The Dog Ate My Scenework

The Group

One great and glorious day in 2007, a group of talented improvisers from all over the world join forces in Amsterdam. The Dog Ate My Scenework is born! Who are these people? Read on…

The Cast

Stuart Billinghurst

Stuart was born in England but has lived in Holland ever since he replied to a job advertisement without checking which country the company was located in. Several years later he is over the confusion and still in possession of both his kidneys. Stuart’s first taste of improv was as an audience member forced to take part in a sing-song at Boom Chicago. He took an improv course in 2007 with Easylaughs after a physiologist suggested it as the best way to get over the trauma.

Random Facts:

Once spent four hours trapped in a lift in a deserted building
Despite being English Stuart did not eat curry or drink tea until after moving to Holland
Wants to be a Ghostbuster when he grows up

Lambros FisFis

Lambros is Greek and comes from a long line of philosophers, gods and laid back people. Since he moved to Amsterdam he has worked as an assistant in catering, call TV producer, tour guide and translator of a gay dating site. His real passion is comedy. He is an improvisor, writer, stand-up comedian, actor and a very good laugher.

Random Facts:

Is a veteran of the Greek navy (not by choice)
Recently started ballet classes
Can teach you the Dutch history in 7 minutes

Qauthar Saleh

Dutch-Indian Qauthar has travelled around the world before settling down in Amsterdam. A friend introduced him to improv a couple of years ago and now he’s hooked on it like a thirsty penguin in the desert. In order to balance his addiction Qauthar has a daytime job as a financial specialist for a real estate investment company.

Random Facts:

Thinks fruit makes you happy
Is a long distance runner (where “long” and “distance” both are relative)
Was supposed to become the new Jimi Hendrix a long time ago

Ashley Moore

Ashley hails from Australia but has learnt to speak English surprisingly quickly since moving to Amsterdam only a year ago. He came to Amsterdam with no job, no house and no good reason. Ashley has improvised everything from hour long rock operas to the history of the universe in thirty seconds. He once did a scripted play but fortunately his fellow actor missed her cue, so he got to improvise.

Random Facts:

He did not sleep in a kangaroos pouch as a child. It was a wallaby
Is an avid rockclimber and should really check a map of a country before moving there
Unbeknownst to each other, Ashley and Luke played in the same improv troupe ten years ago

Holliday Paulette Dorothy Ascroft

This spunky, young Canadian crash landed in Amsterdam sporting much more than a rogue-ish hairstyle. In attempts to escape the stresses of being an au pair, Holliday attended an Easylaughs workshop where her hysteric giggles caught the eye of an optimistic head-shrinker and pet cat Gigi. The two ushered Holliday into the mystical world of improvisation and no one has had the heart to tell her it’s all been make-believe.

Random Facts:

Father is the professional clown
Wishes she could travel to a parallel dimension to acquire her zoomorphic soul
Favorite word is actually “boycott,” not “Eh.”

Freebie The Dog

Freebie is the team mascot as well as being the dog that ate our scenework. He is the reason we never have anything prepared and have to improvise everything. He single handedly (or single paw-edly, depending on how you look at it) destroyed our original plan of being Shakespeare performance group but allowed us to discover where our true talents lay.

More cast bios coming soon Steve Alexander - Claire Davies - Luke Davies
Ex-Cast Members Jennifer L’Heureux - Jeroen Koster