DAVID SCHWIMMER Internationally known for his Emmy nominated role as 'Ross Geller' in the US TV series Friends, David Schwimmer studied theatre at Northwestern University, before founding the acclaimed Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago - an ensemble for whom he continues to act, direct and produce. His stage-acting credits with Lookingglass include The Idiot, Arabian Nights, West, The Odyssey, Of One Blood, In the Eye of the Beholder and The Master and Margarita. His stage-directing credits include The Jungle , which earned six Joseph Awards; his adaption of Studs Terkel's book Race: How Blacks And Whites Think And Feel About The American Obsession and Alice in Wonderland, which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. He has also starred in the stage premieres of Roger Kumble's D Girl and Turnaround in Los Angeles, and in Warren Leight's Glimmer Brothers in Williamstown. As well as his role in ten years of Friends, Schwimmer has also starred in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's mini-series Band of Brothers, in Hotel, a dark comedy from Mike Figgis and Uprising, the NBC miniseries about the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto. Other television credits include roles on such series as Monty with Henry Winkler, NYPD Blue, The Wonder Years and L.A.Law. His feature film credits include the independent feature Duane Hopwood, which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, It's the Rage, with Gary Sinise, Giovanni Ribisi and Joan Allen, Picking Up the Pieces, Six Days, Seven Nights, Apt Pupil, Kissing a Fool, The Pallbearer, Crossing the Bridge and the critically acclaimed HBO film Breast Men. He also directed the feature film Since You've Been Gone for Miramax, and has directed episodes of Friends and spin- off series Joey. SAFFRON BURROWS One of the UK's most exciting exports to Hollywood, Saffron Burrows ('Bobbi') trained at Anna Scher in London and first appeared in Welcome to the Terra Dome and In the Name of the Father before winning one of the leads in the highly popular Circle of Friends. After furthering her film career with the 1997 movies Hotel de Love, Nevada and Lovelife, Saffron began working with acclaimed film maker Mike Figgis, for whom she has shot The Loss of Sexual Innocence, the title role in Miss Julie, and Timecode. She has also played leading roles in the US blockbusters Wing Commander, Deep Blue Sea and Troy, as well as in Gangster No 1, Enigma, Frida, and The Galindez File. She has just completed Perfect Creature opposite Dougray Scott and Klimt opposite John Malkovich. Her TV work includes: Meurtre en Ardeche, Full Stretch, Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One , The Seventh Stream and for the BBC: Dennis Potter's Karaoke and Cold Lazarus, I Bring You Frankincense, and Art That Shook the World. In London, Saffron was most recently seen on stage as 'Janey Morris' in Peter Whelan's play about William Morris, Earthly Paradise, for the Almeida theatre. She first appeared in the Bush Theatre's, Two Lips Indifferent Red, before winning rave reviews for her performance in Jeanette Winterson's The Powerbook at the National Theatre, directed by Deborah Warner. Some Girl(s) marks her West End debut. LESLEY MANVILLE Lesley Manville ('Lindsay') is one of the UK's most respected and successful actresses, who has also achieved international acclaim for her work as part of Mike Leigh's prestigious film ensemble, most notably in All or Nothing, for which she received the Best actress award from London Critics Circle and also the recent award winning Vera Drake. Her other films for Mike Leigh include Grown Ups, High Hopes, Secrets and Lies, Topsy Turvy (Best Supporting Actress nomination, London Critics' Circle). Other films include High Season, Milk and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael. On stage, Lesley has most recently taken the lead role of 'Mrs Coulter' in the National Theatre's His Dark Materials. For the RSC she has played leads in The Wives Excuse, Les Liasons Dangereuses, The Philistines and Savage Amusement. A favourite at the Royal Court Theatre, Lesley created roles in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls (also in New York, which won her an Obie Award), Serious Money, How Now Green Cow, American Bagpipes, The Popes Wedding, Falkland Sound, Rita Sue and Bob Too, and Borderline. She also won the Clarence Derwent Award for Adrian Noble's production of Three Sisters at the Royal Court. Elsewhere she has played in Miss Julie (Greenwich) and The Cherry Orchard (Aldwych). Lesley has had an extensive career in television and has played in North and South, Bodily Harm (RTS Best Actress Nomination), Promoted to Glory, The Cazalets, Other People's Children (RTS Best Actress Nomination), Real Women, Holding On, The Bite, Goggle Eyes, The Mushroom Picker, Top Girls, Tears Before Bedtime, David Copperfield (for US Television), Plain Jane, Painted Lady, Little Napoleons, A Statement of Affairs and Alan Clarke's controversial film The Firm. SARA POWELL Sara Powell ('Tyler') is one of the UK's most exciting theatre talents. Sara was born in Kingston, Jamaica and trained as an actress at the Central London School of Speech and Drama in London. Sara has played numerous leading roles on the British stage. Her recent theatre credits include 'Lady