james hartley - writer/director

James Hartley is an award winning director, writer, and actor of theatre and film. The short play, "The Fox and the Hunter" which he directed and performed in, won Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Writer at Short+Sweet Sydney 2013.

His short films have been screened around the world in almost 100 cities in over two dozen countries; "First Love," was awarded the Audience Prize at the Festival International des Très Courts.

neil parikh - assistant director

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atlas adams - “ares”

Atlas Adams is an Australian actor, improviser, and murder mystery MC, best known for breaking the world record for longest improvised play.

Atlas discovered his love for acting while studying neuroscience. He appeared in dozens of commercials for companies including AAMI, Pepsi, and Telstra, and in television series like “Rake”, “The Good Cop”, “The Unlisted”, and three seasons of “Deadly Women”. He starred as Clint Pettifrock in Foxtel’s “Pete Boone, Private Eye”, and played a recurring role on SBS’ “The Weekend Shift” alongside Helmut Bakaitis (The Matrix) and Lee Lin Chin (SBS World News). Atlas is currently the villain in NZ thriller feature film “Frozen Moments”, and is travelling to Miami for the premier of his recurring role as the love interest, Will, in the TV series “Romp”.

Atlas has MCed hundreds of live events, including recurring murder mysteries for companies like Commbank and Google. He is currently the writer-director, and lead actor for the interactive show ‘Murder at Elizabeth Bay House’, which has just been renewed for a third season in both Sydney, and Melbourne.

brenton amies - “hermes”

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shiva chandra - “Hephaestus”

Shiva began his training at The Actors Pulse where students are trained in the Meisner Technique. He trained there for several years under the guidance of industry professionals like Aaron Glenane, Terry Serio, and Melissa Bonne. He has also trained in The Alexander Technique privately with Barbara Robertson for three and a half years. Shiva has worked both on stage and infront of camera with Death In the Pantheon being his second play and the second time he’s worked with the play’s director James Hartley. Shiva’s debut play was The Lovely Bones at New Theatre. He was also a co-producer and actor in the Storehouse Stories monologue show funded by City of Sydney, American Express, and Bombay Sapphire. Shiva was also part of the NSW Government Winter Ad campaign to keep people safe from Covid in 2021 which aired throughout the state. 

natasha cheng - “athena”

Natasha Cheng is a multilingual Australian born Chinese actor based in Sydney. She is an Australian Institute of Music graduate. She completed a Bachelor of Performance - Dramatic Arts with Distinctions. Since graduating in 2019 she has been in a number of projects, notably KXT Theatre Company’s production of Sensitive Guys as Amy/Pete, a production of Antigone at Io Myers Studio UNSW as The Leader both in 2020, Lunch with Bernays at KXT in 2021 and writing and producing her own play called We’re All Terrible Let’s Watch TV 2022. She has also been in a number of short films and made appearances in films and TV, more notably in Home and Away and the upcoming Marvel Movie - Thor. She is very excited for the great rise in diversity in film and theatre and looks forward to expanding her horizons in different projects.

bendeguz devenyi-botos - “Hades”

Bendeguz graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Performance at the Sydney Theatre School in 2012.

Among his more recent stage work includes working in the multi-season run of Murder Mystery at Elizabeth Bay House with Applause Entertainment and critically acclaimed 2022 Fringe Festival run of Death in the Pantheon. In the past he has worked in acclaimed productions such as the experimental Dinner and a Show, Quack with UTS Backstage, Artology Remix Les Demoiselles d’Avignon with the Art Gallery of NSW, Footsteps on Water with ANF, as well as a number of other past productions with organisations including the Genesian Theatre Company and the Australian Theatre for Young People.

His camera credits include short films including “Double Take”, “In Memorium Gerard Buchanon”, “Jordan”, “The Adventures of Dead Girl”, and was nominated for ‘The Best Use of Character’ for his performance in “Redzone” for the 48 Hour Film Festival. He also starred in the Web series “The Reaper” and “The Drive”.

susan jordan - “hera”

Susan is an experienced stage and screen actor who has committed the last forty years to developing her craft. Starting in The Rocks Players in 1979, she took classes under NIDA tutors Bill Pepper (Voice) and Anthony Barclay (Acting). She has performed in outdoor productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Much Ado about Nothing; street theatre with Happiness Stan, Playfair Street The Rocks; pub theatre in The Orient Hotel; and immersive theatre at the Sydney Rocks Museum in Deadhouse: Tales of Sydney Morgue – Louisa Collins. She has trained with Kevin Jackson, Eamon Flack, O'Punsky Theatre, Jo Briant, and physical theatre through Shinbutoh. Susan started a long association with the New Theatre in Newtown in 1982, and has appeared in 14 productions there to date.

