Cast Photos

Click to enlarge	Name: Jess Cheetham Info: Jess plays both the lusty and tempting Jessica and the ill-fated Apprentice Librarian Cassie. As well as being startlingly professional and talented Jess also became (post-KONKERS) President of Kent Drama Society T24, but that’s as far as the nepotism goes I promise you.

Click to enlarge	Name: Richard Dadd Info: You know Richard: he writes and directs KONKERS and we’re not going to bore you all by telling you how many characters he plays. Basically if it’s a male character and you can’t find it credited to anyone else then it’s Richard. Or if it’s a female character for that matter. He’s not quite so big-headed as he seems - the show was originally a one-man vehicle for his comedy characters, but it grew into including the cast as it now stands. He’s not very friendly and the most egotistical person you will ever meet.

Click to enlarge	Name: Katharine Davison Info: The only Canterbury Christchurch University student in the cast, although not on purpose! Katharine responded to a call for actresses to perform in KONKERS. Her audition led her to be cast in numerous roles, but fitting her into recording sessions proved difficult. We held out for her though, and are pleased to say she gives a cracking performance as Peach in the latter half of the series.

Click to enlarge	Name: Holli Dillon Info: Holli turned up an hour late to her KONKERS audition. She’s a thespian like that. She plays everything from a Receptionist in episode 1, to troubled Fresher Jill in episode 2, but most notably drama teacher psycho Persephone. We would love to tell you more about her professional exploits, but she has insisted on censoring us. Be intrigued. Be very intrigued.

Click to enlarge	Name: Dan Fryer Info: Originally intended to simply play Barry, Dan eventually ended up playing Mr Foxtrotterby and Peter Farthings and Keith as well as becoming the series’ Technical Director and composing the theme tune with his mate Tom Cohen. All by accident. What can I say? He’s difficult to get rid of, so you might as well make use of him while he’s around.

Click to enlarge	Name: Tom German Info: Tom rejoices in the roles of Tim Tat and Professor Boffin and also gives a fantastic performance towards the end of episode 5 in another role that I won’t name for fear of giving the plot away. Outside of KONKERS Tom has numerous other talents. He worked at Wickes for years and has many fascinating anecdotes about it. He also once invented a hyper-drive, but he won’t use it.

Click to enlarge	Name: Ollie Lee Info: The only cast member not to be studying at University at the time of recording. He worked at Starbucks instead, and seemed genuinely to love it. As it happens, his KONKERS audition was held in a cellar underneath Starbucks. He’s a top bloke, and he plays such diametrically opposed characters as Oxford reject Walter and Rock Band front man Jagz.

Click to enlarge	Name: Tom Mathias Info: Introduced to us by Holli Dillon as a suggestion that he play Martin, so extra brownie points go to her. He’s good pedigree - he was a zombie extra in Shaun of the Dead. No, really, he was. There’s a photo of him and Simon Pegg somewhere to prove it. He also brings Mike to life (briefly) in episode 4.

Click to enlarge	Name: Anna Mortimer Info:In real life Anna Mortimer is very well-spoken. She is also rather beautiful. So Richard decided to cast her in a radio series, where you can’t see her, and where she talks in a gruff cockney accent. Sometimes his reasoning defies all logic. Anna plays the Head Librarian. And yes, she is always dressed as Robin Hood. But she doesn‘t always look that startled.