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A hilarious comedy revolving around the lives of two couples and a most dynamic mother in law living in South London in the year 2021. Chris is a part time plumber, his wife Jenny is full time a nurse, Tom is a teacher of Art, his wife Samantha is an unemployed hairdresser whilst Mrs Saunders (007), is a dynamic, wealthy and most experienced divorcee ! With so many more comic characters such as Roger the bouncer, Olga the famous poet, Akel the greatest pizza delivery man, Hobson the crazy butler and others, it is a comedy packed with laughter and in some parts, even suspense ! As they all somehow end up heading for Oscars, the message is one … “ Nothing is impossible, just take it as it comes ” !

Suitable for Ages: 15+

Script Writer and Head of Production
Anthony Thomas Ashiotis was born in Nicosia . His mother is half English – half Irish whilst his father is Greek Cypriot . He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and runs his own firm of auditors, accountants and consultants since 1990 which firm is well known and highly awarded, based in Nicosia and with clients based worldwide (www.ashiotis.com.cy) . He has over many years been involved in charity work especially as President of Rotaract Nicosia and Rotary Nicosia. He loves theater and has performed in both small and leading roles in quite a number of theatrical plays ( mostly comedies) and always for charity . He has in recent years also written a number of theatrical plays . “Friends for Oscars “ is the first play he has written and it is the first time it will be on stage with few more plays to follow after this ! There are also serious thoughts and plans for this specific play to be taken abroad !
Director
Athena Louisa Marie Agroti Born in London and raised in Cyprus, Athena studied Drama and Film at Queen Mary University of London, followed by an MA in Applied Theatre (Community & Education) at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Athena works as a Drama Teacher, Director and Creative Arts Facilitator. As well as working in various educational settings through theater in London and Cyprus, she ran projects at the school, Shishuvan in Mumbai with the Parents Association for confidence building and communication skills. Other projects include finding ways to be more creative, integrating the arts into the curriculum and working with a group of young people in Kandivali in the development of theater. The most effective work was to use the expression of theater to develop the self-awareness and self-esteem of women coming to SNEHA (Nutrition, Education & Health Action Society) with a history of domestic violence. On her return to Cyprus, she, along with various artists set up a group titled ‘’Allospos’’ which help run community projects. She realised her passion for Creative Education and directed various productions, a few of which have been adaptations of Mischief Theatre Company, which to this day she continues to pursue.
Assistant Director
Vasily Lavrikov has studied theater and directing in Athens, Greece . Has participated in various production's while in Greece . Returned to Cyprus and finished ministry's of tourism tour guide school in 2015 and now is working as an official tour guide of the republic of Cyprus. Fluent in Greek , English and Russian languages. First theatrical appearance in Cyprus was with the theatrical company of Doros Kyriakedes. Before appeared briefly in some TV series for channel sigma.
Public Relations
Yiannos Georgiades is the Managing Partner of the law firm Y. Georgiades & Associates LLC, which is based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with presence in the UK and Greece. Yiannos Georgiades is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, called to the Bar of England & Wales, President of the Cyprus Chapter of the European Court of Arbitration and Mediation for commercial disputes (CEAM) and President of the Metropole Alliance International Association of lawyers and professionals. He is a co-founder of the business accelerator KV Kinisis Ventures Limited, and a nominated advisor for the Emerging Companies Market (the ECM) of the Cyprus Stock Exchange. Mr Georgiades has recently been involved in the film production industry, as a producer of the up and coming film “Poets Never Die” to be filmed in Cyprus, and has been advising film directors and film companies for the production of films and how to apply for cash rebates etc. in light of the recent attractive incentive for film production in Cyprus, offering up to 35% of eligible expenditures incurred. Additionally, he was connected with the recent production of the 2020 Hollywood film “Jiu Jitsu” starring Nicholas Cage filmed in Cyprus and the law firm were the sponsors for the Press Conference which took place in the Hilton Hotel. “The government of Cyprus has offered great incentives to the film industry and has managed to grab the attention of renowned American producers and directors like Demetri Logothetis, who chose Cyprus for the shootings of Jiu Jitsu, a film we helped in co-producing” said Georgiades, explaining that he aims to continue this path and do more to support the production of Hollywood films in Cyprus as it brings the two countries even closer.
