Ray Rumkee  Ray has played parts as varied as Macbeth, a horse, Sherlock Holmes, a number of murderers (gay and straight) and a bloke called Ron Rainbow in a succession of unfortunate cardigans. He also revels in his varied acting styles; with beard, without beard, with hairgel and without hairgel. Not so much Hull's Ken Branagh as Hull's Ken Dodd.

Andy Hodgson  Andy specialises in murderers and buffoons. He believes his hardest role was Dingy Ron Trumpet in Two For Tea, a part with only two words! How may different ways are there to say "Oh" and "No", anyway? And in every production we get a photograph of him looking like Uncle Fester (or worse!)

Helen Robinson  Helen loves reading and going the cinema; if it has blood and guts galore she will read it or watch it. You wouldn't believe it to look at her, would you? She lives at home with her mother and a delightful budgie who swears a lot. (The budgie, not her mother). She also collects pigs. (Not real ones)

Dermot Rathbone  Dermot is one half of the Chameleon's Arsenal fan club. He combines his teaching job with bemoaning the state of British sport. His ambition is to see both sets of Ashes return to England. He doesn't really have a light bulb growing out of his head.

Jenny Stewart  Jenny joined us shortly after being sent from  Coventry. She has played everything from a queen to a housemaid and most things in between. Her most memorable appearance was dying behind a sofa. Jenny has made recent public appearances at Primark and Morrison's and is unfazed by the constant attention of the paparazzi (or not!)

Jane Thompson  From politically-incorrect beginnings as third minstrel from the left in West Linton Primary School's 1968 production of the Black and White Minstrel Show, Jane has reached the apex of her theatrical career. Her Chameleon’s debut was as an admirable, sassy, sexually liberated woman with bad diarrhoea.

Simon King  Simon has lived in Hull all his life. His other big passion is rugby league, having supported Hull FC since he was ten years old. Prior to joining the Chameleons Simon had never done any acting at all.

Sharon Burton  Sharon has been a Chameleon since 1988 and first appeared as Ludmilla in Quintet in A Flat. She works as a senior radiographer at Hull Royal Infirmary. Apart from acting she enjoys talking, drinking tea, buying shoes and talking.

Irwin Williams  Irwin enjoys flying kites and Gene Hackman (although Gene Hackman is harder to get off the ground). He is also the only man in the known universe to have watched Star Trek: Enterprise through to the bitter end.

Maurice Houlden  Mozza is a man of noteworthy achievements; mostly his collection of comedy tapes and Beatles memorabilia. He composes all the original music for our plays and often gets to read in at rehearsals when half the cast don't turn up. "The hills are alive with accidental music" (most of it his).

Brian Watson  Brian has been doing this acting thing since 1984. In his time he's played everything from a gay policeman to a lion, all with a vaguely Northern accent. He has tried his hand at directing, stage managing and set building with varying degrees of success.

David Burton  Acting, directing, drinking tea! Is there anything this man can't do? Yes - the first two. David is a founder member of the Chameleon Players and claims his range goes from dead funny to dead vicar.

Claire Ceely  Claire entered the world of the Chameleon Players in 2003 (she still hasn't got the hang of all this tea drinking though!) In her remaining free time she loves swimming, reading and eating out - as long as there are plenty of chips!

Tarin Puckering  Tarin is one of the newest Chameleons and the baby of the group. She joined in 2010 and made her debut in She Stoops To Conquer and has already been engaged, married and had a baby—and all in her first two productions! But this has luckily not interfered with her college studies. She loves vampires and one of her idols is Johnny Depp!

Mike Acaster  Mike joined the Chameleons in time for The Vigil. Previously he had done some Gilbert and Sullivan and a bit of choral singing. He also plays the piano at a competence level somewhere between Les Dawson and Eric Morecambe! In his spare time he studies Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Tanya Platten  Having played a worthless skivvy and a Scouse scrubber, Tanya is worried about being typecast. She's hoping to climb the social ladder in future plays. She combines acting with motherhood and compares performing on stage to childbirth - painful but very rewarding.

