Say my name: U-in GR-ant

Originally from Scotland, Ewan trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre credits include: TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (West End), Too Much World at Once (UK Tour), The Legend of Robin Hood (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds).

Credits whilst training include: Lord Arlington in Nell Gwynn, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Gavroche in Les Misérables, John Bechdel in Fun Home, Willy/Dance Captain in Flora the Red Menace, Liam in Blister.

What have been your favourite projects to work on?

Making my West End debut in Tina was very special, and working on Nell Gywnn at drama school was the most joyous process.

What was your favourite story as a child?

I have fond memories of my mum reading Room on the Broom to my little brother and I over and over and over again!

What is your favourite space joke?

How do you organise a space party? You planet.

Tell us an interesting space fact

You could fit 1300 Earth’s inside Jupiter – it’s that massive!

If you could be an alien, describe what you would look like?

I’d have really long legs and be able to fly

Say my name: Ab-Bee NOR-man

Previous credits with Tall Stories include: Mouse in The Gruffalo & The Gruffalo’s Child.

Other theatre credits include: The Tiger Who Came to Tea (West End & Overseas), The Way Back Home & The Night Before Christmas (Big Wooden Horse. UK and International), Guess How Much I Love You (Rose Theatre Kingston & UK tour), Maisy’s Treasure Hunt, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr Benn & Robin Hood (Nuffield Theatre Southampton), The Book of the Banshee (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and UK tour), Pygmalion, Major Barbara, The Importance of Being Earnest, Charlies Aunt (UK Tours) and The Entertainer, Teechers, The Maintenance Man, How He Lied to her Husband & Village Wooing (Broadstairs Summer Rep Seasons)

Other credits include: Series regular Sandra and various other silly voices for the radio sitcom Barmy Dale featured on BBC Radio Derby and available as a podcast. Abbey also sings as part of the harmony group Swell Sisters.

What have been your favourite projects to work on?

The Gruffalo and Tiger who Came to Tea have taken me all over the world on incredible adventures and such an honour to bring to life adaptations of books that are so loved by so many people.

What was your favourite story as a child?
The Inbetweens – a series of stories my Mum wrote about magical forest creatures who were ‘in between’ fairies and imps, they used spiders webs as trampolines. I absolutely loved them.

What is your favourite space joke?
What’s an astronaut’s favourite part of a computer? – The space bar.
What do you call a loony spaceman?  – An astronut

Tell us an interesting space fact
The sunset on Mars appears blue.

If you could be an alien, describe what you would look like?
I would have expanding antennae with eyes on the top so I could see anything I wanted. I would have several arms so I could have cups of tea in my hands at all times and still be able to carry out tasks at the same time with the others. I might have two mouths too so I could talk and drink tea simultaneously. I would of course be blue like a Smoo.

Say my name: LO-lah Mei

Lola May is an Actor, Singer and Writer, recently described by The Observer’s Susannah Clapp as “Magnetic” in the role of Dido (Dido’s Bar).

Previous credits with Tall Stories include: The Smed and The Smoos

Other theatre credits include: Three Sisters (National Theatre); The Southbury Child (Chichester Festival Theatre/The Bridge Theatre); Protests, Hymns and Caskets (Belgrade Theatre/ Shoot Festival); Here’s What She Said to Me (Utopia Theatre); 1991 (Africa Utopia Festival/Southbank Centre); Water Bread Salt (Tangle UK Tour); #Haters (Odd Eyes Theatre UK Tour); SOLD: The Mary Prince Story (KuumbaNia Arts); Dido’s Bar (Dash Arts); Illegals the
Game Show (Divergent Theatre), and Black Attack (Bush Theatre).

Television credits include: Informer (BBC/Neal Street Productions) and AFRIFF Award

Film credits include: BAFTA and BIFA award-winning His House (New Regency Pictures), and Fir (I Witnessed Images) – for which she was awarded the Exceptional Merit Award for a Lead Actress in a Film, at the WRPN Women’s International Film Festival 2020.

Other credits include: Selected Participant: Theatre Workshops for The Venice Bienalle 2024 and Jubilee (BBC Radio 3).

What have been your favourite projects to work on?
The Smeds and The Smoos 😉 following this, BBC Radio.

What was your favourite story as a child?
Any adventure / detective story.

What is your favourite space joke?
Q: How do you know when the moon has enough to eat?
A: It’s full.

Tell us an interesting space fact:
The footprints left by Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon will remain visible for millions of years because there is no erosion on the moon.

If you could be an alien, describe what you would look like?
I’d be a Space Mermaid with little wings on my back that would flutter at the speed of light as I float through space. My mermaid tail would be made of sparkly / glittery bits mirror-like scales that would glow in space

Say my name: PAT-ric BRIJ-mun

Originally from the north, Patrick studied Music at Oxford, and recently moved from Cumbria to Henley-On-Thames.

Previously with Tall Stories: Mum and the Monster (Edinburgh Fringe and UK tour), William’s Monster (Chelsea Theatre), The Snail and the Whale (Edinburgh and UK & International tours)

Other theatre includes: The Christmas Lobster (Farnham Maltings), Much Ado About Nothing and The Lord of the Rings (Watermill, Newbury), Five Children and It (the egg, Bath)

Television includes: The Crown, EastEnders, Brassic, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks

Radio: various dramas and With Great Pleasure, BBC Radio 4

What have been your favourite projects to work on?
Doing three plays in repertory at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake. Also it was great to be in the much-loved The Snail and the Whale

What was your favourite story as a child?
I loved the fairy tales in collections by Ruth Manning-Sanders, with memorable illustrations by Robin Jacques

What is your favourite space joke?
What did the Moon say to Mars?
No thanks, I’m quite full at the moment

Tell us an interesting space fact
Earth spins and orbits the Sun, but the sun also spins and orbits the centre of the Milky Way at 500,000 mph. Anyone else dizzy??

If you could be an alien, describe what you would look like?
What I’d look like as an alien: something like a tree with lots of little glowing eyes at the ends of the branches and thousands of tiny tendrils to move about on

Say my name: MAY-zee FOG

Originally from Somerset, Maisie moved to Hertfordshire to train in Musical Theatre at Emil Dale Academy.

Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol (Lighthouse Theatre/Tour)

Television credits include: Sex Education (Netflix), Doctor Who (BBC), Tell Me Everything (ITV)

Other credits include: Glastonbury- We Bring It To You (BBC Creative/Blink), O2 Priority (Anonymous Content), Starbucks Crème Brûlée (TBWA), Tesco: The Christmas Party (MJZ)

What have been your favourite projects to work on?
I grew up watching Doctor Who, so to be on the set of my favourite show with the doctor I
grew up watching is something I’ll never forget!

What was your favourite story as a child?
I loved Pippi Longstocking! I remember dressing up as Pippi for World Book Day when I was
little. She made me feel like I could do anything as a young girl and the world was my oyster!

What is your favourite space joke?
What do astronauts listen to on the radio? Nep-tunes!

Tell us an interesting space fact
It rains diamonds on Neptune! It gets so hot and the pressure is so high on the planet that it
can actually rain diamonds- imagine the sparkly showers!

If you could be an alien, describe what you would look like?
I think I’d resemble something like Pearl (the octopus) from Finding Nemo
and would float around space the way she does in the ocean. I’d probably have funky hair
like Janet and spots like Bi

Gemma Scott

Say my name: JEH-ma Skot

Previous credits with Tall Stories include: The Snail and the Whale (UK/UAE tour), The Gruffalo (bilingual English and BSL version). Other theatre credits include: Antony and Cleopatra (Globe Theatre), The Promise (Deafinitely Theatre/UK tour), The Paradis Files (Graeae and BBC Concert Orchestra/UK tour), 10 Nights (Graeae and Tamasha/Bush Theatre), Last Easter (Orange Tree Theatre).