Potted Panto

Daniel Clarkson
Writer and Performer

According to Wikipedia, Daniel is a “British comedy actor, playwright and director with two Olivier nominations and a Blue Peter Badge.” Graduating from Bretton Hall, Daniel is probably best known for being one half of the comedy double act “Dan and Jeff”, renowned across the globe for their “Potted” stage shows as well as an 18-month residence in the CBBC office as their in-house presenters.

With four “Potted” shows now under his belt (Potted Potter, Potted Pirates, Potted Panto and Potted Sherlock), he has received both audience and critical acclaim, having had sell-out seasons in both London’s West End and New York, and completed several successful international tours including an on-going residency for Potted Potter in Las Vegas (in its fifth year) where it won the Best of Las Vegas award for “Best New Production”.

He co-wrote and co-directed acclaimed children’s show The Pirate, The Princess and The Platypus (Polka Theatre) in 2022. He also wrote (and latterly directed) The Crown Live – a comic parody of the Netflix series The Crown – which opened in London in 2019 and more recently toured the US.

Daniel has made regular appearances on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – writing, performing and directing his unique brand of condensed comedy, and over lockdown he co-wrote and performed ‘Judge Smudge’ in Monster Court (BBC) filming the entire series in his dining room!

Twitter @daniel_veronica

Gary Trainor
Performer

Gary trained at Italia Conti. His musical credits include Back to the Future (West End); School of Rock the Musical (Broadway tour USA and West End original cast), Tony, The Tony Blair Rock Opera (Park Theatre London), Rothchild and Sons (Park Theatre London) Beautiful (Aldwych original cast), I Cant Sing (London Palladium), Buddy Holly (UK Tour), Bronco Billy (Charring Cross Theatre), Lady be Good (Sisco Ent, Italy), Potted Panto (Garrick Theatre), Potted Potter (USA/Australasian tour and Garrick London), The Shawshank Redemption (Wyndhams), 24 hour plays (Old Vic), Prophecy (Public Theatre New York with Old Vic New Voices), Frankenstein the Year Without a Summer (UK Tour), Stones in his Pockets (UK Tour), and The Oxford Passion (Oxford Castle).

Film and TV includes: ‘Meadow Lane’ (Indie Film – Harper Bros), ‘Mate’ (Indie Film – Oliver Lidert), ‘Eastenders’, ‘Showtrial’ and ‘Hope Street S4’ (all BBC), and ‘In flight’ (Channel 5).

Twitter: @garytra
Instagram: @garyjtrainor

Jefferson Turner
Writer

Jefferson has been messing about with Dan both on stage and screen since 2005. He has appeared on TV with the tall one on such shows as Blue Peter (BBC), Richard & Judy (Channel 4), The Slammer (BBC) and Big Brother’s Little Brother (Channel 4), amongst others, as well as residing in the CBBC Office for all of 2009 and a little of 2010. On stage he has co-written and starred in Potted Potter, Potted Pirates, and Potted Panto with Dan. This has led to multiple US, UK & Global tours, critical acclaim, Olivier nominations, ‘Best of Las Vegas’ Awards, and sell-out West End runs. He also thoroughly enjoyed training with Second City, when they ventured across the pond to his City, here in London. Jeff thinks he did other work before he met Dan, but Dan says anything Jeff did without him doesn’t matter anymore.

Twitter @actorjeff

Richard Hurst
Writer and Director

Recipient of the RSC’s Buzz Goodbody Director Award and short-listed for The Guardian Award, two Olivier Awards and RTS comedy writing award. Directing includes Potted Panto, Potted Pirates, Girl and Dean, Pegabovine, Moon the Loon, The Edinburgh Love Tour, Bill Hicks: Slight Return, The Art of Success, Hamlet, Women Beware Women, Phaedra’s Love, Twelfth Night, Ripley Bogle and The Tempest. As a writer: Potted Pirates and Potted Panto (with Dan and Jeff); The Edinburgh Love Tour and Bill Hicks: Slight Return (with Chas. Early); and Hard Times and Ripley Bogle (adapted). For television co-creator/writer of Bluestone 42 (BBC3), as co-writer Miranda (BBC1), The Rebel (Gold); as writer three episodes of Secret Diary of a Call Girl (ITV2 / Showtime).

Simon Scullion
Set Designer

Simon trained at Wimbledon School of Art and was Theatre Design Finalist for the Linbury Prize. Most recent credits: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo and National Tour), Showstoppers! (Apollo) and Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road (Trafalgar Studios). Other theatre credits include: The Father (Belgrade Theatre Coventry), The Leisure Society (Trafalgar Studios), Potted Panto (Vaudeville), Murder on the Nile (UK tour), Alarms and Excursions (UK tour), Peppa Pig Live (tour), Lazytown Live (tour), Quartermaine’s Terms (UK tour), Quartet (UK tour), Larkrise (tour) and Elizabeth and Raleigh: Late but Live (Edinburgh Festival).

www.simonscullion.co.uk

Tim Mascall
Lighting Designer

West End credits include: Why The Whales Came (Pinter), Well (Apollo), Ruby Wax: Losing It (Duchess), The Vagina Monologues (Wyndhams), Potted Panto (Garrick and Vaudeville), Eric And Little Ern (Vaudeville), Derren Brown: Enigma (Adelphi), Evening Of Wonder (Garrick), Infamous (Palace), Miracle (Palace) and Something Wicked This Way Comes (Old Vic). Other London credits include: Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson, Ruby Wax: Out Of Her Mind, Fully Committed, Without You (Menier Chocolate Factory), The Importance Of Being Earnest (Regents Park Open Air) and Invincible (St James). Further UK credits include: Lionboy (Complicite), Long Days Journey Into Night, A Taste Of Honey, Kill Jonny Glendenning, Faith Healer (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh) The Real Thing and Good Grief (Theatre Royal Bath). Opera credits include: The Cunning Little Vixen (Garsington), Aida (Opera Holland Park), The Gamblers and Peter Grimes (Royal Festival Hall).

www.timmascall.co.uk

Phil Innes
Composer

Phil is a composer, sound-designer and sound-artist. Many of his projects combine these disciplines. Credits include The Ordinalia Cycle of Plays, The Alchemist, The Trench (Collective Arts), Barabas (Hall for Cornwall), Walk With Me (Kneehigh), The Magic Beanstalk (Light Theatre), Potted Pirates, Potted Panto (with Dan & Jeff), How Long Would You Wait?, The Cold Truth, I Am Not A Robot and Poison (Effervescent).

www.philinnesmusic.co.uk