Of All The Beautiful Things In The World

Originally from Oldham, Cora Kirk trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Since then, she has worked across theatre, film and television, first appearing in the original cast of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in the role of Lucy at Leeds Playhouse directed by Sally Cookson, and then going on to star in a number of high-profile theatre productions including; collaborating with Sally Cookson again on A Monster Calls at The Old Vic/National UK Tour & Peter Pan at the National Theatre; Emilia at the Vaudeville Theatre, Peter Pan at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and in Not Such Quiet Girls for Opera North & Leeds Playhouse.   Cora has also appeared in several television series including ITV’s Midsomer Murders, BBC’s Doctors and Father Brown. Cora’s film credits include Emilia in Prey for the Devil and most recently Cora starred opposite Asa Butterfield playing Hayley in Amazon Prime’s Your Christmas or Mine.  

Born and bred in Manchester with a penchant for skateboarding under the Mancunican Way as youngster, Flo's career includes numerous notable theatre, TV, radio and film credits. These include: Theatre The Snow Queen (Chester Storyhouse), Small Island, The Visit, Frogs (National Theatre), Henry V / The Tempest (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, York), Street Voices 7 (Freedom Studios), Oliver Twist (Hull Truck), Airplays (Leeds Playhouse), The Secret Garden (York Theatre Royal & Theatre by the Lake), A Woman of No Importance (Leeds Playhouse), Imagine That [One Hand Tied Behind Us] (Old Vic), Building the Wall (European Premier, Theater Drachengasse, Vienna), Richard III (Northern Broadsides), Home Is (Contact Manchester & Richmix London), Brief Encounters (Freedom Studios), Black Love, Fences, Fear Of A Black Planet (Black Arts Development Project), Lisa's Sex Strike (Northern Broadsides), Aftershock (Real Life Theatre Company), Everybody Loves A Winner (Royal Exchange), A Streetcar Named Desire,  Love On The Dole, To Kill A Mockingbird (Bolton Octagon), Somebody's Son, Bag Lady (Hidden Gems), Aladdin (Wakefield Opera House), Joshua's Egg, A Fine Example, Bretevski Street (Theatre Centre) Television: Brassic, Lagging, Top Boy, Anansi Boys, Sanditon, Mood, Help, Death in Paradise, Overshadowed, In The Dark, In The Club, From Darkness, Johnny And Inel, From There To Here, All At Sea, Moving On, Hebburn, The Syndicate, Body Farm, Waterloo Road, Survivors, That Peter Kay Thing, King Girl, Out Of The Blue, Cardiac Arrest (BBC), Leaving, Vera, Monroe, Eternal Law, Coronation Street,  DCI Banks, Scott And Bailey, Unforgiven, Wired, Bob And Rose, Fat Friends, The Last Train (ITV), Help, The Mill, Shameless, Sirens, Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Emmerdale, A Touch Of Frost (YTV). Film: Jellyfish & Lobster (NFTS), Butterfly [Talking Bodies] (Hotcoals Productions R&D), The Knock (Devious Limited), Birthday Girl (Unstoppable Entertainment), 42 Acres (D & Dum Productions) Radio: Tracy, Revelations, Dad, Listen To Your Parents, Shells On A Woven Chord, Daily Service Singers (BBC Radio 4). Audio: Madame Martel’s Christmas Eve (Northern Broadsides)  

Sara is an actor, theatre maker, producer and facilitator. After finishing the Royal Exchange Young Company in 2020 she has gone on to work with HOME, BFI Network, Candle and Bell, Fio Wales among many more. She is also part of the theatre company SwitchMCR. Sara hopes to continue to diversify her acting experiences in TV, film and theatre by taking on roles that challenge world perspectives through accessible work.   

Originally from Birmingham, she joined the Birmingham Drama Group B19 before training at the Arts Educational Schools in London.  She made her professional debut playing the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, a role she has played twice.  Since then her career has encompassed stage and screen working on contemporary and classical texts. She has worked on three productions, (two in the West End) of Stepping Out, playing the larger-than-life character Rose and perfecting her tap technique.  Other notable stage work includes the award-winning production of The Bacchae for the National Theatre of Scotland, Mama in Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home, Agnes in Fruit Salad and Asaka/Erzulie in the musical Once on this Island.  She has even sprinkled pantomime magic as the Fairy in Cinderella at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton.   More recently she worked on a rehearsed reading of Carry On Tony!, played Jackie in The Lynching and appeared in a production of Insane Animals with Bourgeois & Maurice. Television credits include After You’ve Gone, London’s Burning, Magnificent Seven and five episodes of Paradise Heights.  Films include The Girls, First Steps, No Kaddish in Carmarthen, All Stars, the leading role of Derrick’s Mum in The Weekend, Roots and most recently Final Year. In what little spare time she has Marcia loves baking, and as Miss Jamaica Baker creates mouth-watering celebration cakes for friends and family.    

Xsara-Sheneille is an actress of British Caribbean descent, born and raised in Birmingham. TRAINING: Manchester school of Theatre    Since graduating, Xsara-Sheneille has worked at The Royal Exchange, HOME theatre and LIVE theatre in Newcastle. She also had her TV debut on Sky Atlantic and Doctors on BBC one. Xsara-Sheneille has worked on a number of TIE productions touring the country and has been performing from a young age on stages such as the MAC theatre in Birmingham. Theatre works include working with director Roy Alexander Weise on the production of 'Luminosity', alongside other shows Taming of the Shrew and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Passionate about history and heritage, she is an aspiring writer particularly interested in telling stories of her cultural origin; stories handed down over generations that need to be told.