V Lamont Gillies
Key details:
- Department:
- Drama
- Year of Graduation:
- 2023-24
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, July 2024)
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
Guildhall Scholar
V is directly supported by The John Gielgud Charitable Trust
