Jonty O’Callaghan

Buddy

Jonty O’Callaghan is an Actor, Musician and Writer currently based in London. He trained at Guildford School of Acting. Most recently, he debuted his one-man sketch comedy show: Jonty O’Callaghan’s Got Some Notes to 5 and 4 star reviews at the Camden Fringe Festival. He is absolutely thrilled to be returning as Buddy with the Cricketers to tour the UK. The music of the 50s and 60s ignited his passion for guitar and singing and he can’t wait to get started!

Zach Sorrow

Guitar

Zach Sorrow moved to the UK in April 2025 after 12 years in Chicago, where he could be seen in The Who’s Tommy (Goodman Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet (Paramount Aurora), The Sound of Music (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Fiddler On The Roof (Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace), and other productions around Chicago. He has toured the Netherlands as the frontman of The Fortunate Sons, Chicago’s premiere Tribute to CCR, and he has performed at sea with Disney and Royal Caribbean. A proud graduate of Northwestern University, he lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Instagram: @zsorrow

Trevor Williams

Keyboard

Trevor’s contagious passion, ferocious drive and sense of humour exhilarates audiences in every spectrum of their live music experience. Trevor never fails to crack a smile from every person
around him while connecting with versatile musical fluency. Having hopped around the world quite literally, from Canada to a quick 10 year coffee stop in Scotland and resettlement in Perth, Trevor’s appreciation for musical culture is endless and all encompassing.

Trevor Williams has been in the gigging scene for 10 years, supporting artists such as Birds of Tokyo, Aloe Blacc and The Cat Empire; as well as serving as a sideman with artists such as Casey
Donovan and touring nationally/internationally with Bloom. After graduating from WAAPA in 2021, Trevor began working regularly for cruise lines such as Silversea and Carnival as a Piano Bar entertainer, while working as a touring musician simultaneously.

Instagram: @trevwilliams_

John McLean

Drummer

John has an eclectic range of experience from working on cruise ships to touring the UK in theatre shows.

After four years studying at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford he went on to work for Princess Cruises for seven years in the house band before joining Buddy Holly and The Cricketers in 2022.

He has spent the past few years working on a variety of productions such the Lady Gaga tribute show Born Gaga and working with different wedding bands in the South East of England.

Saul Fleming

Bass

Trained at Rose Bruford College BA(Hons) Actor Musician. Theatre credits (all while at Bruford) include Farmer Jones/Nutmeg in Animal Farm– Directed by George Lamb, Polonius in Hamlet– Directed by David Zoob, Musical Director/Martin/Various in Burying Your Brother in the Pavement – Directed by Sophie Drake, Dr Prospero in Return to the Forbidden Planet– Directed by Alexandra Spencer Jones. Screen credits include TJ in The Support– Short Film Written by Lemon Styles/Directed by Bethany Thomson, and Performer (Music Department) in Mr Apple – Short film written and directed by Ian D Fleming. Recording credits include Backing Vocals for Red Brick Angel by RAIE and Drums and Backing Vocals for Clear Eyes/She Knows by The Cottontown Sound Corporation.

I’m a lifelong Buddy fan and drummer by trade, but I’m swapping the sticks for strings and am ready to Rave On, all the way up to Christmas!

And here they are in their opening night photo – backstage at the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr.  They scrub up well, don’t they?