Derek Newton

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• YAFTA Talent Agency
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About me

I have a variety of experience in television, theatre, presenting, voice-over, corporate and training productions. I have developed my skills and experience by working on a number of television dramas, theatrical plays, musical theatre, light opera and cabaret-style entertainment.

I am an Equity member and have attended professional training in television at RADA and the Northern Actors' Centre plus various professional short courses designed to develop acting to camera, presentation, castings and the voice. I have appeared in feature films, corporate video/DVD/e-learning productions and commercials. This experience includes autocue work to camera.

Light comedy and sensitive drama are genres that I seem to "fit"; I have played a range of characters that are well-meaning but slightly confused; some with a romantic edge. These include, for example, Ayckbourn characters such as Tom in the "Norman Conquests", Ronald in "Absurd Person Singular", Guy in "A Chorus of Disapproval" and more recently Frank Foster in "How the Other Half Loves". In the classically stylised Noel Coward, I played Gary Essendine in "Present Laughter" and David Bliss in "Hay Fever". These were roles that gave me an opportunity to be faithful to the style and language of that period, as well as being frightfully aloof in delivering the razor-sharp wit! I also relished the sensitivity and professionalism of Sir David in Jeffrey Archer's "Beyond Reasonable Doubt".

More recently, I have played the challenging role of Goldberg in Pinter's "The Birthday Party" and by contrast, Al Lewis in "The Sunshine Boys".

I was hounded for weeks after convicting Deidre Barlow in Coronation Street as the Jury Foreman! As can be seen from my C.V., I have also played a number of roles in Emmerdale and Heartbeat. In recent TV roles I have been a judge, solicitors, military officer, doctor and senior police officer. I think that I suit these roles as I now have an "official" look, hopefully one that is sincere, trustworthy and reliable.

My singing and musical theatre experience includes light operas, playing "Alfred" in Der Fledermaus" and a variety of leading parts in musical productions, including Danilo in "The Merry Widow", The Red Shadow in "Desert Song" and more recently Honore in "Gigi". I also played in a series of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, including "Ruddigore", Trial by Jury", HMS Pinafore and the Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance". This was a glorious opportunity to wear big boots, a balloon shirt, a black beard and weald a sword! I also played Mack in "Mack and Mabel", ruthless, dominant and egotistical - a great role.

Just to demonstrate versatility, I also made a pop video with a group called 10,000 Things (still showing on U-Tube) in which I play a maniacal boss kidnapped by his four young employees, stripped to his underwear, tied to a chair and forced to listen to their latest release.....
Additional information:
I have worked:
- in cabaret as a singer at various dinner functions.

- As a presenter for corporate and charity functions;

- in role play for training scenarios, e.g. adult protection training, playing various characters such as carers or a older man with alzheimers

Voice-over for corporate training films in particular police training, e.g. witness protection

License & Passport

Skills

Languages Spoken	Italian
Accents/Dialects	American - General, Australian, English - Cockney, English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, English - West Midlands (Shropshire, Birmingham, Brummie), English - Yorkshire & Humber, German, Irish, Italian (Standard International), Northern Irish, South African, Welsh
Vocal Types	Baritone
Musical Skills	Drums/Percussion, Guitar
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)