Cast & Crew

Myrtle Throgmorton: Me and Parky

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

Jennie Chalmers -
​Myrtle & Producer

Following university (President, Durham Revue Group), a brief career as a London lawyer and a briefer stint as a charlady, Jennie joined BBC Light Entertainment as a Radio Comedy Producer. She produced mainly satirical programmes, including Week Ending and The News Quiz, which she co-wrote with John Langdon. She also compiled and produced several BBC Radio Fringe selection shows - Aspects of… and Cut Off at… The Fringe - showcasing new comedians and talent spotted on the Edinburgh Fringe in the 1980s.

On marrying and moving to Scotland, Jennie shifted from production to broadcasting and from satirical news to the real thing, co-presenting Newsweek Scotland. She also devised and produced The Daily Sketch (a satirical comedy series using new writers), The Slice (with Edi Stark) and Pro-Celebrity Gardening all for BBC Radio Scotland, plus other freelance radio production.

​Her work in theatre includes directing community theatre, opera and musicals and 8 years directing Haddo Children’s Theatre. She is also a serial committee member, primary teacher and taught school drama in Aberdeenshire, where she lived for 30 years before moving to Edinburgh in 2021.

Kieran Booth -
Production Team & Media

Kieran is an Event Management professional, and has worked in the arts, sports and entertainment industries for over 10 years. In this time he has worked on local, national and international events including multiple Commonwealth Games, FIFA Women’s World Cup, Auckland Arts Festivals and AFC Asian Cup. In recent years, Kieran has spent much of his time working across New Zealand and Qatar.
 
No stranger to working with Myrtle, Kieran has joined her at most of her capers including the 2015 and 2017 Edinburgh Fringes, her various appearances across Aberdeenshire and at the Haddo Arts Festival. Kieran supports the planning and production of Myrtle’s shows as well as her online media. He also considers himself Myrtle's carer much of the time, and is looking forward to her much-anticipated return!

Ellie Chalmers -
Production Team

Ellie has produced and co-produced several shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and Latitude Festival, including the inaugural site-specific performance of acclaimed playwright Ella Hickson’s ‘Hot Mess’. In addition to her production credits, Ellie has spent the last decade working in international media development, both for the BBC and more recently for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. She is delighted to be back producing again and looking forward to Myrtle’s next outing!

Judith Stephens -
Script Advisor
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