Cast
Dryskoll - Malcolm Galea
Zimi (Voice) - Maxine Aquilina
Production Team
Script
Malcolm Galea
Director
Denise Mulholland
Producers
Angele Galea & Malcolm Galea
Special Thanks
Times of Malta, Malta Independent, TVM, One TV, Inkontru.app, Elsa Andrea Messi, Valerie Buhagiar, tony and Veronica Bezzina, Josette Vella
Creative Team
Sound Design
Aleandro Spiteri Monsigneur
Set Design
Angele Galea
Lighting Design
Nico Muscat
Poster Design
Adam Brimmer
Marketing
Sean Borg
Photography
Accent Coach
The Future History of Humankind
A tiny margin of error causes a future human to be misprojected to the present day and, as they wait to be recovered, we learn about what brought them here – as well as the events that led our species to a future without war, death, suffering or free will.
Set against the backdrop of climate change, escalating nuclear war, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, and the next phase of the human race, this gripping and thought-provoking piece sparks a conversation that needs to be had.
Dryskoll, Writer & Producer
Malcolm Galea is a playwright, director and performer. His recent projects include writing and directing Trouser Girl (Teatru Manoel Studio 2023), co-writing The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey (Spazju Kreattiv 2023), directing Noël Coward’s Private Lives (Teatru Manoel 2023), writing and starring in Ċikku and the Chocolate Panto (Teatru Manoel 2022), directing Caravaggio the Musical (Mediterranean Conference Centre, 2022), writing Il-Kbir Għadu Ġej (Mediterranean Conference Centre 2022), and starring in the Brighton Fringe run of Plastic and Chicken Bones (2022) for which he won the Voice Mag award for Best Newcomer.
Up next, Malcolm will be starring in his latest comedy The Heimlich Hustle at Spazju Kreattiv in April, returning to the Brighton Fringe with Plastic and Chicken Bones in May, and directing his adaptation of the Charlie Chaplin film The Great Dictator at the Valletta Campus Theatre in July for Nikolai Azzopardi Productions.
Director
Denise Mulholland was born in Scotland and trained at Glasgow University and Royal College of Music, London.
Directing credits include Peculiars, Club, The Three Sunsets, Rubbish and Hush (TMYT); Pagliacci, Elisir d’Amore, Orphee, Dido & Aneas (Teatru Manoel); Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoor for Belle Ile-en-Mer Opera festival; Ernest and the Pale Moon (The Shrinking Violets); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Teatru Salesjan); It-Teatru tal-Miskin (Saydon Studios).
She is a co-founder of The Shrinking Violets. Future productions include directing a new children's show Il-Fatat Kaħlani; the premiere of Valeriana, a new opera in Gozo and the musical Dear Evan Hansen (Teatru Manoel, 2025).
Zimi
Maxine Aquilina graduated with a Masters in musical theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As well as a performing artist, Maxine also currently works as a play therapist.
Some Theatre Credits include: Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Mediterranean Conference Centre, 2018), Sophie in Mamma Mia! (Mediterranean Conference Centre, 2018), Gwendolen in The Importance of being Earnest (Teatru Manoel, 2020), Helena in Midsummer; A play with songs (San Anton Gardens, 2021), Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act (Teatru Astra, 2022), and Jean in A Kick in the Baubles (MADC Playhouse, 2022).
Up next Maxine is stepping into the role of Sally Bowles in Teatru Manoel’s production of Cabaret in May 2024.
Sound Design
Aleandro Spiteri Monsigneur is a Maltese multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. Aged 24, he currently forms parts of award-winning band Red Electric, and is also the musical director for Shaun Farrugia with whom he has toured in the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as opening for Robbie Williams in 2023.
He is published by one of the biggest independent publishers in the world - Reservoir Media - and has had his chamber and orchestral works performed in Malta, Latvia, Italy and Germany.
Aleandro graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music (Hons.) from the University of Malta, specialising in music composition, with jazz and minimalism as his areas of focus. His involvement in the theatre scene has seen growth over the past few years, with his biggest undertaking perhaps being the musical direction of Mother Courage and Her Children by Brecht at the Manoel Theatre in 2022.
Producer & Production Designer
Angele Galea's most recent credits include starring in the Maltese adaptation of Florian Zeller's The Father (Teatru Manoel, 2024) as well as co-writing, composing and designing The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey (Spazju Kreattiv, 2023).
Angele holds Fellowships in Piano Performance and Music Theory and is artistic director for More or Less Theatre.
Next Angele will be directing and starring in Her Say - Not Hearsay (Spazju Kreattiv, March) and The Heimlich Hustle (Spazju Kreattiv, April).
Give or Take Productions
A Maltese theatre company that specialises in creating theatre with a purpose and creating impactful, original theatre that is sustainable and transportable.
Past projects:
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2018 - Waħda Minna written by Angele Galea and directed by Malcolm Galea.
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2019 - Jumping Genes written by Angele Galea and directed by Malcolm Galea.
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2020 - Plastic and Chicken Bones written by Malcolm Galea and directed by Denise Mulholland.
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2023 - The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey written by Angele and Malcolm Galea and directed by Philip Leone-Ganado
Upcoming projects:
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The Heimlich Hustle written by Malcolm Galea and directed by Chiara Hyzler at Spazju Kreattiv on the 12-14 & 19-21 April 2024
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The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey at Blue Box Theatre on the 3-5 May 2024
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Plastic and Chicken Bones at The Lantern Theatre, Brighton on the 9-12 May 2024
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The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey at The Lantern Theatre, Brighton on the 16-19 May 2024
