Hothouse

Chloe is an actor, writer and producer, originally from Huddersfield. She has worked in film, TV & theatre for over 10 years. She trained at International School of Screen Acting and WoLab’s Actor-Writer course. Chloe is also a supported writer at Sheffield Theatres, as part of the Bank Cohort 2022, a scheme to support the next generation of northern talent. Chloe is passionate about bold, northern, feminist narratives & creates work that encourages people to challenge societal norms, gives a voice to the voiceless & utilises humour to explore serious issues. In 2022 Chloe set up a theatre company dedicated to amplifying the unheard voices of women. Her first full length play, As SHE Likes It, inspired by the story of #MeToo pioneer Patricia Douglas, reached the top 9% of plays at the Women's Prize for Playwriting, and recently completed a successful ACE funded tour to 28 midscale venues in the UK. The show received 5-star reviews & amazing audience feedback (‘Very funny and deeply disturbing’ Kathy Burke).

Natassa is a freelance dance artist and yoga teacher born in Greece and currently based in the UK. She got her BA from Northern School of Contemporary Dance and soon after graduating, she performed for Akeim Toussaint’s ‘Beatmotion Mass’ and travelled to India for her Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Course. She later had the privilege of joining The Grief Series for their project 'All That Lives' as a part of Leeds2023, as well as performing in the tour of ‘Off Center’, an outdoor piece of work by Ramped Dance Company. In 2023/2024, she joined RendezVous Dance Company as a company dancer, which she had also been an apprentice for during her third year at NSCD, for their tour of dance theatre piece ‘The Monocle'. She is currently a performer for ‘Diecast', 'Firehouse' and 'Albert Schloss'. She is very excited to be joining the HOTHOUSE company and cannot wait to share the space with all these wonderful artists. 

Gabriel (he/him) is a Queer British-Sardinian actor, director, writer and producer. He is a graduate of the Royal Exchange Theatre Young Company, trained with David Johnson and graduated from the University of Manchester with a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in English Literature and Drama.Gabriel is known for playing Ollie Morgan on Channel 4's Hollyoaks, and is a co-founder of Switch_MCR. Gabriel recently co-wrote and directed the OFFIE Award Winning The Other Side, which made it's debut at 53two in October 2022.His work with Switch_MCR includes: We Won't Fall (2020) Co-Writer/Director, The House (2019) actor, Table for Christmas (2018) writer and performer, Double Bill (2022) producer, The Other Side (2022) Director/Co-Writer and Smörgåsbord (2022) assistant producer. 

Gabriel recently starred in the Octagon Theatre's celebrated revival of Bill Naughton's Spring and Port Wine (2023). 

Dan is a Salford based Actor Musician and Composer. Most recently he was one of the cast of 6 Actor Musicians in Les Enfants Terribles' production of ’The House with Chicken Legs’, nominated for The Olivier Awards 2024 'Best Family Show’. Other theatre work includes shows at The Royal Exchange, York Theatre Royal, Bolton Octagon, Birmingham Rep, Nottingham Playhouse, Derby Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, The Watermill Theatre, West End and National and International Tours. He has also had long term collaborations with Red Earth Theatre, Feelgood Theatre Productions, and Demi Paradise Productions. Film & Television includes Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo', Coronation Street, ITV Drama ‘My Fragile Heart’, and BBC TV’s ’The Cops’. 

As a composer Dan has created original music for over 20 productions in addition to scoring and arranging music for short film and recorded media. He was chosen as one of the composers for The European Theatre Convention’s ‘Young Europe’ programme, creating an original production in an exchange residential with Det Norske Teatret, Oslo. He has also been a long term associated artist with Non Nonsense Theatre Company, Big Window Theatre Company, and The V&A London including creating the original music for the much loved ‘Wendy & the Wallpaper Cat’. 

Pui-ka is a freelance actor, dubbing artist, puppeteer, mother of two daughters, from Hong Kong. Currently Manchester based, she graduated from the Chinese University of HK (Degree in Statistics) and the Drama School of HK Academy of Performing Arts (Major in Acting). Pui-Ka keeps exploring the possibility of body and voice and hopes to find out some connection with soul, ontology and the world. 

Samuel Tracy is an Actor, Theatre-maker and Movement Practitioner born and raised in South-West London. His training includes RADA, The BRIT school for Performing Arts and Technology, Frantic Assembly Ignition Company and The National Youth Theatre. Samuel's work ranges from classical theatre (Romeo & Juliet at The Southwark Playhouse) to cutting edge contemporary new writing (Paines Plough Roundabout Season). Samuel is also a playwright and is currently producing his own one man show titled "Chasing Dragons" which received research and development space from Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.