Peter Cockerill (Actor). Peter started acting in 2006 joining The Castle Players in Barnard Castle, Co.Durham. A former pub Landlord the last 2 1/2 years have been spent acting full time, performing among other things as a supporting artist in ITV’s Vera, and at Edinburgh Fringe last year in the sell out ‘D Day Dodgers’. The highlight of his acting career so far was playing ‘Bottom’ in A Midsummer Night's Dream for The Royal Shakespeare Company at Newcastle Northern Stage and in Stratford upon Avon at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Sarah Fells (Actor) Sarah works full time as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant in a primary school. She has always enjoyed pretending to be other people and from an early age would write scripts and perform with her family or whoever would stand still long enough to be the audience! Sarah joined The Castle Players, Barnard Castle in 2000 and performed in ‘The Beaux Strategm’ she has been involved ever since, with some of her favourite performances being in As You Like It, The Owl and The Pussycat, Much Ado, Romeo and Juliet and Dracula. Sarah has also taken on many other roles for The Castle Players behind the scenes and has been Chair of the company since 2017. Sarah is delighted to join Woolly Sheep Theatre Company and is looking forward to performing at The Edinburgh Fringe.
Rob Wilson (Writer). Rob was born and educated in Gateshead before studying medicine at Newcastle University. He trained in surgery throughout the Northern region and became a consultant surgeon at James Cook University Hospital for many years eventually becoming medical director and deputy chief executive prior to his retirement a few years ago. Rob is professor of surgical science at the university of Durham where he still works voluntarily as he does for Newcastle University, the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, the Tanzanian Development corporation and others.
On retirement one of Rob’s ambitions was to write and last year’s The D Day Dodgers: An attempt to right a wrong was his first play and debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is a founder member of The Woolly Sheep Theatre Company along with Andrew, Peter, and Lez and their 2018 play Not Dead Yet! addressing the challenging subject of memory loss opened at the Fife Theatre, thespaceuk at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. This year's play - The Good Boyfriend - is an exploration of relationships in the context of a murder mystery. As is customary now, in Rob's writing, music plays a key part in the piece.
On retirement one of Rob’s ambitions was to write and last year’s The D Day Dodgers: An attempt to right a wrong was his first play and debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is a founder member of The Woolly Sheep Theatre Company along with Andrew, Peter, and Lez and their 2018 play Not Dead Yet! addressing the challenging subject of memory loss opened at the Fife Theatre, thespaceuk at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. This year's play - The Good Boyfriend - is an exploration of relationships in the context of a murder mystery. As is customary now, in Rob's writing, music plays a key part in the piece.
Andrew Harrison (Director). Andrew is a teacher and currently teaches at a rural primary school. Andrew has been involved in theatre as long as he can remember starting off working backstage, over the years he has undertaken many roles in theatre including acting, writing, props, lighting, directing and marketing. Andrew also writes theatre reviews for a local paper and @NETheatre. Andrew has worked with a number of companies including - Whitley Bay Operatic Society, Whitley Bay Pantomime Society, Whitley Bay Theatre Company, Whitley Bay Gang Show, Tynemouth Operatic Society and The Castle Players, Barnard Castle. Andrew is a founder member of Woolly Sheep Theatre Company and has directed The D Day Dodgers: An Attempt to Right a Wrong and Not Dead Yet for Woolly Sheep Theatre Company.
Lez Woodhouse (Techie). Lez is a Chartered Chemist who retired after 39 years in the pharmaceutical industry. On leaving school and after a short period of acting, Lez moved on to set construction, lighting and sound with The Green Room, a semi-professional theatre group in Manchester. Family commitments and working abroad prevented any involvement in theatrical productions until moving to Barnard Castle in 1998 and joining the Castle Players as a set builder and stage manager. Lez joined The Woolly Sheep Theatre Company earlier this year.
Sylvia Wilson (Production Manager). Sylvia was born and educated in Gateshead prior to training in nursing and becoming a midwife then A and E sister. She later achieved a BA in history and MA in advanced historical studies. She is now a vicar in Egglescliffe, Durham Diocese.
Sarah Fells (Actress)
