Rachel is a learning disabled director who lives in a care home. Her work was selected for the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre award and her directorial debut took the Barbican by storm playing to sold-out audiences with glowing reviews including a 5* review in The Guardian – but Rachel doesn’t give a shit about any of that. Her work explores the intersection between comedy and violence, slapstick and deadpan, Kylie Minogue, and asking artists to ‘Do Some Better’. This is her perfect show.

Recent work: Perfect Show For Rachel (Barbican, Brighton Festival, Denmark & UK tour, Winner: OFFIE, Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award); Rumple (BYMT); Deaf Republic (Royal Court, Creative Access); The View (Seven Dials); Night Shift (London Borough of Culture) and Follow the Signs (Associate Director, Soho).

Flo is in the Pilot Cohort for OperaLabs Directors Course under Elaine Kidd & Phil Venables at Royal Opera House, and guest facilitated on the Improbable Summer School.

Wendy is an artist, art tutor, muralist, improviser, face painter, storyteller and writer who regularly performs as half of an improv duo called WOOSH!. She has also developed a humourous improvised storytelling show called StorySkirts which looks gently at gender expectations. Her most important job is being the mother of Rachel and Flo.

Fleur is a founding member of Zoo Co, performing for the last decade in their collaboratively devised shows around the UK and abroad to critical acclaim. She is also a freelance stage and screen actor (recently; Follow The Signs @ Soho Theatre, Sucker – Lumo TV short film) where she enjoys furthering her BSL skills. Fleur is a passionate advocate for accessibility and when not performing is Zoo’s Creative Access Director and Neurodiversity Awareness Training facilitator (RADA Business, Barbican, Old Vic).

Lee is a founder member of Improbable and a Comedy Store Player. He’s also been a croupier, cinema projectionist, breakfast show DJ, written plays, appeared in sit-coms and some films and been on some Radio 4 panel shows. He feels this lack of direction is the essence of his work. His real name is Len.

Chris is a composer, sound designer and workshop leader. He studied at Goldsmiths, the Guildhall School and Oxford. Chris is a founder member and Musical Director for The Showstoppers.

As composer: The Borrowers (Midlands Arts Centre); Three Witches (Belgrade Theatre)

As reorchestrator: Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Night Queen/Belgrade Theatre)

As Musical Director: Tess of the D’Urbervilles (New Wimbledon Studio)

As sound designer: Not a Game for Boys (King’s Head); Kissing Sid James (59e59); Terror Season (Southwark Playhouse.)

Simeon is known for his calming influence and his direct approach to teaching. His understanding of musicality and ability to break down his style of hip hop/lyrical hip-hop for all levels, and strives to ensure that every student takes something from each class and workshop. His latest work SADBOI was developed through BirdGangs unique HATCHWORK residency scheme. Other choreographic credits include Perfect show for Rachel (Zoo Co) at the Barbican, Aarhus theatre and Brighton Dome & Breaking Convention (BirdGang) at Sadlers Wells.

Folarin is a British-Nigerian, actor, singer, and writer with a passion for speaking about himself in the first person. His credits include The Lord of The Rings: A Musical Tale (The Watermill Theatre); Road Show (Gatehouse theatre); Cinderella: A Rock & Roll Panto (Liverpool Everyman Theatre) and Perfect Show For Rachel (Barbican Centre).

Sara Dawood is a British-Iraqi actor and theatre maker from West London. Sara is a founding member of the Bush Theatre Young Company, a current member of the Bush Theatre Writer’s Group and an alum of Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab. Her credits include Perfect Show for Rachel (Barbican), As We Face the Sun (Bush Theatre) and Flying Children Day (Small Truth Theatre).

Previous praise for Sara’s work:

• “Uses comedy as weapon” – Lyn Gardner
• Sara Dawood is the epitome of lost innocence” – The Guardian

Becky Barry is a theatre maker and BSL/English interpreter (Becky Allen RSLI). She is honoured to be a part of the Perfect Show for Rachel team. Becky’s work is multi-disciplinary and includes regular collaborations with Derby Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, Sheffield Theatres and The RSC. Becky is a passionate advocate for access provision, representation and liberation – onstage and off.

Stephen Collins is returning to Perfect Show For Rachel for its third mischievous tour.

His most recent work includes: Reunion (BBC); Dune Part 1 (WB) & Cleaned Out (Lumo TV). He provided BSL/Access consultancy on Olivier nominated show Animal Farm with Leeds Playhouse, where he will be performing in A Christmas Carol this winter.

Austin Yang is a Taiwanese actor and technician. After completing his MA in Collaborative Theatre Making at Rose Bruford College, he has enjoyed working onstage and off in a variety of roles, including captioning, composing, and lighting/sound design. He is incredibly fond of ensemble singing and making a good stew.

Past Projects Include: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead (Complicité); Transit (Half Pace Theatre); Perfect Show For Rachel (ZooCo); Riders To The Sea (OperaUpClose)

Theatre for Zoo Co: Nightshift, Rise of the Refrain & Messy.

Other theatre includes: Sweet Dreams (Factory International), Stan (Art with Heart), The Night Before Christmas (Leeds Playhouse), The Winter’s Tale (Mawa Theatre), The Jungle Book (Derby Theatre).

Television: Aisha in Sex Education Series 4 (Netflix), The Break S5 (BBC 3).

Short Film: The Letter.

Radio: Three Sisters Rewired (BBC Radio 4).