Richard Penny

Education

About me

45 years professional experience.
British/Australian Citizen.
Swiss Resident.
Work Permits for Australia, EU and Switzerland.
Additional skills:
Co-writing, directing and presenting Scottish Government-sponsored Professional Development and Social Awareness Programmes; and Forum-style Theatre, particularly with regard to Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women (2005-2008)

Independent Producer (Australia) (1993-1996). Personally generating more than $A300K of production value from corporate and private sponsorship. Producer Credits are marked with asterisk in above Profile.

Lecturer Technical and Professional Communication (1985-1993). University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Australia. Employed by Faculty Humanities and Social Sciences, serving all other University Faculties; especially Business, Law, Engineering and Architecture. Corporate Role-play central to teaching process.

Corporate Communication Consultant (1990) to Pro-Line Tesla (Piestany, Slovakia), in that company's transition back from State to Private ownership.

Acting Ambassador (1990) representing University of Technology, Sydney (UTS); pioneering meeting in Budapest between Vice-Chancellor UTS and Pro-Rector Technical University Bratislava, with view to inter-University student exchanges.

Account Executive to Lombard Nash International (1988-1989) Sydney, Australia; telemarketing leveraged speculative investment foreign currencies and precious metals. Generated business in excess of $A500K.

Founder/Director 'Immediate Theatre International' (1981-1986), a (then) pioneering and radical approach to professional development and teaching of English as a second or foreign language. Touring programmes in England, France and Australia.

Professional Circus Ringmaster (1978-1980) Circus Hoffman International (UK).


Additional information:
Member British Actors Equity
Member of Spotlight
Book Page: 3201
www.spotlight.com
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Further details, including personal measurements, at castingnetworks.co.uk

Personal Production Website
www.globalvillagetheatre.ch

British Citizen
Australian Citizen
Swiss Resident
Landline: +41-(0)71-277-6017.

Lead in 'An Experiment with an Air Pump' by Shelagh Stevenson - English Theatre Berlin (February 2011)
"Richard Penny's Fenwick blends the necessary gravitas with nice touches of humour" (EXBERLINER)
"Played with comic gusto by seasoned actor Richard Penny" (THE LOCAL . DE)

Supporting Actor, feature film 'Sidetracked' (2010). Principal Photography (Switzerland and Italy) complete. Now in Post Production.

Infamous 'Second Hun' in Cornel Wilde's (increasingly topical) post-apocalyptic enviro-shocker, 'No Blade of Grass' (1970). Character responsible for rape of 'Mary Custance' (Lynne Frederick's first screen role). Originally heavily censored, now restored, but difficult to obtain.

(Blink-and-you'd-miss-me) 'Roadie', in (the Brit film response to 'The Monkees'), 'Toomorrow' (1970). Character with the immortal answer to the (Olivier Newton-John) question: "Where do I change?" Viz: "Behind the cart, over there!"

Skills

Languages Spoken	English
Accents/Dialects	Australian, English - General, English - Received Pronunciation, South African
Vocal Types	Baritone, Bass