Film and Streaming Director
Savvas Hadjigeorgiou studied Film and TV at Hofstra University and has held high-level positions in the Cyprus TV industry for 26 years. He is well known for high quality TV series including 'O Nomos Tis Ekdikisis', 'Krifos Kaiadas' and 'O Telios Andras'. He heads the Productions at Jazz Arts & Communications and is a Film/TV and studio consultant, specialising in live streaming for various events including concerts and seminars.
Production and Stage Assistant
Mary Spyrou is a recent graduate from the University of Essex with a BA in Drama. She has played roles ranging from ditzy and comedic to serious and abusive. She aspires to pursue a career in acting as well as volunteer for educational programs involving children. Currently she is interning for the Home for Cooperation’s Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2020. In 2021, she plans to audition for theatre schools in Europe to acquire an MA in Acting.
Costume and Set Designer
Sossee Eskidjian studied Fine Arts at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She is an Art Director/ Production and Costume Designer. Some of her work includes feature films such as “Road To Ithaca”, “Under the Stars”, “Kalabush” and “Conveyor Belt”, the American production “Jiu Jitsu”, the television series “Vasiliki” and “Vendetta”, “Ekino to Kalokeri”, the short films “I Lepti Avra tis Epithimias” and “To Koritsi ke I Poli” and the theatre plays “A Hatful of Rain”, “The Diary of a Madman”, “I Petalouda”, “The Fisherman and his Soul”, “I Epanastasi tou Alfi”, “Charopa ta dio mu heria”, and many more. She also works as an Art Director and Production Designer on TV commercials with clients from Cyprus and abroad. In 2009 she held her first personal art exhibition.
Support Team
Yiannos Georgiades - Stavriana Antoniou - Demetris Phylactou - Nada Panayiotou - Robert Stambouli - George Petrou - Loukis Petrides - Dickran Ouzounian - Raluca Ioana - Ioanna kyprianidou -
Social Media support
Ersin Oztoycan was born and raised in the UK. The greater part of her life has been devoted to raising awareness of Dyslexia (Specific learning Difficulty) in Cyprus. In 2019 Ersin acted in the comedy play "Get Staffed" She is the author of her autobiography My Life/File. An inspiring book that recounts the hardships and joys of her life, her family and her work, as she moves between British, Turkish and Greek Cypriot cultures. She writes as she lives with energy and humour.
Aleen Andreou - Consultant
Aleen Andreou has had a 30 year love affair with the stage. Sometimes as a queen, sometimes as a cleaner and anything in between. She has acted with ACT, Rotary and Athena Xenidou's Showcases. She has worked in three films, most notably as Maggie in Al Davidian's "Don't Make a Sound" Aleen is a co-founder in 2 improv groups, "Nudniks" and "Bored of Directors" Off stage she is a Trainer and coach with PeopleAchieve
Play Script Consultant
Duncan Walsh Atkins studied at Oxford, where he conducted the University Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After graduating he worked as a choirmaster in South Africa before moving to London. He has been musical director of The Showstoppers since 2009, which has had sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and West End runs, national and international tours, a BBC Radio 4 series, and won Best Family and Entertainment at the 2016 Olivier Awards. His other credits include Adam Megiddo’s ‘Burlesque’ which won the 2011 Off-West End Best New Musical Award, and ‘The Tailor-Made Man’ at the Arts Theatre (which he co-composed with Meggido), ‘Half a Sixpence’ UK tour with Gary Wilmot, ‘The Blues Brothers Party’ UK and Japan tour, ‘Round The Horne’ UK tour, the Flanders & Swann tribute ‘At The Drop Of A Hippopotamus’, Mitchell & Webb’s ‘Macbeth & The Beanstalk’, Noel Coward’s ‘Words & Music’, the touring West End/Broadway tribute ‘Mad About the Musicals’, and Jonathan Harvey’s ‘Taking Charlie’ for the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe. He has also appeared several times on BBC Radio, recording ‘September Tide’ with Jonathan Firth, the ‘Tina C’ and ‘Ida Barr’ series with the comedian Christopher Green, and Radio 2’s ‘Friday Night is Music Night’. He has collaborated with fellow Showstoppers Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd on their Radio 4 series ‘Trodd En Bratt’ and with Pippa Evans on her musical contributions to the ’Now Show’. He was musical director of the BBC2 improvised comedy series ‘Fast and Loose’ in 2010, hosted by Hugh Dennis, has played keyboards on ‘Jersey Boys’ in the West End, and can occasionally be seen in a wig portraying Benny Andersson in ‘Abbamania’.

Anthony as Chris Saunders
Anthony Thomas Ashiotis was born in Nicosia . His mother is half English – half Irish whilst his father is Greek Cypriot . He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and runs his own firm of auditors, accountants and consultants since 1990 which firm is well known and highly awarded, based in Nicosia and with clients based worldwide (www.ashiotis.com.cy) . He has over many years been involved in charity work especially as President of Rotaract Nicosia and Rotary Nicosia. He loves theater and has performed in both small and leading roles in quite a number of theatrical plays ( mostly comedies) and always for charity . He has in recent years also written a number of theatrical plays . “Friends for Oscars “ is the first play he has written and it is the first time it will be on stage with few more plays to follow after this ! There are also serious thoughts and plans for this specific play to be taken abroad !
Reem as Jenny Saunders
Reem Maghribi is a social activist, communications professional, passionate cook, gender specialist, proud mother, practicing poet and exhibited artist, with roots in a number of European and Arab countries and currently resides in Cyprus, working as a UN communication consultant whilst running the pan-Arab non-profit organisation Sharq.Org. Reem has performed in many a Shakespeare play at school in London (1990s); co-wrote and performed in ‘Seagulls’ at Beirut’s renowned Madina Theatre (2018); produced the grant funded play ‘I Am Not a Vase’ in Beirut and Stockholm (2019); performed in the single character play ‘A Woman Alone’, filmed during lockdown and screened in Larnaca (2020), and was awarded a grant by the Buffer Fringe Festival in Nicosia to co-write and co-perform in the play ‘Taking Back the Booty’ in Nicosia (2020). “Friends for Oscars” is her new challenge in the role of Jenny Saunders !
Andros as Tom Green
Andros Zacharia is a London born Cypriot who works with numbers during the day and the rest of the time with letters. Basically, he is an accountant by profession and performer/speaker by passion. In 2019 Andros acted in the comedy play "Get Staffed". He is dedicated to contributing to the evolution of mankind since they are not so kind.
Mary Ann as Samantha Green
Mary Ann Billis is a South African born Cypriot living in Cyprus for the past 14 years. She is a Wife, Mother, Actress & pilates/ yoga instructor and a lover of coffee, animals & nature. Her passion for acting started at a very young age , she graduated high school with honors & distinction in Drama and Public Speaking as well gaining a diploma in method acting, went on to perform in many local theater productions & local TV series. While trying to juggle the demands of motherhood she continued her passion here in Cyprus with attending adult drama classes at Little muse theatre school & recently performing in a online production of “A woman alone” directed by Catherine Beger which was screened locally in Cyprus and Australia. Her newest venture is a role she has been offered in an up coming local movie production soon to be filmed in Cyprus . She is looking forward with pride and excitement to be part of the “Friends for Oscars team”
Aleen as Mrs Saunders
Aleen Andreou has had a 30 year love affair with the stage. Sometimes as a queen, sometimes as a cleaner and anything in between. She has acted with ACT, Rotary and Athena Xenidou's Showcases. She has worked in three films, most notably as Maggie in Al Davidian's "Don't Make a Sound" Aleen is a co-founder in 2 improv groups, "Nudniks" and "Bored of Directors" Off stage she is a Trainer and coach with PeopleAchieve
Demetris as Roger
Demetri Demetriou graduated from King's College[ University of London] in 1997 with a degree in law. He then went on to study acting at Drama Centre London and graduated with a degree in acting in July 2000. Demetri went on to work as a professional actor in the UK for six years. In film he played a part in 'The Sea Wolf' [Tower of London Productions], he played a part in the BBC production of 'The Way we Live Now' and a part in the Granada production of 'Planespotting'. In theatre he played roles in 'The Woman in the Moon' [Arcola Theatre], 'Brother my Brother' [Croydon Warehouse Theatre], and he also produced and played a part in the play 'Four Knights in Knaresborough' [Riverside Studios.] Demetri returned to Cyprus in 2006 and carried on working as a professional actor. In film he played parts in local productions such as 'Block 12',' 'Joy and Sorrow of the Body','Sunrise in Kimmeria', 'Smuggling Hendrix', 'Clementine', 'Natas' and other local films. He also played a part in a Greek film called 'The Small Fish'. Demetri also had roles in various television productions such as' Deikse mou to filo sou',' Mpatso agapi mou',' 'I Zoi einai oraia', 'Galatia', 'Petrino Potami', and various others. He is currently playing a part in the local period drama 'Halkina Hronia'. In theatre he played parts in English speaking and Greek speaking plays such as'ART', 'Betrayal', 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Mani Money' in theatres across the island. Demetri also played parts in two commercials and a corporate video.
Nada as Olga
Nada Panayiotou is an economist by profession and actor by choose. She is originally from Serbia (Belgrade) and has been living and working in Cyprus since 1996. She is a business woman and mother of four, and has appeared in over Seven theatre productions, over the past 10 years. You may have seen her in her last production English Comedy November 2018 “Get Staffed’ by Frank Gibbons , as the main actor. She had a great privilege to serve as President of Rotary club Nicosia 2017-2018. She loves acting and when she’s not acting (or crawling around the stage on all fours), Nada enjoys running half marathons, reading and dancing. She promotes peace and love.
Mohammed as Pizza Man
Mohammed Awwad is a primary school teacher. Studied English Literature in Bethlehem University/ Palestine. His focus is the Education of young children through comedy and clowning. Mohammed's main focus is introducing comedy to the disadvantaged communities and provide psychological healing for troubled children through clown education. Mohammed travels between Europe, Middle East, Africa and Far Asia in hope to give laughter and joy to as many hospitalized children as possible, people with special needs and elderly people.
Marie as Jennifer & Lili
Marie Dzaghigian is a teacher of English and also a belly dance instructor. She has been choreographing and acting in theatre plays at Wherehaus 612 since 2018. Ο Χρυσός και ο Τενεκές was the very first play she ever choreographed and her experience was so amazing that she quickly got involved in other things related to theatre as well. She tried out a role in a play called Singles and after she went on tour with the play Αν Αργήσω Κοιμήσου where she portrayed a call girl. Following that she had the role of Lydia from Beetlejuice twice and finally, she choreographed Η Αλίκη στη Χώρα των Τεράτων which got amazing reviews and was funded by THOC. She now looks forward to performing on stage with “ Friends for Oscars “ !
Ariadne as Film Director & TV GaGa Presenter
Ariadne Andreou began dancing at Dance Works at the age of 4. She also attended classes in theatre, singing and other dance genre performing with Morphi in Panagia ton Parision, Lefkosia Youth Ballet’s Snow Queen, as well as Dorothy in ACT’s Wizard of Strovoloz. From the age of 14 she often assisted in dance classes and from 16 was frequently covering the modern groups when Clare was away examining, as well as assisting Sarah Milne with dance classes at Cyprus Performing Arts. After attending different Drama and Musical Theatre summer schools in the UK she was encouraged to audition for full time studies in this field. Ariadne was accepted into MGA Academy of Performing Arts where she had solo roles in Legally Blonde, the musical, and was a featured dancer and vocalist in the Christmas concerts at the Usher Hall. While training, she was offered a part-time teaching position at the weekends at JHM Dance and Cheer dance academy- teaching musical theatre, hip-hop and jazz classes. She also took part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, which went on to win different awards that year. She graduated MGA with an agent and was offered a contract by Live Business in 2019 as a vocalist and spent 6 months in a resort as a vocalist and entertainer. Upon returning to UK she took up a position as teaching assistant / cover supervisor at different special needs secondary schools in London, gaining much experience teaching. She also had the opportunity to facilitate a couple of summer schools and in the summer of 2020 headed a two week musical theatre intensive for Dance Works. As of January 2021, Ariadne has been offered a job as a vocalist/performer as part of Boo and Franklin’s production team which will be based in Cyprus. She is excited to be able to balance her two passions- teaching and performing, in the country she loves so much.
Feidias as Radio DJ, Carpenter , TV Reporter & other supporting roles
Feidias Psaras was born in Cyprus in 2003. He is a student of the English School and has a passion for literature and theatre. In 2019, he incarnated Mitch in the theatrical play The comedy about a bank robbery organised by his school; he is currently holding the role of Kenickie Murdoch in the upcoming musical Grease. He has been among the presenters and hosts of the 2019 English School Talent Show and a member of the English School Senior Choral since 2017. Feidias is also a keen debater: in November 2019, he addressed the European Youth Parliament as the rapporteur of the Cyprus Euroscola team. He is a member of the Ciclo team which was awarded the title of the best project presented at the 2019/2020 English school Youth Entrepreneurial Programme. In 2018, he was awarded the English School Founder’s Award for English and in 2019, for Physics, English Language and English Literature.
Anthony as Sir Peter Lawson
Anthony Root. Started acting in the late seventies and debuted in The Rose and Crown by J.B Priestly. During that same period he took part in Shakespeare productions at Curium with small or walk on roles. His 33 year profession as cabin crew prevented him from being involved further with the theatre in an acting capacity. He has been a regular front of house member at various ACT productions and appearing in the panto Treasure island as a pirate' He has taken part in a showcase directed by Athena Xenidou and has been involved in theatre improvisation. Stand up comedy has featured during the last couple of years taking part in various shows.
Vasily as Butler
Vasily Lavrikov has studied theater and directing in Athens, Greece . Has participated in various production's while in Greece . Returned to Cyprus and finished ministry's of tourism tour guide school in 2015 and now is working as an official tour guide of the republic of Cyprus. Fluent in Greek , English and Russian languages. First theatrical appearance in Cyprus was with the theatrical company of Doros Kyriakedes. Before appeared briefly in some TV series for channel sigma.
Mary as Julie and Supporting Role
Mary Ioannou is a university student originally from Greece , and has been living her whole life in Cyprus. At the moment she's studying English literature and language at the University of Nicosia. Her main focus for the future, is to finish her studies and follow psychology Master's abroad in the UK. She has a passion for traveling and exploring the world. In her free time she's drawing, baking and playing games. She always wanted to follow play acting and ''Friends for Oscars'' is her first participation in a play
Andriana as Mimi
Andriana Kiriakidou was born in 2003 and raised in Cyprus. She is a student at Acropolis Lyceum and has always had a passion for acting.She has already participated in a play called “Get staffed”.
Stephany as Yana
Stefany Panayiotou was born in Cyprus in 2003. In 2018 Stefany represented her school (Falcon) and won second place in a Public Speaking contest, where she competed against competitors island wide. She is an active ballet dancer and participated as a solo singer and dancer in a play with Hummingbird. Her dream is to study acting and performance at LA

