The Penis Monologues


Will

Will

Will is probably best known for his role as Fagin on the 2001 West End production of Oliver!, Lionel Bart's musical reimagining of Dickens' classic novel.

Unfortunately, in 2001 Will was 11 years old, the West End was the west end of a rural town in Yorkshire, and Lionel Bart's reimagining was reimagined once more (to fit to time constraints) by Mrs. Ward, the music teacher. Nevertheless, Will has remained a drama queen since then, and nine years later is not afraid to put his penis on the line.

Daniel Haswell

Daniel Haswell

From a young age Daniel has been passionate about various theatre and music. Throughout college, he was involved in several shows ranging from musicals like Blood Brothers and Chicago to a twist on Shakespearian classics Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth.

Daniel is very proud to have performed The Heights at the Rose Theatre in Kingston for the National Theatre. Most recently he has also worked closely with the Donmar warehouse and Michael Grandage, on a shortened production of Twelfth Night in conjunction with his studies.

Alex Israel

Alex Israel

In his career so far, Alex has worked with several different theatre companies and youth groups and is looking forward to acting with a fresh new cast of quality performers. This is his 32nd acting performance, others include playing Semyon in The Suicide, Sideway in Our Country's Good and The Priest, Inspector and Bailiff in The Trial. Alex has also participated in a variety of musicals and worked in film.

In recent years he has tried to show his flexibility by appearing in several Shakespearian plays including The Tempest (Caliban and Antonio), Much Ado About Nothing(Leonato) and I'll Met By Moonlight (Bottom). Very much a character actor, Alex is looking forward to portraying different men in different situations. Having most recently appeared in Twelfth Night as Malvolio, Alex welcomes the change from a traditional to a very modern piece of theatre.

James Hartman

James Hartman

James is a second year student at the University of Kent, studying Drama and Film. His love for theatre started from a very young age in his home country of Greece where he participated in many school plays.

James believes his decision to study in the United Kingdom was a very important one in his development as an actor. The transition from a Greek environment has not been difficult for James since he is bilingual and speaks both fluent Greek and English.

Since moving here, some of the parts he has played include Collins in the famous musical Rent, Dan in Closer and Chris in Dead on Arrival. When asked what he wanted the audience to leave with having watched this production he said he hoped they would have a very true, funny and touching experience.

Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Mark is looking forward to the challenge of what looks to be, for him at least, a fresh, new performance format and with some great people working together to make it happen.

Mark has worked with Canterbury Players, Kent Shakespeare Company, Up The Creek Pantomime Society over the last few years, as well as taking part in a number of films in Canterbury and elsewhere. Mark has appeared in films such as The Other Boleyn Girl, Wild Child and has been approached to appear in Burke and Hare starring Simon Pegg. However, Mark has never had to handle anything like a 'Penis' before, on, or off stage, and so this could prove to be an interesting project.

Ben Steele

Ben Steele

Ben is currently studying A levels at Canterbury College. Having just done his drama performance called More Grimm's Tales, Ben commented that he felt it really helped his movement on stage.

Ben has performed in several well known musicals such as Fame where he played Goody, We Will Rock You as a bohemia/gaga kid and recently played the lead, Rocco, in a new musical called Runaways. Ben has also dabbled in film behind the camera with Too Much Cheese and in TV where he recently landed a role in the educational seriesThe History Boy. Generally more obsessed with vocal acting, Ben would like to become an impressionist or even become a comedian, some time the future.