Christopher Tester

Spotlight CV

Casting Call Pro CV

Professional Experience:

Dr. Bruce Flaherty, Blue/Orange, dir. Sam Berger
            Tobacco Factory and tour.  ***** Gloucestershire Echo; **** Metro; **** Bristol Evening Post

Axenty Ivanovich (solo performance), Diary of a Madman, dir. Jonathan Heron
            (Time Out * * * * - Best Fringe Show 2007)

Bertram and Reader,  Rough for Theatre II/Ohio Impromptu, dir. Jonathan Heron

 

At Central School of Speech and Drama:

Dashwell, The London Cuckolds, dir. Paul Tomlinson

Wing Commander, Chips with Everything, dir. Angie Langfield

Knap, Pillars of the Community, dir. Sarah Esdaile

Bernardo / Rosencrantz / Fortinbras, Hamlet, dir. Peter McAllister

Chorus, The Orestiea, dir. Claudette Williams 

Faulkland, The Rivals [extract], dir. Peter McAllister

Sir Charles Beauclair, The Innocent Mistress, dir. Graham Watts

Ezekiel Cheever, The Crucible, dir. Paul Tomlinson

Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. Simon Macklin 

Alexander, The Last Ones, dir. Lily Susan-Todd

Recipient of the Gary Bond Memorial Award and South Square Trust scholarship.

London Fringe:

Captain Harcourt, The Country Wife, dir. Sara Randall (Tower Theatre Company)

Edinburgh Fringe (The Smirnoff Underbelly):

B, Crave, dir. Jonathan Heron [Failbetter Productions]

Lemuel Pitkin, A Cool Milllion: The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin, dir. Jack McNamara [Codpiece Theatre]                              

 

Royal Shakespeare Company Bootcamp (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon):

Firestone, The Witch, dir. Heather Davies 

                                                                                         

Roles at Warwick University include:

The Bridegroom, Blood Wedding, dir. Robyn Smith [Wawick Arts Centre]

McCann, The Birthday Party, dir. Patrick Duggan

The Young Soldier, The Last Days of Mankind, Zoe Waterman [Warwick Arts Centre & National Student Drama Festival]

Antonio, The Tempest, dir. Jonathan Heron [Warwick Arts Centre]

The Man, Granite, dir. Steffi Bahuerchose

The Bridegroom in Blood Wedding, McCann in The Birthday Party, Antonio in The Tempest, The Man in a physical adaptation of Granite, The Young Soldier in The Last Days of Mankind (Warwick Arts Centre and National Student Drama Festival).

Other:

The Duke, La Dispute [Bath Theatre Royal, 'Storm on the Lawn']; Marquis de Sade in Marat/Sade and Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing [Strode Theatre].

Workshop experience:

Natalie Abrahami of The Gate; Simon McBurney of Complicite; Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett of Frantic Assembly; Bill Homewood; Timothy West; Geoffrey Colman; Terry Besson