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Love & Savagery (2009)

Cast and Crew

ALLAN HAWCO (MICHAEL MCCARTHY)

A native of the Goulds, Newfoundland, and a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Allan Hawco is one of the country’s most exciting young actors.

He has starred in some of the most interesting and acclaimed of recent television dramas including ZOS: Zone of Separation, an eight-part series about the life and death struggle to enforce a United Nations-brokered ceasefire in a middle European country. (Movie Network, 2008). the political thrillers H2O (CBC, 2004) and its sequel Trojan Horse (CBC, 2007) and the World War II drama Above and Beyond (CBC, 2006).

He appears in a supporting lead in Sir Richard Attenborough’s Closing the Ring (2008 nomination Best Film, Irish Film and Television Awards) with Christopher Plummer and Shirley MacLaine.

Hawco has worked in several established theatres in the country. Select credits include the title roles in Romeo and Juliet; (Shakespeare Works) and Richard III (RCA Theatre) as well as The Shape of Things (Canadian Stage Co.), The Cripple of Innishman (Centaur Theatre; Dir: Ben Barnes), Macbeth (Festival of Classics), Salt Water Moon (Saidye Bronfman Centre); You Are Here (Theatre Passe Muraille); La Ronde and Present Laughter (Soul Pepper Theatre).

In 2005, Hawco co- founded The Company Theatre and starred in its inaugural production of Tom Murphy’s Whistle in the Dark which met with rave reviews. The Toronto Star called it “the most muscular piece of theatre we’ve seen in Toronto in some time.” The Company Theatre’s 2008 productions will include Festen.

He is currently acting as co-executive producer on Republic of Doyle, a half-hour pilot for CBC about a father and son who fight crime - and each other - as private investigators in oil-rich Newfoundland.

SARAH GREENE (KATHLEEN O’CONNELL)

A native of Cork, Sarah Greene graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in June, 2006. Since leaving Ireland’s premiere drama school, she has appeared in Stuart Carolan’s highly praised study of grief, love and loss The Empress of India directed by Garry Hynes for Galway’s Druid Theatre and at the Abbey Theatre for the Dublin Theatre Festival 2006. She went on to tour Ireland as Mary Lacey in Druid’s hugely successful production of John B. Keane’s The Year of the Hiker and appeared in Druid’s acclaimed production of The Playboy of the Western World at the 2007 Tokyo International Arts Festival, Japan. Greene then toured Ireland with the Galloglass Theatre Company playing Cactus in Gina Moxley’s Danti Dan directed by David Horan.

Sarah Greene’s film and television credits include: Bachelor’s Walk – Christmas Special (RTE); 2006 presenter of The Den Tots Bandstand (RTE) and Speed Dating directed by Tony Herbert. She is featured in Eden (2008 Tribeca Film Festival award winner) directed by Declan Recks (2005 Best Director, Irish Film and Television Awards). The feature film is based on Eugene O’Brien’s play which was produced by the Abbey Theatre and won the 2001 Irish Times Theatre Award.

SEAN PANTING (WILFRED)

Sean Panting is a St. John’s singer-songwriter renowned for his razor sharp lyrics, unique guitar playing, hilarious storytelling, and brilliant three minute songs about a vast array of topics including, but not limited to Rock and Roll, Sandwiches, Washer-Dryers, Love, Power Outages, William Hurt, Vampires, Springtime, Car Trouble and Revenge.

His first two solo albums - Lotus Land (2000) and Pop Disaster (2002) - were both MIANL (Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, Inc.) award winners, and in 2005 he doubled his output with his rock and roll opus, Receiver, and the all-acoustic Victrola. All this while holding down a regular gig on the CBC as the St. John’s morning show’s resident political satirist and “investigative troubadour”.

His shows, alongside the likes of Billy Bragg, Ron Sexsmith, Daniel Lanois and The Rheostatics have earned him well deserved praise, as have his sizeable catalog of albums recorded with various bands (including Kelly Russell & The Planks, Drive, and the Panting Brothers).

His film credits include Gordon Pinsent’s Heyday!