Keith Buckland  Keith works as a teacher so the murky world of tea drinking holds no fear for him. In his spare time he enjoys being a Dad. Keith is from Hull and was never allowed to be in a school play because he was too scruffy.

Nick Blackshaw  Nick has been acting since he was fifteen, and  previously belonged to a drama group in Leeds once frequented by Peter O'Toole! Often cast in parts that involved him dressing in drag or being beaten up, he was a perfect addition to the Chameleons. He also has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Northern Soul and Tamla Motown.

Betty Burton  Betty has been involved with the Chameleon Players since the beginning and has stage managed practically everything. She has been on stage three times in minor roles from gin-soaked bag lady to Michael Jackson look-alike. She is an expert on the tea shops of England and a life long fan of Leicester City.

Miranda van Rossum  Originally from the beautiful city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Miranda has already spent over a third of her life in Hull - must be something in the water! She tries to juggle motherhood with teaching at the University of Hull, and in what little spare time she has left likes to do a bit of gardening and acting.

Stan Haywood  Stan blames his big mouth. He had never acted before in his life, then after telling friends he could do a better job then the cast of Coronation Street, he was told to prove it! After joining the Chameleons in 2009 and playing the part of Simon Peter in The Vigil, he was offered a leading role in Miss Julie. Now we can’t get rid of him!

Shane Edwards Shane has performed in Barnum, Calamity Jane, Sweeney Todd, and Abigail's Party for Hessle Theatre Co. He also played a  leading role in a NHS funded project called Pete's Story. Now he adds some of his own madness to the Chameleon Players.

Ed Dixon  Ladies and Gentlemen - Mr Edward Dixon, scene-stealer extraordinaire. Bet you didn't know that Hamlet was really a comedy about a gravedigger!

Matti Kiviniemi  The versatile Matti hails from Helsinki and made his Chameleon debut in Two For Tea playing an oily foreign nobleman speaking English with a Spanish accent. After a break of five years he returned to play an American con man speaking gibberish.

Mandy Timmins  Mandy joined the Chameleon Players in 1995 but didn't pluck up the courage to appear onstage until a year later as Pat in Murder In Play. She has since been murdered on stage more times than she can remember. She keeps sane by attending rehearsals and drinking lots of tea.

Clare Froud  Clare has been involved in theatre and music from a very young age. She was invited to join the Chameleons to play the delightful Miss Julie in 2009.  Even though she  doesn't drink tea, she has settled in nicely. Apart from acting, she loves music and a night in watching Strictly Come Dancing!

Ailsa Oliver  Since 1987 Ailsa has taken on a range of roles with the group from Russian revolutionaries to sour-faced old dowagers. Ailsa works for Hull City Council which isn't nearly as much fun as playing sour-faced, lemon sucking old ratbags.

Peter Shally Peter is no stranger to the stage, being at one time a full time cabaret entertainer, travelling the length and breadth of the UK and Europe. As the industry declined he went back to college and became a graphic designer. He now works for a publishing company producing magazines but has kept himself firmly involved with local theatre groups.

Melissa Barker  Melissa joined the chameleon players in 2007 and made her first appearance as an elf in Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies.  She enjoyed it so much she decided to do a few more.

Ali McNulty Hull born and bred (and proud of it) Ali always fancied having a go at this acting lark as a child, but work commitments out of school hours would not allow it. So he gave it a try in 2008 with the Chameleons production of Arsenic And Old Lace. He has been hooked ever since.

Richard Foot  Richard’s love for acting started when he was eight and played a Little Green Man in a play called Little Green Men. He earned a 2:1 in BA (Hons) Theatre Acting at Bretton Hall and also played Dr Frank'n'Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. After some years away from  the theatre, he met the Chameleons...and was drawn, again, to the dark side!