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The Post Office Theatre Company has been the context in which I have plied the majority of my trade since becoming a member in 1997. The lessons I have learned and the experience garnered, whilst working with the theatre company have been invaluable to my evolution and progression as an actor. Every production is a chance to explore and expand the boundaries of possibility for a role, whilst adhering to the discipline that is necessary within the framework of theatre. During this time I have had the privilege of working with the director Riggs O’Hara on all of the theatre company’s productions and on the last four with writer Courttia Newland, not to mention the many other talented actors and actresses who are a part of the company. Indeed, the company could be described as family and as an actor I am currently in the most unusual yet privileged position of having parts written specifically for me, by an accomplished author, who has known me for the last five years.
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Appearance Hair: Brown Height: 5ft 8ins Eyes: Dark Brown Playing Age: 18-25 |
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>> Theatre
Roles with The Post Office Theatre Company include;
Sammy in Courttia
Newland’s “Mother’s Day” performed at the Lyric Studio,
Hammersmith (2002).
Luke Crenshaw in Courttia Newland’s
“The Farside” performed at The Tricycle Theatre(summer 2001),
The Tabernacle(autumn 2001) and The Post Office Theatre(as part of the Portobello
festival 2000 and 2001).
Talthybius in Courttia Newland’s
adaptation of Euripides’ “Women of Troy” performed at The
Pleasance (as part of the Edinburgh festival 1999) and The Post Office Theatre
in the same year.
Simon in Courttia Newland’s
“Estates of Mind” performed at the Post Office Theatre, 1998.
Romeo in Fergus Dick and Riggs O’Hare’s
“Romeo and Gullietta” performed at the Post Office Theatre, 1998.
Sam in Riggs O’Hare’s
musical “Noel Coward in Poland” performed at the Post Office Theatre,
1997.
Other professional theatre roles
include;
Marzio in the Swinish
Multitude’s production of Percy Bishe Shelly’s “The Cenci”,
performed in a fringe venue in London, 1997.
A bodyguard in a performance art
piece entitled “Life of a Star”, performed in and around the streets
of Brighton, 1999.
Non-professional theatre roles
include among them;
George Spelvin in
“ An Actor’s Nightmare”
A number of roles, including the
Sergeant Major in “Oh! What a Lovely War”
Teddy Deakin in Arnold Ridley’s
“The Ghost Train”
Guiseppe in “The Two Gondoliers”
The Tramp in “In the Shadow
of the Glen”
>> Accents
South African,
white Afrikaaner.
Irish, County Wicklow
Australian, South East Australia
Various regional British
accents such as, Generic London, Somerset, in particular around the Bath area,
general West Country accents and Wakefield/Halifax (West Yorkshire).
>> Other
Skills
B.A.(Hons)
Politics and History form the School Of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
University Of London.
Drummer, to a good standard.
French speaking, to a decent standard,
with a good French accent.
Juggle, to a decent standard.
Have played cricket at representative
level, rugby and badminton to a decent standard.
Studied for the WSET, a certificate
in wine and spirits, gaining knowledge in various grape varieties/regional
variances and also the history of many everyday spirits.
