KING ARTHUR

Ben ascends the throne as King Arthur, marking his grand debut with HEAP. Hailing from the court of London, Ben brings to the round table a rich history in musical theatre, with a particular penchant for the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.

His quest for the grail of performance art has led him through diverse realms of stagecraft. Ben’s last stage appearance commanded a worldwide audience of 182 million: providing backing vocals, cloaked as a monk, for Madonna at the Eurovision Song Contest.

It's rumoured that Ben initially came to audition for the elusive role of “Sir Not Appearing in this Show”, but Merlin’s wizardry intervened, gifting him this dream part. He has thoroughly enjoyed horsing around with a bunch of coconuts.

VOCAL DIRECTOR / LADY OF THE LAKE

Originally from New Zealand, Trish is hugely passionate about singing and theatre, and prior to moving to the Netherlands she worked for many years as a singer and actor all over the globe. Some credits include: Ms Lynch (Grease), Lead Vocalist (Royal Caribbean Cruises, Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises), Miss Sherman (Fame), Joanne (Rent), Enchantella (Disney's Forest of Enchantment), Feature Ensemble and Vocal Coach (A Trip Across the Universe). Trish lives in Den Haag with her husband and clingy cat, and works as a Primary school Teaching Assistant and Singing Teacher. She is so excited to be on the stage (and in the creative team) again with HEAP and crossing a dream role off her list!

Trish will be performing the role Friday evening, Saturday matinee, and Sunday matinee

LADY OF THE LAKE

Alex Mukmanova is a seasoned musical theatre actor with a decade-long on-stage experience. She played lead roles in Moscow's all-female theatre for 7 seasons, guest-starred in a rock opera, and held solo concerts before moving to Amsterdam in 2022. Here, she continued on stage as Morticia in 'The Addams Family' (Cauldron) and Lord Pinkleton in HEA's magical 'Cinderella'.

Alex Mukmanova will be performing the role Thursday evening and Saturday evening.

SIR ROBIN / GUARD ONE

Blace is an American/Swedish actor musician and teacher. After teaching music in Stockholm for 6 years he moved to the Netherlands and returned to theatre. Active in the Amsterdam area theatre scene, he has previously been seen in shows with Happily Ever After (Cinderella) Cauldron Performing Arts (Spelling Bee, Addams Family), QETC (Cabaret), and will be performing as Sir Robin in Spamalot (HEAP) this May, and as Boland in Dogfight (MAE) in September. An avid D&D player, he loves to tell stories, and sincerely hopes you enjoy this classic. Thanks to his friends and family in the US and Europe for always supporting him!

SIR LANCELOT / BLACK KNIGHT

Mats is an aspiring professional musical actor. Since he started in 2019 with his first ever production of Jesus Christ Superstar he hasn’t stopped doing what he loves most in the world, and he doesn’t plan to anytime soon! He’s had the honour of playing amazing roles such as Michael (Tick, Tick… Boom) Jake (Be More Chill) and he’s very excited to be playing Sir Lancelot in Spamalot! In the next few months Mats will also be seen on stage as Billy Nolan in Carrie (IPA producties), Tom Collins in RENT (Maniacs Theaterproducties) and making his professional debut in 40-45 de musical (Studio 100) later this year!

SIR GALAHAD / MAYNARD

Originally hailing from North Carolina, Wesley is a seasoned performer who's past credits include several first place awards in statewide vocal competitions and a handful of stage performances including the role of "Curly" in "Oklahoma!". Since moving to the Netherlands he has participated in stage musicals as various characters in "Working", Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors", Jason in "Ordinary Days" and his favorite lead role, Billy Flynn in "Chicago". A competitor on both "Holland's Got Talent" and "The Voice" he also landed a role as an on camera correspondence narrator in the Netflix documentary "Voices of Liberation". He looks forward to bringing the role of the Sir Galahad to life as well as the silly Brother Maynard.

SIR BEDEVERE / MAYOR

Andrea began to be obsessed with musical theatre when he was eighteen and danced the Charleston in King Herod’s court in an amateur production of Jesus Christ Superstar. After many years enjoying sitting in the audience, he recently performed as a hobo in Little Shop of Horrors and as a knight in Cinderella, both from Happily Ever After Productions. He also attended the A Chorus Line bootcamp and has been a member of the Luxor Musicalkoor for two seasons.

