The Creative Team
Alex Diaconu
Desislava Krsteva
Desislava Krsteva
Alex trained in Stage Direction and Acting at the National University of Theatre and Cinematography "I.L.Caragiale" and in Composition and Orchestration at the National University of Music "George Enescu". He went on to specialise in Musical Theatre at the Sorbonne University. After 8 years in France, in 2015, he moved to Brussels, and fo
Alex trained in Stage Direction and Acting at the National University of Theatre and Cinematography "I.L.Caragiale" and in Composition and Orchestration at the National University of Music "George Enescu". He went on to specialise in Musical Theatre at the Sorbonne University. After 8 years in France, in 2015, he moved to Brussels, and founded Ecole Broadway, the first and only Musical Theatre Academy in Belgium.
Desislava Krsteva
Desislava Krsteva
Desislava Krsteva
Desi graduated from the
Theatre Department of New Bulgarian University. She is experienced in many different acting techniques, such as Stanislavski,
Meisner, Laban, Practical Aesthetics, the Chekhov Approach, Method Acting, Brechtian
Method, Meyerhold, and physical theatre.
Henry Regan
Desislava Krsteva
Jonathon Sawdon
Henry trained at Mountview in London. Theatre credits include: Blood Brothers, A Doll’s House (UK and IRE Tours), The Dumb Waiter, Superhero Snail Boy, Macbeth, Take Two Every Four Hours (UK Tours), Henry V (UK Open Air Tour), Jack V Giant (Polka Theatre), Grimm Christmas (The Barbican, Plymouth), Fear in a Handful of Dust (COGARTSpace),
Henry trained at Mountview in London. Theatre credits include: Blood Brothers, A Doll’s House (UK and IRE Tours), The Dumb Waiter, Superhero Snail Boy, Macbeth, Take Two Every Four Hours (UK Tours), Henry V (UK Open Air Tour), Jack V Giant (Polka Theatre), Grimm Christmas (The Barbican, Plymouth), Fear in a Handful of Dust (COGARTSpace), Prometheus Bound (The White Bear), Henry V & The Revenger’s Tragedy (Old Red Lion).
TV/Film credits include: Single Salma, Plunge, Blood on Satan’s Paw, Maestra, The Secret Path, Deep Cuts, The Room in the Tower, Incendiary & Bearable.
Jonathon Sawdon
Desislava Krsteva
Jonathon Sawdon
Jonathon has a BA in Theatre/English and trained at The Poor School, London. He has extensive experience as an actor in theatre, TV, film and as a corporate trainer and voice coach. He is also the resident drama teacher at an international school. He has been based in Brussels for more than 20 years.
Matilda Di Nardo
Matilda Di Nardo
Matilda Di Nardo
Matilda graduated in Economics in Milan and in Management in Lille. She found relief from financial statements and statistics within theatre: in 2018 she took part at the Odin Teatret's OWF in Hostelbro (DK), in 2019 she attended the Theatrical Biomechanics workshop with M° Bogdanov at MTTM, and from 2020 she has been attending the Associ
Matilda graduated in Economics in Milan and in Management in Lille. She found relief from financial statements and statistics within theatre: in 2018 she took part at the Odin Teatret's OWF in Hostelbro (DK), in 2019 she attended the Theatrical Biomechanics workshop with M° Bogdanov at MTTM, and from 2020 she has been attending the Association Politeama's three-year course in drama-therapy to become a specialised art-therapist. She has been based in Brussels since 2022 and loves to play ukulele.
Michelle Scott
Matilda Di Nardo
Matilda Di Nardo
Michelle trained at the University of Cape Town. She has had a joyous career on stage and screen, with highlights including playing Mrs de Kok in the 2013 film Long Walk to Freedom, and getting to walk the red carpet at Cannes after playing Elena in the award-winning South African film, Skoonheid (Beauty).
Rudi Galindo
Matilda Di Nardo
Rudi Galindo
Artistic director of Teatro Pachuco since 1982, Rudi mixes silent movie, clowning and his passion for Mexican-American culture in his physical plays. He is co-founding member of Los Payasos Mendigos from 1993 to 2000, with whom he participated in more than 100 performances in 12 countries, and of clownswithoutborders.org which offers fre
Artistic director of Teatro Pachuco since 1982, Rudi mixes silent movie, clowning and his passion for Mexican-American culture in his physical plays. He is co-founding member of Los Payasos Mendigos from 1993 to 2000, with whom he participated in more than 100 performances in 12 countries, and of clownswithoutborders.org which offers free performances and theater workshops to indigenous communities in the south of Mexico, to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and to poor people in Soweto in South Africa.