Esther Shanson

  • Actor
    Female / Middlesex
  • Ethnicity
    Caucasian
    Age Range
    34 - 44
    Height
    1m 76cm (5' 9")
    Weight
    70kg (154lb)
    Hair Colour
    Brown
    Eye Colour
    Brown
    Build
    Muscular

  • Images

    Files

    • video file (mp4)
    • video file (mp4)
    • video file (mp4)

  • Agent

    Agent
    Arena Personal Management

    Links

    IMDB
    IMDB
    Spotlight Member
    yes
    Equity
    yes

Reviews

YearReviewPublication
2018Shanson’s soliloquies are superbly crafted, and her “leave all the rest to me” sounds memorably chilling.
Michael Gray 		remotegoat.com
2018Esther Shanson is a wonderfully understated Lady Macbeth, conveying a quiet and duplicitous menace
Brian Penn 		everything-theatre.co.uk
2018As Lady Macbeth [Shanson] really shines – absolutely the driving force,... inspiring some sympathy as her sleepwalking betrays her guilt.
Debbie from Mind the Blog 		pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com

Credits

YearRole / TypeName of Production / DirectorCompany / Venue
✓ 2021Ruby
Online / Digital 		137 - Slackline Sleepover
Kim Hausler 		Slackline Productions
2020Co-lead
Film (Short) 		Mother's Day Quarantine
David Bottomley 		Bottomley Writes
2020Lady Macbeth/Lady Macduff
Workshops 		Davenant's Macbeth
Sara Reimers 		Restoration Shakespeare Project at PRShakes
2019Clara
Rehearsed Reading 		Bread From Air
Sarah Berger 		So & So, Tristan Bates Theatre
✓ 2019Esther/Jen
Theatre 		At the Cinema
Nick Mouton 		Director's Cut at Southwark Playhouse
✓ 2019Sarah
Film (Short) 		Provisions
Nathan Legger 		London Film School
✓ 2019Constance Markievicz
Theatre 		On Account of Her Sex
Philippa Lawford 		Glass Splinters at The Pleasance Theatre
✓ 2019Agnes
Theatre 		Agnes
Rebecca Lyon 		Actor Awareness
Spotlight, Leicester Square
✓ 2019Simone
Theatre 		Last Chance, Sci-Fi Fest
Sara Reimers 		The Pleasance
✓ 2018Denise
Theatre 		Dead Giveaway
Teresa Espejo 		Director's Cut at Southwark Playhouse
2018Jess
Musical 		Free Solo - BEAM Showcase + run
Nick Leos 		Theatre Royal Stratford East + Drayton Arms
✓ 2018Lady Macbeth
Theatre 		Macbeth
Alex Pearson 		The Rose Theatre, Bankside, Unfolds Theatre
The Rose Theatre, Bankside
✓ 2017Dorit Mintov
Rehearsed Reading 		Scoop
Alex Pearson 		The Rose Theatre
2017Doctor (DME Specialist)
Corporate 		Allergan RolePlayFortis Pharma Communications
✓ 2017Jess
Musical 		Free Solo
Nick Leos 		Tristan Bates Theatre
✓ 2017Miriam
Film (Short) 		Hot Water
Fumi Gomez and Ollie Wiggins 		Horatio Productions
✓ 2017Christine
Theatre 		In Vitro Veritas
Alice Fitzgerald 		Catalyst Festival
Karamel Club
2017Olivia
Theatre 		Nothing To Declare / The Woman in the RestaurantDirector's Cut at Southwark Playhouse
✓ 2017Agnes
Theatre 		I. E. D.
Max Elton 		Pintsized, The Bunker Theatre
✓ 2016Lady Capulet and Friar Laurence
Theatre 		Romeo and Juliet
Alex Pearson 		The Rose Theatre
✓ 2016Elaine
Theatre 		The School For Wives
Wiebke Green and Charlie Macnamara 		The Courtyard Theatre and Edinburgh Festival
✓ 2014Linda
Musical 		One Of Those Days
Claire Rivers, Adam Leonard-Burns & Tom Lees (MD) 		LOST Theatre - Lees Rivers Musicals
2014The Sister (on selected performance)
Theatre 		The Dead Dogs
Simon Usher 		The Print Room
✓ 2014Laura
TV 		Love-ology
Clifton Bryan 		Serioushit
2013u/s Doreen/Belinda Sidley
Theatre (Tour) 		The Private Ear/ The Public Eye (Double Bill)
Alastair Whatley 		The Original Theatre Company
2013Katya
Theatre 		Sons Without Fathers (Platonov)
Helena Kaut Howson 		Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
2013Iris
Film (Short) 		Iris
Hazel Jupp 		Bournemouth Media School
✓ 2013Laura
Film (Short) 		Epidemic
Bethan Harrison 		Bournemouth Media School
✓ 2012Denise
Theatre 		Blow Out
Jennifer Tang 		Etcetera Theatre
2012Nicola
Theatre 		Know
Katherine Hayes 		Theatre 503 (RWR)
2012Lucy
Theatre 		Ocean of Lonliness
Chelsea Walker 		LOST Theatre (now Stockwell Playhouse)
2010Rosalind Franklin
Theatre 		The Nature of Things
Hanna Berrigan 		The Place - Robin Howard Dance Theatre
2009Dorothy
Theatre 		Three Crystals
Tom Wright 		Arcola Theatre - CREATE Festival -Adventures in Movement
Arcola
2005Vesta Tilley
Theatre 		Wink the Other Eye
Angus Barr 		Wilton's Music Hall
2004Helen Walsingham
Musical 		Half A Sixpence
Martin Connor/Bill Deamer 		Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD)
2004Mariana
Theatre 		Measure for Measure
Janet Suzman 		Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD)
Guildhall
1999Marie Le Bone
Theatre 		2.18 Underground
Laurie Sansom 		National Youth Theatre
1995 - 1996Lucy
Musical 		The Threepenny Opera
Mark Pattenden 		National Youth Music Theatre

  • Education

    YearQualificationWhere
    2011MPhil(B) PlaywritingUniversity of Birmingham
    2006Professional Diploma in Dance StudiesLaban
    2005ClowningEcole Philippe Gaulier
    20043 yr. ActingGuildhall School of Music and Drama

    Additional Skills

    Advanced physicality, Highly skilled + versatile singer, vocal range bottom E to top Bb

    About me

    See 3 mins of recent short film Mother's Day Quarantine www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mj-qmg4xaI

  • Skills

    Skin Colour
    • White
    Musical Skills
    • Piano
    Accents (North American)
    • General American
    Hair Length
    • Shoulder Length
    Perform nude?
    • No
    Stage Combat Skills
    • Yes
    General Singing Skills
    • Advanced
    Native accent
    • English
    DBS checked
    • Yes
    Character Types
    • Athletic
    • Free-spirited
    • Professional
    • Villainous
    Accents (International)
    • Russian
    • Spanish
    Organisation Memberships
    • Equity
    Interested in
    • Commercials
    • Corporate
    • Film (Professional)
    • Film (Student)
    • Presenting
    • Radio
    • Rehearsed Readings
    • Roleplay
    • Theatre (Fringe)
    • Theatre (Professional)
    • Theatre (Touring)
    • TV
    • Voice Over
    Accents (UK)
    • London
    • Northern England
    • RP
    General Dance Skills
    • Ballet
    • Contemporary
    • Jazz
    • Tap
    Specific Singing Skills
    • Mezzo-Soprano