Lane trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Theatre credits include Kate Bush: Before The Dawn, Romeo & Juliet,  A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Feelgood Theatre), Ajax (Theatre of War), James & The Giant Peach (Polka Theatre), The Mischief Before Christmas (York Theatre Royal), Card Tricks (Bolton Octagon), Pinocchio (Breaking Cycles), Twelfth Night, The Tempest (Festival Players), Moominland Midwinter (Horse+Bamboo), Unbroken, Seahorse, Flight Patterns (Facing North Theatre). Television credits include Newzoids (Citrus/ITV), The World According To Grandpa - Series 2 (Grandpa Productions/Milkshake), Roald Dahl’s Most Marvellous Book (Channel 4), Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Jessy & Nessy and Becca’s Bunch (Jam Media).

Lane founded Facing North Theatre as a place for creative curiosity and championing a playful and varied theatrical experience for an audience. He is delighted that Facing North Theatre has this exciting opportunity to work with Castlefield Viaduct to create a magical piece of theatre on a site steeped in rich Manchester history, working with such a committed, generous and talented company of artists.

Nicola’s Film and TV credits include Doctors (BBC), The Trudy and Judy Show, Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, 1 IN 200 (Take Back Films). Theatre credits include Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin (Lawrence Batley Theatre), Ladies that Bus (Dukes Theatre Lancaster), Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Feelgood Theatre), A Tiger's Tale (M6 Theatre Company National Tour), The Norman Clayture Experience (Piling Productions), The Parliament of Fowls (First Flight Collective), That Day it Came (Hebden Bridge Arts Festival), Measure for Measure, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Demi Paradise Productions), Much Ado About Nothing (Vienna’s English Theatre), S.H.A.G.G, Waiting for Ga Ga (Real Life Theatre), JB Shorts Manchester (Contact Theatre Shred Productions).  Radio Credits include Mick Artistic Won’t Play Ball with Johnny Vegas (Woolly Back Productions).

Ebony trained at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Her theatre credits include ‘Noughts and Crosses’ (Pilot Theatre Company), Aladdin (Harrogate Theatre), Jungle Book (Oldham Coliseum), Josephine (The Egg/Theatre Royal Bath), Treasure Island (Bolton Octagon Theatre), The Winter's Tale (National Theatre), Babe (Mercury Theatre Colchester), Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland (Polka Theatre), Grandpa In My Pocket (Nottingham Playhouse and UK National Tour), Hansel and Gretel, Fungus the Bogeyman The Twits (Pilot Theatre Company). Television credits include The Ark (Syfy), Andy and the Band (CBBC), Moving On (Series 9, BBC1), Roald Dahl’s Most Marvellous Book (Channel 4), The Marchioness Disaster (Yorkshire Television), Vincent (Granada Television) Radio credits: Stranger Faces, Reality Checks, Many Happy Returns (All for BBC Radio 4). Commercial: Asda (TV), Suzuki (ITV).

Louise played Leonato in Her Productions’ Much Ado About Nothing in Summer 2022 at Hope Mill and is part of the first Shakespeare North Playhouse Ensemble. Working with Associate Artist Ben Crystal, she celebrated Shakespeare’s birthday in April 2023, with sharing of Lights On, Lights Off, extracts of all 36 plays in the First Folio. Louise met and first worked with Lane and Ebony in one of her favourite roles ever as Ladybird in James and The Giant Peach at Sale Waterside Arts. She appeared as DC Meadon in Emmerdale, and regularly performs as her alter ego Maureen Common!

Thomas is a performer, musician, and puppeteer based in Manchester. As a freelancer with 9 years of industry experience, he has worked with a variety of companies including Horse+Bamboo, Dizzy O’Dare, Whalley Range All Stars, and Handmade Theatre. Thomas has also collaborated upon, facilitated, and managed projects on behalf of HOME, Touchstones, Z-arts, and Tameside Council, among many others. Thomas’ style is rooted in play and reconnecting with our sense of childhood fun and adventure.