Lennora Esi

Lennora Esi is a freelance actor, singer, dancer and writer from Germany and the US. From a very young age Lennora started performing in local musical and theater productions and went on to study acting in Berlin and Munich and where she graduated with honours in 2014. She has had the privilege of starring in multiple productions on stage and camera in Germany and Canada. Some of her favorite roles included Deloris Van Cartier in SISTER ACT performed at the Oberschwabenhalle in Ravensburg, Nombeko in the world premiere of THE GIRL WHO SAVED THE KING OF SWEDEN at the Burgfestspiele in Jagsthausen and various roles at HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD in Hamburg. She has danced in different dance companies, focussing on African style dances and urban dances of the African diaspora and has sung in various music groups as well as a solo vocalist. Her biggest passion lies in creating her own original artistic productions centered around human rights issues. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD is Lennora Esi’s second production at the English Theatre of Hamburg and she is excited to take part in the English tradition of Panto.

Petter Bjällö

The Swedish singer has appeared in numerous major musicals in Germany in many roles, including Radames in AIDA (German premiere, Essen), The Beast in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Oberhausen and Berlin), and The Wizard of Oz in WICKED (Stuttgart and Oberhausen). The audience was always enchanted by his voice. He also appeared in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, GREASE, ELISABETH, KISS ME KATE, ZORRO and SHOWBOAT, among others, and in 2024 he played the lead role of Daniel Daréus in the musical WIE IM HIMMEL in Mariehamn, Åland.
He was also a quarter-finalist on THE VOICE OF GERMANY 2024.

Nik Breidenbach

Nik Breidenbach was part of the original cast of the world premiere of TANZ DER VAMPIRE, directed by Roman Polanski, in which he played Herbert. He appeared in ELISABETH, DIE 13½ LEBEN DES KÄPT’N BLAUBÄR and as Conférencier in CABARET at the Capitol Theater in Düsseldorf and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. He made his debut at the Schmidt Theater in Hamburg in 1998 in OSCAR – DIE KINOREVUE and has since appeared in numerous in-house productions, including SWINGING ST. PAULI, VILLA SONNENSCHEIN, OH ALPENGLÜHN! and ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM PARADIES.

He was the first CAVEQUEEN and appeared in numerous TV series. From 2008 to 2010, he was in the main cast of GUTE ZEITEN, SCHLECHTE ZEITEN.

Since 2010, he has also been appearing regularly on the theatre stage again, including as C.C. Baxter in DAS APARTMENT at the Theater am Ku’damm in Berlin (director: Helmut Baumann), in ICH LIEBE MEINE FRAU at Fliegende Bauten in Hamburg, at the Volkstheater Rostock in DIE LUSTIGE WITWE, as DER GRAF VON MONTE CHRISTO at the Jahrmarkttheater by Thomas Matschoß and most recently as Alfred Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY at the Theater Chemnitz.

In 2016, he brought his first solo programme GAAANZ RUHIG to the Schmidtchen stage and made his directorial debut at the Tivoli with POMPÖS – the big winter spectacle, for which he also created the stage design and costumes. In 2018, he took over the production of OH ALPENGLÜHN! at the Comödie Dresden and, in November 2019, at the Theater Palast der Malentes in Bonn. After 2016 and 2018, he was responsible for directing POMPÖS for the third time in 2019.
He directed on the Hamburg Theaterschiff and also directed the Winterglitzer Show in Hamburg in 2022 and 2023. He then moved to Bremen to work as a director at the Packhaus Theater and returned to the Komödie am Altstadtmarkt in Braunschweig as an actor. Nik was most recently seen at the First Stage Theater in KEIN PARDON as Heinz Wäscher.