Spotlight: JAMES ALSTON

JAMES ALSTON

JAMES ALSTON by Chris Mann
Photo: Chris Mann
DALE HAMMOND ASSOCIATES
60 Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 0TA
Phone: 07581 034153
E-mail: info@dalehammondassociates.com
WWW: www.dalehammondassociates.com
Location:
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Height:6'5" (195cm)
Playing Age:18 - 28 years
Actual Age:25 years
Appearance:White
Nationality:British
Other:Equity
Eye Colour:Blue-Green
Hair Colour:Dark Brown
Hair Length:Short
  

About me:

James is a founding-member of ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show. ShakeItUp improvise full-length plays in the style of Shakespeare; they perform regularly in London as well as touring to other venues and festivals in the UK, and have performed internationally in Rome and Warsaw. For more information please visit the company website: https://www.shakeituptheatre.com/

Stage Radio Musical Site Specific Web Series Further Credits
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Stage
2019, Stage, Multi-role, A Christmas Carol, Get Out Of My Space, Tobias Cornwell
2019, Stage, Clown (Multi-role), The 39 Steps, Get Out Of My Space, Tobias Cornwell
2019, Stage, Bottom/Egeus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Get Out Of My Space, Sally Wood
2019, Stage, Stephano, The Tempest, Lazarus Theatre Company, Ricky Dukes
2017, Stage, Christian, Festen, Guildford School of Acting, Katarzyna Deszcz
2017, Stage, Peter Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard, Guildford School of Acting, Darrel Brockis
2017, Stage, Ben, Lovers Anonymous, Guildford School of Acting, Devised with Stephen Fewell
2016, Stage, Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Guildford School of Acting, Jaq Bessel
2015, Stage, Multi-role, The Spandex B*stards: Below the Belt, Illogical Theatre, Devised
2015, Stage, Jared, Party, Lyons Productions, Alistair Lyons & Sarah Sharp
2014, Stage, Chris Keller, All My Sons, Crop Top Productions, Ben Taylor
2014, Stage, The Narrator, Under Milk Wood, Theatre With Teeth, Helen Craig & Naomi Turner
Radio
2015, Radio, Ian, Union Road, Xpression FM, Graham Eveleigh
2014, Radio, Ian, Union Road, Xpression FM, Graham Eveleigh
2013, Radio, Ian, Union Road, Xpression FM, Graham Eveleigh
Musical
2018, Musical, Mr Price, The House of Edgar, The Argosy Arts Company, Ben Philipp
2016, Musical, Mr Price, The House of Edgar, The Argosy Arts Company, Beth Cowley
Site Specific
2014, Site Specific, Quince, The Dream, dearfever, Alex Palmer
2012, Site Specific, The Lover, Nightlife, Wrong Shoes Theatre Company, Aaron Parsons & Luke Marquez
Web Series
2015, Web Series, The Man, The Quality Cafe Series, XTV, Various Directors (Creator: Chris Fillsell)
Further Credits
2020, Short Film, James, "Trevor" - The House Is Now Open, OSO Arts Centre, Una O'Sullivan
2020, Improvisation, Cast, ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show, ShakeItUp Theatre
2019, Commercial, Community Centre Walk-on, Dominos Pizza "JOMO - The Joy of Missing Out", Outsider, Bart Timmer
2019, Improvisation, Cast, ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show, ShakeItUp
2018, Improvisation, Cast, ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show, ShakeItUp, Devised
2018, Short Film, Charlie, Threshold, Pitch-Black Productions, Seumas Morrison
2017, Short Film, Dave, The Ex, Espectro MX, James Dart

Skills:

Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)		American-Standard, English-Standard*, Heightened RP, London, Northern, RP, West Country
Languages:
(* = Native/Fluent)		English*
Music & Dance:
(* = highly skilled)		Bass (singing), Laban, Period Dancing, Polka, Sight-Reading, Singing (general)
Performance:APC Basic Knife, APC Basic Single Sword, APC Basic Unarmed, Radio Drama, Radio Presenting, Voice Acting
Vehicle Licences:Car Driving Licence
Other Skills:Bartender, Devising, Writer

Training:

Guildford School of Acting, MA Acting, Distinction, 1 year, 2016-2017

University of Exeter, BA (Hons) Drama - First Class, 3 years, 2013-2016

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