Charlotte Blake (Marushka plus Sergeyitch/Daryushka)is delighted to be part of Ward No.6 after the success of its Edinburgh debut and looks forward to resuming an array of Chekovian characters. Charlotte has always been heavily involved in devised theatre, co-founding her own company, Lost Property Performance Co, with productions including Beowulf, The Little Fir Tree and ButterFlyScrew. More recently Charlotte has co-produced and devised TinkerBox which was performed in its infancy at this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival. Over the past year other theatre credits include a 6 month tour of Italy, playing the title role in Lady Windermere's Fan (European Arts Company), Pinocchio at The Colour House and Lottie in Jonathan Kemp's The Diggers Daughter (European Arts Company).
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Oliver Lavery (Gromov plus Hobotov) played Fitzdottrel in The Devil Is An Ass at the White Bear Theatre, took part in the Breathing Corpses exhibit as part of Theatre Delicatessen’s Theatre Soul, played the Maniac in the Drama Studio London graduating production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist and played Richard III in the 2010 Sam Wanamaker Festival at Shakespeare’s Globe. 
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Michael Linsey (Petya plus Averyanitch/Nikita) was part of the Edinburgh Fringe run of Ward No 6, his first job in Scotland after leaving South Lanarkshire for New Zealand when he was still a teenager. Michael is very happy to be involved with the show again, as he had such fun the first time round, he can remember almost none of it. This run of the production will provide an exciting opportunity for Michael to revisit some special characters in a play that marked a successful transition into theatre from a career in graphic design. He has recently performed in the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, a promenade theatre musical about the history of Islington, and pretended to save a drunk tourist from an oncoming train on the ITV Pride of Britain Awards. He hopes you like the poster.
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Harry Lobek (Ragin) can’t wait to start work on Ward No.6 again.  It was his first professional job after graduating from Drama Studio London and one that he can’t wait to have another crack at.  Harry is currently on a No.1 tour of The Gruffalo’s Child and is grateful to be given the break for this project.  Over the last year Harry has performed in: NewsRevue, reached the final of The Off Cut Festival at the Old Red Lion Theatre, completed a 6 month national tour of Italy in Lady Windermere’s Fan, written and devised his first play TinkerBox with Charlotte Blake, closed The Riverhouse Barn’s summer season with The Diggers Daughter and completed his first feature film.  Previous credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Pavillion Theatre Brighton), Animal Farm (The Cockpit Theatre), The Trunk (Croydon Warehouse Theatre).   
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Matthew Parker (Director/Writer) is Artistic Director of DogOrange and is Director in Residence for First Draft @ The Horse. He graduated from the Directing Course at Drama Studio London in July 2009. Recent directing credits include A Woman Alone for DogOrange (Brockley Jack), Pinocchio (Schools Tour), Two (21st Anniversary production, Dirty Dicks), The Magical World of Anastasia (New Players), The Late Edwina Black for Sheringham Little Theatre’s Summer Rep season, The Killing of Sister George (Etcetera/UK Tour) and A Date to Remember forFirst Draft. Upcoming projects include April Showers for First Draft. Ward No.6 is Matthew’s writing debut and he is delighted that this production is now transferring to the innovative Camden People’s Theatre following it’s successful award nominated run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. For more information on Matthew’s projects please visit www.matthewparker.net

Saba Burali (Producer) After graduating in Theatre Studies at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Saba worked there at the Giorgio Cini Foundation on several research and educational projects linked with theatre. In 2008, after a placement in London at the National Theatre Archive, she started to collaborate with Tricolore, a bilingual London-based theatre company. She became DogOrange's Producer in 2010 being Franca Rame and Dario Fo's A Woman Alone her first production with the company. Saba has recently finished her MA in Creative Producing at BBK University and started to work with the visual artist Alda Terracciano on the development of a blog about the video audio installation Streets of... which aims to be exhibited at the London Cultural Olympics in 2012.

Suneeda Maruthiyil (Designer) Since graduating from Mountview Academy of Arts in 2009, Suneeda has worked with
Matthew Parker on a number of projects and is delighted to be involved in Ward No.6 as Set and Costume Designer. Design Credits include: Loveplay (Jacksons Lane), Dying For It (The Pleasance), A Woman Alone (Brockley Jack), A Perfect Ganesh (The Courtyard), Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco (New Wimbledon Studio), Marat/Sade - Asst Designer (The Pleasance). Suneeda is the Associate Designer for DogOrange.

Catherine Gerrard (Assistant Director) is Artistic Director of tailspin and Assistant Director & Reader for First Draft. She graduated from the Acting course at Drama Studio London in July 2010. Recent directing credits include Look, But You Must Leap and The Porpoise, the Elver and Me (First Draft). Assistant directing credits include A Woman Alone (DogOrange, Brockley Jack), A Date To Remember and Darker (First Draft). Cat is also a performance storyteller and has recently established a monthly storytelling and music night Night of the Storyteller at The Miller, London Bridge. Upcoming acting projects include Romeo and Juliet at the Sheringham Little Theatre and directing projects include a transfer of her own original play Look, But You Must Leap to the London Fringe Festival in 2011.

Tim Berryman (Stage Manager) studied Film and Philosophy at the University of Southampton and is returning to stage management for DogOrange with this production of Ward No. 6. Since graduating, Tim has been involved with DogOranges production of A Woman Alone plus A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Metamorphoses and Once on this Island. He is thrilled to be working with DogOrange again.

Allan Ramsay (Lighting Designer) graduated from Mountview Academy in 2010. Along with some stints at the Royal Opera House, he has been the Technical Manager of the new Waterloo East Theatre, and is enjoying being part of this challenging new venue. He was also the Production Manager for the Rogues Gallery Theatre Company's season of musical hall inspired shows at Hoxton Hall. After Designing DogOrange's last production, A Woman Alone, Allan is thrilled to part of Ward No.6.

Daisy MacDonald (Assistant Designer) is thrilled to be a part of Ward No.6 for its London debut. Daisy graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2008 with a degree in Product Design. She has since made the move into the world of theatre, and has worked on a range of projects including the Twin Peaks Weekender at Battersea Arts Centre, and the Peter Gill Season at Riverside Studios. She recently completed her diploma in Art Direction and Drafting at the FDI, Pinewood Studios.

Luke Holbrook (Production Assistant) is a Writer, Director and Producer whose work with the Fireman's Room Theatre Company has been shown recently during a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has directed and produced work seen at the Drama Studio in Sheffield. He is very excited to return to work with DogOrange in the role of Production Assistant after his recent work with the company on A Woman Alone at the Brockley Jack.