Kill the Dinosaur
"Every morning, an old man at the bus stop dies."
A surrealist dark comedy about accountability, nuclear war, and whales
by Amine Salmi
"Every morning, an old man at the bus stop dies."
A surrealist dark comedy about accountability, nuclear war, and whales
by Amine Salmi
30 Sep–5 Oct, 7:30pm,
The Courtyard Theatre
Michael is stuck. He relives the same day over and over again. Is it something he did? A nuclear war? Or... whales?
After years of desperation and self-doubt, his groundhog day feels liberating at first, a sandbox for his reckless impulses. He soon finds a sharp-tongued friend, but meaning begins to unravel. Deaths, sacrifices, kindness, and cruelty all blur into a farce. Will Michael break the loop before it breaks him?
Kill the Dinosaur is a surrealist dark comedy about fractured relationships, the lies we tell ourselves, and the search for meaning in the void.
30 Sep–5 Oct, 7:30pm,
The Courtyard Theatre
Greta Demertzi is a London-based actress and writer, originally from Greece. She trained for four years at Actor’s Door Studio, graduating with a diploma in 2022, where she honed her craft through the Meisner technique and developed a deep love for truthful, instinctive storytelling and character work.
In 2023, she played one of the lead roles in Dishes in the Fridge at Camden Fringe, the debut play by Amine Salmi — an experience that fuelled her passion for bringing new writing to life. Since then, she’s continued exploring stories both on stage and on screen, and is now developing her first short film.
Outside of acting, Greta is a classically trained pianist, often singing and accompanying herself on guitar. She speaks English, Italian, and French, and is endlessly fascinated by the ways people connect through language and storytelling.
Sean O’Grady is an American actor based in London. Although his background is in business, he decided to pursue his passion for acting during the pandemic. Since moving to London, Sean has appeared in a number of independent short and feature films in the past 4 years. In 2025, he decided to try his hand in stage acting for the first time to diversify his craft.
Chris Cordell is a London based Spotlight registered actor and SPACT with a large portfolio of stage, film and commercial work going back to the 80s. He has appeared in such stage productions as Streetcar Named Desire, The Good and Faithful Servant and Ruffian on The Stair. After a career break he returned to acting with a focus particularly on film, TV and commercial work and has appeared in Viking Revenge as King Eric, Alfred Solomon in I Killed Solomon Reid, a German provocateur in Steven Spielberg’s Masters of the Air and the pub landlord in Fi Can We Can music video by Rema
He is drama school trained at Baron Brown Studios in LA and The London Meisner Company as well being APC trained in unarmed and weapons combat.
With his roots in Milan, a passion for storytelling through filmmaking and a yearning to perform, Claudio's journey has only just begun. Three years ago he started taking acting classes, discovered a whole new world on the stage and fell in love with it instantly. Fueled by his determination, Claudio is eager to dive deeper into the acting realm, constantly improving his skills and seizing every opportunity that comes his way.
Zobia Haq is a London-based actress and performer with theatre, short film, feature film, and other stage experience. She is a versatile performer with a complete and rounded experience in a wide range of storytelling - contemporary and classical alike, in both naturalistic and Brechtian styles, as well as experience in multi-roling and movement choreography.
After honing her skills through the vibrant student theatre scene at Cambridge, she has returned to acting following a sabbatical, and is currently working on both theatre and film projects as an actress and writer.
Bryn is an actor and writer from Yorkshire. He began his journey at the University of Salford and then trained at Guildford School of Acting. He has recently performed and written 'The Great Pies of Denby Dale' which premiered at The Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham. His other recent theatre credits include Aleksander in 'Three Winters' and 'Antony and Cleopatra' as part of the Verona Shakespeare Festival.
30 Sep–5 Oct, 7:30pm,
The Courtyard Theatre
Amine Salmi is an Algerian-French playwright and screenwriter who studied the Meisner technique at the Actors Door Studio. He wrote and directed his first play, Dishes in the Fridge, at the Camden Fringe, a piece that explores connections between relationships, politics, and personal growth. Amine is also the writer of Burnout, a sci-fi short film about an AI-company CEO confronting identity loss and the ethical dilemmas of corporate exploitation, as well as The Cave, a psychological horror short film that delves into the lasting impact of post-colonial trauma on the Algerian people. His work is driven by a fascination with character-led storytelling, examining how broader societal forces shape personal lives and how individuals struggle to navigate a world where larger social forces constantly challenge their footing.
Amine is currently directing his new work Kill the Dinosaur, a surrealist play about grief and the acceptance of life’s inherent meaninglessness, soon to be produced at the Courtyard Theatre.
Charlotte Cattrall is a Director, Actor and Educator based in London, originally from Liverpool. She is passionate about developing new work that is fresh, dynamic and fun whilst exploring issues of social justice and presenting underrepresented voices and stories on stage. Recent directing credits include SISTERLAND (Union Theatre, London 2025), THE PARTY PRINCESS DIARIES (The Glitch, London 2025), THE BEARCAT (RCSSD, London 2025, The Cockpit Theatre, 2025 & The Phoenix Arts Club, 2025) WOEBEGONE (Theatre503, London 2024) and NEVERNATAL (Theatre503, London 2024, The Space @ Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 & Hen & Chickens, London 2023) with sold out runs and 4 and 5 star reviews. Charlotte has directed over 30 performances with young actors and is the founder and director of Performworks Productions. She has trained in Acting at RADA and LIPA and is a graduate of Royal Holloway University of London and UCL. She is pursuing her MA in Actor Training & Coaching at RCSSD.
A startup software executive by day, Dan came into acting out of curiosity, performing Brian in New Labour with Assemble Theatre Company in 2022. New friendships and new projects ensued, and soon after Dishes in the Fridge project was born.
What started as a bunch of ideas and values shared by Dan and Amine soon grew into a play, a company, and a performance, bringing new take on old problems to a Camden Fringe stage.
30 Sep–5 Oct, 7:30pm,
The Courtyard Theatre