Vanessa Smith
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 23 - 29
- Height
- 5' 3" (1m 60cm)
- Weight
- 8st. 7lb. (54kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Hazel
- Build
- Slim
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2014 |
Director and Workshop Leader
Theatre |
What's in the box? Andrea Wigley / Young Peoples Theatre Workshops |
Rose Bruford College |
2014 |
English Facilitator in Italian Schools
Event |
Tuscany Jennifer Birch / English Theatre of Europe |
Scandicci and Prato |
2013 |
Elf
Theatre |
Santa's Grotto Kim Phillips / Messages PR |
Jarrow, the Viking centre |
2013 |
Sleeping Beauty / Fairy Daisy
Theatre |
Sleeping Beauty Nick Young / Rainbow Theatre Company |
Worthing and surrounding areas |
2013 |
Lucetta / Silvia
Theatre |
Two Gentlemen Joe Walsh / White Horse Theatre |
|
2013 |
Gerald Gorilla
Theatre |
Billy's Friend Joe Walsh / White Horse Theatre |
|
2013 |
Dottie
Theatre |
My Cousin Charles Joe Walsh / White Horse Theatre |
|
2012 |
Drama Teacher
Event |
Saturday Morning Classes Andrea Wigley / YPTW |
Rose Bruford College |
2011 |
Smile Days Tutor
Theatre |
A small devised show Smile |
Orgiano School, Italy |
2011 |
Eva / Evan
Theatre |
Art by Yasmina Reeza Kart Tomingas / Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre |
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre |
2010 |
Stacey
Theatre |
The Children Karima Setohy / Rose Bruford College |
Rose Bruford College |
2010 |
Berthold
Theatre |
Henry VI Chiara D'anna / Rose Bruford College |
Rose Bruford College |
2010 |
Wife
Theatre |
Blood Wedding By Frederico Garcia Lorca Lorraine Sutherland / Rose Bruford College |
Rose Bruford College |
2009 |
Harime Girl
Theatre |
Aladdin David Ducasse / Performers |
The Customs House |
2009 |
Copa Girl
Theatre |
Copacabana SOAS |
Sunderland Empire Theatre |
2009 |
Fashion Design Student
Theatre |
Promoting Newcastle College BASE Theatre Company |
Newcastle College |
2009 |
Mother - In - Law
Theatre |
Blood Wedding By Frederico Garcia Lorca Tony Chapman / Newcastle College |
Newcastle College |
2007 |
Mrs Macready
Theatre |
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Barbara Moffatt / Monkwearmouth School |
Monkwearmouth School |
2006 |
Extra
Television |
Byker Grove Stephen Moore / Zenith North |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
---|---|---|
2012 | BA(hons) Degree European Theatre Arts | Rose Bruford College |
2011 | 3 month Acting Placement | Estonian Academy of Theatre and Music |
2009 | National Diploma Performing Arts | Newcastle College |
About me
I have recently finished working at a summer school directing and devising young performers in a production at Rose Bruford Drama school. Before this I was teaching English as a foreign language through performance in Italy including; Tuscany and Sardinia.At Christmas I toured with the pantomime of Sleeping Beauty with Rainbow theatre company. Touring around Worthing and the surrounding areas performing in primary schools. Playing the roles of Fairy Daisy and Sleeping Beauty.
I also toured for nine months around Germany with White Horse Theatre Company. Performing a range of versatile roles in three Peter Griffith Plays.
I graduated in 2012 from Rose Bruford College with a BA(Hons) degree in European Theatre Arts. As part of the course I studied in Estonia and developed skills in Voice Improvisation, Traditional Voice Training,Singing which included Estonian Folk Song. I also learnt skills in acrobatics and stage combat. As part of the placement we studied the traditional route of straight acting influenced by Michael Chekhov and Stanislavski.
I'm a dedicated, motivated and confident performer who is passionate about all aspects of performance. I have developed skills over the past eleven years in Devising, Improvising, Script Reading, Play Writing, Straight Acting, Physical Theatre and Movement. I have also developed skills in a range of different Dance Styles such as Ballroom and Latin, Tap, Contemporary, Jazz, Modern and basic Ballet. All of these skills have helped me to grow as a performer and become aware and interested in different performance areas.
I have also had various experience working with children both teaching and performing. This has involved working with a company called Smile who uses Drama games and devising as one of their techniques to teach English to Italian students. I have also developed my performance teaching skills working for YPTW on the occassional Saturday.
I am enthusiastic about all areas in performance and if I commit myself I will have one hundred percent dedication towards the project.
Additional skills:
- Skin performer
- Full clean drivers license
- Basic Stage management and technical skills
- Acrobatics training
- Experience in Clowning
- Experience in Directing
- Experience in Play writing
- Training in Ensemble Theatre
- Experience and Knowledge in Political Theatre
- Experience in puppetry
- Training in Chorus work
- Improvisation
- Training in Physical Theatre
Additional information:
- Training influenced by European Practitioners such as; Jacques Lecoq, Jerzy Grotowski, Commedia dell'arte, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Wlodzimierz Staniewski, Konstantin Stanislavski
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English |
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Accents/Dialects | English - England North East (Tyneside, Geordie), English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, English - Yorkshire & Humber, Welsh |
Dance Styles | Ballet, Ballroom, Contemporary, Jazz, Latin American, Tap |
Vocal Types | Soprano |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |