Who We Are

Deryn Hawkins

Deryn is an accomplished film, tv and theatre actor from Somerset. She trained at Falmouth University and gained a BA Honours in Acting in 2018.

Since working professionally, Deryn has gained tv and film credits most recently including The Undeclared War and The Outlaws on ITV and BBC.

Deryn has still held on to her passion of theatre and performing and started her stand-up comedy career in 2022. Now she feels back where she belongs - on the stage where she trained.

James Coupland

Jim has returned to And Then They Came For Me after previously appearing in the production from 2018-2019. He has also appeared in other professional theatre productions such as DNA and The Barmbrack Curse. He is currently performing in The Gunpowder Plot Immersive Experience in London, which also features Tom Felton. In addition, Jim is studying Theatre Direction at Plymouth Conservatoire.

Michael Malone

Michael is a Exeter-based actor who trained in theatre and acting at Chichester University. After recently graduating with a BA Hons in September 2022, he looks forward to joining this production and touring the UK.

Having started acting and training at a young age, Michael was awarded a Rose Bowl Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Eddie O'Grady in Made in Dagenham. Trained in contemporary and post-modern theatre, as well as Stanislavsky-style acting, he currently works as the co-founder of 'Hübner Productions', a theatre and short film company.

Poppy Charlton

Classically trained, Poppy graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2020. Having graduated into a pandemic-hit industry, she spent her time in lockdown honing her acting skills, practising yoga, watching Normal People, and playing with her pet budgies.

She is a trained singer, performing at several festivals, including WOMAD. She has recently branched out into comedy, and is a member of the comedy company The Biscuit Barrel, with shows appearing across the UK.

Credits include: The feature film Six Minutes to Midnight, dir. Andy Goddard, (2020); Tik Tok sensation SMASH, dir. Scott Piggott, (2021); the award winning short film, An Exquisite Dinner, dir. Olly Blower (2021); and nominated best show at Brighton Fringe, In A Cave A Voice, (2022).

Poppy is currently expanding her training into voiceover; recently performing on BBC Bristol, as well as appearing on several radio plays.

June Trask

June is thrilled to have been asked by Eva Schloss to direct and take And Then They Came for Me on tour.

June has extensive experience directing theatre, from children to professionals and has directed short plays in London at The Pleasance and Soho. She has an MLitt degree, with emphasis in directing Shakespeare, from Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College, Vermont and Oxford, UK, and an MA in creative writing from California State University, Chico.

After her thirty-year teaching career as Head of Theatre and English in secondary schools in California, she moved to England, where she and two talented colleagues set up The School, an advanced performing arts school for young people in the Nailsea area. She has travelled extensively in the US, Mexico, Peru and France.