Key details:

Department:
Drama
Year of Graduation:
2023-24
V Lamont Gillies headshot
Photo by Stewart Bywater

Biography

Height 5’9”
Eyes Dark Brown
Hair Black

Nationality Scottish
Natural accent Scottish

Neurodiverse thinker

Productions at Guildhall

Helen/Ensemble in Jane Eyre (dir. Victoria Moseley)
Lola in DIY Edi (dir. Helen Iley)
Leonata in Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Chelsea Walker)
Eliza in What We're Up Against (dir. Breman Rajkumar)
3rd Woman/Sun Performer/Ensemble in Yerma (dir. Sophie Dillon Moniram)

Projects at Guildhall 

Polyxena in The Trojan Women (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
Babette/Chorus in The Fire Raisers (dir. Titas Halder)
Clare in Happy Valley (dir. Morgan Watkins)
Ameba in Ameba (written/dir. V Lamont Gillies)
C in Crave (dir. Topher Campbell)
Marsha in The Seagull (dir. Lyndsey Turner)
Evan in Sweat (dir. Ola Ince)

Other Experience

Imogen in Shakespeare's Women (dir. Mariah Gale)
HNC and HND in Acting and Performance from New College Lanarkshire
RCS Young Company
Ensemble in Young Blood (dir. Robbie Gordon), RCS Young Company and Ayr Gaiety Theatre Company
Workshops with National Festival of Youth Theatre (2019)

Skills

Training in Stage Combat
Training in Motion Capture
Competitive Rowing, Horse Riding, full UK driving licence
Sewing and Embroidery skills, Knitting

Show Reels

Voice Reels

Voice Reel - Commercial

Voice Reel - Narrative

Voice Reel - Drama

Spotlight

9094-6720-0961

 

Guildhall Scholar

V is directly supported by The John Gielgud Charitable Trust