ALISON MEAD - actress
Alison Mead is an experienced actress, director and
teacher with years of experience behind her. Her stage appearances include
Gertrude in Hamlet (National Tour) the name part in Anna Weiss by Mike Cullum,
the role of Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. Other roles
have seen her in an American double bill “Naomi in the Living Room”
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in a new play performed at the Churchill
Theatre, Bromley in 2005 “The House on the Other Shore”.
Film credits include two films for Graham Watts: Diane in “Prey for the
Future” and also in “To the Manor Drawn”. Both can be viewed
at www.mediakiller.co.uk/film
The lead role in “Yam” (Amazon Films) was presented at the National
Film Theatre and is a feature length film available at www.amazon.co.uk.
Recent television credits include appearances as Peggy Haywood in “Casualty”,
directed by Robin del Maestro and the Magistrate’s Clerk with
Emily Joyce in an episode of “Wycliffe”, starring Jack Shepherd
and directed by Michael Brayshaw.
Alison has also worked at the Young Vic with Wendy Toye; for Bill Kenwright
Ltd with Peter Howell and for Yorkshire Television with Richard
Handford, John Frankau and Mike Newell. She has toured nationally in open
air productions and Number One venues.
Alison has a wide range of experience in comedy and drama,
film, television and theatre and is adept at dialect work including American,
Norfolk and West Country which is her native accent. She is able to offer
basic singing and dance skills.
Directing credits include “The Untold Story” for the National Trust
in summer 2005 and an upcoming project for young people at the Churchill Theatre
Bromley entitled Island Utopias in Easter 2006. Further information, including
teaching and workshop experience can be found on Alison’s training
website which is linked back to this site.
Alison Mead is in the process of completing two written projects. One is a
stage play to be entered in the Manchester Royal Exchange playwriting festival
and one is a television drama.
PAST REVIEWS
Alison Mead’s character Joyce was spot
on as the woman trying to cope………….Essex County Standard,
Bone Harvest, Eastern Angles Theatre Company. 2003
Alison Mead was clearly at ease with the language in this emotional portrayal
of Queen Gertrude. .........Hamlet. National Tour. 2000.
A sympathetic portrayal by Alison Mead……..East Anglian daily times,
Bone Harvest, Eastern Angles Theatre Company. 2003
Played to perfection by Alison Mead………Wandsworth Borough News,
Cemetery Club, 1998
Alison Mead is clearly an experienced actress,…..beautifully acted. Greenwich
Guide. Drawing the Devil on the Wall, 1999
A powerful performance…………Kentish Times; Drawing the Devil
on the wall. 1999
