Wild Weekend

Niall Burns
Shane

Niall is a recent BA acting graduate of Arts Educational School. Fresh out of Dramaschool Niall went straight into a UK tour of ‘Macbeth’ with The Young Shakespeare Company. Alongside touring he recorded his first radio drama playing Farkis in ‘Don’t Worry it’s Only The End of the World’ second series. He also featured as Tom in rising star Leo Stannard’s music video ‘Home’. Niall is set to star in ‘Low Bridge on Tour’ in 2019 which he wrote while studying. Niall is incredibly excited to have the opportunity to tour Wild Weekend in such a beautiful country as Austria.

Aimée Epelle
Leann

Aimée was born in West London before she moved to Oxfordshire to study in Drama, French and Spanish at GCSE and A Level. During her time at high school and sixth form she took part in many musicals (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Ruddigore) and plays (A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Crucible) and even made her film debut playing a bully in Billy The Kid. After finishing sixth form, Aimée moved back to London to study at Arts Educational Schools from which she graduated in September. Her theatre roles whilst training include: Irina Arkadina in The Seagull, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet and Emma in People, Places and Things. This is Aimée’s first role since leaving drama school and she is delighted to be touring Austria as part of this cast, sharing such a lovely story.

Daniella Piper
Denise

Daniella was raised in Brighton in the UK and went on to train in musical theatre and musicianship at Performance Preparation Academy. Since graduating 5 years ago, Daniella has worked in theatre, pantomimes, commercials, TV and actor musician shows, including starring as Sofia in the Sky1 TV series Bounty Hunter, written by Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn. Daniella particularly enjoys workshopping new pieces of writing and re-imagined shows. She is a musician as well as a performer and recently played Mary in The Secret Garden, a freshly arranged actor musician version of the musical in the Cotswolds.

Daniella is thrilled to be joining the Wild Weekend cast and explore the beautiful country that is Austria.

Howie Michaels
Angus

Howie is 25 and comes from Bristol in South West England. Having spent 4 years at university studying languages, he then decided to re-train as an actor and has just graduated from the MA Musical Theatre course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Having only visited Austria once, he can’t wait to see more of this stunning country, learn the history and most importantly, try all the different cakes in the patisseries! Howie couldn’t be happier to be making his professional debut in The Wild Weekend and hopes you enjoy the show as much as he enjoys being in it!