photo by
Trevor Warr
Lead
Acting roles
Jesus in two
productions of 'The Passion' [Tony Harrison's adaptation of
the Mysteries],
Young
Ted in 'Country
Dancing' by Nigel Williams;
Dick
Dewey in 'Victory!',
based on the Dynasts by Thomas Hardy;
Percy
Grainger in 'Really
Beautiful Company';
Corporal
Molberg in 'Belman's
Opera', devised by Martin Best;
Squire
Trelawney in 'The Pirates
of Treasure Island', and
Ratty in Wind in the
Willows, both for Jake’s Ladder Theatre Company.
William
Barnes in 'The Year
Clock', directed by Sonia Ritter (see The Year Clock in
current shows page)
Acting in plays for children
include:
Two productions
of The Tailor of Gloucester and Tale of Mr Tod, both for
Theatre in the Downs, music by Gary Yershon, co-directed by
Geoff Buckley and Dot McCree.
Actor/musician
For the Young
National Trust Theatre productions at Blickling Hall,
Quarry Bank Mill, Lacock, Buckland Abbey, Fountains Abbey
and Hatchlands.
Musician
At the Royal
National Theatre in The Beggar's Opera, Schweyk in the
Second World War, Strider- the Story of a Horse, The
Ancient Mariner, Under Milk Wood, and House and Garden. The
Mayor of Casterbridge for Sally Head
productions.
Actor/musical director
The Old Wife’s
Tale presented by The Lion's part [director Sonia Ritter]
at Shakespeare’s Globe August 2000
The Shaftesbury Community Play On the Green Rock 2000
The 5th
Dorchester
Community Play A time to Keep 2007
The
Western Women [ Ann Jellicoe] 2007
Co- presenter
With Lucie Skeaping of Time and Tune [two series] for BBC
schools Radio. Presenter of Time to Move for BBC schools
Radio 2004.
Other special projects
I worked with John Hodgson, Education Officer at the
National Trust on the Dragonquest project at Killerton
House, Devon. Dragonquest was eighteen month exploration of
the use of myth, legend and storytelling in environmental
education.
As storyteller in the CARA project at Damers First School,
Dorchester exploring the potential of storytelling as a
stimulus for literacy.
Two large projects at the Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis: one
based on the history of the Landslip on the Heritage coast
combining creative writing, artwork and the performance of
a play; and the other a songwriting project for students
culminating in a concert and CD recording.
At Stoborough
Church of England First School on two projects for English
Nature which resulted in performances on Stoborough Heath
by the children. I helped the children to devise two plays,
one about the history and archaeology of the heath, and the
second about the flora and fauna.
I work regularly for the Dorset Wildlife Trust at their
Wild About Dorset events.
Music and
storytelling projects with the Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra in Poole and Bournemouth
Schools.
Storytelling
and dialect poetry projects for the English department at
Shaftesbury School as a stimulus for new creative
writing.
Regular
storyteller for Dunbury school in
Dorset.