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Chaos Theory specialises in sketch, character comedy and general off-the-wall material. They are two men and two women - Yasser Kayani, who is Asian, Karina Iskhakova who is Russian and Lela Bergeron who is American and Neil Benson who is English... The show lasts about an hour. Chaos Theory was formed around five years ago and has participated in five Camden Fringes very successfully. They mostly write their own material but encourage other writers to submit ideas and scripts as well. Sketches vary widely from light hearted and frothy to dark and sometimes disturbing to just plain mad – but always funny!. Sketches have included a fashionista sheep, Jack the Hairdresser, a female Pavarotti, an explorer who eats himself, drunk vampires, whimsical corpses and film noir excerpts, among others. Sketches are short, so if one isn’t your thing there will be another along very soon which hopefully is.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Chaos Theory
Sketch group Chaos Theory was started a few years ago by director/writer Stephen Dinsdale and actor/writer Yasser Kayani. Actor/writer Neil Benson was next to join.. Over the next five years the group has changed and developed with other performers contributing and going but the concept and style has remained the same. Neil began as a writer and then trained as an actor, previously writing and acting for sketch group Monkey Wedding. Lela Bergeron was a singer with several bands in California who visited London and stayed. She is an actor, writer and comedian and experienced voice over artist. She is writing a one woman show for the UKAAN conference at the Mermaid Theatre.
Karina Ishkakova is an actor/writer and standup comedian who played the Edinburgh Festival last year. Yasser Kayani is South Asian and an experienced stand up comedian, impressionist, actor and comedy writer. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School Writing and Producing Diploma, sponsored by Channel Four and has an MA in screenwriting. He has also worked with David Icke, stripped for Danish TV, and played a puddle in a Ribena advert Stephen Dinsdale has writing credits in film, TV, radio and West End and touring theatre. He has directed several sketch groups.
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PRESS & REVIEWS
CAST & CREATIVE CREDITS:
Actor/writer NEIL BENSON
Actor/writer LELA BERGERON
Actor/writer KARINA ISHKAKOVA
Actor/writer YASSER KAYANI
Director/writer STEPHEN DINSDALE
A Pinch of VAULT is a festival of brand new and work-in-progress performance. Shows will be at varying stages of development, including rehearsed readings with script in hand, first time on its feet or semi-staged.