PATSY

Mathijs is an enormous nerd. He has a doctorate in biophysics and keeps himself busy with sustainability, D&D, debating, politics and reading books. However, what truly makes his heart beat faster is when he gets to perform. For the last five years, he has been an active (musical) improv comedy theatre performer in different teams, such as the 'Boom Chicago' house team, the 'Easylaughs' long form cast, 'Cliffs of Dover', and the 'As Seen on TV' production. Last year he was cast as 'Fred Casely' in Chicago the musical (Happily Ever After Productions). Now he gets to be part of this (coco)nuts horse play.

PRINCE HERBERT

By day, Philippe works in Marketing. His passion for musical theatre started in 2016 when he played the role of Jamie in The Last 5 Years. After this, he was fortunate to join several productions: Allegro (as part of the Ensemble), Cabaret (as the Emcee), Into the Woods (as the Baker), Working (several characters), Little Shop of Horrors (as Seymour), Ordinary Days (as Warren), Avenue Q (as Rod), Monstersongs (as Igor), Be More Chill (as the Squip) and Chicago (as Amos). He is thrilled to join Happily Ever After again for this production of Spamalot.

HISTORIAN / GUARD 2 / ENSEMBLE

Lauren Maxwell is a writer, producer, and performer originally hailing from America. She’s lived in the Netherlands for 9 years and has 30 years of theatre experience ranging from musical theatre, plays, to improvisational comedy and drama, storytelling, and burlesque.

Most recently, she was seen in Happily Ever After’s Be More Chill as Ensemble. She tells stories at Mezrab and produced Truth Analytics with Circle of Truth. Her first written play, Life after Death, was performed by Downstage Left in Amsterdam. This August, she can be seen at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her one-woman show: “Always Aphrodite.” She’s so excited to be part of the Spamalot cast, and be as ridiculous as possible.

NOT DEAD FRED / ENSEMBLE

Rosemary Lloyd is a Luxembourgish-American actor with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a distinction in Opera from the Conservatoire de Luxembourg. They taught Musical Theatre in Luxembourg and are working towards being a vocal coach and event photographer in Amsterdam.

Credits: Oliver! The Musical, Harlem Hotel, Handel's Messiah, Showtime, Lost in the Stars, Young Frankenstein, Melusina the Pantomime, The Best of Men-The Worst of Men, Coronavirus Chronicles, We Happy Few, Di and Viv and Rose, Addams Family, Dogfight, Cinderella, and Spamalot.

CONCORDE / ENSEMBLE

Francisco Cabeda leads a double life: by day, he's a dedicated mechanical engineer, but then, he takes center stage as a passionate actor and singer. His musical journey began at the tender age of 4, and over the past two decades, he has meticulously honed his skills in piano, classical and electric guitar, and vocal techniques.

Francisco's theatrical repertoire is diverse, ranging from a Portuguese adaptation of 'Legally Blonde' as Warner to captivating performances in a Portuguese adaptation 'The Three Little Pigs' and the Portuguese rendition of 'Via Crucis.'

Now residing in the Netherlands for work, Francisco continues to find joy in pursuing his musical career.

MINSTREL 1

Introducing Dominik Kucera as Sir Robin’s lead minstrel. Originally from Prague, Dominik relocated to Amsterdam last year to chase his bachelor’s degree. He is also a singer-songwriter, making appearances in local music venues, where Happily Ever After Productions stumbled upon his talent. He has since performed in their production of Cinderella as an ensemble member and is happy to step on the Zonnehuis stage again for the boisterously comical spectacle that is Spamalot.

MINSTREL 2 / ENSEMBLE

A software engineer and public speaker by trade, Lian is no stranger to the stage. After years of working in Silicon Valley startups, she has found her calling: Introducing the beauty and impermanence of performance art to the tech industry. As Chief Karaoke Officer, she is the creator of “Kuberoke” a one-of-a-kind social event, bringing the joy of Karaoke to technology conferences.

Lian can also be seen performing at various Standup Comedy Open Mics in and around Amsterdam.

