My Night with Reg by Kevin Elyot Directed by Dan Usztan
		Wednesday 25 February - Saturday 7 March, 2026 At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington

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Photography by Giulia Paratelli

Cast List John : Nick Edwards Guy : Daryl Hurst Eric : Joe Lewis Daniel : Richard Patient Bernie : John Stivey Benny : Billy Knowles

Production Team Director : Director : Dan Usztan Set Design : Jude Chalk Costume Design : Lucy Moss Lighting Design : Samuel Littley Sound Design : Gigi Dennis Stage Managers : Bella Cavicchi and Lucy Glass Assistant Director : Stephanie Irvine Lighting Operator : Laura Corkell, Jonathan Ringshall or Samuel Jego Sound Operator : Chris Shiel or Matthew Ibbotson Set Construction and Get-In : Angelika Michitsch, Samantha Shakes, Wendy Parry, Max Batty, Alex Burton, Alberto Ramirez, Carmen Otero Loira, Dina Benderra, Keith Syrett, Dan Usztan, Oliver Wimbush, Millie Daldry, Millie Weston, Emma Brown, Sophie Clark, John McSpadyen, Abby Kelly, Isabel Alexander, Austin Tran, Michelle Balgobin, Joss Gambrell,, Freya Alexander Intimacy Coordinator : Foxy

	Nick Edwards has been a member of the Tower for 16 years and acted in 11 previous productions including The Chimes, Consent, Sweat, London Wall, Under The Blue Sky and Clybourne Park.			Daryl Hurst started loving theatre and performance in local youth theatre groups and studying with the prestigious National Youth Theatre. After completing university, he took a decade-long break from performing, before returning in 2022 and joining the Garden Suburb Theatre. During his time with GST, Daryl has performed in (or worked backstage, or ran tech or directed) ten productions in 3 years. His most memorable show and achievement was playing Tim Conigrave in the critically acclaimed Australian gay comedy, Holding The Man, which was performed at the National Drama Festival Finals in 2024, for which Daryl took home the award for Best Actor (jointly with his real-life and in-show partner). Now, after many years enjoying sitting in the audience and cheering on his friends, Daryl is thrilled to be making his debut on stage with the Tower.
	Joe Lewis is excited to be back at the Tower after a few years away; previous roles include Ron in Breaking the Code, Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet and Mark Smeaton in Wolf Hall. Joe is currently appearing in The Paddington Bear Experience; other professional credits include prominent roles in Emilia Galotti and the Ibsen plays Lady Inger, The Feast at Solhaug and Olaf. One of Joe's proudest achievements is a short film he starred in and helped to shape called What a Cure Feels Like with leading diabetes charity Breakthrough T1D, based on his and others' experiences of living with type 1 diabetes - the film won gold in the People's Choice category of the Smiley Charity Film Awards.			This is Richard Patient's second performance with the Tower after The Fan in 2024. In his home town of Southampton he had roles in Macbeth, Measure for Measure, and an original ghost story, A Ring of Roses. His background has been primarily in light opera and musical theatre, performing in shows including The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, as well as directing productions of Princess Ida and Sweeney Todd.
	John Stivey joined the Tower back in the early 2000s and had the great delight of being in The Kitchen, Cold Comfort Farm and The Winters Tale, which was also performed in Paris. After a small absence of approximately 25 years where John has performed in many different shows; recently he's appeared as Francis Nurse in The Crucible with SEDOS and as Dennis in Rock of Ages with SMP. John is delighted to be performing this incredible play and has enjoyed getting to know everyone involved with the show.			This is Billy Knowles's first show with the Tower Theatre and he’s thrilled to be joining for this play in particular, especially after being a fan for many years and seeing a lot of his friends shows with the company. Billy’s performed in numerous plays over the years, including Stags and Hens, Bones, Den of Thieves, Othello (all with KDC), Boom-Bang-a-Bang, Shopping & F***ing (About Turn) and more recently Loot and The Dresser (WP Drama). For the past four years Billy’s turned his hand to playing various characters in musicals with local groups Havering Music Makers and Tops On Stage, the most recent being Come From Away and Shrek.
	Dan Usztan has previously directed six productions for the Tower - The Mirror Crack'd and Blithe Spirit at the Tower Theatre, Wolf Hall at the Bridewell Theatre, the Minack Theatre and Lincoln’s Inn, Road at the Bridewell Theatre and One Man, Two Guvnors and After The Dance Upstairs at the Gatehouse. A lapsed actor, he lives in Walthamstow with husband Ben and dachshund Magnus.