Nigel Pivaro

Nigel was born in Manchester, England.

After attending The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 79 – 81 Nigel made his professional acting debut in Short of Mutiny at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, Stratford, London in February 1983.

Later that year Nigel made his TV debut in Coronation Street as Terry Duckworth, the wayward son of Jack and Vera.

Despite securing a regular role in the show Nigel left of his own choice in1987 to pursue a variety of roles in the theatre.

 Nigel has returned to the “The Street” no less than 10 times for some of the shows best story lines eventually clocking up 400 plus episodes.

The character returned most recently in early 2012.

Nigel also appeared in the television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as PC Pearce and Expert Witness as killer Colin Wardle. He also appeared in The Sunny Side of the Street for Channel Four the film 24 Hour Party People and Nightmare in Suburbia

Nigel’s many theatre credits include, Wuthering Heights, What the Butler Saw, A Taste of Honey, The Tempest, Greek, An Evening with Gary Lineker, Funny Peculiar, A View from the Bridge and Up and Under, and a sell out tour in 2003 with John Altman in the play Bouncers.

 In 1987, Nigel won the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1st in the play No Further Cause for Concern. He has appeared in over 15 pantomimes.

He graduated from Salford University with a 2:1 Honours degree in Contemporary Military and International History in 2003 followed by a Masters in international relations from the University of Wales in Aberystwyth

and Nigel became a journalist in working for the Manchester Evening News and The Tameside Reporter, before becoming a freelance, published in the Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror Daily Express and Catholic Herald newspapers. Die Zeit Online and Jane’s Defence Review.

Nigel has written and presented several documentary films for the BBC Inside Out series, including “Regeneration Game”(2007) which was short listed for a Royal Television Society award in the best Current Affairs programme category. He is a regular contributor to the award winning Salford Star Magazine.

Recently Nigel has returned to acting and recorded a radio play Eastern Star for Radio Four.

Ben Morris

Ben is from Dublin and trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London.

Theatre includes: Waitress (Adelphi Theatre & tour), Beautiful- The Carole King Musical(UK tour), The Phantom of The Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), The Commitments (UK tour), Fiddler On The Roof (Savoy Theatre), Oh What a Lovely War (Irish tour) Jesus Christ Superstar (NCH, Dublin), I Do, I Do! (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) FAME the Musical (Irish tour), Hair (European arena tour), Listen to my Heart (Smock Alley Theatre), and The Shadow of the Glen (Union Theatre). 

Ben performs regularly at the Crazy Coqs cabaret venue in London. This year he produced and starred in Here We Are Now (Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin). Ben works regularly as a voiceover artist and backing singer, including television appearances onThe Voice of Ireland Series 1-5 and The Late Late Show (RTE). In 2010 he was the winner of the Irish reality TV show ‘Fame The Musical’. Other television work includes:The Tudors (BBC), Delphine (Zanita Films), Detained (Monster Animation).

Instagram: @irishbenmorris

James Deegan

Training: B.A. in Musical Theatre from The University of Chichester. 

Credits while training: Willard Hewitt in “Footloose” , Frederic in “Pirates of Penzance”, The Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz” and Cecil Sessile in “Brenda Bly:Teen Detective

Theatre credits: Diesel in “West Side Story”, Emmet in “Legally Blonde”, Bill Sykes in “Oliver!”, Ensemble/Understudy Cowardly Lion in “The Wizard of Oz, Purser/Swing in “Anything Goes”, Man 1 in “Marry Me a Little,  Rooster in “Annie” 

James Killeen

James Killeen was born and raised in Dublin. In 2014, at the age of 19, he moved to London to study on the BA Actor Musicianship course at Rose Bruford College where he graduated 3 years later with a 1st Class Honours degree.

James recently starred as Richard Hannay in THE 39 STEPS (The English Theatre of Hamburg, dir. Paul Glaser) and Lysander in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Pleasure Dome Theatre Company, dir. Scott le Crass). Other theatre credits include: FATHERLAND (Lyric Hammersmith, Frantic Assembly), VANILLA (Southwark Playhouse, dir. Aran Cherkez) and FAERIES (Cockpit Theatre, dir. Scott le Crass).

James also works extensively as a professional voice-over artist having worked with recent

clients such as Robinsons, Vivo, Knorr, McDonald’s, The Guardian Labs and CBeebies.

At the age of 18, James auditioned for the original West End production of The Commitments while in his final year of secondary school.

All these years later, James is absolutely thrilled to be playing the role of Jimmy Rabbitte in the UK & Ireland tour of The Commitments. He is particularly excited to come home to perform in Ireland to friends and family in this dream role and iconic show.