Our Team

AOD Actors of Dionysus is run by a small team of dedicated people and supported by experience held by the Board of Trustees.  AOD Actors of Dionysus works with a multitude of different arts organisations and specialist companies as well as schools, universities and societies.

  • Tamsin Shasha Artistic Director

    Tamsin is an award-winning performer, writer and director.  She trained at Oxford School of Drama, Ecole Philippe Gaulier and National Centre for Circus Arts. She co-founded AOD Actors of Dionysus in 1993 and for them has worked as producer, performer, director and movement coach

    Tamsin has collaborated on the majority of AOD Actors of Dionysus's productions working with many leading physical theatre and dance practitioners including Marcello Magni (Complicité), with whom she co-directed Oedipus, Thea Barnes (Phoenix Dance) on Medea and Antigone and George Mann (Theatre Ad Infinitum) on Helen. She co-wrote and performed in the solo aerial drama Bacchic (national and international tour) working with award-winning director Jonathan Young, with whom she co-wrote Helen. She has played many tragic and comic roles for the company including Medea, Antigone, Dionysus and Lysistrata and she directed a new version of the latter for a national tour in 2016, before directing a national tour of Christopher Adams futuristic version of Antigone 2017, also for AOD Actors of Dionysus

    Other credits include Monster Mum/Forgive Me (IC Pioneer award at Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe 2026 & Fringe First winner Everything I See I Swallow which she conceived, co-wrote and performed in; Uprising (Glyndebourne); Freefall (The Picturedrome, Holmfirth) Misterioso (Riverside Studios) and The Extraordinary Cabaret of Dorian Gray (West End).

    She is currently redeveloping a new autobiographical solo show Monster Mum about modern day parenting and intergenerational neurodiversity plus gaming.

  • Mark Katz Education Officer

    Mark trained at the Academy for Live and Recorded Arts further to a career in Law. He has performed in many of AOD Actors of Dionysus's productions including Electra, Trojan Women, Antigone, Grave Gifts, Medea and Lysistrata. Mark designs and runs workshops for aod and other organisations in the UK and abroad and specialises in Greek drama and modern comedy.

    He devises and runs the educational workshops for aod which are designed to a teacher’s specific requirements and are ‘fun, physical and always relevant’. He also works regularly in the corporate world as a trainer and role-player. His numerous other acting credits include: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Great Expectations, The Tempest and The Jungle Book, The Mousetrap and many others.

  • Laura Plumley Education Coordinator

    Laura Plumley is our Education Coordinator in charge of developing and expanding our educational outreach in schools.

    Laura is an actor and producer based in London. She read Classics at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and then did a Master’s in Acting at East 15 Acting School. She has produced and acted across the UK, in Oxford, London and Edinburgh. The latest film she was in had its premieres at the Cannes Film Festival and the BFI IMAX. Her latest producing work includes a queer contemporary adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, in London. She also works as a freelance Ancient Greek and Roman workshop leader, going into primary schools across the country to teach day-long interactive workshops.

    Laura hopes to use her skills to further AOD Actors of Dionysus mission and expand the scope and reach of what we offer.

  • Alec Frost Volunteer Web Designer / Graphic Designer & Illustrator

    Alec Frost joined us recently as a Volunteer Web Designer / Graphic Designer & Illustrator.

    Alec is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator based in East Sussex. He studied Communication Design Bachelors at Northbrook College, where he received full honours. He has also undertaken additional training with the British Academy of Graphic Design.

    Alec has produced work for different clients in the past.

    He is now working on promotional material at AOD.

    Alec is very excited to work with us at Actors of Dionysus as a Web Designer / Graphic Designer & Illustrator. He hopes to use his skills to further Actors of Dionysus mission.

  • Kay Lynn Er Administrator/Asst Producer

    We are delighted to announce that Kay Lynn Er has joined our team as an Administrator/Asst Producer.

    Kay Lynn is a writer and director from Singapore and based in London. She is a recent graduate of UCL.