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Louise Marwood stars in What’s in a Name?

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Louise makes a return to the stage in What’s in a Name at Glasgow Theatre Royal 1st-5th Oct and York Grand Opera House 8th-12th Oct. 
 
Louise is best known for her role as Christie in ITV’s Emmerdale. 

Adapted by British theatre director, writer and translator Jeremy Sams from award-winning French film and stage sensation Le Prénom, this international smash hit has played over 30 countries and this is its be its first ever UK tour.

“A cracking production” – QUENTIN LETTS, DAILY MAIL

“A breathtakingly funny 90 minutes” – SUNDAY TIMES

“The dialogue hurtles across the stage” – WHAT’S ON STAGE

“Utterly hilarious” – BROADWAY WORLD 

Written by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere

Adapted and Directed by Jeremy Sams

Presented by Adam Blanshay Productions for The Birmingham Repertory

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Seamus Allen

Seamus trained in his hometown, Dublin at the Conservatory of Music and Drama. After graduating he toured nationally with some of Ireland’s premier children’s theatre companies, as well as developing and performing clown performances for Barrabbas, and magic shows for Cahoots N.I. 

Since moving to the UK Seamus has appeared in The Tempest, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Robin Hood (Creation Theatre Company), Quest (Folklore Presents) The Disappearance (The Sticking Place),and Where’s My Desi Soulmate? (Rifco Arts). Tv work includes Bear Behaving Badly (Thames Valley).  Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night and core cast in the annual London 50 hour Improvathons and performs with “Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel”.  

Seamus was the director of the Young Company at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. He established Readings only Improvisation comedy club, “What’s the Game?! Improv”, hosting shows as well as coaching professional performers.  Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK.  Most recently he has been Head of Year at Drama Studio London and gained an MSc in Performance Psychology focusing on excellence in actor training.

Seamus is Head of Foundation and teaches on the Foundation Courses