Anne Bonny was born in Ireland in around 1697 to the mistress of her father. Her father’s wife soon died, and he took Anne and her mother to start a new life in America. Anne was regarded as rebellious from an early age and would often dress as a man which enabled her to get away with certain things she could never hope to do as a woman. Although she was a loose cannon, it didn’t stop her suffering her own share of abuse, especially by James Bonny, her husband. Fleeing the relationship she fell in love with John Rackham a recently pardoned pirate and it wasn’t long before he took up his old ways of piracy again taking Anne and her friend Mary Read along with him. Their time as pirates only lasted for 2 years when they were finally captured. At her trial Anne “pleaded the belly”. Execution was postponed due to her condition but then the trail of her life goes cold. There are no records of her execution, and it is widely believed she was released and lived out the rest of her natural life.

Annie was born in Bucharest, Romania but came to the UK in 1989 as a dancer with the Doina Bucharest Ensemble and the Romanian Radio Television Orchestra under the David Stones Organisation. Annie continued her career in dance in the UK and has appeared on TV in shows such as The Generation Game, Blue Peter and has performed on many of the big theatres across the UK including The London Palladium. Annie’s stage career in the UK, has been primarily in revue and pantomime, playing diverse characters such as Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk), Dick (Dick Whittington), Aladdin to Nancy in Oliver and Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Other acting roles include Anne Bonny in The Buccaneers, Tilly in the Adventures of Dromeo and Tilly, Miss Jane Marbles in The Comedy of Terrors, alongside many other characters; and Mistress Quickly in A Covid Night’s Dream.

On the production side, Annie deals with all the administration including contracts, bookings, and marketing. She is also the costume co-ordinator for Resurrection – The Stage Play.

Mary’s mother gave birth to a son but her husband soon after was lost at sea. Her husband’s mother who was of fair means sent money for the upkeep of the boy. Mary’s mother then fell pregnant by another man and went to the country to have the child. That was in 1685 and the baby was Mary Read. It was when her infant son died and to ensure the finance kept coming from her mother-in-law she made Mary dress as a boy and passed her off as her son.  Mary continued to dress as a man as she grew up and as an adult being a “man” enabled her to gain passage on various ships as a crew member. She called herself Mark Read when disguised as a man and whilst in Nassau she was attracted to a young man called Andy Cormac, a crew member of John Rackham. Andy Cormac revealed to Mary that she was actually a woman called Anne Bonny; Mary then revealed her true self. The pair became close friends and she joined Rackhams crew only to be captured along with everybody else in 1720. Mary also pleaded the belly, and her execution was stayed, but she lost the baby and died soon after of fever.

Pippa is an accomplished actress, singer, and dancer. She studied Musical Theatre at The American Musical Theatre Academy of London 2011 and originated the role of Lexi in the play, The Feeling at The Other Place.

Throughout her career she has toured in a variety of productions and featured in several indie film productions as well as working as a freelance performer for cabaret and event shows.

At Christmas 2022 she received much praise for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in Monsteers Artistry production of The Wizard of Oz at the Seven Dials Playhouse, in London’s West End.