Alexandra Lansdale

Education

About me

Since graduating in July 2017 with a music degree, I have been acting full-time. I began my career with a physical theatre R & D piece performed at The Core in Corby, then moved onto a series of educational films for the NSPCC, before joining a six month national tour of Little Women and Sense and Sensibility, before taking the latter to China in October, 2018. Between all of this work, I delivered site-specific theatre at the National Justice Museum, providing historical information as a character that tailored their performance to the audience or event taking place. I am currently preparing to play the part of Jo in an upcoming tour of Little Women in China, undertaking line-learning and character research. I am a highly-focused individual, able to bring a great deal of energy to the rehearsal room and performance space. With my background in site-specific and outdoor theatre, I am able to be flexible and fix issues using my initiative. Having sung with the Cantamus Girls' Choir, competing and tour nationally and internationally since the age of 13, I can learn material very quickly, including music and script in different languages, and with tricky harmonies. This five year training with the choir enabled me to be highly reliable. For example, I recently stepped in to cover another actress, learning the blocking, script and multiple songs in three days and performing the full play off-book. I am a good team-player, and have a sincere passion for theatre and music. I commit myself to any project in which I am involved, and work very hard to be my best. I'm currently very interested in working on films, TV work and physical theatre pieces.

Additional Information

I am a trained vocalist, having worked under Alex Ashworth's tuition for three years. I am proficient on the piano, violin and ukulele, and most recently wrote, composed and directed my own original folk musical, which showed in York in June. I sang in the Cantamus Girls' Choir for five years, touring and competing internationally. During my gap year (and the breaks between terms), I have worked as a costumed interpreter, tour guide and educational facilitator at the National Justice Museum in Nottingham (and sister-attraction, The City of Caves), and gained great experience in performing for varied types of groups. These range from educational children's visits to after-dark corporate events, including ghost tours, terror tours and murder mysteries in site-specific and immersive theatre. Because of this post, I feel that a great strength of mine is building a good rapport with an audience, as well as storytelling effectively.

Skills

Skin Colour	White
Hair Length	Mid Length
Native accent	English
Accents (UK)	Cockney, English, standard, Essex, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Midlands, East, Nottingham, RP, Welsh, Standard, Yorkshire
Accents (North American)	General American, New York City, Southern American
Languages Spoken	English, German
Interested in	Comedy, Film (Professional), Improvisation, Panto, Radio, Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Professional), Theatre (Touring), TV, Voice Over
Experienced in	Comedy, Corporate, Film (Student), Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Touring), TV
General Singing Skills	Advanced
Specific Singing Skills	Belt, Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano
General Dance Skills	Ballet, Ballroom, Contemporary, Swing/Jive, Tap
Musical Skills	Piano, Ukulele, Violin
Stage Combat Skills	Basic
Driving Licences	Standard
Perform nude?	No
DBS checked	Yes (within last 12 months)