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Chan, Cletus

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies

Graduated: 2015

Job Title/ Company: Actor

Biography: After my three incredible years at Warwick, I pursued a masters degree in Musical Theatre at Guildford School of Acting. During my time at GSA I was fortunate enough to participate in the ’48 hour challenge’, performing as ‘Ching Ho’ in ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ at the Adelphi Theatre, London. After graduation I was cast as ‘Eddie’ in Royal Carribean’s production of ‘Mamma Mia!’ onboard the Allure of the Seas. Soon after, I made my West End debut in the ensemble of ‘The King and I’ at the London Palladium. The past year I have continued to work with ‘The King and I’, touring the UK, Japan and Zurich as ‘Simon of legree’ and understudy ‘Prince Chulalongkorn’ and ‘Lun Tha’. Soon I’ll be relocating to Vienna to perform in a German production of ‘Miss Saigon’.

Date of Case Study: June 2020

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Goulding, Josh

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies

Graduated: 2013

Job Title/ Company: Actor

Date of Case Study: June 2020

Biography: After graduating I spent a year in London, working and applying to American graduate schools. In 2014, I moved to the US to study for an MFA in Dramaturgy at the Yale School of Drama, after which I moved to New York in 2017 to work in the literary department of the off-Broadway Signature Theatre. Throughout university, I was heavily involved in the student theatre scene, taking professional acting work during the holidays. In 2018, I decided to pursue acting as a profession, getting my first off-Broadway job that same year, allowing me to attain an 01 visa, for “Artists of Extraordinary Ability,” in order to remain and work in the US. Since then, I gained my US Equity card and was most recently in the Broadway production of Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen, which premiered at the Golden Theatre, Times Square in March, 2020, and played for 13 performances before closing indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Kulvichit, Ben

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies

Graduated: 2018

Job Title/ Company: Artist (Co-Artistic Director Emergency Chorus), critical writer

Biography (max. 150 words): I co-lead a performance collective called Emergency Chorus (http://emergencychorus.com/) which I founded together with friends from Warwick. Our past shows include CELEBRATION and Landscape (1989). Our performances move across theatre, dance and Live Art, exploring the anxieties, contradictions and optimisms of the contemporary moment. We’ve been lucky enough to make and show our work at venues and festivals across the UK such as New Diorama Theatre, Cambridge Junction and Bristol Old Vic.

I’ve also collaborated with other artists and companies such as YESYESNONO, Jack Bradfield and Ava Wong Davies in different roles from performer to dramaturg and lighting designer. I became an Associate Artist with Chris Goode & Company in 2019.

As a critic, I write for The Stage and am National Reviews Editor for Exeunt Magazine. This year I deputy edited Vanishing Points, an essay collection published by Diverse Actions and Live Art Development Agency.

Date of Case Study: June 2020

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Lane, Samantha

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies

Graduated: 1998

Job Title/ Company: Artistic Director, Little Angel Theatre

Date of Case Study: February 2021

Biography: Samantha is currently Artistic Director at Little Angel Theatre, where she is responsible for the overall vision of the organisation, and she also adapts, writes and directs productions for children aged 0-11, all incorporating puppetry. She was formerly Director of Projects at the Almeida Theatre where she made theatre for, by and with young people aged 14-25, and set up a Facilitation PGCert in partnership with RCSSD; and Education Manager at the Queen’s Theatre where she created TIE shows for schools, as well as directing community plays with casts of 60+. Samantha has also worked at The V&A Theatre Museum, as a secondary Drama Teacher and on various freelance theatre/education projects – including working in Singapore and Canada. Samantha completed an MA in Text and Performance at KCL and RADA in 2010; and she is author of Directing Young People in Theatre: A Guide to Staging Plays with Young Casts (Macmillan).

Lesca, Bertrand

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies
Graduated: 2010
Job Title/ Company: Theatre Maker

Biography:Bertrand Lesca is a theatre maker from France. After studying at Warwick University, he went on to assist Peter Brook and Declan Donnellan on several international tours.

Since 2015, Bertrand works in collaboration with the performance maker Nasi Voutsas. Together they created EUROHOUSE, PALMYRA and ONE; which explored power dynamics and political themes on a micro, human level.

Using humour and the dynamics of their onstage relationship, Bertrand and Nasi undercut and explore the darker aspects of contemporary subjects in work that questions both their own – and the audience’s – role as ‘active’ spectators in global conflicts.

Recent projects include IT DON’T WORRY ME, a collaboration with the Spanish Catalan company Atresbandes to make a piece exploring political correctness across cultures, and THE END a dance piece exploring the breakdown of their own working relationship set against the backdrop of an imminent climate catastrophe.

In 2020, Bertrand and Nasi received the Forced Entertainment Award (in memory of Huw Chadbourn).

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Piepe, Bathsheba

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies

Graduated: 2011

Job Title/ Company: Actor

Date of Case Study: November 2020

Biography: After graduating from Warwick, I trained at LAMDA. As an actor, I have worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford /BBC/West End), Hampstead Theatre, Salisbury Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse and The Watermill Theatre. I am a regular performer and collaborator with Swamp Motel (run by Warwick graduates), working on projects in London, New York, and most recently, on-line. With Flute Theatre, I performed in the European Tours of Twelfth Night and Hamlet. Alongside acting, I am a judge for the English Speaking Union’s Speaking Shakespeare Competition, and have led workshops and masterclasses for both the ESU and LAMDA. With Fellswoop Theatre Company (formed at Warwick), I co-devised and performed in the Award-Winning Belleville Rendez-Vous (Edinburgh/UK and Ireland Tour.) As a singer, I am currently collaborating with classical Lute player Jens Franke for a series of concerts in 2021 and am a backing vocalist for Rhumba Club.

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Templeman-Young, Zoe

Course: BA Theatre and Performance Studies
Graduated: 2013

Job Title/ Company: Actress, Playwright, Artistic Director atÉCOUTE Theatre

Biography: After graduating from the University of Warwick I attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on their BA Acting Course and during my training was cast in Mary Stuart (Almeida, dir. Robert Icke). Since leaving RADA I carried on working as an actress alongside my creative and directorial work as the Artistic Director of ÉCOUTE Theatre (set up with fellow Warwick Alumni Sam McLaughlin) - creating and performing verbatim theatre. In 2020 our play Take Care was published by Nick Hern Books.

Date of Case Study: June 2020