Red Tour – Cast B
Elliot Cox
Elliot is a Southampton born actor, who found his passion for acting in his early teen years. He grew up a big fan of sports, his favorite being football, and was a huge fan of the WWE. His appreciation for the showmanship in the craft of wrestling kickstarted his passion for performing and providing entertainment to audiences of all sizes. He has explored many different exciting avenues in his career so far, imitating Justin Bieber on national Television, as well as delving into the world of social media where he has found great success. Alongside acting, Elliot thoroughly enjoys the process of writing and recording parody covers using ‘ Brain rot ’, a modern day term used to describe obscure meme’s and slang, some of which reaching millions of views across all social media outlets. At the heart of everything Elliot does, is a desire to make everyone around him smile, or at the very least, give them something joyful to think about in the days ahead.
Julia Holland
Julia is from a little village in the heart of England, surrounded by woods and fields full of cows. She has always loved performing on stage, with a special love for Shakespeare, and has recently graduated from drama school in Birmingham. She also loves to read, roller skate, play tennis and has recently started playing the piano! When Julia’s not acting, she works as a barista in a local coffee shop – creating latte art and eating lots of fresh pastries! Julia is very excited to be touring around Austria doing what she loves and can’t wait to explore a new country.
Sam Nafisi
Sam is a British-Iranian actor from the United Kingdom. Sam was born and raised in London, which he considers one of the best cities in the world! He has been interested in the creative arts for as long as he can remember; he believes it was the Saturday morning music classes his parents drove him to that started it. Sam is also a keen musician; he has played bass guitar for 18 years, sings, plays the drums, and taught himself acoustic guitar during COVID. Sam spent three years studying Philosophy at university; during his studies he spent more time performing in plays and playing in bands then actually studying. After working in theatre management for two years after university, Sam studied acting at the Oxford School of Drama and graduated in 2024. When he has any spare time, which in very rare, Sam loves to cook, run and read.
Sophie Marsden
Sophie was born in West London and grew up in Surrey. She enjoys trying many different things including kick-boxing, flute-playing, writing and singing. She also has an interest in the environment and the physical world, as she used to work in physical sciences before becoming an actor. Sophie graduated from drama school in December 2021 and has since worked as a producer, writer and actor in many of her own plays and friends’ short films. Sophie is also a keen fantasy reader and can often be found in a bookshop, reading in a cafe or at book club when time permits - she particularly loves Lord of the Rings! She is excited to be making her debut in Austria.
