Niall Ransome

Height 5'9"
Eyes Brown
Hair Light Brown

Parts played at Guildhall

Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (dir. Mike Alfreds)
Jason in Medea (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
Shepherd in Oedipus Rex (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
Bobby Randall in Good News! (dir. Martin Connor)
Peter Kyle in Flare Path (dir. Wyn Jones)
Ernest in Time and the Conways (dir. Wyn Jones)
Aimwell in The Beaux Stratagem (dir. Martin Hutson)
Sam in Smithfield Devised Project (dirs. Jamie Bradley & Mariah Gale)
Lophakin in The Cherry Orchard (dir. Christian Burgess)
John in Cock (dir. Lucinda Millward)
Leyon in The Mystery Plays (dir. Richard Goulding)

Professional Experience

The Play That Goes Wrong (dir. Mark Bell) at the Trafalgar Studios
The Nativity Goes Wrong (dir. Nick Thomson) at Reading Rep
The Exclusion Zone (dir. Mark Ravenhill) at The Southwark Playhouse
Lights! Camera! Improvise! The Soho Theatre, Trafalgar Studios, Arcola Theatre, Pleasance & Udderbelly, UK Tour and Edinburgh Festival. (Spirit of the Fringe award winner 2013)
Shakespeare for Breakfast 'Macbeth' (dir. Cariad Lloyd) Edinburgh Festival (Public Reviews Best of 2011 Winner)
This is Soap the Improvised Soap Opera (dir. Amy Cook-Hodgeson) Edinburgh Festival
Voice of Jack the Polar Bear in Poppycat (King Rollo Films Limited)

Other Experience

Member of Mischief Theatre Company since 2011
Scarlatti in workshop reading of Farinelli (written by Keith Dewhurst)
Walter Gay in the radio dramatisation of Dombey and Son dir. Jane Morgan
Workshop on Richard II with the RSC
Acting workshops with Mike Alfreds (Shared Experience) and Steve Marmion (Soho Theatre)
Screen acting workshops with Richard Kwietniowski, Daniel Dresner, Peter Creegan
Acting for Radio workshops with Jane Morgan. Voice Over training with David Hodge
Masterclass Q&A with Al Pacino, Ewan McGregor and Damian Lewis
National Youth Theatre
LAMDA Foundation Course

Skills

Strong singer (High Baritone), Instruments (Guitar; Electric & Acoustic, Clarinet, Banjo, Ukulele), Stage Combat Proficiency Certificate (Silver), Sport (Swimming, Football, Badminton, Cricket & Acrobatics) Dance (20th Century, Historical & Show Dance) Song Writing and Music Composition, Improvisation

Dialects

East Yorkshire (Native), RP(Modern/Heightened), London, Essex, American (General, New York, Southern), Scottish, Welsh, Manchester, Australian