Actorsworkshop: The Green Room
the place to meet professionals
The Green Room is Actorsworkshop's star led series of workshops that put acting enthusiasts in touch with those working in the industry. These workshops are held at the stunning Gate Theatre in Roath and provide a direct link to those "in the know".
David Wilson, Business Director of Actorsworkshop, leads the series discussing the industry, experience and training of stars from the stage and TV. The Green Room's first term boasted appearances by Ben Harlow, The Take That tribute band from NEVER FORGET and Lewis Vaughan Jones, a reporter for ITV Wales.
Ben Harlow - 14th July 2007
Ben Harlow who is currently appearing in Beauty and The Beast - and no stranger to touring nationally and even internationally. Ben alongside David will be discussing and introducing you to the industry.
Ben Harlow: Ben trained at Middlesex University and The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, before covering and playing Sam Carmichael in the ABBA musical, Mamma Mia! (original international tour), the Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (New London Theatre, London), Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (original international tour).
Other credits include: Concerts: Hair (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis). TV/film commercials: Radox and Tic-Tacs (Banks Hoggins-O'Shea). Ben has just finished playing Dr Lynsey in Treasure Island and the Pirates of the Caribbean (Theatre Royal, Lincoln) and is playing Gaston in the revival of Disney's Beauty and The Beast at the New Theatre.
Saturday 4th August - Take That tribute band; Dean Chisnall, Craige Els, Stephane Anelli, Tim Driesen and Eaton James.
We follow with the band from the brand new musical Never Forget. This workshop will be led by David Wilson from Actorsworkshop and Craige Els, who plays Jake Turner (the Robbie Williams character in NEVER FORGET), who has just finished in the West End Hit "Spamalot", and finish this season with Lewis Vaughan-Jones a regular contributor and correspondent for the ITV Wales news region.
Craige and the band's visit to Wales is part of the premiere of the brand new Take That themed musical, "Never Forget", in which they take the lead parts. The show had its world premiere at The Wales Millennium Centre in July, before touring Great Britain and then onto a West End transfer.
Craige El's other theatre credits include the Jekyll & Hyde Italian tour, The Daughter in Law, Passionate Woman, Alphabetical Order, Alice in Wonderland(Haymarket, Basingstoke), Charlie's Aunt, Trench Kiss(Stoke Repertory), A Midsummer Night's Dream and Cinderella (Aberystwyth Arts Centre).Film includes: Hamlet
Saturday 11th August - Lewis Vaughan Jones from ITV Wales - News Reporting and Correspondence
The last workshop (on Saturday 11th August) in 2007 Summer series of the Green Room series was with Lewis Vaughan Jones from ITV Wales. He joined David Wilson for a specific workshop on the Newsroom. We discussed his experience in TV, provided helpful exercises for presenters and held a general Q&A on the bustling and manic newsroom. The workshop was completely hands on as Lewis gave all the participants 3 tasks from live presenting, interviewing on a newscene, preparing introduction and newsfeed links and live on-site presenting from a studio.
Lewis is a Broadcast Journalist at ITV Wales News and presents news bulletins throughout the day and reports for the flagship programme on ITV 1. His role ranges from presenting live breaking news to producing in-depth news features.
The Green Room Series will return when Actorsworkshop are able to invite suitable participants to share their knowledge with our members.
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