Acting

My first professional theatre job, in 1991, was playing Mozart with the English String Orchestra. My second was devised multi-media work. Since then, my career has divided neatly between the classical and the (in one way or another) alternative. Thirty years and eighty-odd shows later, I’m not going to bore you with every detail, but if you want any of them, a long list and my showreel is below –

 

Uber/DoctorA Christmas CarolRSC, Royal Shakespeare TheatreRachel Kavanaugh
FrancescoBeauty and The BeastRose Theatre, KingstonLucy Morrell
RobertPeter Pan Goes WrongUK TourAdam Meggido
Robert Anton WilsonCosmic TriggerCockpit Theatre, LondonDaisy Campbell
The CaptainFloodVictoria Dock, Hull (Slung Low/Hull City of Culture)Alan Lane
MarsThe Woman In The MoonSam Wanamaker PlayhouseJames Wallace
RobertPeter Pan Goes WrongApollo Theatre, West EndAdam Meggido
AntonioThe TempestNorfolk & Norwich FestivalWilliam Galinsky
The GeneralCamelot: The Shining CityCrucible SheffieldAlan Lane
Frank BishopFailed StatesSt.James StudioPatrick Wilde
Gordon BrownKingmakerSt.James StudioSophie Austin
Robert Anton WilsonCosmic TriggerCamp & Furnace Liverpool/Lost Theatre, LondonDaisy Campbell
AhabThe White WhaleLeeds Dock, Slung LowAlan Lane
War CorrespondentsBirmingham Rep. & touring.Steven Hoggett/Helen Chadwick
General Crisis/Prof. Meanwood59 Minutes to Save ChristmasCAST, DoncasterAlan Lane
Ringmaster/HimselfThe Johnny Eck & Dave Toole ShowRoyal Armories Leeds (WYP Transform)Alan Lane
WestmacottThe Most Gorgeous Lady BlessingtonThe Wallace CollectionHolly Wilson
General Crisis/Prof. Meanwood59 Minutes to Save ChristmasBarbican Theatre/Slung LowAlan Lane
Harry BrightMamma Mia!Prince of Wales Theatre, LondonPhyllida Lloyd
GeorgeMapping The City (Time and the City)Slung Low/Hull TruckAlan Lane
DavidHouse of Hearts and MirrorsArcola Theatre, LondonAlex Sutton
Audience of OneAccomplice (London)Menier Chocolate FactoryTom Salamon
Mondego et alThe Count of Monte CristoWest Yorkshire PlayhouseAlan Lane
AntonioThe Merchant of VeniceTheatre Royal, Bury St.EdmundsAbigail Anderson
The MajorBeyond The Front LineSlung Low/Salford QuaysAlan Lane
Orsino/Andrew AguecheekTwelfth NightTheatre Royal, Bury St.EdmundsAbigail Anderson
Rigatelli/BuffaloniThe Scarecrow and His ServantSouthwark PlayhouseSimon Reade
Charles DickensA Christmas CarolBrewhouse Theatre, TauntonRobert Miles
Doctor/Marquis de SadeRipper/SweetmeatUnion Theatre, LondonTamara Harvey/Sarah Chew
CapuletRomeo & JulietBAC, LondonPolly Findlay
Titus LartiusCoriolanusRSC (Stratford, Washington DC, Madrid)Gregory Doran
Lot/ToolleySodomDrill Hall, LondonColin Watkeys
MortimerArsenic and Old LaceDerby PlayhouseJoseph Alford
ChamberlainThe Invention of LoveSalisbury PlayhouseRichard Beecham
LeontesThe Winter's TaleHMP BrixtonBruce Wall
Dumaine JuniorAll's Well That Ends WellRSC (Stratford, Gielgud Theatre London)Gregory Doran
BarabasThe Jew of MaltaRose Theatre siteIldi Solti
SteelThe MobOrange Tree Theatre, LondonSam Walters
Hortensio/BaptistaThe Taming of the ShrewOrange Tree Theatre, LondonPaul Griffiths
Richard of GloucesterHenry VI iiiHMP PentonvilleBruce Wall
Lord EglintonNatural InclinationsFinborough Theatre, LondonSteven Little
HumphreyThe Lady's Not For BurningMinerva Theatre, ChichesterSamuel West
Robert Falcon ScottThe Starless Sky At MidnightBAC, London/IROQIM
Glumboso/Padella/SpinachiThe Rose and the RingHen & Chickens Theatre, LondonLucy Skilbeck
ManSoap OperaUpstairs at the Gatehouse, LondonWilliam Galinsky
AndySympathetic MagicFinborough Theatre, LondonWilliam Galinsky
MacduffMacbethTNT/ADG EuropePaul Stebbings
Euple Byrd/Michael TomlinStand By Your ManUK TourJohnny Worthy
BalthasarThe Three Wise MenBAC/Blow Up TheatreMark Currie
Widow TwankeyCinderalladinThe October GalleryClaudia Bolton
NarratorThe TellTale Heart/The AssignationBAC, London/IROQIM
Phil MastersThe WarpAlbany Theatre, LondonDaisy Campbell
CliveSeason's GreetingsUK TourKit Thacker
MeaulnesThe WandererDrayton Court TheatreFraser Grant
NeoptolemusPhiloctetesUK TourNinon Jerome
Rode/FedotikThe Three SistersHarrogate TheatreAndrew Manley
Sydney Carton/Dr.ManetteA Tale Of Two CitiesUK TourBrian Thresh
MacbethMacbethGreenwich Studio, LondonMark Feakins
Joe4-H ClubTheatro Technis, LondonSarah Peel
Tim/CliveSalad Days/Five Finger ExerciseSouthwold Summer TheatreKit Thacker/Richard Syms
Fred/StarmanThe Respectable Prostitute/The Tooth Of CrimeMan in The Moon Theatre, LondonSelf/John Sharian
No.2How To Act BetterUK Tour, ICA & Riverside Studios LondonAnnie Griffin
Thwackum/Lord FellamarTom JonesGrace Theatre, LondonCat Loriggio
MozartBath MozartfestTheatre Royal, Bath

