English Wordplay ~ Listen and Enjoy
Elisa King's CV
0754 0307812
elisa_king@hotmail.co.uk
Agent: Sandra Griffin Management (020 8891 5676)
Nationality: British
BA (Hons) First Class Acting, Birmingham School of Acting, 2010
Spotlight view pin: 3333-5642-8989
| Height: 5' 7'' | Hair: Light brown |
|---|---|
| Eyes: Blue | Playing age: 20-27 |
| Build: Slim | Equity member |
Professional Experience
| Character | Production | Company | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juliet | Romeo and Juliet | Box Clever | Stephen Burke |
| Multiple roles | Unbuttoned (Physical Theatre) | Theater de Veste (NL) | Elisa King |
| Multiple roles | N4 Stories (Script Development Workshops) | Park Theatre | Sarah Rutherford |
| Ramia | Gallathea (Staged Reading) | The Queen's House | James Wallace |
| Marie Curie | Talking to Twentieth Century Women (Radio) | English Wordplay | Shaun MacLoughlin |
| Multiple roles | MPhil Playwriting Showcase (Reh. Reading) | University of Birmingham | Rob Cameron |
| Sonia & Pulcheria | Crime and Punishment (Reading) | - | Phillip Breen |
| Captain | Grass Routes: Cuttings (Rehearsed Reading) | Birmingham Rep Theatre | Rob Cameron |
| Lotte Stam-Beese | Licht, Lucht en Ruimte (Dance, Documentary) | Woonnet (NL) | Doris Denekamp |
| Sam | Antidepressants (Viral) | NHS | Shei Ahmed |
Experience Whilst Training
| Character | Production | Director |
| Oriana | Sam Wanamaker Festival 2010, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre |
Self/ Daničle Sanderson |
| La Marquise de Merteuil | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Daničle Sanderson |
| Blonde | Hitchcock Blonde | Iain Davie |
| Helen | All's Well that Ends Well | Phillip Breen |
| Florinda | Into the Woods (musical, dance captain) | Pip Minnithorpe |
Skills
| Movement | Highly skilled in Contemporary, Jazz and Ballet. Proficient in Urban & Tap. Basic Acrobatics. |
| Languages | English native speaker, Dutch native speaker. Proficient in Spanish. Basic French, German. |
| Accents | RP (native), Gen. American, Lancashire, Belfast, Dutch, Spanish. Good ear for European accents. |
| Singing | Mezzo Soprano |
| Instruments | Proficient Violin |
| Stage Combat | BADC (Basic-Level 1, Silver) |
| Academic | MSc 1st Class in Clinical Psychology, Universiteit Utrecht (NL) |
Workshops / Courses
Participant Sam Wanamaker Festival at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre 2010
Musical Theatre workshops with Jeremy Sams 2010, 2008
Complicité Physical Comedy workshop 2009
Screen Acting workshop with Jason Connery 2009
RSC Voice workshop with Lyn Darnley 2008
Mask workshop with Blow Up Theatre 2008
Physical approach to Shakespeare workshop with Lorna Marshall 2006
Elisa King Links
Portraying Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize Winner.
The Longer Version of Marie Curie