Neil Haigh
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |
actor, improviser
Theatre |
Made Up Cartoon de Salvo |
Soho Theatre |
| 2012 |
Actor & writer
Theatre |
The Summer House Fuel theatre |
Gate theatre, notting hill |
| 2011 |
Actor & Deivser
Theatre |
Pub Rock Cartoon de Salvo |
Rural tour uk |
| 2011 |
Writer, actor & co-producer
Theatre |
The Summer House Neil Haigh & FUEL theatre |
Northern Stage, Unity Liverpool, Hull Truck, Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Plymouth Drum, |
| 2011 |
Writer, actor
Theatre |
Made Up Cartoon De SAlvo |
Camden Peoples Theatre |
| 2010 |
Director & Writer
Theatre |
Junkyard Gods St Marys Twickenham |
St Marys Tiwckenham |
| 2010 |
actor, writer, musician
Theatre |
Pub Rock Cartoon de Salvo |
Lyric Hammersmith, Bristol Old Vic, Plymouth Drum, Nuffield, Brewhouse Taunton, Latitude Festival |
| 2010 |
actor, musician, writer
Theatre |
Hard Hearted Hannah Cartoon de Slvo |
Kennedy Center Washington DC |
| 2010 |
actor, writer
Theatre |
Mass Observation Project Inspector Sands |
The Hub, Edinburgh Int. Festival |
| 2010 |
director & tutor
Theatre |
The Home Trinity Laban Greenwich University |
Greenwich University |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | BA Hons Acting | Middlesex University |
Equipment
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About me
I am a Freelance actor, director, deviser/writer with 14yrs professional experience, working in most of the major theatres and institutions nationally, (Lyric Hammersmith, Soho Theatre, Young Vic, Trafalgar Studios, Globe, NT Studio, BAC, Bristol Old Vic, Northern Stage, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Hull Truck, Manchester Royal Exchange) as well as places such as the famous Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, Hong Kong, Budapest, Edinburgh Festivals & Reykjavik. I have extensive experience as a conventional actor, both on stage and Television, and specialise also in devised theatre as both actor/writer or director. I also lead workshops at most levels (10yrs old to acting students) and have taught extensively at higher ed and conservatoire level. I am an Assoiciate Artist and long time collaborator with critically acclaimed theatre company Cartoon de Salvo, and am currently touring and starring in a show written with Perrier award winner Will Adamsdale, The Summer House, a first time collaboration with award winning producers FUEL.Additional skills:
workshop leader - devising, Improvisation, theatre as game, clown
Shakespeare
Script workshops for new writing
directing - professional & conservatoire level
teaching - higher ed (acting, improvisation, devising, movement, voice)
Writer - Published 2012 "The Summer House" to co-incide with the London run of the production at The Gate Theatre
Industry awards:
Critics Choice Award - Budapest for my own adaptation & one-man show "Angels of the Universe, plus 5 & 4 star reviews, Guardian pick of the week at Edinburgh Fringe & Gate theatre London
Observer TOp Ten Shows 2002 - Meat & Two Veg, Cartoon de Salvo
Telegraph Top Ten gigs 2008 - Hard Hearted Hannah & Other Stories, Cartoon de Salvo
Perrier Best Newcomer Nominee - Alun Cochrane 2004 (as director)
Referees:
Kate McGrath - producer at FUEL THEATRE
John Wright - Director & author, founder of TRESTLE THEATRE & TOLD BY AN IDIOT
Alex Murdoch - Artistic Director of Cartoon de Salvo
Additional information:
from 1999 to 2003 I was co Artistic Director of ITAT theatre co, both in the UK and their native Iceland, directing and writing shows for them whilst living in Reykjavik, as well as co-translating the hit comedy "Cellophane" for the English speaking marketplace.
Skills
| Secondary Job Title | Acting Coach |
|---|---|
| Job Titles | Writer, Director, 1st AD (Assistant Director), Stunt Coordinator / Stunts, Teacher |
| Years in industry | 6+ years |
| Work Permits | EU |