Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance

Lucy Cohu

Julia

Lucy has recently received great critical acclaim for her performance as Sylvia Gellburg in Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre; other recent theatre appearances include An Enemy of the People (Sheffield Theatre) and Speaking in Tongues (Duke of York’s). Her film credits include Becoming Jane and Gosford Park.

Theatre includes: School For Scandal (English Touring Theatre); Macbeth; Way of the World (Birmingham Rep); Blood Wedding (The Tricycle).

Television includes: Camelot; Silent Witness; Torchwood.

Diana Hardcastle
Edna

Diana was last seen at the Almeida in Jonathan Miller’s production of Camera Obscura. She has recently been seen in An English Tragedy at Watford Palace Theatre as well as A Kind of Alaska and A Slight Ache for the Gate. For the RSC she has made numerous appearances including New England, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and A Doll’s House. She has recently completed filming The Best Exotic Marigold.

Theatre includes: The Vortex; Woman of No Importance (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Remembrance of Things Past (National Theatre).

Television includes: The Kennedy’s; Fortunes of War; Doctors; Rosemary and Thyme; First Among Equals; That’s Love.

Film includes: Chromophobia; A Good Woman.

Ian McElhinney
Harry

Ian has recently been seen at the Almeida in Michael Attenborough’s production of Through A Glass Darkly as well as There Came a Gypsy Riding. His extensive theatre work in Ireland includes many performances at the Gate and Abbey Theatres in Dublin and the Lyric in Belfast. On television his more recent credits include Game of Thrones, New Tricks, and Little Dorritt.

Theatre includes: Amphibians (RSC); Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Hampstead Theatre); Pygmies in the Ruins (Royal Court); The Cure at Troy (Tricycle Theatre).

Television includes: Betrayal of Trust; Scapegoat; The Tudors; Murphy’s Law.

Film includes: Three Wise Men; Cup Cake; Closing the Ring; The Front Line; Omagh; The Boxer; The Michael Collins Story.

Tim Pigott-Smith
Tobias

In 1999 he played opposite Kevin Spacey in the Almeida’s production of The Iceman Cometh. Tim has most recently been seen on stage as Frank in Educating Rita at the Trafalgar Studios and as Ken Lay in Enron at the Noel Coward Theatre. He has also performed extensively for the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. In film he has recently been seen in Alice in Wonderland, Quantum of Solace and V for Vendetta. His more recent television credits include The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, The Queen and The Jewel in the Crown for which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor.

Theatre includes: Pygmalion (Old Vic); Little Nell (Bath Theatre Royal); Hecuba (Donmar Warehouse); Mourning Becomes Electra (National Theatre).

Television includes: The Hour; The Little House; On Expenses; Foyles War; Midsomer Murders.

Film includes: My Piece of the Pie; Normal For Norfolk; Flyboys; Gangs of New York; Remains of the Day.

Imelda Staunton

Claire

Imelda was last at the Almeida in There Came a Gypsy Riding, and in 2009 received great acclaim as Kath in the Trafalgar Studios' revival of Entertaining Mr Sloane. Her varied screen career includes Mike Leigh’s recent triumph Another Year and the Oscar-nominated lead in Vera Drake; in the last few years she has also become well known to family audiences playing Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films.

Theatre includes: Calico (Sonia Friedman Productions); The Beggar's Opera; Guys and Dolls (National Theatre).

Television includes: Psychoville; Cranford Chronicles; Cambridge Spies; David Copperfield.

Film includes: Taking Woodstock; Three and Out; Nanny McPhee; Bright Young Things; Shakespeare In Love.

Penelope Wilton

Agnes

Penelope is one of Britain's most respected actors. Her extensive theatre credits include numerous appearances for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse. On television she is known for the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles and is currently appearing in ITV's period drama Downton Abbey.

For the Almeida: The Deep Blue Sea; Heartbreak House; The Play About the Baby.

Theatre includes: Hamlet; The Family Reunion; John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse); Women Beware Women; The Cherry Orchard; The Seagull (Royal Shakespeare Company); and numerous appearances for the National Theatre.

Film includes: Shaun of the Dead; Pride and Prejudice; The History Boys.