The Director of this production is Brian Stansbridge
Brian has been a member of Maskers for over fifty years and during that time has performed in many, many productions. His most recent performances have included Time & Tide - an anthology of poems , songs and readings celebrating Southampton’s maritime history – and Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Brian is also a regular director for the Maskers. In recent times, he has directed: The Man in The Iron Mask, The Servant of Two Masters, The Comedy of Errors, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo & Juliet, as well as several of the ever-popular Christmas productions at the Maskers Studio in Shirley.
During Covid lockdown, when theatre performances weren’t allowed, Brian wrote a short play (Parklife) which a small team of Maskers presented in parks in and around Southampton, to general acclaim. The play saw a friendship develop between a couple of slightly lost souls enjoying the sunshine in their local park, whilst bemoaning the way lockdown impacted on their daily lives. That probably sounds a bit grim, but there were many comic moments! It might be worth reviving in a few years’ time, just to amuse us and remind us of those unprecedented precautions we were all obliged to take.
When not busy with Maskers and grandparent duties, Brian sings and plays guitar and keyboard in a covers band, which he absolutely loves. We guess that performing is just part of his DNA!
Wooster is played by Sam Hussey
Sam is thrilled to be back on the Maskers’ stage once again, and very grateful for the opportunity to play another classic character in Bertie Wooster.
Sam has previously appeared in a number of comedic roles in Maskers’ shows, notably as Texan convict Fist in 4 Weddings and an Elvis, as well as Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. He also directed the well-received farce, Cash on Delivery at the studio.
Having been stabbed to death in his last 2 outings for Maskers (as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Mr Flay in Gormenghast) he is very much hoping Bertie Wooster can survive to the end of this show, despite the threats of Roderick Spode!
Jeeves is played by Adam Taussik
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Steppings is played by Johnny Carrington
Johnny made his stage debut at the tender age of ten... as the back end of a donkey in the school nativity! A year later he was making his Maskers’ debut at the Nuffield as a paperboy in Oh What a Lovely War. Having parents who were founding members meant he was always around the theatre and he started appearing with the Maskers Youth Theatre whilst at college.
Johnny has been in numerous shows both in traditional venues and outdoors, but four of his favourites have been The Rover (Willmore), The Three Musketeers (D’Artagnan), The Man in the Iron Mask (also D’Artagnan), and The Wind in the Willows (Toad). He also began directing with the Maskers with the tribute play to the Spitfire, Mitchell's Wings, in 2011 (which he also wrote). His most recent appearances with Maskers were in A Bunch of Amateurs (Jefferson Steel) and Out of Focus (Bob Enfield) and the central role of Billy Bryson in Notes from a Small Island.
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