Nicholas Armfield

Height 5' 10"
Eyes Brown
Hair Dark Brown

Parts played at Guildhall 

Ben Gordon in Paradise Lost (dir. Wyn Jones)
Performer in What did you say..? An Investigation into what Mamet demands of Actors (dir. Nicholas Armfield)
Perry Lomas in Post-Mortem (dir. Lucy Bailey)
Simeonov-Pishchik in The Cherry Orchard (dir. Christian Burgess)
Antony in Antony and Cleopatra (dir. Christopher Luscombe)
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)     
Stine in City of Angels (dir. Christian Burgess)
John in Oleanna (dir. Wyn Jones and Annemette Verspeak)
Constant in The Provoked Wife (dir. Jo McInnes)
Baron Tuzenbach in The Three Sisters (dir. Wyn Jones)
William in Flesh and Blood (dir. Mike Alfreds)

Professional Experience

Narrator in Yto Barrada’s Agadir, Barbican Curve Gallery
Alfonso in The Story of the Lost Child (dir. Celia de Wolff), BBC Radio 4
Alfonso in Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (dir. Celia de Wolff), BBC Radio

Other Experience

First Class BA (Hons) in Writing, Directing & Performance, University of York
Chimp in Where Nothing Arrives (dir. Andy Bewley), Tristan Bates Theatre
Text and performance masterclasses with Penelope Wilton, Laura Wade & Simon Stephens

Skills

Strong singer (baritone)
Native accent – RP
Good ear for accents
Highly skilled pianist (Grade 8), double bass player, cellist, music sight-reading
20th century dance, historical dance
Stage combat, basic acrobatics
Highly skilled at sports – skiing, swimming, rugby, table tennis
Full clean UK driving licence

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