550 stories by "John Byrne"
A friend and I started a sketch group last year, which has now grown to five people and started to build a
I was coming up for A levels and applying to university and drama schools and writing to loads of reps to get
How did you start off in theatre? I was an actor for several years and, after a long West End run, I
I just had the worst audition of my career. Sadly it was an important one " a potential regular in a prime-time
Part of the way through my computer science degree I knew it wasn't a career I wanted to follow after graduation. I
How did you start off in theatre? My first memories of theatre are of being taken to musicals as a child and
I worked regularly as an actor throughout the 1970s and 1980s and, although never a star name, enjoyed every minute. I left
My first job was in 1993 for Mockbeggar Theatre Company in a play called Against the Grain. But I would like to
How did you start in theatre? No one in my family had an interest in theatre so it's hard to know where
I have spent most of the last 16 months in touring shows. It's been an excellent crash course in being a working
My first acting job is the job I'm still doing. I've played Shak in BBC1's Doctors since September 2015. Roughly a month
How did you start off in dance? A sequence of coincidences: I was walking the path to my office thinking of an
I have just started a long summer tour with a Shakespearean comedy. I auditioned just before my part-time drama course ended and
My first professional job came about because of a conversation I had 10 years ago with the director Graham Hubbard. We had
How did you start off in performance? I trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and have been working professionally
When we were graduating from drama school last year, our class was given a set of email templates and a list of
I left LAMDA in 1978 and I was lucky enough to get an agent after our final shows, but in those days
How did you start in dance/performance? I started my performance career at an early age with the National Youth Theatre and the
After several years of juggling part-time training with my day job, I am ready to try to make it pay off by
How did you start off in performance? I started at my local drama group, the Little Theatre in Nairn. I took part
My first screen job was a commercial in 2017. We filmed in Watford, not far from where I live, but as it
I have always wanted to be a professional actor but I am not sure I have the confidence. I'm not talking about
After volunteering for several arts organisations in my home town of St Louis, Missouri, I was offered an opportunity to work for
How did you start in theatre? As an actor in the late 1980s. What is the best piece of advice you have
From Shakespeare to puppets, pub gardens to palaces, the summer season provides opportunities for outdoor work across the UK. John Byrne speaks
