Miki Cast And Creative Team

Georgie Murphy (Miki)

Georgie is an actor and puppeteer from Gloucestershire now living in London. Recently, she performed with the British Touring Shakespeare Company as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Laura Lyons in The Hound of the Baskervilles.  Further stage credits include: Rough Magic (Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival), As You Like It (Shakespeare's Globe), and Hedda (Oxford Playhouse).

She trained at Guildford School of Acting and Identity School of Acting. She is very excited to be working with Slot Machine Theatre and taking young audiences on a magical adventure with Miki! 

Rob Astillo (Polar Bear)

Rob is an actor musician from South London specialising in creating dynamic and exciting theatre and television for young audiences. This present year, Rob has primarily toured nationwide, performing and facilitating in social issue based shows at schools and theatres in a variety of areas. Outside of theatre, he enjoys football and playing the saxophone, guitar and keys.

Sophie Wilkinson (Penguin)

Sophie trained at Italia Conti Acting (BA Hons). 

Sophie performed her puppetry debut with Slot Machine last year playing Pig in Kipper’s Snowy Day (The Berry Theatre) and is thrilled to be returning to the company this year with Miki.

Sophie’s other theatre credits include Treasure Island (Hazlitt Theatre), As You Like It (OVO), An Act of Care (HOME), Roadkill (Theatre 503). 

Sophie is also a voice actor, with video game work including lead role of The Zealot in Darktide, Warhammer 40k. 

Slot Machine Theatre

Slot Machine Theatre are Fiona Creese, Nick Tigg and Nicola Blackwell.

They make ambitious multi-disciplinary work for all ages, and collaboration, access and inclusion are at the heart of everything they do. Slot Machine have a long and happy history with Norden Farm, having been commissioned to make three of their sell-out Christmas shows: One Snowy Night, Kipper's Snowy Day and Miki. All of these have gone on to tour nationally, and also to return to their home base, at Norden Farm.

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