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Spotlight CV

Native Northern   Based North   Height 6' 1"   Hair Light Brown   Eyes Blue

Accents
Standard / Cockney / Lancashire / Yorkshire / Manchester / Liverpool
Irish / Scottish + Glasgow / American + New York.  Good ear

Skills
Drives / Sings - Tenor / Stage Movement / Stage Combat / Mask
Improvising + Contact Improvisation / Devising / Workshops + Leader
Alexander Technique / Specialist Theatre - Forum + Bio-Mechanical
Stand Up Comedy Finalist ("Mirth on Monday" Newcomers 2006)
ACTOR / DIRECTOR

Training
Manchester Metropolitan University

Television
BBC:  PARADOX - Josh
Granada:  BLUE MURDER - Billy Mee
BBC Three:  SPOOKS: CODE 9 - Bank Manager
Granada:  ANGELL'S HELL - Policeman 1
Granada:  CORONATION STREET - Tufty
BBC:  THE COPS - Bank Clerk
Granada:  A & E - Policeman

Theatre
Bolton Octagon / 24:7 Theatre Festival Manchester:  VEGETABLE - Ed  * Lead / Nominated for 2006 M.E.N. Best Fringe Production
Yorkshire Women Theatre:  SAFE & SOUND - Jace
Talia Theatre Co:  THE LIFE OF MOLIERE - Moliere
Proper Job Theatre Co:  BRAVE NEW WORLD - Savage  * Lead
Made Up Theatre:  MARGE - Leroy Snarkler
Chol Theatre Co:  THE GHOST LESSON - Sam  * Lead
Something Wicked Theatre Co:  TWO - Landlord / Various  * Director

Script Development
Kudos:  SPOOKS: CODE 9  * Read-Ins
West Yorkshire Playhouse (2009) / Contact Theatre (2008):  STILL ALIVE - Will  * Rehearsed Reading
Contact Theatre Manchester:  VERBALLY CHALLEGED  * Playwright Development
EVERYONE'S PARANOID - James  * Lead / Rehearsed Reading
LIVE AND DIRECT  * New Directors Workshops
WORD UP!  * Young Writers Festival
FLIP THE SCRIPT  * New Writing

Directing
24:7 Theatre Festival 2009:  TEMP/CASUAL (by Steve Timms)

Commercial
MINI COOPER
ICELAND

Corporate
BRITANNIA

Roleplay
extensive GROUP 4
BPP LAW SCHOOL (2009/2006)
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
NOTTINGHAM POLICE

Directors include
Simon Cellan-Jones / Sol B. River / Susan Tully / Toby Haynes / Mike Adams / Chris Honer / Kenny Glenaan
Neil Adams / Metin Huseyin / Alan Rothwell / Sam Cadman / Gennadi Bogdanov / Dominic Rai / Amanda Huxtable
James Beale / Michael Daines