TIA Theatre Company presents
THIS BLOODY WEDDING
An Immersive Experience
Wedding Invitation
You are invited to the wedding of the beautiful, gorgeous, and absolutely wonderful Camila and Antonio. A magical, calm celebration that will gently remind you why you’re better off single.
Dare to step inside this immersive performance and see what you can do to save this wedding. But be aware: your full attention will be needed.
Enjoy the love, feel the lies, and make sure you count the heads. After all, this is not any wedding. Oh, who will you be attending for? The groom or the bride... Make your choice wisely.
In this immersive experience, inspired by telenovelas, TIA Theatre Company invites the audience to help the characters survive the chaos of This Bloody Wedding. We promise laughs, suspense, and more drama than any wedding should endure.
Do you think you’re ready for This Bloody Wedding? I hope so, because I certainly am not.
Meet the Guests
CAMILA
“You don't want to know what I'd do if this wedding isn't perfect.”
BY Erica Harris
Erica Harris is an actor and creative currently training at East 15 Acting School (Loughton). Erica has an extraordinary love for the theatre and is excited to explore the world of immersive theatre. (And maybe break a few hearts in the process)
ANTONIO
Antonio is a well-mannered Gentleman born from a relatively rich... RICH family.
He is meek but enjoys good and nice company with people who care about him. He intends to marry Camila and would do anything for her.
For love! <3
BY Shannon Tamara
Shannon is currently training for her MA in Acting at East 15. She has a keen interest in stage plays, interactive theatre, and children's entertainment. She enjoys songwriting and playing pixel video games.
JULIA
"It is my Camilla's wedding day, and everything must be perfect, everything WILL be perfect.
This is a beautiful day, and nothing can possibly go wrong!"
BY Amelie Forbes
Amelie will be graduating from East 15 Acting School this Summer as an actor/fight performer. Being a blabbermouth with a passion for connection, Amelie loves performing in immersive work and can't wait to share in the joy of this wacky wedding tale.
Amelie's other love is Shakespeare - she's a stickler for the drama and heightened language of it. To perform at Shakespeare Globe is Amelie's longtime dream (playing Hamlet if she could choose!)
TANIA
“The outsider of the wedding, Tania, the wedding planner, is being pulled in all directions on the big day.
Struggling to deal with difficult guests, her fraught relationship with the priest, and taking care of Antonio (who takes to wooing like a fish to flight), she fights to maintain balance on the big day.
After all, the wedding must go on, or whatever the saying is.”
BY Madeleine Schafer Jones
Madeleine Schafer Jones will be graduating from East15 this summer. Previously playing Salvador (Not In The Genes), Mistress Ford (Ellen Terry's Very Merry Wives), and Xander (Impact).
REBECA
She shouldn’t be here...​
(Don´t tell anyone but) Rebeca is on a mission to ruin the wedding.
Your typical lover girl with the biggest personality causing drama is her middle name. The wedding must end unless…..
BY Shana Horwood
Played by Shana Horwood previously in Not in the genes by TIA Theatre Company.
Shana is in her last couple of months at East 15 Acting School.
In World Performance, recently appeared in Yerma, and Beauty’s only skin deep.
She’s excited to play a character opposed to herself and get stuck into the wedding drama.
GUSTAVO
“Of All The Parishes In All The Towns In All The World's She Walks Into Mine.”
BY Shashank Sharma
Shashank Sharma is a London based Indian actor. He grew up in Dubai, studied film at Lancaster University and graduated with a MA in acting from East 15 Acting School last year.
Shashank started his acting journey with Delhi's renowned Ruchika Theatre Group, helmed by veteran stage director Feisal Alkazi. Shashank did three productions with the group over four years: A Tale of Two Cities-The Musical at the Stein Auditorium/Gaiety Theatre & Ranga Shankara, Devayani at the Triveni Kala Sangam Amphitheatre & Ranga Shankara and Dark Road at Ranga Shankara.
During the pandemic he worked on a TV special ADA31 Lead On to advocate for hidden disabilities and appeared in the independent feature film A Winter Tale at Shimla.
His most recent acting credits include a commercial for RNIB, 'Life On Pause', Scope Charity photoshoot promoting the Social Model for disability, by photographer Eliska Sky, a devised show with visually impaired theatre company Extant exploring the Crip Spacetime framework for disability and a rehearsed reading of the play All There Is To See, where Shashank played a blind homosexual man navigating dating in the world of hookup apps.
VITOR
“There is no such thing as a clever crook. If he were really that clever, he wouldn't be a crook at all.”
BY Shashank Sharma
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Mafalda Quintas is the writer, director, and founder of TIA Theatre Company.
Her passion for performing arts started when she was nine years old, and since then she hasn´t stopped performing, singing, writting and doing what she loves the most.
Her acting career started in Portugal, and at 18 she came to England to study at East 15 Acting School, where she´ll be graduating this summer.
Mafalda Quintas
Previous Shows
Not in the Genes - a Telenovela
When your biggest secret involves a moustache, a ukulele, and a DNA test… It’s a telenovela.
A woman has been hiding a secret for over 18 years. Everything seems okay until the past comes back to haunt her. Will she know how to deal with it?
Melissa and Eduardo met young. But people aren´t always what they appear to be. Despite Eduardo´s attention, care, and ukulele, Melissa falls in love with another man — his brother. An unpredictable pregnancy leads Melissa to a DNA clinic. But is that all? Is that where the secrets end? What will Melissa do to get her way? And will she manage to hide this secret for much longer?
After all, this is not any show, it’s a Telenovela. Who knows what will happen next?
Dare yourself to enter the room and experience the drama. But be careful, you may get involved....
About Tia
Tia Theatre Company is an international ensemble committed to engaging audiences through comedy and interactive storytelling. Our work is grounded in exaggerated portrayals of reality, inspired by the humor and drama of everyday life. We believe theatre should be more than a performance - it should be a shared experience between the characters and the audience.
TEAM
Mafalda Quintas
Company Founder
Director
Producer​
Writer
Ieva Budreikaite
Cast - Doctor Marcelo
Cast - Carolina
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Financial
Hanako Rose
Cast - Carmen
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Social Media
Costumes
Sofia Molina
Cast - Melissa
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Set Design
Shana Morgan-Horwood
Cast - Eduardo
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Social Media
Music
Costume
Madeleine Jones
Cast - Salvador
Cast - Mario
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Set Design
Music