Mariele Runacre Temple   performer / co-producer

 Mariele began acting at the age of 8 as an elf in The LOST Theatre Company’s 1988 production of the pantomime Cinderella. She went on to perform in at least two productions a year with LOST whilst she was at school, including major roles in Bugsy Malone, Babes In The Wood, The Canterville Ghost and many others.

Mariele studied drama and theatre studies at Middlesex University and graduated with a 2:1 degree. She subsequently won a part-scholarship to study a post-graduate degree in acting for television, film and radio at East 15 Acting School. Whilst studying she represented the school in the 2003 BBC Carleton Hobbs Radio Acting Competition, and it was this experience which prompted her to found The Wireless Theatre Company, an online audio theatre company producing plays, sketches, poems, short stories and more for download to listeners’ iPods or MP3 players.

The Wireless Theatre Company has grown immensely since its launch in 2007, and has now established itself with a reputation for producing high quality, original and exciting audio theatre and as a forum for new writing and acting talent. Most recently WTC has welcomed radio legend Nicholas Parsons as its patron, and recorded The Youth of Old Age, its latest comedy, with Prunella Scales in the title role.

As an actress Mariele has not only enjoyed roles in radio plays for The Wireless Theatre Company, but also on camera and the stage. Mariele played The Bride in the short film Who?, and The Other Woman in Short alongside Samantha Janus – both of these films won numerous awards. She played Tessie Driscoll in O'Flaherty VC at the Courtyard Theatre, winning Best Overall Play in the LOST theatre One Act Festival 2006, and often works as a promenade actor torturing tourists at The London Dungeon! Most recently Mariele played the ditzy Polly in The Critic at The Pentameters Theatre, a Police Officer for The Essex Police, and Ms. Tennant in Truth Detector at The Tabard Theatre, following on from her portrayal of Ms Beaulieu in Lie Detector, also at the Tabard and on Wireless Theatre. In 2007 she spent three months in India with a production of Twelfth Night.

Although she has visited many times, this is Mariele’s first performance at the Edinburgh Fringe and she is very excited about collaborating with Random Cactus.

 The Wireless Theatre Company