Conviction Autumn 2026 rehearsed reading – director and cast

P Burton Morgan

Marianne Oldham

Marianne Oldham is an Associate Artist at Shakespeare’s Globe, where her recent work includes Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Lear. Her theatre work spans major UK venues and companies, including the Old Vic, Bristol Old Vic, Sheffield Crucible, Hampstead Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, ETT, and Cheek by Jowl.

 Marianne won the South African Naledi Award for Best Actress for The Girl in the Yellow Dress, for which she was also nominated for the Edinburgh Stage Awards for Best Actress. She was nominated for Best Actor by the UK Theatre Awards for The Years Between at the Royal & Derngate.

Television includes Grantchester, The Midwich Cuckoos, Endeavour, A Very English Scandal, Father Brown, Foyle’s War, The Musketeers, The Crimson Field, WPC 56 and Life in Squares.

Film includes Finding Your Feet and Absolutely Anything.

Kim Ismay

Stage Credits include: Mrs Bateman in American Psycho (Almeida Theatre); Lea in Fanny (Kings Head Theatre, Watermill Theatre); Joan in Anne Boleyn: The Musical (Hever Castle); Barbara in Come Dine With Me (MT Fest/Edinburgh Fringe); Debs in Elf The Musical (Dominion Theatre); Frances in Kidnapped (National Theatre of Scotland); Her award-winning one woman show About Bill (The Other Palace); Madame Morrible in Wicked (Apollo Victoria, International and UK Tour); Tanya in Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, Novello Theatres); Lysette in The Silver Gym, Dotty Otley in Noises Off, Katisha in The Hot Mikado and Fiona in How The Other Half Loves (all Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Maxine in Stepping Out (Derby Playhouse); Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour); Miss Dinsmore/Dora Bailey in Singin’ In The Rain (West Yorkshire Playhouse/UK Tour); Flo Manero in Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Miss Bonnie in Acorn Antiques (UK tour); May Belfort in Lautrec (Shaftesbury Theatre); Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show (Frankfurt English Theatre); Kiss Me Kate, Wizard of Oz and Comedy of Errors (all RSC).

Television Credits include: Claudia in Not Going Out (BBC), Eastenders (BBC), Ida Hill in The Bill (Talkback Thames), Maxine in Bob Martin (Granada) and Suzie in London’s Burning (London Weekend Television).

Film Credits include: Professor in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal Pictures).

Kurt Kansley

Kurt is a seasoned British and Australian actor. He was born in Cape Town South Africa and immigrated to Australia with his family as a child. Kurt trained in Dramatic Arts and Music at Monash University and The Melba Conservatorium in Melbourne Australia.

Kurt’s theatrical credits in the UK include; Moulin Rouge (Toulouse Lautrec, World Tour), Pretty Woman (Alfredo, Savoy Theatre, West End), High Society (Uncle Willy, The Mill), But I’m a Cheerleader! (Mike, Turbine Theatre), Heathers (Ram’s Dad/Big Bud Dean/Coach Ripper; UK and Ireland tour), Closer to Heaven (Vic, Turbine Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Ensemble, u/s Marley, The Dominion Theatre, West End), Fanny and Stella (Lord Arthur Clinton, The Garden Theatre), The Nutcracker (Drosselmyer and Mother Ginger, New Theatre Royal), Wirework (Koos Malgas, Tristan Bates Theatre), Bernstein’s Mass (Tenor Soloist, Southbank Centre), Guys and Dolls (Harry the Horse, The Royal Exchange), Miss Saigon (Shultz, West End), Exposure (Bob, West End), The Lion King (West End), Elegies (Doug, West End), Ragtime (Coalhouse, Regents Park and The Landor), Sweet Bird of Youth (Jacky, Chichester and The Old Vic), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tom Snout, Regents Park), The Love Girl and The Innocent (Kolodoy, Southwark Playhouse), Hair (Berger, European tour), The 12 Tenors, Rock Around the Clock and Robinson Crusoe (Friday, Panto).

Kurt’s theatrical credits in Australia include; Happy End (The Governor, Victorian Opera), Ragtime (Coalhouse, Production Company – nominated Best Actor in a musical, 2020 Green Room Awards), Evita (Che, Opera Australia – nominated Best Actor in a musical, 2019 Green Room Awards), Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair (Leroy, Production Company), The Lion King (Australian tour), RENT (Australian tour), The Grand Hotel, Godspell and Show Boat (Australian tour).

In workshop Kurt’s credits include Power Play, Sherlock Holmes, Mulan and The Last of the Mohicans.

Kurt co-writes in the writing duo Kansley & Lidert (https://kansleyandlidert.com). Together they write original book, music and lyrics for new musical theatre projects in the UK, USA, Singapore and Australia. Some of Kansley & Lidert’s shows include; The Songs I’ll Never Sing, Confessions, Has#ed Out, Autumn Rhythm, Beam Me Up, Fable and Threads.

Sé Carr

Sé Carr (he/they) is an actor, singer, and drag artist from the North of Ireland. After moving to London, they found their place in musical theatre and cabaret.

Sé has performed in award-winning productions across the UK and Ireland, including Oliver Cromwell Is Really Very Sorry, which won Best Ensemble at Dublin Fringe. They originated the role of Mickey Steele in Acid’s Reign, where their performances were praised for delivering ‘soaring vocals’ (The Stage) and a ‘performance that shines with magnetic theatricality’ (Broadway World). They have just returned from a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe.

Alastair Brookshaw

Theatre includes: Here We Are (NT); George, Sunday in the Park with George (Quick Fantastic Productions); The Baker, Into The Woods (Northern Ireland Opera); Amos Hart, Chicago; Stuart Gellman, Caroline or Change (Playhouse Theatre); Frederik Egerman, A Little Night Music (Watermill Theatre); Sweeney Todd (ENO); Sipos, She Loves Me (Menier Chocolate Factory); Leo Frank, Parade (Southwark Playhouse); and West End productions of Cabaret, Blood Brothers, and Shoes.

Film includes: Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga.

Sarah Ingram