John's acting CV
A list of John's acting roles
John's acting CV
acting experience & training as at 31.5.2011
March 2011 - played Tyler Johnes in the new American comedy And the Winner Is by Mitch Albom, director Richard Purro. (Titirangi Theatre)
October 2008 - Bottom in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titirangi Theatre) Director Liz Watkinson.
March 2007 gained acclaim for performance as Billy, a brain-injured man in Robert Hewitt’s drama Gulls (Titirangi Theatre) Director Lindsay Nash.
October 2006 played Gordon in David Tristram’s 1 act play Last Tango in Little Grimly (Waiatarua Performing Arts) Director John King.
August 2005, Perchik in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, (Playhouse Theatre) Director Malcolm Dixon.
August 2003 received award for portrayal of Norwegian Roald Amundsen in Terrance Tally’s Terra Nova, (Dolphin Theatre) Director Syd Mannion.
March 2002 - played Pato Dooley in the award winning Irish play Beauty Queen of Leenane, (Titirangi Theatre) Director Lindsay Nash.
September 1999, played Brian (Australian) in Canopy, a student theatre production written & directed by John. (Titirangi Theatre)
In June 1999 played King Richard in Shakespeare's Richard III. (Titirangi Theatre) Director Liz Watkinson.
Dinner theatre who-dunnit acting jobs with a private entertainment group in 98/99.(& also 2001)
August 1998 — Played five different characters (all waiters related to each other in some way) in Time of My Life, by Alan Ackborn, (Titirangi Theatre) director Christine White.
June 1997 — Petruchio in Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, (Titirangi Theatre) Director Liz Watkinson.
October 1995 — First Voice in Dylan Thomas’ Under Milkwood, Director Paul Norell. (Titirangi Theatre)
February 1995 — Played the minstrel Amiens, musical director/composer University Summer Shakespeare As You Like It directors Michael Robinson and Alison James. (Theatre Workshop)
August 1994 — Feste (the clown) in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; Director Nathanial Lees. (Waitemata Theatre)
March 1994 — Stage manager & actor for premiere of Vincent and Theo, Maidment B-Side, (Theatre West Co-op theatre.) (Writer/director Geoff Allen.)
‘93-94 worked as a clown at Rainbow’s End, performing as George the musical clown around the fun park, and at special functions. George still occasionally makes an appearance at festivals and birthday parties.
June 1993 — Played Philly Cullen in Playboy of the Western World by John Synge, (Titirangi Theatre) Director Liz Watkinson.
August 1990 — Gladhand in West Side Story (Glen Eden Playhouse) Director Brendan Wells.
February 1990 — Played Rick Steadman (the nerd) in Larry Shue’s The Nerd (Waiatarua Drama) Director Helen Mahoney.
February 1989 — Felix in Italian Straw Hat (Glen Eden Playhouse) Director Ted Bryant.
‘94-95 Trained with Donna Clark’s Drama Studio, including several performances.
Other drama training includes courses in video and film acting, attending a 3-day Shakespearean acting workshop, Open Improvisation with Stephen Hollins, various workshops in acting, set design & properties, and theatre sports training with Arena Theatre in Hamilton.
Been involved with numerous theatre groups, including Timaru Little Theatre, Theatre Workshop, Theatre West, Dolphin Theatre, Waitemata Theatre, Waiatarua Performing Arts, Glen Eden Playhouse and Titirangi Drama.
School shows were of course a big part of school life at Lynfield College, Auckland —including leading roles in Oliver, Everyman & Sweeny Todd.
