Narrator - Brian McMahon
Brian trained at East 15 Acting School and is the founder and Artistic Director of Reverend Productions, a repertory theatre company based in Oxford, where he is also reading for a DPhil in Medieval Literature at Balliol College. Recent work as a director has included 'Violetta's Last Tango' (Southbank Centre; Arts Depot), 'Tristram Shandy' (Radio) and 'Dracula' (Oxford Fringe). Recent roles have included Hirsch in Badac Theatre co.'s touring production of 'Ashes to Ashes', Mr Knightley in ONEOHONE Theatre co.'s Emma and Davis Walker in Reverend Productions' 'In the Kingdom of the Blind'. Earlier this month Brian appeared at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in Reverend Productions' 'Shakespeare's Sister'. Further information about Brian and Reverend can be found by visiting www.reverendproductions.com.
The Châtelaine - Jessyca Hutchens
Jessyca Hutchens is a DPhil in Art Theory at the Ruskin School of Art, The University of Oxford. She writes on contemporary artist-in-residency programmes. She hails from Perth, Western Australia, where she studied Law, English and Art History at the University of Western Australia. During her undergraduate degree she was heavily involved in the university dramatic society and graduate dramatic society. She continues her love of theatre at Oxford, most recently acting in a Balliol MCR production of The 'Importance of Being Earnest'.
The Knight - Theo Chevallier
Theo Chevallier is a 4th year student at Wadham, who attempts to combine his rather overwhelming medical degree with a vaguely interesting life. As such, he periodically does plays. Highlights include the roles of both a suprisingly moral Irish Hangman and a pusillanimous sadistic Scottish captain in 'Our Country's Good' (Keble O'Reilly MT2014): Pantalaimon, Lyra's Daemon, in 'His Dark Materials Part 1' (Keble O'Reilly MT2014); and both the god Mercury and a excessively drunken old mystic (Tiresius) in 'Sparagmos' (Exeter Chapel, HT 2015, and Olympia, Greece, TT2015). When not acting, Theo spends his time burning the midnight oil and cursing the fact that they built the John Radcliffe hospital on top of such a massive hill.
The Duke - Christopher Evans
Christopher recently graduated from Jesus College, Oxford with a degree in Philosophy and Theology. Before arriving at Oxford, he was a member of the Watermill Theatre Young Company, performing in 'Bullets and Beetroot Lips' and 'The Clodly Light Opera and Drama Society' . He performed in many student productions at the University, including 'Saved' (Burton Taylor Studio, Autumn 2013), 'Blue Stockings' (Simpkins Lee Theatre, Summer 2014) and 'His Dark Materials: Part One' (O'Reilly Theatre, Autumn 2014). Last summer, he performed in 'NSFW' at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, and he is delighted to be reprising his role as The Duke in this second production of 'Chastity on the Verge'. Aside from acting, he is also a keen writer. His play 'Role Call' was performed at the Burton Taylor Studio in 2014, and his one-act play 'Somebody Out There Loves Me' was performed at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe. Outside of drama, his hobbies include choral singing, reading, and watching Welsh rugby.
Servant-girl - Vera Schäfer
Vera is a 3rd year DPhil student in Atomic and Laser Physics at Balliol College, Oxford. She has gathered some acting experience in the local drama club of her home town during high school.