James Boyle, a dedicated deaf artist, and advocate, is currently refining his acting skills at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Paving the way, he proudly holds the distinction of being the first deaf man accepted into this esteemed institution, contributing to the rich diversity of the theatrical world.

James will be making his on stage debut as part of Deafinitely Theatre’s production of The Promise.

Erin Hutching trained at Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York, Melbourne Actors Lab in Australia and University of Canterbury in New Zealand.    Theatre credits include: Barrier(s) (National Theatre); Treasure Island (Derby Theatre); Telethon (Talk Show / Shoreditch Town Hall) The Process (Bunker Theatre); 4.48 Psychosis (Deafinitely Theatre / New Diorama); peeling (UK tour), People of the Eye (UK tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (German tour), Macbeth (1623 Theatre Company), Boy in a Dress (Battersea Arts Centre/ UK tour).

Film & Television credits include: Eastenders (BBC); Deaf Funny (BSLBT), The Ballad of Des and Mo (Hello Camera).   Erin is a lead artist with The DH Ensemble theatre company, whose work has been developed with National Theatre Studio, Northern Stage, Battersea Arts Centre, The Yard and Liberty Festival.

She is also an associate artist with 1623 Theatre Company.

Louis Neethling trained at The National School of the Arts (NSA) in South Africa and RADA.

Theatre credits include: See No Evil (NSA); An African Tale (NSA)

Film and Television credits include: L’oeil et la Main (Point du Jour/France TV5); DTV (The New Production/SABC); Shakies (SABC ); Sign Here (SABC)

Louis is an award-winning director who started his TV career in 1993, as a children’s presenter on the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) and was nominated for an Artes Award.

Louis has worked at the BBC as a director/assistant producer on various factual programmes.

In 2007 Louis started his own production company, MJP (Mutt & Jeff Pictures), which produces films and television in BSL. Louis’ company has made 40 award-winning dramas, 5 award-winning documentaries and 2 series of the first ever sign language sitcom in the world, Small World.

Anna Seymour is a profoundly Deaf Australian born dance artist and performer based in London. Anna is a professional dancer, trained in contemporary dance, and is a dancer with Candoco Dance Company, an international dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Anna has been dancing and touring internationally with Candoco since September 2020.

Prior to moving to London, Anna lived in Melbourne for 14 years where she built her career as a freelance artist, teacher, producer. As a dancer, Anna has worked with different choreographers in Australia, the UK and Europe as well as creating her own work. She is also touring her work, SPIN, an interactive dance rave event with three Deaf hosts (Anna Seymour, Chris Fonseca and Raffie Julien) and a DJ. As an actor, Anna has worked for theatre (Deafferent Theatre, Melbourne and Deafinitely Theatre’s Vagina Monologues, London) and TV (Get Krack!n, ABC TV, Melbourne).

Anna is absolutely thrilled about being part of The Promise, and is looking forward to the new challenges and learning that it will bring.