Press Information - Who are The Good, the Bad & the Funny?

The Good, the Bad and the Funny are a London based comedy sketch

They had a cult following but have now apologised to the Scientologists.

They have joined forces with Fringe veterans ‘CP Theatre Productions’ to bring their latest sketch show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The GBF are:-

Pete Picton
- Acting credits include - Narcissus in Love Intrigues (Edinburgh Fringe premiere), Fagin in Oliver, Peter in Blue Remembered Hills, Jonathan in Some Explicit Polaroids, Principal roles in musicals ranging from Guys and Dolls to Kiss Me Kate.
- Television credits include - Worried weather forecaster The Great Storm (ITV documentary), Holmfirth (BBC 4), the back of his head in the new feature film All Bar Love.

Sarah Cantrill
- Acting credits include - Aladdin in Aladdin (Putney Arts Theatre), Principal Girl in Lights and Sounds of Tinseltown (Quantum Theatre for Science), Susan in Life on Earth (London Palladium), Dick in Dick Whittington (Putney Arts Theatre), Mabel in Mack and Mabel (Putney Arts Theatre), Hunyak in Chicago (Clifton Theatre)
- Directing credits include - Little Shop of Horrors, Summer Holiday and Sweeney Todd (Putney Arts Theatre)
- Choreography credits - Into the Woods (Questors Theatre)
- Dance credits include - Singin' in the Rain (Richmond Theatre), West Side Story (Putney Arts Theatre)

Ian Ward
- Acting credits include - Fagin in Oliver, Percy Brown in The Boy Friend, Bela Zangler in Crazy for You, A baddie as Abanazar in Aladdin, a goodie as the Baron in Cinderella, Soranzo in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, the Landlord in Two, Stand-up comedy for Mirth Control
- Television credits include - Young weather forecaster in The Great Storm (ITV documentary), Voice-over artist for Sky
- Directing credits include - John Godber’s Teechers

Emma Pearson
- Emma is delighted to have joined this talented bunch of individuals and is most grateful to have been given the opportunity to ... become both a chav and a lady, a Geordie and a German all in the same evening!
- Previous roles include a young male scouser, an over adventurous boy with beans, a dancing girl and the front end of a pantomime horse. Now that’s progression for you! - She will be playing the Principal Boy in the PLOS pantomime in January

Who are CP Theatre Productions?
CP Theatre Productions is the trading name of Chelsea Players, a theatre company and a registered charity, based in London. Chelsea Players was founded in the 1960s and enjoyed a 25-year residency at London's Chelsea Theatre until 2000. From 2001, Chelsea Players evolved into a touring fringe theatre company. Each production is now staged at a theatre suitable for it; we continue to perform at the Barons Court Theatre, Fulham; the Putney Arts Theatre, Putney and the Landor Theatre, Clapham. The company first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004, and has returned every year since.

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