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Cast    
ALVARO AGUILERA  Mr Dale Harding
LISA ARNOLD  Candy & Swing
JOÃO ASSUNÇÃO  Randall Patrick McMurphy
DAWID BIENKOWSKI  Dawid The Bad
LETITIA SIMPSON  Nurse Mildred Ratched
BIANCA FERNSTRÖM  Miss Martini
EDIN JUSUFRAMIC  Mr Dale Harding & Swing
MARIO PEREZ AMIGO  Mario Be Good
GABRIELLA KAISER  Mrs Taber & Candy
DANIEL KOIVUNEN  Chief Bromden & Swing
ROBERT MALMBORG  Billy Bibbit
JENNIE WIDEGREN  Miss Martini

 

ALVARO AGUILERAALVARO AGUILERA [MR. DALE HARDING]
Alvaro was born in Chile but moved to Sweden at a young age. He’s one of the original Bounce members. If he sometimes appears to have hearing problems, that’s because he’s wearing earphones most of the time while editing Bounce’s music. The character he plays, Mr. Harding, is a self-centred, intellectually derogatory wise guy whose primary goal is to put others in their place. Alvaro is the complete opposite. He likes travelling but not flying. He also likes to drive cars, but preferably without any other traffic on the road. He enjoys being with people from other cultures, ideally in combination with good food and loud music.

LISA ARNOLDLISA ARNOLD [CANDY & SWING]
Lisa’s job beside playing Candy, is to be a “Swing”, that’s the person who jumps in as a reserve when needed. Her challenge is to keep tabs on where everyone is and what they are doing on the stage at the same time. She had the same task in the Bounce production - The Score (2003). Like Jennie, she is a positive control freak, but prefers to stay in the background to analyse her surroundings. Most of all, she would like to paint the world in her favourite colour purple. She doesn’t understand what computers are for – why bother when you can have everything inside your head instead? She loves vanilla ice cream under a sunny sky on the Swedish west coast, but will do anything to avoid surströmming (fermented Baltic herring), cold weather and sparkling water.

JOÃO ASSUNÇÃOJOÃO ASSUNÇÃO
[RANDALL PATRICK McMURPHY]
With roots in Portugal and his home in Sweden (at the moment), João has been all over the world teaching, choreographing and dancing his way to the top. He is certified by the Hip Hop College recognized by "Madonna Grimes Fitness and Dance Theatre Company" and is currently teaching both hip hop and ragga/dancehall mainly in Stockholm and has been choreographing work for So You Think You Can Dance in Poland. He layed the part of McMurphy during the Swedish tour of Insane in the Brain (2007).

DAWID BIENKOWSKIDAWID BIENKOWSKI [DAWID THE BAD]
When Dawid is not travelling around the world, winning dance battles with his partner in crime - Mario Pérez Amigo, you might find him somewhere eating crêpes with Nutella, cocos and vanilla ice cream. He loves sports, especially soccer but he also gives priority for quality time with his family and friends. When he's not guest dancing with Bounce as one of the Guards, he's one of the members in the Swedish dance crew Complete.

 

LETITIA SIMPSONLETITIA SIMPSON [NURSE MILDRED RATCHED]
Born and raised in South East London, Letitia has always had a strong passion for dance. Training in styles from Ballet to Breakin, she has gone on to work with Kelly Rowland and is also a member of the all female Nike Freestyle Dance Troupe D-Clash. Letitia believes that everything happens for a reason and in doing so it has made her a very positive person. She aims to spread positivity among those she meets on her wonderful life journey.

BIANCA FERNSTRÖMBIANCA FERNSTRÖM [MISS MARTINI]
Bianca is born and raised in Stockholm in a home filled with rock 'n' roll, politics and the mentality that you can do what ever you set your mind to. She knew very soon in life that she wanted to dance and has kept her eyes on this goal ever since. She often knows in what direction she’s heading even though the final destination might change on the way. Bianca finds it very hard to stay out of a discussion and likes to laugh a lot and out loud. She wouldn't manage life without a snooze-button, soy latte and the love from her friends and family.

