chris cresswell
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 49 - 55
- Height
- 6' 3" (1m 91cm)
- Weight
- 12st. 9lb. (80kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Blue
- Build
- Slim
Agent
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Aelfa AssociatesAgent
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0800 069 9401Contact
- Website
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2012 |
vicar/clown
Theatre |
The Lad Himself Paul Hodgson / Treason Productions |
Gilded Balloon |
2011 |
Solo
Theatre |
Magicians Do Exist White Room |
Jack Dome, Pleasance Edinburgh |
2011 |
Artistic Director
Theatre |
Voodoo Vaudeville Chris Cresswell / Voodoo Vaudeville |
Touring |
2010 |
James the Butler
Theatre |
Dinner For One David Lavender / DInnerforoneco |
Hill St Theatre Edinburgh |
2008 |
Lead
Theatre |
Skin of the Moon Voodoo Vaudeville |
UK Tour |
2005 |
Lead
Theatre |
Vampires of Variety Voodoo Vaudeville |
UK Tour |
2005 |
Actor
Television |
Extreme Ghost Stories N/a / Granada |
|
2005 |
Prodnose
Film |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton / Warner Bros |
|
2004 |
Lead
Commercials & Industrials |
Byggmakker Commercials Big Deal Films |
|
2001 |
Doctor
Commercials & Industrials |
Apollo Optek Gap Films Germany |
|
2001 |
Lead
Commercials & Industrials |
Mona vifit Ocean Films Holland |
|
1999 |
Lead
Theatre |
The Lennie and Morris Show Angela de Castro / L & M Show |
UK Tour |
1999 |
Actor
Television |
Human Zoo Natalka Znak / London Weekend Television |
|
1998 |
Solo
Theatre |
If I Had A Gun RIck Zoltowski / Pincus Rose |
|
1997 |
Lead
Commercials & Industrials |
Karate Scoot Media |
Holland |
1995 |
Clown
Theatre |
Cabinet of Curiousities Roy Hutchins / Ra Ra Zoo Circus Theatre co |
tour |
1993 |
Clown
Theatre |
White Snake - Peking Opera Deborah Pope / Ra Ra Zoo Circus Theatre co |
Cambridge Corn Exchange |
1992 |
Clown
Theatre |
The Gravity Swing Sue Broadway / Ra Ra Zoo Circus Theatre co |
International Tour |
1990 |
Performer/
Theatre |
Scrooge Tim Barlow / Link Up Theatre Co |
Tour |
1990 |
Mortice Clay
Theatre |
Yours Eventually Ben Keaton / London Theatre of Clay |
l Tour |
1985 |
Singer/drummer/character
Theatre |
Skint Video & The Cryptic Twins Skint Video |
Tour |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1980 | 3 yr. Acting | Loughborough University |
About me
I am a Brighton based performer and teacher/director and workshop leader. I have worked in live performance and drama education for the past 20 years and have a wealth of experience of teaching and contemporary performance to draw upon.My background and training is in mime, physical and clown theatre and circus cabaret, areas that I believe are particularly relevant today. I have wide experience of performance in international touring theatre, promoting and performing cabaret, television and popular film. (Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
As a performer I worked for some years with Ra Ra Zoo Circus Theatre and am now working in contemporary vaudeville as a performer and director. I am currently Artistic Director of Voodoo Vaudeville, a contemporary vaudeville company based in Brighton, which has a residency at Komedia. I have been working in this genre for the last 10 years and have trained many new artistes who are currently now performing in their own right in live art and theatre and cabaret.
I am an experienced teacher and lecturer having led workshops both in this country and abroad. I worked for some time as course leader for the Acting Degree at Italia Conti Academy. I have also had residencies at Circus Space in London, for Brighton and Chichester Universities, Northbrook College and Brighton Dome. I have also run many independent workshops working in the area of clown theatre and contributed articles on clown for Total Theatre magazine. My M.A. is in Games for Theatre and Circus.
Additional skills:
Mime, physical comedy
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Accents/Dialects | English - General, English - London, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England |
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Vocal Types | Baritone |
Musical Skills | Drums/Percussion, Percussion |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |