Lily

Susie Berry is proud to have been a maker and performer of Don Juan, Jekyll and Hyde and the Trojan War. Susie won a Best Supporting Actress at the Wellington Theatre Awards in 2016 and was listed as one of the Top Ten Theatre Moments in Wellington on The Pantograph Punch. Career highlights include playing Hudson in Aroha White’s 2080, Ella in Cassandra Tse’s Long Ago, Long Ago and Imogen in Anahera, directed by Katie Wolfe. Berry is a Toi Whakaari graduate. Other than acting, her passions include make-up artistry, Beyonce and dogs.

Bastien

Jack Buchanan is a 2013 graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. Jack has appeared in Peer Gynt [recycled], When Sun & Moon Collide and Mrs Warren’s Profession for Auckland Theatre Company. He has appeared as Bastien in all of A Slightly Isolated Dog’s French shows Don Juan, Jekyll & Hyde, Santa Claus and The Odyssey.

He wrote and starred in the hit satirical web-series Flat Race, which was picked up and distributed by TVNZ. Outside of the theatre Jack is a talented musician, avid follower of politics, and amateur but enthusiastic cook.

Julie

Andrew graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School -Acting in 2012. After graduating Andrew has acted in a number of Wellington productions, and creates and performs with A Slightly Isolated Dog’s in productions of Don Juan, Jekyll & Hyde, Santa Claus and The Trojan War. Other productions around New Zealand include Isaac’s Eye, King Lear, Orphans, The Angry Brigade, Jeeves & Wooster, The Brief and Terrifying Reign of Phil, Importance of Being Earnest and Our Own Little Mess.

Philippe

Born in Christchurch, Jonathan is an actor and theatre maker living in Wellington and working across NZ. He holds a First Class Honours degree in theatre and English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington and has studied mask, clown and physical theatre at the John Bolton Theatre School in Auckland and Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Étampes, France.

Jonathan began his professional career as a founding member of Bright Orange Walls theatre company, appearing in the acclaimed found-space Shakespeares, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014) and Twelfth Night (2015). With A Slightly Isolated Dog he co-created and performed Don Juan (2015), which continues to tour nationally, and Jekyll & Hyde (2016), with further works in development. In 2016 he appeared in Indian Ink’s The Elephant Thief and this year will tour with An Awfully Big Adventure (Capital E, Leo Gene Peters).

Jonathan taught and directed on the 1st-Year Go Solo season at Toi Whakaari NZ Drama school and co-wrote and -directed Caucus, Caucus, Harvest, Dawn with Aaron Cortesi and Christian Penny.

Ginger

Comfrey Sanders graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2014, Since then, she has performed across New Zealand with Bright Orange Walls Theatre Company, Centrepoint Theatre, Circa Theatre, and Auckland Theatre Company.

Comfrey has been a company member of A Slightly Isolated Dog Theatre Company since 2015. With the company she has developed, performed and toured their three french works Don Juan, Jekyll and Hyde and The Trojan War throughout New Zealand and internationally across Australia, the UK and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. At the 2015 Wellington Theatre Awards Comfrey was nominated for 'Best Female Newcomer' for her role in Don Juan. Comfrey has also been a member of Red Leap Theatre Company since 2019, creating and touring the adaptation of Janet Frames critically acclaimed novel Owls Do Cry throughout New Zealand.

In 2022 Comfrey stared in Sarah Grohnert's short film Milk of Dreams, and in 2023 she played Mary Mary in The Brokenwood Mysteries season 10 finale.

Sam Clavis is an Auckland-based sound designer, live sound engineer, and production manager. He enjoys working in a broad range of roles, primarily for theatre shows, arts festivals, and live music events. Sam works closely with theatre company A Slightly Isolated Dog as their production manager, operator and ongoing sound designer on the internationally touring trio of “french” shows, Don Juan, Jekyll & Hyde and the Trojan War, and was sound & technical designer on new works Safety in Numbers and Our Own Little Mess. Sam also enjoys regular work as a senior audio technician with Auckland Arts Festival, and as an audio engineer & production manager with Pilot Productions, alongside other companies and venues in Tāmaki Makaurau & Aotearoa. He enjoys playing music in his spare time, and is the bassist in indie band Cheap Sav for Dead Friends.