Macduff' in Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre, directed by John Caird, World Music at the Donmar Warehouse, the Hare Trilogy (Racing Demon, The Absence of War and Murmering Judges) at the Birmingham Rep Theatre and 'Cariola' in The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Gail Edwards, for the RSC. Roles at the National Theatre include "Stuff Happens" by David Hare, directed by Nicholas Hytner, 'Andromache' in Trevor Nunn's production of Troilus and Cressida and 'Stacey Mardell' in Tim Supple's production of the Villain's Opera. Her television work includes 'Sally Reid' in the popular television drama London's Burning for two series and most recently roles in Judge John Deed and Silent Witness. CATHERINE TATE Catherine Tate ('Sam') is fast becoming one of the most sought after actresses working, excelling in both drama and comedy. With a successful background in dramatic acting - including key roles of 'Smeraldina' in the RSC play, A Servant to Two Masters (West End and Worldwide) and 'Peg' in The Way of the World at the National Theatre, Catherine has simultaneously been building a strong comedic body of work - to high acclaim. Catherine's own series, The Catherine Tate Show was broadcast on BBC in 2004- and won the 'Best Comedy' award at the 2004 Banff Film and Television Awards; with further nominations in the 'Best Show' and 'Best Actress' categories at the Monte Carlo Film and TV Awards. Catherine recently won 'Best Television Newcomer' at the 2004/05 British Comedy Awards. A second series is currently in production for broadcast in June this year. Catherine has co-starred in the sitcom, Wild West (2 series for BBC1) as the series regular, 'Angela' (alongside Dawn French). Other television appearances have included shows such as The Harry Hill Show and The Peter Kay Show - her acute comic timing ensuring that she shines within diverse characterisations and formats. This talent led to a joint lead role in the Perrier Award nominated live show Lee Mack's Bits (Edinburgh Festival and West End) before seeing Catherine cast as one of the leads in the second series of the BBC Award winning sketch series Big Train - and the BBC Choice cult sketch series TV Go Home. Catherine has recently completed a lead role in the BBC's Twisted Tales series and a major role in the crime/drama series Miss Marple for ITV. In addition to this television success, Catherine has enjoyed sell out success (in London and the Edinburgh Festival) with her self titled debut solo show. WRITER: NEIL LABUTE Writer, director, and playwright Neil LaBute’s plays include The Mercy Seat, written and directed by LaBute in Autumn 2002 in New York starring Sigourney Weaver and Liev Schrieber, The Distance From Here, written by LaBute, which ran at the Almeida Theatre in London in Spring 2003 and spring 2004 in New York, The Shape of Things which LaBute wrote and directed for London and New York in 2001, and which recently completed a revival staging in London at a the New Ambassadors Theatre; and bash: latter-day plays, which LaBute wrote and directed for New York and London in 1999. This March, his latest play, This Is How It Goes, will premiere at New York’s Public Theatre and will be directed by George Wolfe. In May, the play will debut in the West End at the Donmar Warehouse. Films include In the Company of Men, which won the New York Critics’ Circle Award for Best First Feature and the Filmmaker’s Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival, Your Friends & Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession and The Shape of Things, which was a film adaptation of his play by the same title. He is also the author of several fictional pieces that have been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar and Playboy among others. Seconds of Pleasure, a collection of his short stories, was published by Grove Atlantic in October 2004. DIRECTOR: DAVID GRINDLEY David Grindley has most recently directed Kevin Spacey in National Anthems at the Old Vic Theatre, and David Haig and Paul Bradley in Journey’s End at the Comedy Theatre and Playhouse Theatre. His Olivier Award nominated revival of Abigail’s Party at the Hampstead Theatre in 2002 was a sell-out success and transferred to the New Ambassadors, before moving to the Whitehall Theatre and completing two National Tours. David was Resident Director at the Savoy Theatre in the West End from 1997 to 1998, and Resident Assistant Director at Chichester Festival Theatre in 1996 where he worked on Uncle Vanya and When We Are Married, both of which he accompanied to the West End. DESIGN - JONATHAN FENSOM LIGHTING - JASON TAYLOR SOUND - GREGORY CLARKE SOME GIRL(S) is produced in London by Clare Lawrence and Anna Waterhouse for Out Of The Blue Productions and Nica Burns, Max Weitzenhoffer, and in association with Theatreshare plc. Out of the Blue's West End productions have been Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth with casts including Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Paquin, David Mamet's Oleanna with Julia Stiles and Aaron Eckhart, and currently Mamet's A Life In The Theatre with Patrick Stewart and Joshua Jackson. Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer have most recently produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Christian Slater, Deborah Warner's Medea with Fiona Shaw and Feelgood by Alistair Beaton.