With theatre credits including Sunset Song and The Silver Darlings in both his home city of Aberdeen and with Dundee Rep, CAMERON MOWAT brings a fresh voice to His Gills, the pilot of the abandoned amusement park's rusted old monorail. Cameron will be joining the rest of the cast which, if you missed the news, will feature...
IAN McDIARMID
JOY McAVOY
SHEILA REID
PETER KELLY
EWAN PETRIE WENDY RAE FOWLER MARK LITTLE
Another Olivier Award-winner joins us – actor and comedian MARK LITTLE will be Gabriel Augusto Gil, who is Peri's confidante at the Cantina of Lost Souls. Mark's highly- regarded work has included his one-man play Defending The Caveman, the role of Rupert Guinness in the Lance Armstrong biopic Icon directed by Stephen Frears – and who could forget his portrayal of another icon: Joe Mangel in Neighbours.
We're thrilled to have been working this week with singer-songwriter and actress WENDY RAE FOWLER – bringing an incredible voice to Macrell, the lone figure in her observatory who soaks in all your voices, your stories, first words, final words... Wendy has featured as vocalist with bands such as Queens Of The Stone Age and recorded an album under the name We Fell to Earth with Rich File from UNKLE. Together, they composed the theme tune to the Danish TV series The Killing. Wendy is currently putting the finishing touches to her solo album.
We're delighted that our cast IAN McDIARMID, JOY McAVOY and EWAN PETRIE are being joined by Olivier Award-winning SHEILA REID – whose extraordinary range of character portrayals encompasses Lady Rawlinson in Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (alongside Ian as Reg Smeeton!), Mrs Buttle in Terry Gilliam's Brazil, and Madge Harvey in Benidorm. In Akiha Den Den, she is Silph – the thought-mining cockroach...
And PETER KELLY, fresh from his acclaimed performance as Nagg in Beckett's Endgame at the Citizens' Theatre, and well known for his role in The Tall Guy with Jeff Goldblum, is to be Akiha's deathbed-defying Bullhook.
More casting news coming soon...
Take a listen to the trailer for Series 1. As we near the launch of the first series in September, we'll be sharing snippets of audio here.
Scheduled for SEPTEMBER 2016, there'll be a chance to experience first-hand the build-up to the live online launch of the unique audio drama series AKIHA DEN DEN, featuring exclusive music soundtrack excerpts from sound designer / composer Simon James and insights behind the scenes with writer / director Neil Cargill.
Be the first to hear the transmission from Akiha Den Den – in an underground venue in Aberdeen in NE Scotland to be revealed soon.
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