Down The Road

Aaron Vodovoz

Aaron Vodovoz | Producer & Actor. Since graduating from LAMDA in 2014, I have had the pleasure of working in Film, TV, Theatre and Games, including Killing Eve, Messiah, A Spy Among Friends, The King’s Man, Tetris and more recently the part of Jesus in a new film adaptation of “Master and Margarita” opposite Claes Bang as Pontius Pilate, as well as a Russian Jewish immigrant in Michael Winterbottom’s latest movie “Shoshana” and Lancelot Gobbo at the Shakespeare’s Globe Merchant of Venice. As a producer, in 2017 I produced Lonely Planet at the Tabard theatre, which received great critical acclaim and Arts council funding, and the following year it transferred to the Trafalgar Studios 2, on the West End, which I also produced. I speak 4 languages - Dutch, Russian, Hebrew and English. Together with Annelise Bianchini, we’ve set up the American Theatre of London.

Annelise Bianchini

Annelise Bianchini | Producer & Actor. Annelise is an American-Italian actress who has acted in TV, films, commercials, and theatre all over the US and Europe. She has been writing, collaborating, and creating productions from NYC fringe festival shows to low-budget, experimental films, winning Best Picture for her short film "Burn Pile," which she co-wrote, acted in, and produced at the James Franco Film Festival. Watch for "Pictures of Dolores," where Annelise plays the title character, soon to be on the festival circuit. In addition to her career in acting, she holds an Intermediate certificate in wine from WSET and enjoys putting it to good use by hosting dinner parties. She graduated from AADA NYC, Goddard, and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Lee Blessing

Lee Blessing is a prolific writer whose plays have been performed on London’s West End, on Broadway, in major regional theaters across the United States and all over the world. Time Magazine called him, “America’s most imaginative playwright on public issues” and critical writer Philip Zwerling wrote, “It would be simply impossible to imagine contemporary American theater without Lee Blessing.” Mr. Blessing’s work has been recognized with Tony, Drama Desk, Obie and Olivier Award nominations, as well as a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of the Humanitas Award (Cooperstown) and Outer Critics Award (Going to St. Ives), among many other honors and fellowships. Three of his nearly fifty plays have been produced by Actors Co-op: Going to St. Ives (2014), A Walk in the Woods (2018), and A Body of Water (2020, world premiere new ending).

Tracy Mathewson

Tracey Mathewson | Directs. Tracy is a writer/director originally from California who got a PhD to avoid being deported back in 2017. Currently, she is assisting Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao with her upcoming feature film HAMNET, which stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. Tracy’s screenwriting has placed in the top 15% of the Academy Nicholl Fellowship competition and her short films have garnered multiple awards for best writing, best directing, and best genre categories in Bafta and Bifa-qualifying festivals since her short film debut in 2014. WWW.TRACYM.COM

Katren Wood

Katren Wood | Set & Costume Design. Katren is a Visual Artist and Designer working across Film and Immersive Performance. Originally from Australia, she graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 2013. After working with some of Australia’s premier theatre companies including Sydney Chamber Opera and Belvoir Street Theatre, she jumped ship and moved to London in 2015 to pursue a career in Film. In 2016, a chance encounter led her to a job on the Wes Anderson academy nominated film Isle of Dogs. Since then she has been working as a Concept Artist on the features of Oscar-winning filmmakers such as Bong Joon Ho, Steve Mcqueen and Chloe Zhao to name a few. Over the last 8 years she has worked with major studios such as Disney, Lucas films, Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Working Title and Netflix.

Sam Rothera

Sam Rothera | Sound Design. Sam Rothera is a composer and multi instrumentalist based in the South of England, working across film, theatre and game. He has a very melodic approach, using themes and motifs to weave extra layers of storytelling into the music. ​His recent projects include the short animations "Undertaker", for which he won Best Music in a Student Film at Athens Animfest 2023, and "The Moonseeker". He has also won an Offie for his sound design on "Colossal", winner of Theatre Weekly's Best Show of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, and Best Theatre Show at Perth Fringe 2023.