Starring:

Mark Sykes and Dawn Matthews

CAST LIST:

ANNIE - DAWN MATTHEWS
 

Stellenbosch University drama school graduate Dawn Mathews worked in Cape Town for two years before moving to Johannesburg in 2000, extending her career as stage actress to TV and film. Matthews’ notable television appearances include Egoli and the Afrikaans series Song vir Katryn and Soutmansland. She has most recently appeared in Racing Stripes and Red Dust, but is perhaps best known as presenter and host of the Kyknet series Kunskafee. This is her second film with the team, having starred in Blue Valentine in 2005.

JON – MARK SYKES
 

After studying drama at Pretoria Technicon (1991 – 93), he started his professional career working for PACT in ‘Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’.
Having completed ‘The Adventures of Paddington Bear’ in 1994, he found an affinity for children’s theatre, and appeared in several productions, including ‘The Secret Forest’ for Brian Charteris, and a touring schools programme tackling AIDS for AREPP, he also fronted two bands as well as moonlighting in a cover band.
In ’99 he was in ‘The Elvis Las Vegas Extravaganza’ and performed the lead singing role on many occasions.
In 2000, he returned to England and now freelances regularly for Comment UK, a major industrial theatre company and sings regularly around London with a second cover band, Orange Crush.

BARAN – EAMONN O’DWYER
 

Born to an Irish father and a Guyanese mother, Eamonn O’Dwyer began his vocal training at the age of seven under the tutelage of James O’Donnell at Westminster Cathedral. As a cathedral chorister he toured extensively around Europe and featured as a soloist on Hyperion’s recordings of Poulenc Sacred Music, Adeste Fideles and Panis Angelicus. From there he went on to join The King’s Consort, and became a featured soloist for the highly acclaimed Purcell Sacred Music Series, including several television appearances and a Wigmore Hall concert in 1995, Purcell’s tri-centenary year. Eamonn also played the part of The Boy in Richard Harvey’s oratorio Plague and the Moonflower for BBC2, and sang solo vocals for Harvey’s soundtrack to the 1994 film Doomsday Gun.
He now works part-time as assistant to Simon Perry at Hyperion, and is pursuing a career in acting.

BERNIE – ADRIAN ALPER
 

Adrian studied at the United World College of the Atlantic from 1989 to 1991 and then traveled extensively through Europe, the Far East, Russia and the United States.
He performed in a number of stage productions in Wales before appearing in various youth series for South African television. Recent television includes the daily soap Generations, Streaks and Scoop Schoombie whilst in theatre he was nominated for a Vita Award for his role of the young dope addict in Cuba and His Teddy Bear.
Parallel to his career as a professional actor Adrian is a successful stand-up comedian, and director.