Red Grit Actors -2010
Natalie Bellingham as Hayley
Natalie graduated from Bretton Hall in 2008. She has spent time in Barcelona, training in the Le Coq style of Clowning, which she completed in 2009. She has also recently completed training in clown and dark clown with Peta Lily. Natalie is a versatile actress with a particular passion for comedy and new writing and continues to create a diverse body of work. She has a particular interest in site-specific work and devising. Natalie will soon complete the next level of Le Coq clowning, which she hopes will feed into her work as a comedy actress.
Olivia Williamson as Joanne
Livi is currently in her second year studying Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds. She has also taken part in this year's 'Red Grit' actor training programme. Livi came to 'Red Grit' after artistic director of Red Ladder, Rod Dixon, took a lecture at the University to promote the eight week course, which inspired her to pursue her interest further. Livi has previously done television work for the BBC and ITV, having roles as a supporting artist in programmes such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.
Anthony J Irwin as Terry
I came into acting around 2007 after stumbling into acting workshop, to me it just looked like a group of people having fun and doing strange things. Eventually I handed my sanity over to this wierd, intriguing, wonderful world of creativity and I have been at it ever since.
In the short time I have been involved, I have played Theseus in 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and performed two monologues to a live audience at the Casbar in Liverpool, Hamp from 'King & Country' and I also read 'Dying of the Light' by Dylan Thomas. I have also performed in 'The Four Yorkshiremen', a Monty Python sketch.
So to be given the opportunity to work with Red Ladder Theatre Company is like a dream come true. It will broaden my horizons and improve my technique. To be involved and around such a wealth of experiences excites me. I am like a spong trying to absorb all I can. I am loving every minute and will be learning for the rest of my life.
Lladel Bryant as Solomon
The building of anything requires tools and knowledge and so I am forever striving to utilise the tools gifted to me and put into action the knowledge I am passed by others. In this my gap year from education I have had the opportunity to work as a regular supporting artist on Emmerdale, done a range of short films, been cast for a new internet drama series Today and Tomorrow, engaged in a rehearsed read on behalf of freedom studio’s as well as been accepted to the National Youth Theatre and Manchester Metropolitan University Drama School to study (BA)Hons Acting. With my involvement in these projects I have had the pleasure of working with and alongside an array of professional actors, directors and writers who have all inspired me to continue sharing those acting moments. I now aim to gift back to them and most importantly to my amazingly supportive family the love and support I have been shown, as the building and acquiring of tools and knowledge continues with Red Ladder.
Sharon Fenton as Air Hostess/ Rep
Sharon started in the entertainment world at the age of 15 singing at a local club. At the age of 19 as well as singing and dancing with the show troupe called the showstoppers performing mainly in and around the Leeds area. She formed a duo called Shabri singing on a semi-professional basis around the Hull club circuit. In 2008 she co-founded a company called Cadenza, a vocal harmony group that is still performing to date, across the Leeds and Harrogate area. Yearning to follow her dream of becoming an actress, she searched the internet in December 2009 and came across the Red Ladder website. She attended the Red Grit workshop in 2010 and thus her first acting role was born.