Directors and company founders
Stand-up Comedy experts
John Arthur
Bobby Bragg
Jeff Stevenson
Robin Herford
Andrew Havill
Christopher Luscombe
Philip Franks
Patrick Drury
Ron Aldridge
Christopher Webber
Richard Derrington
Alison Skilbeck
Tim Hardy
Consultants
Gail Vinall
Phil Thomas
Jeffrey Thompson
Donald Blaylock
TIM HARDY
Actor, director
Tim hardy trained at RADA. London theatre credits include Henry V and the Marat-Sade (RSC and Broadway, film): Henry 1V and Henry V (Prospect theatre and Roundhouse): Mary Barnes (Royal Court); Melon (Haymarket): Lysistrata (Sir Peter hall Co. at the Old Vic) and Mephisto (Roundhouse). He Played the title roles in Peer Gynt, Moliere and Cavafy: Petruchio in The taming of the Shrew, The Water Carrier in The Good Woman of Setzwan, Bertram in Redevelopment (Vaclav Havel), the Uncle in Don Rosita (Lorca), Piero in Big Love (Charles Mee) and recently played Vladimir in Waiting for Godot.
Regional Theatre credits include title roles in Macbeth and The Norman Conquests (Oxford Playhouse), Rosencranz in Rosencranz and Guldentern are Dead (Newcastle Festival); roles in Rosmersholm and Tartuffe (Bristol Old Vic) and The Merchant of Venice and Catch 22 (Leeds Playhouse). Tim toured in the States with actors from the London stage, playing Leontes in The winter's Tale, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Tim has appeared at Vienna's English Theatre in Life After George which transferred to Frankfurt, Someone who'll Watch Over Me, and most recently A Picasso. Also in Vienna he has directed Rebecca and Les Liaisons Danereuses.
Musical credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Her Majesty's Theatre); Judy (Strand Theatre) Parade (Edinburgh Festival; Mad and her Dad (Lyric Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Leeds Playhouse). Opera roles for Music Theatre London (in London, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Vienna) include Sarastro (Magic Flute), Bartolo (Figaro), Commendatore (Don Giovanni), The Baron (La Traviata) and Don Magnifico in Cenerentola.
Television credits include David Manners in Eastenders, Arthur Taylor in Oscar Wylde, Ross in Macbeth, Jesus in Son of Man for American television, the title role in Galileo, the doctor in The Wife of Bath, and a leading role in Midsomer Murders. His film credits include Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Duellist, Nothing but the Best and Marat-Sade. Tim has narrated over 300 programmes for The History and Discovery Channels and many documentaries for the BBC.
Tim has been on the faculty at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - RADA- since 1995, where he directs modern texts and Shakespeare (most recently Romeo and Juliet and Timon of Athens) lectures and teaches and sits on the admissions panel. His other direction credits include The Dumb Waiter at the Studio Theatre, Covent garden, and The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Merchant of Venice, both in America.