EDIN JUSUFRAMICEDIN JUSUFRAMIC
[MR. DALE HARDING & SWING]
Edin is a young man who's combining hard studies in law school with dancing and he also have a passion for acting. He thinks that dance is more than the love for the music and the need to move his body - it's about a lifestyle. When he's not on tour with Bounce he usually works as a dancer and choreographer for some of Sweden’s most popular popstars or doing catwalk shows for high fashion clothing lines. Edin is also a member Swedish dancecrew Complete. Edin’s goal is to do something new and fresh to inspire other people through dancing.

MARIO PEREZ AMIGOMARIO PEREZ AMIGO [MARIO BE GOOD]
Mario is a creative dancing Rap Artist with freestyle skills. He produces hiphop beats and loves to eat and drink cocktails topped with ice cream. He and Dawid Bienkowski have won battles and championships all over the world, and he has also participated in tv-shows like Floorfiller and So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia. Now he's taking a short break from winning battles or performing with his crew Complete, to join the Insane in the Brain tour as one of the Guards.

GABRIELLA KAISERGABRIELLA KAISER [MRS TABER & CANDY]
Gabriella was born the 25th of december 1987 whilst her mum was busy being Santa Claus! She was due to be born in January 1988 to always be counted as the oldest in her form, instead she has lived her life as always the youngest in the bunch. She is captured by music and let’s it shape her body and mind. She gets inspiration from the dynamics of hip hop music. Insane in the Brain is her first pure dance show - she plays Mrs Taber and Candy.

 

DANIEL KOIVUNEN DANIEL KOIVUNEN
[CHIEF BROMDEN & SWING]
When Bounce did their show Caution! in Stockholm earlier this year, Daniel was the one and only swing. He learnt the entire show's choreography in seven ways to be able to replace each original dancer when needed. In 2008 he danced all the way to the third place in So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia. When he was only 16 years old he moved to Stockholm to be educated by the Swedish Ballet Academy and before that he'd won the World Championship for juniors in both boogie woogie and lindy hop. In other words, the young dancer playing Chief Bromden is both experienced and recognised!

ROBERT MALMBORGROBERT MALMBORG [BILLY BIBBIT]
Educated by the Swedish Ballet Academy and with qualifications from big events, tv-shows and concerts with some of the World’s greatest pop artists, Robert is now doing a come back as the stuttering Billy Bibbit who is a victim for Nurse Ratched’s power wielding. McMurphy shows Billy a different way of living. Robert gave expression to the nature of Billy in the last production of Insane In The Brain (2006) as well. Otherwise Robert has a weakness for new cities, spices, cheddar cheese, sitting in the sunshine in a coffee bar, eating tostadas. a kind of giant tacos, at Poquito Más.

JENNIE WIDEGRENJENNIE WIDEGREN [MISS MARTINI]
Jennie is so many things that this is her condensed version! As Miss Martini she is curious, happy and very naive. Jennie herself is curious, happy but not particularly naive! Despite a passion for food (which in her case means sushi, vitamins and chicken), she stays out of the kitchen. She likes to have control and doesn’t do anything in life without planning. Except when it comes to her favourite pastime – shopping. That’s why Jennie is always taking on extra jobs – to be able to buy all the things she wants but very seldom needs!



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Insane in the Brain Tour 2009

15 September - 3 October Peacock Theatre, London 0844 412 4300 BOOK »
6 - 7 October Nottingham Playhouse 0115 9419419 BOOK »
9 - 10 October Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield 0114 249 6000 BOOK »
13 - 14 October Sherman Cymru 029 2064 6900 BOOK »
16 - 17 October Lighthouse Poole 0844 406 8666 BOOK »
20 - 21 October Hall for Cornwall, Truro 01872 262466 BOOK »
24 - 26 October Edinburgh Festival Theatre 0131 529 6000 BOOK »
29 - 31 October macrobert, Stirling 01786 466666 BOOK »
3 - 4 November Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 BOOK »
10 - 11 November Wycombe Swan 01494 512000 BOOK »
13 - 14 November Northern Stage, Newcastle 0191 230 5151 BOOK »
17 - 18 November Wyvern Theatre, Swindon 01793 524 481 BOOK »
21 November The Lowry, Salford 0870 787 5780 BOOK »