 

In no particular order, I am most proud to have been part of the following things: my work as an Associate Artist of Slung Low (most particularly the 2014 version of Moby Dick on water The White Whale), playing the lead role in Neil Oram’s 24-hour play cycle The Warp 1998-9, being a founder member of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, my work as one third of performance trio IROQIM 1997-2002, playing Robert Anton Wilson in Daisy Campbell’s version of Cosmic Trigger,keeping the flame of The School of Night alive, and making my debut at the RSC in 2003.

 

The Count of Monte Cristo, Leeds 2010

 If you want to know what some of these shows looked like, please go to the Gallery page. 

TV & Film

You can see my showreel here –

 the highly succesful short film Vomica here: 

https://vimeo.com/136347105 (Password: Stephens)

And my inevitable lockdown monologue, The Handy Man, by Victoria Saxton, here

Screen credits to date include: Doctors, Call The Midwife, Sink, Seagull, White Heat, Hollyoaks, Bear Behaving Badly, The Battle of Hood and Bismarck, Voyages of Discovery, Casualty, EastEnders, The Friday Night Project, Nuremberg, Cathedral, My Dad’s the Prime Minister and Wimbledon.

Anthony EdenShould We Bomb Auschwitz?Oxford FilmsTim Dunn
Prosecution BarristerCall The MidwifeBBC TVKate Cheeseman
PatSeagullKlip FilmsPeter Blach
AdolphoFrankie & EmmaJAM Flicks/ME FilmsEmily Seale-Jones
Parkside DirectorSinkWasted FilmsMark Gillis
Mr.GibsonVomicaProject Seven FilmsAndy Green
Leo Pendleton-JonesDoctorsBBC TVAlex Jacobs
Man on HeathWhite Heat BBC TVJohn Alexander
Mr.GibsonMr.GibsonProject Seven FilmsAndy Green
Charles YoungThe Friday Night ProjectPrincess Pictures/Channel 4
Sergeant SlappyBear Behaving BadlyTalkback Thames/CBeebiesDez McCarthy
Edward TunneyHollyoaksLime Pictures/Channel 4Lawrence Wilson
Airey Neave Nuremberg: Goering's Last StandChannel 4Peter Nicholson
BouguerVoyages of DiscoveryBBC TVAnnabel Gillings
MilesExGenie FilmsJacqueline Haig
Brother GervaseCathedralBBC TVPaul Bryers
DoctorMy Dad's The Prime MinisterBBC TVJuliet May
UmpireWimbledonWorking TitleRichard Loncraine
FrankMy Dad's The Prime MinisterBBC TVJuliet May
Lt.Cmdr. Wyldbore-SmithThe Battle of Hood and BismarckITN/Channel 4Gary Johnstone
TimEastEndersBBC TVChris Miller
Paul HeatonCasualtyBBC TVGary Love
RoundheadStrange But TrueLondon Weekend TelevisionSean Wilton
AntoineEastEndersBBC TVLeonard Lewis

 

Radio/Voice

My first professional radio experience was with the BBC Radio Rep company (1994-5), where I was lucky enough to take part in productions of Len Deighton’s Bomber, Sartre’s Roads To Freedom trilogy, Brecht’s Life of Galileo, Verne’s Journey to The Centre of The Earth and episodes of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple among many others. Since then, I have been back many times, most recently for productions of The Duchess of Malfi and the pilot series of Showstopper!, as well as recording Doctor Who adventures for Big Finish and audio books for Naxos. Here’s a couple of narrative pieces – Vanity Fair * Short story

I am currently not represented for voicework. Click on any of the following words for some commercial excerpts: fringe * surveillance * classicfm