about Sensory Cinders

Ellana Gilbert

Cinderella

Ellana is an actor from Scotland who trained at Mountview.

Her recent credits since graduating include Roger McGough’s The Sound Collector (Glastonbury Festival), Sabbath: A Tragedy of Witches (OSO Arts Centre), Teacher’s Pet (Edinburgh Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard), and The Q (Kings Head Theatre). This marks Ellana’s West End Debut!

Emilia Harrild

Fairy Godmother

Emilia Harrild is a double Offie-nominated, actor musician, singer and poet from South East London.

Her credits include The Threepenny Opera at The Minack Theatre, Romeo and Juliet with ELSF, The Importance of Being Earnest at The Roman Theatre, Macbeth with The Three Inch Fools, Vinegar Tom at The Maltings and The Winters Tale at The Minack Theatre.

Emilia was classically trained at The Bridge Theatre Training Company, graduating in 2020, after building on her academic background in English Literature from the University of Birmingham. Beyond her work as an actor, Emilia is a skilled musician excelling as a cellist, singer, and spoken word artist. She is delighted to portray a fresh take on magic in the role of “Fairy Godmother”, but most of all; to be a part of an inclusive show set to make theatre history.

Kaine Hatukai

Prince

Kaine is a Mountview Theatre of Arts Actor-Musician Graduate who grew up in Camden, North London. After receiving his Triple Distinction* Extended Diploma in Interactive Media at The Brit School, Kaine joined Mountview to complete his training.

His credits include The Secret Love Life Of Ophelia starring Dame Helen Mirren at The Greenwich Theatre, the critically acclaimed Barnum at The Watermill Theatre, the multiple award-winning Liverpool Everyman production of Robin Hood.

Kaine is making his West End debut in Sensory Cinders.

Jess Lobo

Step Figure

Jess is a recently-graduated actor musician who trained at the Guildford School of Acting’s ‘Actor Musicianship’ course.

Since graduating, she has performed in Rapunzel at The Watermill Theatre playing the role of ‘Prezze’ and she has most recently toured the UK with the children’s theatre show The Museum of Marvellous Things playing the role of Norbert Norris.

As an actor musician, she plays several different instruments including the piano, flute, drums and accordion. Jess can’t wait to bring Sensory Cinders to life and have fun with you all along the way.

Mark Pearce

Mama Disco

Mark can currently be seen as Time Thief Terry in the new series of Odd Squad on CBBC.

West End credits include: Sheriff in Groundhog Day (Old Vic), Thénardier in Les Miserables (Sondheim Theatre), Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers (Arts Theatre) and Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses The Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket). Mark has previously played lead comic in 14 seasons of panto including:  Cinderella (The Lowry), Sleeping Beauty (Theatre By The Lake, Keswick), Aladdin (Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering) and Snow White (Hayes Beck / Qdos).

Other stage credits include: Hospital Ghost in the original cast of Ghost The Musical, The Wedding Singer (Leicester Curve, UK tour and Korea), This Is Elvis (Bill Kenwright),  Fletcher in Porridge (The Lowry), A Night In Provence (The Mill at Sonning), Life of Pi (original production), Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oxford Shakespeare Company), The BFG (Dukes, Lancaster), Snow Child (York Theatre Royal), ‘Allo ‘Allo (UK tour), and Run For Your Wife (Vienna’s English Theatre). Mark is the face of ‘Taylor’s of Harrogate’ coffee adverts.

Other TV includes: Hornblower (ITV), Crimewatch (BBC), Win, Lose or Draw (ITV), Strutter (MTV) & The 2020 final of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ (ITV).He is delighted to be joining the Concrete Youth company and cast of Sensory Cinders.