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| Photograph: Lance Burkitt |
I am an experienced and versatile character
actor with a career spanning back to the mid-eighties. I have a considerable
amount of experience in theatre though tend to be more publicly recognised for
my performances in TV programmes such as Coronation Street and Dinnerladies not to
mention the extraordinarily popular film The Full Monty.
I was born in 1962 in Leeds and still base myself
in Yorkshire. I am a co-founder member of the
Shoestring Forum theatre company. With them I have helped produce plays and
workshops with a mental health focus that have been successfully received as
training resources for mental health professionals as well as being powerful
theatrical experiences.
I play a variety of percussive and stringed musical
instruments, the guitar being my main one. I am particularly skilled in
devising, improvisation and clowning and am very adept at street theatre,
songwriting, and theatre administration. I also hold a full driving licence
though it’s incredible the amount of acting jobs I’ve had where I’ve needed to
drive and never had to produce a licence.
I am also an accomplished visual artist,
having had my work exhibited in Manchester at Contemporary Six (2011), at the Leeds
Gallery (2013), the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (2014) and as part of the North Yorkshire Open Studios at the
Station Art Workshop in Robin Hood's Bay (2015). I have work permanently displayed in the
Eat Me Cafe, Hanover Street, Scarborough.
I currently have an exhibition of my work entitled A Year In Bay at the
Pyramid Gallery in York running until Sep 2nd 2016.
