John Clare

Paul Westwood is an actor and writer from Birmingham. He trained at Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He also attended Royal Holloway, University of London, and Boston College, USA.

Theatre includes: Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music; Henry Higgins 1st Cover in My Fair Lady (West End & UK/Éire tour); Norman in The Norman Conquests (Dir. Clemmie Reynolds); Blood Brothers (U.K. Tour); Gaslight (UK Tour); Skin in the Game (Old Red Lion & UK Tour; Dir. Clemmie Reynolds); The Cardinal (Southwark Playhouse); David Bowie's Lazarus (King's Cross Theatre/Robert Fox Ltd); King Charles III (Almeida UK Tour/Sydney Theatre Co.); Dunsinane (RSC/National Theatre of Scotland, World Tour); A Life Of Galileo (RSC/Theatre Royal Bath); Three Men In A Boat (Original Theatre Co.); Two's Company (Old Vic Tunnels); Outward Bound (Finborough); The Seagull (Arcola); Dancing At Lughnasa (Original Theatre Co.); Plucker (Southwark Playhouse); The Ring Of Truth (Orange Tree); Twelfth Night (York Theatre Royal); Great Expectations (Manchester Library Theatre); Hapgood (Birmingham Rep); Nick Payne's Starlings (Old Vic 24 Hour Plays); Othello (Birmingham Stage Company); and the title role in Hamlet (Robsham Theater, USA).

Film & Television includes: Silent Witness (BBC); The Diamond Heist (Netflix); Stonehouse (ITV); McMafia (BBC); Us & Them
(Netflix); Mordecai (Lionsgate); Da Vinci's Demons (STARZ); Gracie! (BBC); Walter's War (BBC); and playing Julie Walters son in Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (BBC).

Writing includes: An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995 (Assembly Rooms 2023; Directed by Clemmie Reynolds); Skin in the Game (Old Red Lion, & UK Tour 2019); And The Winner Is...? (Robin Linde/Vault Festival, 2018); Citizen Recall: Mrs Helen Stridgen (Robin Linde/Vault Festival 2017); and Zain Tyrannus (Bold Tendencies, Peckham). Forthcoming: 12, Hyde Park Square, and The Fête of Bell Gurgle, both to be directed by Clemmie Reynolds.

DIRECTOR & DRAMATURG

As a dramaturg and director Clemmie’s work includes for Shakespeare’s Globe, BBC Radio 4, Sonia Friedman Productions, Eleanor Loyd Productions, in the West End and on No.1 tours; and regularly with writer Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps), and with director Lucy Bailey (Witness For The Prosecution). She is also Reader for the Bruntwood Prize and for Sonia Friedman Productions. 

SOUND AND LIGHTING

A freelance live event, music and theatre technician, James has recently designed sound and light for theatre productions including at The Playground, Questors, The Stables, Theatro Technis and for Drama Studio London and Emul8. He is currently producing music recordings with 2 clients and enjoys engaging in all artistic and technical aspects of sound production including live music and independent film

WRITER

With a lifetime's toil at the corporate coal face behind him, this is Jim's first professional writing piece.

WRITER

Eric has written for THE MERCURY WORKSHOP MUSICAL REVIEW (Jermyn Street Theatre, directed by Julia Mackenzie) I.D. - a one-woman show for actress Janie Dee, (Royal National Theatre Studio and regional theatres). He co-wrote the music (with Cathy Shostak) for THE DEMON HEADMASTER, (Royal National Theatre Studio, UK No. 1 Tour) and for A LITTLE PRINCESS for Stage By Stage Productions (Toronto). With Paul James he wrote POLICE STORY (Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts) and THE LATE SLEEPERS (Theatre Royal, Newcastle).  

THE BOY WHO FELL INTO A BOOK, (co-composer with Cathy Shostak) based on the play by Alan Ayckbourn, premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in an acclaimed production directed by Alan Ayckbourn. Most recently he has contributed lyrics and music to Janie Dee’s BEAUTIFUL WORLD CABARET (Edinburgh and London Fringe venues) His song with Paul James, ‘Kaboom Kapow’ won the Stiles and Drewe Song Prize.  He co-wrote, with June Hamilton, a commemorative piece, performed at Wembley Arena, to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Great Britain and has also written music for radio and film.

His current project is ROCKET WOMAN, as composer and co-lyricist with Katharine McMahon.