Vanessa Balkwill
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 49 - 57
- Height
- 5' 4" (1m 63cm)
- Weight
- 11st. 2lb. (71kg)
- Hair Colour
- Auburn
- Eye Colour
- Hazel
- Build
- Medium
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
Presenter/entertainer/session leader
Theatre |
Rainforest/minibeasts/Africa/Ocean/Caves/Dinosaurs Me / Tickled Skink |
Primary schools throughout the midlands |
| 2008 |
Presenter/entertainer/session leader
Theatre |
Under 5's music, drama and movement Sally Armstrong / Singing Sally's |
Venues across Leicestershire |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 3 yr. Acting | Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art |
| 1985 | 2 yr. Acting | Cygnet Theatre School, Exeter |
About me
I have been passionate about theatre from early childhood and trained professionally as an actor at Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art in the late 80s, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Dramatherapy at Hertfordshire College of Art and design in 1991. Since then, I have been working in Theatre-in-Education and, for the past 12 years have been running my own company called Tickled Skink, which visits primary schools with a series of engaging habitat themed, fully interactive shows. As well as being an actress, I am also a musician with grade 8 distinction in both violin and flute and teach both to grade 5 standard. In addition, I have a masters degree in Museum Studies. I am passionate about learning through the expressive arts and love working artistically with young children but I am also extremely keen to take on more 'serious' roles and develop myself further as an actress.Additional skills:
Violin grade 8
Flute grade 8
Basic tap dancing
Good Alto singer
Dialects.. Scottish, Yorkshire, London, Devon, Liverpool, Birmingham.
Songwriting.
Storytelling.
Additional information:
I am looking for character work in theatre, museums or TV. I am a full member of Equity and hold a current DBS.
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Languages Spoken | English, French, German |
|---|---|
| Accents/Dialects | English - Cockney, English - England East Midlands (Leicester), English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - Southwest England, English - West Midlands (Shropshire, Birmingham, Brummie), English - Yorkshire & Humber, French (Standard International), German, Scottish (Edinburgh), Scottish (Glaswegian) |
| Dance Styles | Tap |
| Vocal Types | Alto |
| Musical Skills | Flute, Violin |
| Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |