I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die, by Mark Wheeller 
2024 Spring Term England Tour Cast & Creatives
Elliot Montgomery - Director
David Chafer - Producer
Set Design - Matt Sykes-Hooban

Amy Zoldan - this is Amy’s seventh project with TiE It Up following her portrayal of Catherine Dunbar in Mark Wheeller’s Hard To Swallow, the original filmed production of I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die in 2020 and three subsequent tours. Her other recent credits include Riptide Theatre's immersive project Intermission and National Theatre's R&D of The Secret Garden. Other in-house theatre credits include productions at Liverpool Everyman, HOME, Manchester and Viaduct Theatre. Her screen credits include short film A Call From Home, Sky's Intergalactic and Netflix’s Bad Sport.

Alex Colley is a West Yorkshire based actor and voice-over artist. This is his fourth project with TiE It Up. His theatre credits include: The Iron Man (Northern Broadsides); The Heart of Wood (The Big Reveal); Samson Fox - The Man who Captured Sunlight (Royal Hall Harrogate); Skagboys (Bolton Octagon); Everyone Should Have a Gun (Horizon Arts); Voiceover credits include: Broken Fingers; King Lear (Prime Press); Coal In Their Veins (Ora films); Azure Data Explorer Series; Microsoft Learn (Microsoft); Cisco (Milk Money); The Year That Was (American Express); The Story of Second Chance (Path Yorkshire).

Maya Szlachetko is an actress from Manchester and is of Ukrainian and Italian descent. Prior to acting, Maya graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA Hons degree in Spanish. She recently trained at Inspire Actors Studio in Manchester.

Recent credits include: Sunflowers and Sheds (M6 Theatre Company), Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (TNT/ADG), Eurovision Song Contest (BBC), Endship (Kobrady Productions) and Mirrors (Brando Pictures).

As well as acting, Maya is an accomplished Ukrainian dancer, having performed in various venues across the UK and Europe with Podilya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble.

This is Maya’s first time working with Tie It Up Theatre and feels privileged to be sharing this important story on stage.

Oscar Burton is a hard-working Yorkshire actor, earning his experience performing at the formerly named West Yorkshire Playhouse in 'Searching for the Heart of Leeds'. Following his passion he went on to study and graduated with BA Honours from The Mill School of Performance in 2022. Forging his career as he means to go on, he has just completed a tour with Soundproof Box, called 'Red Flags" and is excited to be working with Tie It Up Theatre Company and tour with 'I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die'.

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