Ian's acting work has mainly been on stage, in particular, with Tyldesley Little Theatre, an award winning society that he has been a key player for over the last 22 years, as actor, director, press officer, archivist, hon. Secretary and now vice-chairman. He has performed in almost a 100 shows and directed almost 30 productions for TLT, including award winning efforts as 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4', 'Snow White' and the psychological drama 'Your Turn To Clean The Stair'. His varied range of acting roles covers thrillers, pantomimes, musicals, period dramas and comedies, some of the more notable being 'Count Dracula' (1989), 'The Accrington Pals' (1991), 'Stags & Hens' (1994), 'The Odd Couple (1998), 'Straight & Narrow' (2002) and 'Murder in Neighbourhood Watch' (2008). Those half dozen shows required such eclectic characterisations as the famous vampire hunter Van Helsing, a doomed 1st World war soldier, a drunken teenager, an American poker player, a gay leading man and a possibly psychotic school head teacher! At the Bolton Amateur Theatre Societies Annual Drama Awards in 2009, Ian was nominated for the Best Actor in a Comedy by the Bolton News for his portrayal of an ex-army drag artist in the northern farce 'Pull the Other One', which he also directed. His appearances on film have been far less frequent but he has enjoyed playing a possessed villager in the Doctor Who spin-off film 'Auton 2: Sentinel' (1998) and a misunderstood neighbour in 'Name and Shame' (2004) for the Altrincham Video Society. In March 2010, Ian will not only be working on the film 'Echoes', but will be simultaneously involved in the production of Tyldesley Little Theatre's thriller 'Trap for a Lonely Man' and the ashton on Mersey School production of 'Our House - the Madness Musical'.

Clare has a passion for live theatre- either becoming absorbed in the work of other actors and actresses or treading the boards herself. She has been a longstanding member of her local dramatic society appearing in both pantomimes and plays. Her most notable roles being Jo in 'Little Women' 1998), Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (2000), Bernadette in 'Mistress of Novices' (2005), Ginny in Alan Ayckbourn's 'Relatively Speaking' and Jacqueline De Severac in 'Death of the Nile' (2008). Clare loves the tradition of pantomime and playing the part of Principal Girl from Cinderella (2003), Beauty (2005) to Sleeping Beauty (2008)- 'It's a good excuse to dress up and sparkle!'. When not in the spotlight you will find Clare in London's Covent Garden absorbed in the experience of professional theatre both noon and night.

David Hodgkinson is 63 and the proud owner of a bus pass and a tennis racquet! He has been acting with St Joseph's Players (Leigh) for some 20 years, appearing in numerous pantomimes and plays. He enjoyed Aladdin, when he played the evil Abanazah - It's good to be bad - while his favourite plays and roles include When We Are Married (Alderman Joseph Helliwell), Francis Durbridge's A Touch of Danger (Max Telligan), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theseus), Abigail's Party (Laurence) and anything by Alan Ayckbourn. David also writes and features in murder mysteries with The DeadEnders. His TV credits include Dave the barman in the 2008 BBC sitcom The Cup (set in Bolton) and a window cleaner in Coronation Street. The biggest influence in his acting career was the late Dorothy Galvin . . . She was our friend, our guiding light and our inspiration; we miss her dearly. Musically, he enjoys Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris and the Beach Boys. David and his lovely wife Dora alternate between their homes in England and Italy. They have two children, Simon and Gillian.

David Hadcroft

Joyce Elder

Bill Rogers

Andrea's love of acting started at school with her most memorable parts being Long John Silver in 'Treasure Island' at the age of 10 and The Wicked Witch of The West in 'Wizard of Oz'. Fast forward twenty years and Andrea as a casual visitor to Tyldesley Little Theatre saw flyers on the tables advertising auditions for the play 'Celebration'. After gaining a small part as the groom's mum Andrea has never looked back - and that is nearly 10 years ago. She has also held the committee position Sponsorship Co-ordinator and has been Membership Representative for the last 5 years! Her varied range of acting roles to date include dramas, musicals, farces and comedies, some of the more notable being Doris Wallace in 'Silly Cow', Jacqueline in 'Don't Dress For Dinner', Helen in 'Comfort and Joy', Dawn in 'Biting the Bullet' and Sue in 'Third Week in August'. In 2005 Andrea received a Best Actress Nomination from Bolton Amateur Theatrical Society for her role as Marjorie in 'Day of Reckoning'. Andrea's pantomime roles have mainly revolved around comedy duo roles and have involved playing alot of men! Her favourite panto roles to date include Crunchbones, the witchdoctor in 'Sinbad the Sailor', Captain Cut-Throat, the main villain in 'Robinson Crusoe' and Buttons from 'Cinderella'. At the Greater Manchester Drama Festival in 2010 Andrea was nominated and won Best Actress award for her portrayal of Linda in 'Ladies Day' This was followed by a Best Actress in a Comedy - Runner Up award from Bolton Amateur Dramatics Society for the same role. Andrea appeared as a care assistant in the February 2011 play 'Summer End' and then repeated the role two weeks later in a training video connected with work. 2012 will mark her debut as a Director with the play 'Building Blocks' by Bob Larbey.

Bill Galloway

Jack Bigland

Michael Kendrick

Joan Rogers

Craig's passion for writing began at an early age. At school he co-wrote several storylines for Doctor Who. (These were submitted to the BBC but never accepted). Over time his ambitions have increased; ideas for novels were considered but it was a re-collaboration with Ivan Meredith, his nephew, who he had started a small film project with years earlier, which gave birth to 'Echoes'. With David Wilson on board they set out to write a short which morphed into a full feature. A belief in the story and a commitment by everyone involved made it a labour of love.

David is a fan of the 'big project' and daunting challenges, the first being a 5 year micro-budget one man house renovation learning all the skills as he went along. IT geek David then moved from a sensible IT career to become a professional gambler beating online casinos by expoiting the flaws in their bonus systems. A couple of years later with the casino loophole closed and back in a 9-5 job a new project was required. Advances in technology had introduced the possibility of shooting and editting your own video footage at a professional level of quality. At the time amateur film making was growing quickly but people were creating only 'shorts'. No-one was making feature films. With life long friends Ivan Meredith and Craig Kendrick NagNag productions was created and the next 'big project' had begun.

After leaving school Ivan studied Music and Performing Arts at Wigan and Leigh college. After learning the drums, keyboard and guitar he left to pursue a career in music. In particular, writing and performing. Work came in many forms from writing songs and playing the Manchester music circuit to 'Tribute act' work performing around the country and on TV. By the age of 30 'the break' still hadn't happened and, following the birth of his daughter, needing something more substantial Ivan became a qualified engineer and now works as a manager running a team of tradesmen. Throughout all this time Ivan has had a fixation with film making. During college years Ivan worked with Craig Kendrick on some film projects but a lack of available technology led to frustration as nothing could be 'properly finished' so after only a few projects it ended. Keen on gadgets and technology Ivan started to pursuit digital cameras and then moved onto editing software. Blown away with the capabilities of this new technology Ivan suggested to Craig and Dave Wilson that they should have another go at film making.

Ruby on Rails Man wearing Agile Jeans by Hollister. Husband to be of One @Rebeccask, Father of None. Ex Military, Ex African, Now British. Jeep Grand Cherokee Driver, Moleskine Journal Keeper, Pencil User and Pixel Pusher, quoted as saying, Buy a Mac, save a Life. Hopeless Starbucks addict.

Alex Clarke