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Due to the continued government Covid-19 measures, both live and streamed performances are being rescheduled. All ticket will be valid for the new dates to be arranged . We thank you in advance for your understanding, patience and support. Where: SATIRIKO THEATRE NICOSIA When: POSTPONED / NEW DATES TBA Tickets: €15 Duration: 120’ Language: English

Due to new Government measures all 'Friends for Oscars' performances at Satiriko Theatre Nicosia will start at 7:00pm(instead of 8:00pm). 📍 Where: Satiriko Theatro 📆When: 20/11/20 - 27/11/20 ⏰19:00 👉Ticket price: €15 #online #SoldOut #SoldOutTickets #tickets #events #cyprus ↪Buy your tickets online👇 Link: https://bit.ly/35hzYjo

" It is noted that during the performances and for the period leading to them all COVID-19 safety measures will be constantly monitored and adjusted according to the law "

Dear friends , associates, ticket holders and sponsors , Thank you for your continued support and do hope Covid days will soon be over . We do hope you are all keeping as well as possible and that we will all sooner or later be back to our normal routine . With this message , on behalf of organizers , the production/ directing team and the cast, we extend our personal regards and reassurance that all administrative and other needed steps are being taken to get the play on stage the soonest this is feasible, even though realistically speaking this may take some time yet . We are also looking into high tech solutions and possibilities that exist today and on this we will let you know more about when the time comes . Meantime , we are abiding by the safety measures in place and working behind the scenes in keeping up the momentum and looking at best possible and viable alternatives . Our costs and efforts will certainly be higher that what they were during the pre – covid days but we will get there ! In fact , “ friends for Oscars “ being a play which apart from being funny also delivers some positive messages we have no doubt it will be highly welcomed by the audience , especially bearing in mind not many ( if any) other plays are expected to be on stage, during the next few months ahead . The advantage of our play is also that it has been almost fully rehearsed and the set we need for the stage is ready and safely stored away . Due to the passage of time , we will of course need re- tune ourselves and re- start rehearsals, administrative , marketing , logistic and other actions needed many of which mean an extra cost but as said, we will get there ! We owe it to you all who have and remain by our side and also to our cast and ourselves for all the incredible hard work we have been doing to date and more to come . We also owe it to the good cause of this event where all proceeds will go to , this we must not forget . Thank you once again for your patience and support and when we are ready to go ahead we will recommence promotion of the event. Concerning sponsors, sponsors will once again receive full publicity , as once the play is rescheduled to a new date, promotion will commence minimum 2 months before such date , further to publicity given past months and which was temporarily interrupted due to Covid and this that just 10 days before the performances were to take place and after 2 months plus of regular promotion of the event via the media , posters , web site etc . Until we speak again do keep well and we will be in touch ! On behalf of “ Friends for Oscars “ , Anthony Ashiotis ( Coordinator and Head of Production )

On Friday 4 September , 2020 the production team of " Friends for Oscars “ in cooperation with Rotary Nicosia , the Cyprus Red Cross Society – Nicosia Branch and The British High Commission organized a very pleasant event at the residence of Anthony Ashiotis (Past President of Rotary Nicosia , Script writer , Head of Production and member of the cast ) marking the official launch of our play to be held on Friday 20 November and on Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 November, 2020 at the “ Satirico “ theatre ( main stage ) in Nicosia . One of the performances ( Thursday 26 November) will in fact be streamed worldwide and hence available for viewing to everyone whether based in Cyprus or abroad . All further related details will be announced in due course . We take this opportunity to thank His Excellency The British High Commissioner Mr Stephen Lillie and his wife Mrs Denise Lillie for honoring our event with their presence and support . At this event we also had the great pleasure to have with us the President of RC Nicosia Panayiotou Charalambos and his wife Nada Panayiotou ( who is also member of the Production team and the cast ) , Cyprus Red Cross Society – Nicosia Branch officials Phylactou Demetrisand Melina Demetriou as well as our Platinum Sponsor and member of the production team Yiannos Georgiades and his lovely daughter and supporter Stephanie Bickham Distras PP of RC Nicosia Andreas N. Psaras( who kindly offered a lovely selection of wines from his Makkas winery for the event ) , our amazing Director Athena Agroti and Streaming / Film Director Savvas Hadjigeorgiou some other members of our production team ( Sossee Eskidjian , Annie Vasiliou , Mary Spyrou , Stavriana Antoniou ) as well as few other special guests and supporters and our amazing 15 member cast ( plus few extras ) ! We all had the opportunity to get to know each other ( rehearsals have commenced this week ) and despite being the hottest day ever , the evening was most pleasant and everyone had a really nice time . It was the perfect way to launch the event and once again a huge thanks to everyone who came and all those who support our play and the good cause for which it will be staged . We remind everyone that all net proceeds will go to the social welfare program ( for families in need ) of the Cyprus Red Cross Society – Nicosia Branch and we expect to raise a considerable amount of money despite the consequences of Covid 19 and readjustments we have had to make so as to fully comply with all Covid-19 measures presently in force .

Rehearsing hard against time and covid to get the show on stage for all of our dear friends, relatives, sponsors, supporters and the general public to enjoy and always for the good cause (re the Red Cross) . We are determined, eager and happy to be doing this and look forward to the big day whilst news on tickets follows in few days time . Friends for Oscars wishes you all a great weekend and take care . We do

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Anthony as Chris Saunders

Reem as Jenny Saunders

Andros as Tom Green

Mary Ann as Samantha Green

Aleen as Mrs Saunders

Demetris as Roger

Nada as Olga

Mohammed as Pizza Man

Marie as Jennifer & Lili

Ariadne as Film Director & TV GaGa Presenter

Feidias as Radio DJ, Carpenter , TV Reporter & other supporting roles

Anthony as Sir Peter Lawson

Vasily as Butler

Mary as Julie and Supporting Role

Andriana as Mimi

Stephany as Yana

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