MEET THE 2026 REVISION ON TOUR CAST
Johnny Allison
Roles in Macbeth - Macbeth
Roles in Jekyll & Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
Training: Rose Bruford College
Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol (DTC UK tour), Macbeth (DTC UK tour), Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (DTC UK tour), Henry V (YSC), Present Laughter (Changelings Theatre), Cinderella (DK Productions), Henry V (Changelings Theatre), Isolated Incident (Incept Collective).
Johnny is delighted to be returning to Dickens Theatre for his second year with the Company. This time Johnny is taking on three new roles as Macbeth in the Scottish Play, & Robert Louis Stevenson & Inspector Newcomen in Dr Jekyll & Hyde.
JESSICA BALMER
Roles in Macbeth – Lady Macbeth/Angus
Roles in Jekyll & Hyde – Annie the Maid/Old Woman
Training: The Actor's Class.
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
Film credits include: Nandor Fodor & the Talking Mongoose, (Amazon Prime), Pinocchio Unstrung, A Royal Christmas Manor (UPTV), She Will Play On (Winner 19-26 Fiction Award, Wicked Wales International Youth Film Festival), Empress Clawscream, (Winner Best Sci-Fi Short Film, Berlin Short Film Festival), Venus Again, Riches (ITVX).
Theatre credits include: Two Noble Kinsmen (Golden Goose Theatre), Clouds (Kings Head Theatre), Maryland (National Youth Theatre) The Apology (Edinburgh Fringe).
Jess is beyond thrilled to be joining Dickens Theatre Company this year.
Christopher Laishley
Roles in Macbeth – King Duncan/Macduff/Murderer
Roles in Jekyll & Hyde – Dr Hastie Lanyon/Mr Enfield
Christopher is an experienced theatre actor originally from Yorkshire, where he was a founding member of York Theatre Royal’s Young Actors Company.
He graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2011, before making his debut in The Two Noble Kinsmen at the Teatro delle Muse, Rome.
Theatre credits include: Around the World in 80 Days (Vienna’s English Theatre); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged (Zabeel Theatre, Dubai); Fear & Misery of the Third Reich (Union Theatre, London); Hamlet (The Cockpit, London); Love’s Labours Lost (Oxford Shakespeare Company, UK Tour);
The Railway Children (Tabard Theatre, London); Romeo & Juliet (Illyria, UK & Netherlands Tour); The Wars of the Roses (Rose Theatre, Kingston).
Chris is excited to be joining DTC for the first time.
GILES MALCOLM
Roles in Macbeth - Banquo/Bleeding Sergeant/Siward
Roles in Jekyll & Hyde – Gabriel Utterson
Giles Malcolm trained in Classical Acting at LAMDA, graduating in the Autumn of 2023. Theatre Credits: Summer tour of Henry V, where he played the titular hero, as well as performing in a production of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter, Macbeth (DTC UK tour) & Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (DTC UK tour)
Film & TV credits include: Film 4’s feature Old Boys, No More Mary, The Walk-In, & Dreamers.
Giles is delighted to be back with DTC playing Banquo in Macbeth for his second year, & for the first time taking on the role of Gabriel Utterson in Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.
SAM OAKES
Roles in Macbeth – Chorus/Porter/Prince Malcolm
Roles in Jekyll & Hyde – Dr Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde
Sam is now officially a DTC veteran, having been a company member since 2023!
Sam graduated with a BA (Hons) in Acting from Rose Bruford College.
Theatre credits include: Jekyll and Hyde (Dickens Theatre Company UK tour), Macbeth (Dickens Theatre Company UK tour), Romeo & Juliet (Dickens Theatre Company UK tour), A Christmas Carol (Quantum Theatre), Hamlet on the Beach (Rotherhithe Playhouse), Peace In Our Time (Union Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest (Tabard Theatre), Twelfth Night (UK Tour), The Tempest (UK Tour), Romeo & Juliet (UK Tour), Anne Boleyn (Stratford Circus), The Litter (The Bargehouse), The Crucible (Rose Theatre).
Television credits include: Fungus the Bogeyman (Sky).
Sam is skilled in stage combat with BADC and gained multiple distinctions in his advanced training with BASSC.
KATHRYN PERKINS
Roles in Macbeth – First Witch/Ross/Fleance/ Gentlewoman/Understudy Lady M
Roles in Jekyll & Hyde – Fan Stevenson/Mrs Poole/Sir Danvers Carew/Understudy Annie
Kat trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre credits include: The Trap (Naked Frank Theatre Company); Love's Labour's Lost/ The School for Scandal (Changeling Theatre Company); The Importance of Being Earnest/ Othello (Changeling Theatre Company); Macbeth (The HandleBards); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tooting Arts Club) Followers (Southwark playhouse).
Television credits include: Encounters (Boardwalk Pictures/ Netflix); Wasteman (Leftbank pictures) and Call the Midwife (BBC).
Kat is delighted to be touring with DTC for the very first time.