Tom Brennan
Overview
- Age Range
- 25 - 45
Other
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My Contact Number:
07816325892
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2018 |
Freddy Benson
Theatre |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Carolyn Bennett, Littlehampton Musical Comedy Society |
Windmill Theatre, Littlehampton, West Sussex |
2017 |
Mr Mushnik
Theatre |
Little Shop of Horrors Lee Payne, Worthing Musical Comedy Society |
Connaught Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex |
2007 |
Scrooge
Theatre |
Scrooge Mark Stevens, ALC |
ALC Auditorium, Bradford, West Yorkshire |
2004 |
Jesus
Theatre |
Godspell Kerry Vickers, Northbrook Theatre |
Northbrook Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex |
2004 |
Audrey 2 (Voice)
Theatre |
Little Shop of Horrors Kerry Vickers, Northbrook Theatre |
Northbrook Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex |
2017 |
Lead singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Music & Singing |
NEKO Tom Brennan, NEKO |
Worthing, West Sussex |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2005 | National Diploma in Performing Arts | Northbrook MIT |
2002 | Drama | St. Adrews C of E High School |
License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Accents/Dialects | English - Cockney, Irish, New York, Northern Irish, Scottish, Standard American |
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Additional Skills | Dance, Juggling |
Athletics | Stage Combat |
Musical Skills | Guitar |
Highlights
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With the weather we have been having lately, it was not much of a stretch to reimagine the Windmill Theatre as the French Riviera.
Because this was the setting of Littlehampton Musical Comedy Society’s latest production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: a tale of lovable rogues outfoxing each other with twist after twist.
According to the society, this is the first time the 2005 musical has been performed by an amateur dramatic society in the county – and the cast made sure they put their stamp on it.
Based on the 1988 film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, the tale revolves around the titular scoundrels: Lawrence Jameson, a suave English gentlemen-come-con-artist, and Freddy Benson, a vulgar American hustler who has come to steal the seasoned veteran’s crown – almost literally.
They place a bet that each can swindle American soap heiress Christine Colegate out of $50,000, with the loser leaving town for good. But the arrival of a criminal mastermind known as ‘The Jackal’ throws a spanner in the works.
It is a fast-paced show, with twists and turns aplenty and high-energy musical numbers, and the cast managed to keep up.
Comic timing was crucial – but thankfully, the audience was in safe hands with the main three players. Tim Kimber crooned his way through the musical as the smooth-operator Lawrence, and his day job as a GP came in handy when his character masqueraded as psychologist Dr Emil Shuffhausen. But let’s just say his bedside manner left something to be desired, with humorous results.
As Miss Colegate, LMCS newcomer Jacqueline Anderson captured her sunny disposition – but in keeping with the theme of the show, it was stolen by radio DJ Tom Brennan as Freddy.
His accent and comic timing was spot-on – not least when the con-man posed as the chromosomally-deficient Ruprecht.
Written by James Butler, Littlehampton Gazette, Thursday 09 August 2018 -
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken collaborated to produce this delightful (is that the right word?) comic musical. More highbrow critics might not appreciate the humour but just as many patrons of this theatre found it very much to their taste. The story is based on a very demanding plant nurtured in a flower shop in ‘Skid Row’. The shop is suffering from lack of trade but when this extraordinary plant grows vastly and becomes well known the shop suddenly becomes talked about and is very popular. Mr Mushnik, the owner, was played by Tom Brennan, a newcomer to the society, so I’m told. He gave an excellent performance, very convincingly Jewish, with a great accent, super singing voice and the ability to dance and act. In the shop we had Alex Brown as Seymour the person responsible for rearing this strange plant and giving it the name of Audrey 11, named after the other shop assistant with whom he is in love.
Seymour is a young man, very nervous and indecisive. This came over well providing a sharp contrast to the other main characters. His stance, speech and costumes all added to his personality and his singing was a delight. This was very important in this particular role as he sang in more than half of the musical numbers. The only other male principal was Jack Winrow as Orin, the dentist, Audrey’s boy friend who knocks her about, being a loud mouthed and brutish ‘Yob. His performance was magnificent and will stick in my memory for a very long time!! Last but far from least, we have Audrey, Orin’s Dolly Bird girlfriend superbly played by Kiarnie Camp. She was every inch the ‘dumb blonde’ totally ensnared by Orin despite his treatment of her. She sang superbly. I was totally enraptured by her version of ‘Somewhere that’s Green’. Add to this great team of four the almost human plant, Audrey 11, vocally played by Wayne Roberts with Gareth Edwards as the puppeteer, both outstanding in their different roles. Their timing was spectacularly good taking into account one was on stage making the plants mouth and limbs move and the other was back stage speaking the lines.
The ensemble have very little to do in this particular show but certainly looked the part and sang well. Instead of the usual chorus most musicals require, this one had three backing singers, Vicki Martin (Crystal), Hannah-Eleni Goble (Ronette) and Rachel Smith (Chiffon) who moved and sang superbly with lovely strong harmonies. The set, lighting and sound were excellent, the orchestra supported the cast well and the costumes were ideal. Anyone who decided this production wasn’t for them missed some great entertainment.
Author Jose Harrison, NODA -
Here was a classic example of an excellent show being spoilt by an over enthusiastic orchestra rendering it difficult and sometimes impossible to follow the dialogue or words of the songs. In my view the problem was caused by an imbalance of instruments making for very loud music.
Having said that, I would like to stress that this was an excellent production, very cleverly directed, with really watchable choreography. The four dancers Georgina Combes, Sophie McHale, Naomi Regnante and Georgia Rogers gave outstanding performances. It was such a pleasure to see some really interesting routines danced with such feeling and polish. The simple fixed stage set was very appropriate with clever roll-on flats enabling proficient changes of scenes with minimum interruption to the story line. The inconspicuous stage crew under the organisation of Jackie Kenyon worked incredibly hard and efficiently. The lighting design by Lee Wenham, well operated by Ashley Arnot, was very effective, enhancing the delightful costumes, all contributing to the making of a first class production.
What can I say about two such outstanding performers as Tim Kimber as Lawrence, who was the perfect foil for Tom Brennan as Freddy. It was difficult to take my eyes off them when they were both on stage. They were hilarious! There was nothing to disappoint me in their acting skills and their rendition of ‘Dirty Rotten Number’ and ‘All about Ruprecht’ when they were joined by Gina Bland were real show-stoppers.
Author Jose Harrison, NODA