MARK WHELAN (JIM HYLAND)

Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Whelan came to Canada in 1988 where he launched a successful career in theatre. He has performed in such classics as A Lie of the Mind, James Joyce’s The Dead, Of Mice and Men, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Whelan’s talent has been recognized with Ontario Theatre Award Best Actor in a Lead Role for his performance as Jacob Mercier in David French’s 1949, as well as nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actor in a Comedy in Hugh Leonard’s Da.

His film and television credits include Murdoch Mysteries, 72 Hours – True Crime, and History Channel’s Courtroom, Knights of South Bronx and Shadowland.

MARTHA BURNS (MOTHER SUPERIOR)

Martha Burns is one of Canada’s most distinguished stage and television actresses. She has performed leading roles at the Stratford and Shaw Festivals and at theatres across the country. Winner of the 2005 Barbara Hamilton Award for “excellence and professionalism in the performing arts”, she has also received two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her work in ‘Traffod Tanzi’ and ‘The Miracle Worker’ and been nominated for three more.

A founding member of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theater Company (where she appeared to great acclaim as Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’), Burns created numerous ground-breaking educational programs for youth at Soulpepper, including the Youth Mentorship Program, and Soulpepper in the Schools, where artists introduce Shakespeare to children in grades 3 to 6.

The actress is the recipient of a Genie Award for her work in Rhombus Media’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night and a double Gemini winner for Best Actress for her leading role in Slings and Arrows. Most recently she starred in The Trojan Horse, written by and starring her husband Paul Gross.

Her short film How are You? which she wrote and directed with Susan Coyne premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

MACDARA O’FATHARTA (THOMAS COLLINS)

Originally from the Aran Islands, Macdara O’Fatharta has worked extensively in all established Irish theatres, including leading roles at The Abbey National Theatre.

He appeared as John, in Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard and went onto appear as Joe Clohesy in Ballykissangel, BBC’s highly acclaimed television series. His recent film credits include John Erman’s The Blackwater Lightship and Neil Jordan’s The Butcher Boy (1998 Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival)

Other film appearances include Durango, The Last Word, Minister of State in Sinners and NoTears, directed by Stephen Burke for RTE/Denzille Films. Television credits include The Clinic & Showbands (Parallel), Proof, Fair City and Glenroe. He may be best known as Tadgh O’Direain on TG 4’s popular Ros na Ros na Run. The Irish language continuing series set in an imaginary Connemara village has been nominated for Irish Film and Television Awards (Best Drama Series, Best Irish Language Programme).

DYLAN SCOTT SMITH (SEAN COLLINS)

Smith received a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of Toronto and was trained in London, England, at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy. He has appeared on stage at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre, the Edinburgh Theatre Festival and Soulpepper/DuMaurier World Stage. Among his television credits are Murder on the Orient Express (CBS), Eastenders (BBC), Sugartime (HBO) and MVP and Dieppe for CBC Television. His film credits include 300 and Geraldine’s Fortune and Kitt Ketredge: An American Girl

NICHOLAS CAMPBELL (TINKER)

One of Canada’s most popular actors, Nicholas Campbell is widely-acclaimed for his lead role in the gritty television series DaVinci’s Inquest which went into syndication in the United States in May 2005. His awards include the 2001 Gemini for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Role for DaVinci’s Inquest, the 2001 Gemini for his guest performance in the series Blue Murder and the 1998 Gemini for Major Crime. Campbell also starred in the Peabody Award-winning mini-series Human Cargo and 100 Days in the Jungle (Gemini – Best TV Movie, 2003), The Sleep Room (Gemini – Best TV Movie, 1998). He was nominated in 2006 for a Gemini for DaVinci’s City Hall and for his lead role in DaVinci’s Inquest in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. For his stunning performance in the lead role of Shorty McAdoo in John Smith’s The Englishman’s Boy, Campbell has been nominated for a 2008 Gemini Award.

His feature credits include New Waterford Girl, St. Jude, The Cinderella Man and David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch, The Dead Zone and Fast Company.