Experience

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  Slung Low

  • United Kingdom
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Associate Artist

    • Nov 2007 - Present

    New writing with a community bent, mostly outdoors. Sometimes epically large, sometimes not.

  • The Captain - Flood (Parts I-IV)

    • Feb 2017 - Oct 2017

    Large-scale site-specific theatre piece in 4 parts (short film, play, TV broadcast, play), performed on water with a cast of over 100 and 20 boats.

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  Oliver Senton

  • Freelance actor and theatremaker

    • Sep 1991 - Present

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  Royal Shakespeare Company

  • Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom

  • A Christmas Carol

    • Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
    • Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom

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  Rosetheatrekingston

  • Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

  • Beauty & The Beast

    • Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
    • Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

    https://rosetheatre.org/whats-on/beauty-and-the-beast/cast-creative

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  Drama Studio London

  • Teacher

    • 2008 - 2022

    Head of improvisation course for 3-yr degree students.

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  Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre)

  • UK tour

  • Robert

    • Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
    • UK tour

    UK tour with Mischief Theatre

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  Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Project Leader - 2nd yr Shakespeare (King Lear)

    • Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    Ten weeks of development on Shakespeare's King Lear, to help the students deepen their process of character development and understanding of classical text.

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  Read Not Dead

  • Actor/Coordinator

    • 1996 - 2018

    Co-ordinating and directing readings, acting

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  The Mycelium

  • Cockpit Theatre, London

  • Robert Anton Wilson - Cosmic Trigger

    • Apr 2017 - May 2017
    • Cockpit Theatre, London

    An adaptation by Daisy Campbell of Wilson's book about his journey through the counterculture of America in the 60s-80s, including meetings with Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, LSD, Sirian aliens and mind-expanding transformations.

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  MISCHIEF THEATRE LIMITED

  • Apollo Theatre, West End

  • Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre)

    • Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
    • Apollo Theatre, West End

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  Royal Shakespeare Company

  • Stratford-on-Avon

  • The Fairy Portal Camp - Slung Low

    • Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
    • Stratford-on-Avon

    A temporary residential community, rehearsing in front of and eating with its audience, delivering a transformational ritual on Midsummer's Eve.

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  The Tempest

  • Norfolk & Norwich Festival

  • Antonio

    • Apr 2016 - May 2016
    • Norfolk & Norwich Festival

    A spectacular new version of Shakespeare's great late play in the unique setting of Yarmouth's Edwardian Hippodrome.

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  Showstopper Improvised Musical

  • United Kingdom

  • Founding Member

    • Jan 2008 - Jan 2016
    • United Kingdom

    A full musical, made up on the spot from audience suggestions. Winner of the 2016 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.

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  Slung Low

  • Sheffield Theatres

  • Company Member ('The General')

    • May 2015 - Jun 2015
    • Sheffield Theatres

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  Helen Chadwick Song Theatre

  • Touring

  • Singer/performer

    • Mar 2014 - Jan 2015
    • Touring

    A 70-minute, 5-part a capella song cycle about the experiences and words of foreign correspondents, directed by Steven Hoggett and Helen Chadwick.

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  Slung Low

  • Leeds

  • Ahab, The White Whale

    • Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
    • Leeds

    Perfomer

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  Barbican Centre

  • In '59 Minutes to Save Christmas'

    • Nov 2012 - Jan 2013

    Creative team and cast

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  The Johnny Eck and Dave Toole Show

  • Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Actor

    • 2013 - 2013
    • Leeds, United Kingdom

    A new play about 'Freaks' star Johnny Eck and modern-day Leeds dancer Dave Toole, star of 'The Cost of Living' and the Paralympics 2012 opening ceremony