Hijinx Actors had their busiest ever month as working actors in March! From touring theatre productions to soap acting workshops at the BBC, street theatre performances in Asia to communications training work, Hijinx actors were out there excelling in exciting and varied jobs.
Wiliam Young continued his 3-month tour as Lennie in Of Mice and Men, a Derby Theatre, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Hull Truck Theatre and Theatre by the Lake Production. The production has toured to all co-production theatres and heads to the final one, Theatre by the Lake, later this month. One reviewer, who saw the play in Derby, said:
“My enjoyment of this play was greatly influenced by the absolute talent that is Wiliam Young. I have reviewed numerous plays and I can honestly say he is among the best I have seen on stage. His skill, timing and delivery is first class, as his final scene ended and he took a bow there were tears from the audience.”
North Wales-based actor Justin Melluish worked with dance theatre company Humans Move on the research and development of a show happening later this year called Let Life Dance. He said:
"I have been looking forward to bringing Humans Move to audiences since being involved in the R&D process in 2023."
10 actors from our South and West Wales Academies filmed at Dragon Studios, Pencoed for a fantastic disabled-led short film.
Hijinx actors Aaron Relf, Cameron Hayden, Adan C Webb, Iwan Jones, Victoria Walters, Gareth Hopkins all helped facilitate our Beyond Words communications training for the events sector in locations across Wales. One participant of the training described the actors as a “joy to work with” and many expressed the value they found in the actors’ experiences shaping the roleplay scenarios.
Cameron and Aaron also worked as roleplay actors for our Cardiff School of Pharmacy training, in addition to Jacques Colgate and Tommy Rhys-Powell, working through roleplay scenarios with students to strengthen their communication skills in pharmacy settings.
Gareth Hopkins had a great day with BBC Studios in Cardiff on their Soap Acting Workshop.
Richard Newnham, Lindsay Spellman, Gareth John and Matthew Mullins have been touring in Housemates, which has also featured another 20+ of our actors in the community cast. They’ve performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and the Torch Theatre in Milford Haven. The recent Observer review of Housemates described the “superb performances” of the cast and mentioned Gareth’s “determined Alan” who, with Peter Mooney’s Jim, have a connection that “radiates from the stage”.
Matthew Davison, Tommy Rhys-Powell and Ffion Gwyther took street theatre show Enter the Robots to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where they performed to an audience of delegates, invited by the British Embassy in Kyrgyzstan. They also performed to the public in the capital in a busy shopping centre.
In addition to these jobs, Hijinx actors had more than 30 auditions in March and successfully booked in another 7 jobs for the first week of April! Da iawn pawb!
Take a look at our casting platform, www.hijinxactors.co.uk or find our actors on Spotlight.
We need a cup of tea and a lie down after all that!
