Director and Cast
Playout is run by Becky Simpson who became a pioneer of theatre-based training over thirty years ago. Playout was formed in 1996. Courses are created by Becky. Playout have a large and diverse database of established professional role-playing actors and presenters who have worked both on stage and television. They all combine their professional backgrounds with training expertise to create dynamic projects.
DIRECTOR
Becky Simpson has worked extensively in corporate sector training. She has an expert understanding of the health service and public sector training needs. She will take your brief and create a focused and challenging training programme.
She is an excellent speaker and sensitive facilitator. She originally trained at the Guildford School of Acting after which she worked both as a professional actor in repertory theatre and as a television and radio presenter for independent TV companies and the BBC world service. Becky has also written for various journals about her work and is also a scriptwriter.
CAST
Zoe Bywater trained as an actor at Middlesex and has done a variety of work since.She has performed in productions at The York Theatre Royal, The Belgrade, Sadlers Wells, TheGate Theatre, The Tate Modern and The Little Angel Theatre amongst others. She toured nationally with the English Shakespeare Company and toured Italy with Il Palchetto Stage and ran workshops alongside these productions.
She has performed in Murder Mysteries on The Orient Express and in a castle for ElleMacPherson and performed in the Alain Flower Festival in Dubai.
TV includes: Dead Ringers (BBC), Peak Practice (Carlton TV) and The Human Zoo (LWT) with Ricky Gervais. She has taught at Arts Ed from Foundation to MA Level and at ACT, Brighton on their summer course for children as well as regular adult classes and Stagecoach in Eastbourne. She has co directed at The Bridewell and The Young Vic, London.
Zoe has 20 years of experience in Communication skills work. She works extensively for Playout as Simulated Patients at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School .
Shaila Alvarez ia a professional role-playing actor who has worked on TV shows including 'Peaky Blinders' and 'Gangs of London' where she played a doctor (thanks to the work she has done with Becky). She is regularly involved in medical role-plays for Playout in particular at Brighton and Sussex medical school. Shaila is half Spanish and half Indian which brings a level of diversity and realism into medical student's training. Shaila is also a Spanish teacher and uses a unique method called the SpanishRap Method. She has just launched an app for people to Start Speaking Spanish in only 6 weeks. Spanishmind.passion.io Shaila also plays Beach Volleyball at National Level.