Highlight theatre performances include; Mispoken, Wise Words Productions; Inner Weather, Chippen Street Theatre; Henry 1V, Parts 1 &2, Streamed Shakespeare; A Passage to India, Genesian Theatre; Vincent River and Metamorphosis (Factory Theatre Space); Traitors, Nell Gwnn; Neighbourhood Watch, (New Theatre); Fee Fi Fo Fum and Tales of Dark Knitting (downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre with Roy Billing). Film and TV highlights include: Spook Siblings, Tunks Productions; The Sharehouse, AFTRS; Under the Sun (web series) Taste Creative; Deadly Women and True Crime, Beyond Films; The Money or the Gun, ABC.

Susan is also a director and producer with productions in Sydney Fringe, Short & Sweet and Script in Hand. Recently she directed The Uncomfortable Truth by Avijit Sarkar for Cross Over Stories, her first foray into South Asian theatre. In 2006, she co-produced the radio program “Give My Regards to Stalin” for ABC Radio National’s Verbatim.

Susan regularly acts in medical roleplay in various institutions. She loves working with new people and stretching herself as an actor in as many genres as she can.

jessie lancaster - “aphrodite”

Jessie is a Sydney based actor and received her Bachelor of Arts (Acting) at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Prior to WAAPA, Jessie trained at the Actors Centre Australia in the 2015 foundation program and studied a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours).

Most recently, Jessie toured and performed nationally with CDP theatre producers in their 2022/2023 musical production of ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ as Mouse and their 2023 production of ‘Mr Stink’ as the understudy for Chloe.

Other theatre credits include: Poetry In Action (touring performer 2020-2021), Anne Page in ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ (New Theatre, 2022), Anna in 'Ginger. Black. Brunette. Blonde.’ (Rogue Projects, 2019), Gwendolen Fairfax in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest (WAAPA, 2018), Jacques in ‘As You Like It’ (WAAPA, 2017) and Elizabeth in ‘Holy Day’ (WAAPA, 2016).

Film/TV credits: Billie 'Bernice' (Madeleine Wighton, 2023), Jessie in ‘Ghoul Power’ (Imogen Ross, SF3 film festival and Etihad airways in flight entertainment, 2019), Joey ‘Filch’ (WA Screen Academy, 9NOW, 2018), Amy ‘Raw’ (WA Screen Academy, 9NOW, 2018), Spin Class Woman ‘First Things First’ TVC (Department of Health, 2020), Featured Student Edith Cowan University TVC (2017/2018).

Outside of acting, Jessie writes poetry for the online platform Brainshnacks.

cam ralph - “poseidon”

Cam Ralph is an actor and voiceover artist represented by MCSM and EM Voices respectively. Some of his most notable performances include Australian icon Blinky Bill in “The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill” (2014), Giggle Fangs and Hoot Pa in ABC’s long-running “Giggle and Hoot” (2014 - 2018) and Lucky the Leprechaun in Spotify’s “Lucky Charms” US promos (2022).

Cam has trained extensively with Kim Farrant, Acting Mastery, AMAW and NIDA, and has performed in numerous live/theatrical roles including Nicky in “Avenue Q” (North Shore Theatre Company, 2019), Brent Lyall in “Managing Carmen” (Lane Cove Theatre Company, 2019), Lord in “The Mona Lisa Five” (Upper Crass Theatre Company, 2020) and Mr. Mint in “The Murder at Elizabeth Bay House” (Applause Entertainment, 2022/2023).

kat tait - “dionysus”

Kat is a professionally trained actor, improviser and drag king.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Acting and Performance from the University of Canberra in 2016, they performed lead roles in Sharehouse Theatre Company's productions of Macbeth and Motor Mouth & Suck Face: An Apocalyptic Love Story. Kat wrote and performed in their own show, Turn Me On, in the Queensland Short & Sweet festival before taking the lead role in three dramatic short films After She’s Gone, Black Sands, and Finishing Up.

In their last Sydney Fringe Festival, Kat starred in Next Lesson at the New Theatre.

Kat has been performing improv with troupes, including the Upper Crass Players, since 2020.

Now they are best known for their drag performance as Count Fuckula, winning hearts, cash, and gigs all over Newtown.

dean tuttle - “zeus”

Dean trains with Eric Morris and the Actor’s Kiln, and performs and directs Mis-Spoken a regular night of monologues and live music at Misfits bar in Redfern. Most recently he was on stage in Stoned Ape at the Bondi Pavillion, Death on Thor Bridge at the Genesian, and True West at The Factory, Marrickville.