James Kingdon - Raskolnikov James graduated with Distinction from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and since then credits include a national tour in the title role of Peer Gynt; international tours as Sebastian/Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, Octavius Caesar in Antony & Cleopatra; Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing; and Malcolm in Macbeth. Most recently, James has appeared in Pride & Prejudice, A Doll’s House, Look Back in Anger, Best of the Bard, Close Encounters of the Classic Kind and Affairs to Remember for Myriad Productions. In addition to specialising in the dark and brooding, James is also a qualified music teacher and musicologist with a mind boggling knowledge, and - perhaps more importantly - love of, classical and romantic music.

Joanna O'Connor - Dounia/Sonia/Nastasya Since graduating from the Guildford School of Acting Joanna's acting credits include Juliet in Romeo & Juliet; Lady Macbeth in Macbeth; Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as touring nationally for Myriad in Pride & Prejudice, A Doll’s House, Look Back in Anger, Best of the Bard, Close Encounters of the Classic Kind and Affairs to Remember. TV work includes The Big Breakfast, Daniel Deronda and Stephen Poliakoff’s The Lost Prince. Joanna is Myriad's in-house adaptor (please see our Adaptation page) and has also written short stories, plays, poetry and a screenplay or two. Joanna has a degree in Classics from The University of Warwick and has been producing plays since she was 7 years old, albeit no longer in the back garden.

Christopher Gutmann - Razumikhin/Porfiry/Svidrigaïlov Christopher Gutmann trained at E15 Acting School. After graduating he was given a role in what turned out to be a long running engagement in ITV’s soap Night And Day. Theatre credits include: Vendetta, National Tour, for Library Theatre; Wait Until Dark at the International Theatre in Vienna; Tales of Mumbai at the Blue Elephant Theatre, The Last Nightingale at the Gatehouse Theatre for Ovation. Most recently Christopher played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Greenwich Playhouse. Chris is in the process of setting up a production company that focuses on new translations of German plays.