Casting Announcement: 

This week we are thrilled to be working with Jamie Samuel and Tom Varey on the development of new play Nights by Daniel Kanaber.

Daniel is one of our New Tricks writers on commission. The play is currently in a week of development at Oldham Coliseum culminating in a rehearsed reading on Thursday 22nd June at 7pm as part of the First Break Festival. The reading will be followed by a panel discussion on Manchester Theatre with our very own Adam Quayle on the panel. Tickets are available here.

Jamie Samuel-

Training: Arts Ed School Of Acting. Theatre includes: Operation Black Antler (Blast Theory), Plastic Figurines (Box of Tricks Theatre) Chamaco (HOME), Bridging the Gap (The Gap Theatre Project), Plastic Figurines (Box of Tricks national tour), Jumpers for Goalposts for which he won Best Actor Offie (Paines Plough/Bush Theatre), Cosmic, The Kitchen Sink (Hull Truck Theatre), False Teachers (Bush Theatre), Pushing Up Poppies (Theatre 503), 2nd May 1997 (Bush Theatre/Royal Exchange Manchester), The English Game (Headlong Theatre tour). Television and film credits include: Doctors, The Promise, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Territory.

Tom Varey-

Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Theatre includes: Deathwatch (Printroom at the Coronet), One Arm (Southwark Playhouse), Midsummer Nights Dream (Everyman and Playhouse). Television includes: Ackley Bridge ( Channel 4), No Offence (Abbotvisiton), Game of Thrones ( HBO), Dark Angel (ITV), No Offence (Channel 4) The Village (BBC).