Meet The Team
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Ed Cottrell
DIRECTOR
Ed Cottrell is a director, performer and lecturer. Ed’s most significant post was as stage director
of the Royal Albert Hall - thus being responsible for 300 shows a year for 8 years.
Winnie Arhin
LEAD
London based actress and this year she was the lead in a short film that was released on Sky One where she played a young woman with severe anxiety issues. She also played Jo in the stage production of 'Low Level Panic' by Claire McIntyre and has been performing with this improvisation group for 2 years. Last year Winnie performed with this group at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, at the 2017 Camden Fringe festival and many theatres across London. She has also played a muslim refugee from Nigeria in the play 'White Noise' at The Lyric Hammersmith and appeared in last years EE Christmas advert 'Go All Out'.
Winnie has trained at Rose Bruford College, Talawa Theatre Company and Identity Drama School.
Nina Schlautmann
British - German Actress based in London. Nina is a huge day-dreamer and found out her passion when she first performed at the age of 7. After training in East 15, she has participate in various projects such as a Feature film called The Beginning, Camden Fringe in 2016 and Edinburgh Fringe in 2017.
Polly Chiu
Polly is a Taiwanese actress based in London. Polly is a trained musician and song-writer majored in piano, violin and viola. She has also been a professional volleyball player and referee in London League for 3 years. After finishing two degrees in MA Events and Conference Management and BA International Business Management, Polly started acting two years ago and has cherished the opportunity to learn the best. Apart from acting, Polly is also an experienced model for 4 years, a passionate photographer, a font designer and the producer of the show. Polly’s most recent on screen appearance was in a commercial of Budweiser 2018 World Cup - Cheer for Beer.
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Zoey Chen
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Zoey is a self taught, professional illustrator and is in charge of the graphic designs of Freedom to Be Me - London 2018. Cooperated with E-newton Magazine as biology illustrator for three years, and has been taking art commissions and doing freelancing for longer, she is currently working on her own art collections and illustration books.