GOD / TIM / MOTHER

Charlie Bird is definitely not the Messiah, just a very naughty boy. Charlie is an Actor, Writer, and general performance nerd, coming originally from Liverpool. He's been in Leiden for 9 years now, and will be becoming Dutch fully later this year. You can catch him on the stage later this year playing 'God' in Spamalot and 'Macbeth' in... Macbeth'

FATHER / NI KNIGHT

Michael comes to the Amsterdam stage by way of many years in community theatre in his home country of Canada. Having immigrated in 2022, he has eagerly joined the vibrant theatre community in the Netherlands. Past roles here include Sebastian in HEA’s last production of Cinderella, the father in Be More Chill, and smaller supporting roles in both of HEA’s productions of Chicago. Other favourite roles from Canada include Bill in Mamma Mia, Robbie the Stockfish in Urinetown, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and an understudy for Horse in The Fully Monty.

ENSEMBLE

Originally from New Zealand, Brigid has performed in several musicals in Wellington (Rent, Legally Blonde, Ordinary Days) and has been thoroughly enjoying her return to the world of musical theatre in Amsterdam with HEA’s Chicago and The Cauldron’s The Addams Family. Brigid has a background singing with classical choirs and in classical guitar, and is thrilled to be joining the cast and silly world of Spamalot!

ENSEMBLE

Cinzia is a full time student and a fuller time musical theatre fan. She is excited to be playing in the ensemble in Spamalot. She was previously seen as an Ancestor in the Addams Family, Teen Zombie in Monstersongs, Bad Idea Bear #1 in Avenue Q, and ensemble in Cinderella.

ENSEMBLE / FEATURED DANCER

Elisa was born in Italy and she moved to Amsterdam two years ago. She has been dancing different street and club dances (Hip-Hop, Popping, Locking etc.) for 10 years and in the last year she started specializing in Waacking dance and singing. She has always loved musicals because it combines the profession of dancing and singing so she is very happy to join Spamalot for her first musical production!

ENSEMBLE / FEATURED DANCER

From an early age, Mary started dancing classical ballet and has since been dancing and exploring several styles such as jazz, contemporary, street dance, burlesque, salsa, bachata and Brazilian Zouk. She has always been a big musical fan and prior to Spamalot, she was in Cinderella by HEA and she also participated in HEA’s musical theatre bootcamps Chicago, Grease and Disney on Broadway.

Having previously worked in the international hotel business, she decided to switch careers three years ago and now works as a primary school teacher.

Her biggest fans are her 6-year-old son and husband, and she couldn't be more grateful for their support in her newfound passion for musical theatre.

ENSEMBLE / WITCH (PRE-SHOW)

Gina Bjørgo is a 22 years old Norwegian student who grew up in France next to Switzerland. Before moving to the Netherland, Gina has responded to her interest in Musical theatre by performing in Lion King, Starmania, Scrooge’s Christmas and Mozart l’opéra rock with Geneva’s musical theater academy. In Acting Line Studio she practiced her acting instrument and got the opportunity to play in two short films. You’ll always find her singing or expressing herself doing creative photoshoots or simply vlogging around! She’s been very excited to uncover Amsterdam’s creative opportunities and couldn’t be happier as she discovered musical improvisation and will now be part of her first musical in this new city!

ENSEMBLE

Rozemarijn Balemans is a 27 year old Dutchie originally from Utrecht. In her daily life, she is working as a corporate event planner for a consultancy in Amsterdam. Next to her job as an event planner, you can also find her organising other projects, like the USC Leiden Dance Show. This is her first production with HEA, but she has been singing and dancing for years. Her last production, Urinetown, was cut short because of Covid, and she has been excited to get back on stage ever since.

FRENCH TAUNTER

Yann has been part of the Amsterdam English and French theatre communities for almost a decade. He moved away from the stage to the tech booth a few years ago, but when he received the offer that every French person secretly dreams of – the opportunity to taunt British people from the top of a castle wall – he simply could not decline.

SIR NOT APPEARING IN THIS SHOW / RABBIT

A simple fellow who got dragged kicking and screaming into musical theater when he designed the set for HEA Productions' first show, Into The Woods. Since then he's designed sets for shows such as Avenue Q, Chicago, Be More Chill and Cinderella. He also occasionally appears on stage, most notably as Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q. During the day he works as a freelance animator and illustrator, and works on his own animated series, which can be found on Youtube/Instagram/Tiktok under @cracklewoodforest.