Provenance Helpline

Details of Etcetera Theatre (14th November to 3rd December 2000) and ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS (October 2001) and subsequent performances, programme notes, credits and details of cast.

In Artwork Hell	Nov/Dec 2000	Oct 2001
Porter, Judge, Rocco (member of de Medici court)	GREG HOLMES	BRIAN SCOLTOCK
Lenin (a neglected Soviet sculpture), Owner, Cosimo de Medici III, an art collector, Nazi Officer	JIM LAWLESS	RYAN WILSON
Rembrandt van Rijn, painter and collector, a 1940s decendant	PAUL BRENNAN	PAUL BRENNAN
Hendrickje, a 1940s wife	KATE LOKI	KATE LOKI
Provenance Helpline, Cornelia, daughter of Remnbrandt and Hendrickje, 1940s daughter, present day decendant	SIMONE ASHTON	AMANDA BAIN

BIOGRAPHIES

Kate Loki. Hendrickje. Among Kate's appearances are: all female roles in Two, Senioratarde/Madame Bazin in Restless Heart, Mrs Stokes in A Night Out, title role in Antigone, Antonia in Can't Pay Won't Pay, Arkadina in The Seagull. Created the role of Hendrickje in Provenance Helpline. Recently appeared as Florence Nightingale in What The Victorians Did For Us on BBC2.

Paul Brennan. Rembrandt. Theatre includes Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Ben in Dumb Waiter, Kafka in Kafka's Dick, Sonnateers at the Globe. Assistant director (Memory of Water) (Vauderville). Film:- Construction Worker (Cabby), Reg (Ticket to Ride). Created the role of Rembrandt in Provenance Helpline. Recently in pilot for *AZ Films* Mortal Coil.

Simone Ashton. (Cornelia/Helpline.) has appeared in Sessions (Finborough Theatre), as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Sterling Renaissance Faire), Ophelia in Hamlet (American Shakespeare Festival), Mariane in Tartuffe (Pelican Studio) and Marie in Woyzeck (Impact Theatre). Film includes Engaged Tone (Angle Pictures).

Amanda Bain. Cornelia, Voice of the Helpline, has appeared onstage as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mary in The Bald Prima Donna, Tanzi in Trafford Tanzi, Hortense in The Boyfriend, Honey in Yellow, Cabaret Artist in Putting On The Blitz, Mildred in Curtains and D in Whale Music. Film work includes Beth in Balcony and Sally in Suspicion.

Greg Holmes (Judge/Rocco) trained at LCTS. He has fringe, repertory and film roles to his credit, including performing in the controversial Cold Fish, as Jeffrey Archer in the satirical Deptford Millennium Pantomime and a critically acclaimed role in Lucy Catherine's A Tender Prayer at the Courtyard Theatre. He is a regular Jim Grover villain, having played Maundy Gregory in Glass Hero in both Edinburgh and London. Subsequent work includes an appearance in Danusia Iwaszko's Rough Cut.

Brian Scoltock. Judge/Rocco, has featured in a long-running commercial on German TV, Film Director in LWTs The Blonde Bombshell and as various characters in information films and training videos, including A Monk for Southwark Cathedral and A Child Molester for prospective foster-carers. On stage; Trevor in Martello and Farmer Lodge in The Withered Arm.

Jim Lawless (Lenin/Owner) His credits include *Man* in - Berkoff's Lunch; *Puck, Ned Blunt* in Aphra Behn's The Rover, Frederic Pirates of Penzance, Nick in Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, Trinculo in The Tempest, Various - American Eagle 2000.

Ryan Wilson, Lenin/Owner/de Medici/Nazi Officer, has been acting with the Hal Company and RITE2STAGE for 5 years, playing in Midsummer Night's Dream, Murder in the Cathedral, 4^thKnight/Tempter in Murder in the Cathedral, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lacatos in Lysistrata, Darren in Breaking The Silence. He also played Walter Adams in Jim Grover's Glass Hero in Edinburgh and London and, most recently, the lead in Rough Cut by Danusia Iwaszko. Ryan is best known for having played guitar in C33X, having performed in UK, Europe and the USA, winning the admiration of famous names like Morrissey, Alan McGee and Boy George.

Jim Grover. Playwright, director, designer. Full-length plays include Golf War, Beating Time and Glass Hero. Other performed works: Pictures In Babcia's Head, Angel Hair, Changes and Oilpaint Does Not Wash Out. As actor; Fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Playwright in No Reservations, Male Chorus in Lysistrata, Chris in Bad Samaritans Go Places, The Sculpture in The Lost Rider. As director: People In The Sun, Mea Culpa, Dog's Dinner and Glass Hero (for Edinburgh Festivals). As producer: Strutting and Fretting, No Reservations, Launching Pad and Paintings By Playwrights. Most recently seen on TV as the playwright interviewee in LWT's The Monocled Dandy (London's Scariest Mysteries).

	Valerie Lucas. Director, designer, costumes. Valerie Lucas trained at Essex University Theatre and the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. Work as director/ designer includes dance and music theatre for Theatre Valise, TamTam Theatre, Theater Die Raben and WNO. For RITE2STAGE: director, Oilpaint Does Not Wash Out and Twenty Years of Humble Invocation. She currently works as Assistant Professor (Acting and Directing) at Ohio State University.

	Neil Kagan (costumes) trained at the University of Surrey Roehampton, where he studied design and technical theatre. Since graduating, he has worked for the British Council and TamTam theatre for children.

	Adam Carree (lighting) is a freelance lighting designer; working with companies such as the London Bubble, OTC and the Home Office. He also works as a Visiting Tutor at Central St Martin's.

	Stuart Butcher (set design/construction). His goal is directing. His experience includes set design and building, sound and light rigging, stage management and theatre company production. He is also a musican.

	Morwena Chapman (lighting operation) studied Drama and Dance at the University of Surrey Roehampton.

PRODUCTION TEAM	Nov/Dec 2000		Oct 2001
DIRECTOR	Valerie Lucas		Jim Grover
PRODUCER	RITE2STAGE	RA Events and Lectures

LIGHTING DESIGN	Adam Carree		RA Engineers
LIGHTING OPERATION	Morwenna Chapman		RA Engineers
SOUND ASSEMBLY	Paul Brennan	Jim Grover
SOUND OPERATION	Morwenna Chapman		Jim Grover
COSTUME DESIGN AND EXECUTION	Neil Kagan		Neil Kagan
	Valerie Lucas		Valerie Lucas
	Stuart Butcher		Teresa Grover

Thanks to Jorene Celeste for rehearsal facilities, Lawrence Corner for costume hire.