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Alex Lamb is Amazing Spectacle's Creative Director and Founder. A veteran of London
Theatresports, Alex has worked with The Old Spontaneity Shop, Spontaneous Combustion and
the Freestyle Rep in New York. He has recently moved to the Santa Cruz, California where he is starting up a US arm for Amazing Spectacles.
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Denis Howlett is
one of the founder members of Amazing Spectacles. In addition to theatre improv, Denis also does
some (relatively) serious acting, though he is generally type-cast as the amiable fool.
He has appeared in My Fair Lady at
the Mumford theatre, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in 12th Night at the ADC and several performed
play readings for Exposure at CB2, one of these included his first on-stage kiss which
was so engrossing he forgot to read his lines. Denis now teaches improv and runs the commercial arm of Amazing Spectacles (see here for details on courses).
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Netta Shamir has come to improv from a successful career as a dancer and
choreographer. Graduate of the Laban Centre, London, her dance works have
been performed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London's west end and all over
Cambridge. Yes, sir, she can boogie, but she needs a certain song. She can
boogie, boogie woogie all night long.
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Richard Rowbottom lives in a house, eats sensibly, does a job you probably wouldn't be
interested hearing about, and tries not to step on spiders etc. Favourite Era: Devonian (sounds
quite nice anyway). Favourite Mode of Transport: Aquaplaning. Favourite Monopoly Utility: Water
Works. Favourite Recent TV Comedy: "Black Books"; "We Are History". Favourite Word: Brioche.
Favourite Moods: Abstracted; Confused. Favourite Chair: I know where it is and you're not
going to sit on it!
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Gary Mooney has appeared in a number of productions with Cambridge Experimental
Theatre, more recently a
production of Uncle Vanya. He has also participated in a number
of the play readings in the CB2 Exposure series. As well as performing
with Amazing Spectacles, he is working at building his stand up comedy act
on the London circuit.
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Polly Bissett graduated from Dartington College of
Arts in 1994 where she studied Theatre. Since then she has worked as a
drama teacher. Polly has recently taken a break from teaching in order to
focus on her own performance skills. As well as being involved in Amazing
Spectacles she has also performed in "Blue Remembered Hills" at the ADC and
starred in Jane Eyre also at the ADC.
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Justin Coleman was raised by wildebeest after his parents were
abducted by space spiders. So it’s hardly surprising that he has difficulty separating fantasy from reality.
Escaping with the aid of English speaking termites, Justin made his way to Cambridge where he
rose to become a City Councillor and leader of the Cambridge Conservative party.
Bored with politics, Justin spurned a glittering career in furniture sales and is currently
a writer, corporate entertainment mogul and chair of governors at a local primary school.
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Anne Rowbottom
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Vorn Hancock
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Richard Latham did a degree in maths, and what is worse
he enjoyed it. For years he refused to admit he had a problem, this lead to a Ph.D.
and a job writing geometric software. Now, with the help of Amazing Spectacles, he
is starting to change. But the path to recovery is a difficult one, with the danger
of over-compensation. If you should attend one of his shows, it would be wise to
cheer loudly.
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