Oliver Senton

 

Actor and theatremaker, experimental and mainstream, since his professional debut in 1991.

 

 

 

Acting first with school and amateur groups (he first performed as The Spider opposite a decidedly stolid Miss Muffet), Oliver joined the National Youth Theatre in 1984, studied English at The University of York and took the two-year acting course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 1990-92.

Since then he has appeared in most forms of live and recorded work, from the mainstream (RSC, Chichester, Mamma Mia!, BBC Radio, TV staples like EastEnders, Casualty and Hollyoaks) to the highly alternative (work with Helen Chadwick, Nigel Charnock and the KLF; as a founder member of performance trio IROQIM; with Ken Campbell – from the 24-hour play cycle The Warp to esoteric impro troupe The School Of Night; and most extensively in recent years with Alan Lane and Slung Low). He is a founder member of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, teaches and leads workshops, directs, translates and improvises – details of all which you can find here – not least with his exceptionally funny and beautiful wife, Lucy.

Recent stuff: Coriolanus at the National Theatre, The Gifting for Leeds 2023/Slung Low, Trigger Point for ITV/Hat Trick, A Christmas Carol at the RSC, Beauty & The Beast at The Rose Kingston.