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Griffin James - Mike
Griffin James is an actor, musician, director, and co-founder of Unscathed Theatre. He trained at East 15 Acting School.
Stage credits include Infernal: A Brontë Story (Room One Theatre Company, 2024 & 2025); Games We Play (Pathway Theatre); Dick Whittington and Sleeping Beauty (LADA); Match Day and Boxed (Unscathed Theatre); On the Frontier, Richard II, Suicide in b Flat, and The Cherry Orchard (East 15); and A Christmas Carol, Vanity Fair, Grimm Nights & Ever After Days (Chickenshed).
Screen credits include True Believers (dir. Ian Kirkup). Commercial work includes British Seniors, McDonald’s, and Renault.
He is excited to be returning to Room One Theatre Company for a third time in Potato/Tomato.
“Griffin James is mesmerising as the tragic Branwell” ★★★★½, TheGuyWithTheQuill
Harry Harding - Josh
Harry is an award-winning director, playwright and actor from Hertfordshire. He founded Room One Theatre Company in 2015.
Recent stage credits include: The Retreat (Room One Theatre Company), Frankenstein (Midnight Circle Productions), Dorian Gray (Midnight Circle Productions), The Date (Market Theatre)
Film includes: The Strange Case of Henry Jekyll & Edward Hyde (Round Window Media), Sisters of House Black (Ellivision)
Television includes: Strike (BBC)
Music videos: Suki Joplin (Brendan Void)
He has won three directing awards for Red Handed, Hot Desk and A Flock of Tigers, all stage adaptations of John Finnemore’s BBC radio series Double Acts. He won a best actor award for playing Jekyll/Hyde in The Strange Case of Henry Jekyll & Edward Hyde.
He played Tony in The Retreat and wrote and directed our previous production Infernal: A Brontë Story
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Katie Hart - Lotti
Katie is a Scottish actor, singer, and VO artist who trained at RADA and East 15. Potato/Tomato is her third play with Room One, and she is delighted to be back.
Theatre includes: Selkies (Minkleton Theatre); The Nøkken (Ye Olde Rose and Crown); Infernal: A Brontë Story (Room One Theatre Co – 2025 & 2024); Knocking on Heaven’s Door; Why We Love Woody (Pathway Theatre; VAULTS); It’s Up to You; The Front Bench; and A Visit to the Park (Director’s Cut Theatre Company); Crunch and The Lower Depths (Arcola Theatre); Virago (N16, Etcetera Theatre).
Film includes: The Awakening (Studio Canal)
Adverts include: Barclays Lifeskills
'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½… Katie Hart is one of the highlights of the play... Her portrayal beautifully encapsulates the link between creator and creation and should put her at the top anyone’s list for future productions of ‘Jane Eyre’." – TheGuyWithTheQuill, Infernal: A Brontë Story
“Hart as Charlotte [Brontë] is outstanding" - The Reviews Hub, Infernal: A Brontë Story
Izabella Webb - Naomi
Izabella is an Actor and Singer who trained at Arts Ed. She is excited to portray
Naomi in Potato/Tomato.
Theatre credits include:
Spraywatch: A Beautiful Rescue The Musical (The Kings Arms)
Rizzo, Grease (The Hexagon Theatre, Reading) Love & Information (Andrew Lloyd
Webber Foundation Theatre) Varya, The Cherry Orchard(ArtsEd)
Short film credits include:
The Offer (Sound Drive Films), Pan Am Blues (10 Days London)
Music Video credits includes:
Fizzy Blood (Pan Am Blues), Gypsy Witch (Savage daughter of a savage woman)
Izabella has a love for immersive theatre and improvisation. She performs this around
Manchester and London (Alcotraz, Moonshine Saloon)
Luke Rees-Oliviere - Gary
Luke trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre Credits Include: Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream (Antic Disposition, Bath Abbey), Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights and Badger in The Wind and the Willows (This Is My Theatre), The Professor in The Lesson (The Mill Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and The Buxton Taylor Theatre Oxford Playhouse), Tabby McTat Live UK Tour (The Lowry Manchester, The Everyman Liverpool), Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Bowler Crab Theatre), Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Teatro Nuovo Verona, National Theatre Italy), Cymbeline (Guildford Shakespeare Company)
Film Credits Include: What Happens On Earth, Miss or Misses (Dojo Films)
Audio Credits include: Big Mummy (BBC Audio Drama), Burn Your Wishes (BBC Audio Drama)