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James Topping

Height: 5 Feet 8½ Inches
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Green/Blue

Nationality: British
Natural Accent: RP

 

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Armand Duval/Honore de Sancerre
Cassio/Lodovico
Peter Stephanovich Verkhovensky
Leon Bavardage/Chaos
Flamineo/Lodovico
Sir Fopling Flutter
Rabbi Nata
Neznamov
Harry The Horse
Ben Dollard
Mr Rich
Production
Camille
Othello
The Devils
Hell (devised project)
The White Devil
The Man of Mode
Yentl
Innocent as Charged
Guys & Dolls
Sirens
The Beau Defeated 		Director
John Beschizza
Jennie Buckman
William Gaskill
Bardy Thomas
Brigid Panet
Gregory de Polnay
Dee Cannon
Paul Jepson
Geoff Bullen
William Gaskill
Glen Watford


Special Skills
Certificate in stage fighting (BASSC), winner of Henry Marshall Shield for the Best Scene and the Vanbrugh Theatre Club Prize for Most Entertaining Fight at the RADA Prize Fights 2000, strong baritone voice, choral singing (bass), period dance, Flamenco, dialects (native Merseyside), qualified scuba diver (CMAS grade 1), golf, lacrosse, hockey, tennis, typing and basic computing, French to A-Level, full clean driving licence.

Other Experience
BA (Hons) in Drama (UWA, 2:1). Theatre whilst at university included Tusenbach in Three Sisters, Ariel in The Tempest, Lennox in Macbeth, Druce in Red Noses, Bellini in Albert and other roles in The Seagull, The School for Wives, The Skriker and Oliver!. Shakespeare workshops for G.C.S.E students. Professional work before RADA includes Me & My Girl (Aberystwyth Arts Centre), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and Howard Barker's Hated Nightfall. Theatre for children: Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, writer and director of David and the Dragon. Pantomime: Muddles in Snow White, Billy Goose in Mother Goose. Experience as a folk singer/guitarist both solo and in a group and as lead singer and guitarist of a rock band.

Special Interests
Reading, writing, painting, drawing, films, theatre, cooking, British history, golf, swimming, scuba diving, water-skiing and playing the guitar.