ‘Matilda/Marianne’ in Loveplay, ‘Dot’ in The Matchgirls and ‘Conchita’ in Copacabana. In addition, Johannah has created the roles of ‘Susie’ in Chat!, which was performed as part of the Guildford International Music Festival, and ‘Lady Land’ in Blow ‘em Away! The Musical, which premiered at the Camden Fringe Festival 2007.

Johannah is thrilled to be out of drama school and into the ‘real’ world to be part of Here I’ll Stay. In her spare time she is a devoted singing teacher and is currently learning Italian.

TITUS ROWE

Titus has worked extensively as a cabaret performer across the country as well as internationally. He has performed as a solo vocalist, performing a wide range of music including swing, big band, musical theatre, and pop and rock ballads as well as performing as a compere and M.C. Titus has even been known to take his clothes off in public under his alternative stage name – College Boy, for which he won the much coveted Stripper of the Year 2009 award, as voted by the readers of Boyz Magazine.

Theatre credits include: The Pirate King – The Pirates of Penzance (Regeneration at the Alban Arena), Smee - Peter Pan (Regeneration at the Radlett Centre).

Voice Over includes: Reach for the Sky (Sky TV).

Television Includes: Sex on the Job (London Weekend Television for Sky One), 999-In Extreme Danger (BBC One), Armed Forces Commercial (Central TV). Titus also recently appeared as himself for a Channel Four documentary entitled Queer as Old Folk. Here I’ll Stay marks an overdue return to Titus’s first love – theatre.

PETER SCOTT-PRESLAND

Peter started in gay cabaret in 1972 in a frock in front of 50 rugby players. Since then he has performed in, and been director of, Pub Theatre Company Birmingham, Consenting Adults in Public, and Homo Promos. Among his performing credits he created the roles of Molina in the UK Premiere of Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1983) and Gideon Petrie in the world premiere of Peter Shaffer’s Shrivings (1975).

He is a regular cabaret artiste, appearing regularly at the chanson-oriented Pirate Jenny’s in Stoke Newington, where some of this material was first seen, and has the distinction of performing after every Pride March in London since 1978; he will be doing his usual thing this year on July 5th at (appropriately enough) the Queen’s Temple in Kensington Gardens.

KEITH BURSNALL

CECILIA DARKER

DAVID HARROD

RACHEL HEYBURN

IRIS McCALL

PETER SCOTT-PRESLAND

ROBERT WORKMAN

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