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LU CORFIELD

Height: 5 Feet 9 Inches
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue

Nationality: Welsh
Natural Accent: RP (Shropshire)

 

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Alexandra de Lago (Princess)
Olivia/Maria
Death
Narrator
Annabella
Lady Fidget/Lady Squeamish
Avonia
Joyce
His Mother Roberto/ Madam
Woman/Hanna
Messenger
Waitress

Production 
Sweet Bird of Youth
Twelfth Night
John Piper in the House of Death
Ulysses
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore
The Country Wife
Trelawney of the Wells
Early Morning
Roberto Zucco
Lovers
Antigone
Good 		Director
Jennie Buckman
Ellis Jones
Brian Stirner
William Gaskill
Helen Strange
Gregory de Polnay
Brigid Panet
John Adams
William Galinsky
Joseph Blatchley
Nona Shepphard
David Sulkin

Special Skills
Strong soprano – solo and choral experience, harmony singing; sight reading; confident RP speaker; compere for RADA Prize Fights 2001; period dance, Flamenco, Tango; Marbo (red belt); clean driving licence

Other Experience
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Founder/Director of No Frills Theatre – company backed by Amnesty
International – toured devised play (Take One) around British theatres, Amnesty conferences, schools and
universities, with supporting workshops. Montgomeryshire Youth Theatre: Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt
Brecht; Shen Te. The Sleep of Reason, collaboration of work by Edgar Allen Poe. Shot Through the Heart
by/working with Bryony Lavery, Pentabus Theatre Co. (Summer 2000). Agnes of God, Dr Livingstone, by
Pielmier, director/performer Theatr Clera. Played violin with North Powys Youth Orchestra and a Baroque
group. Sang with Madrigal choir and was soloist for Austrian tour. Employed by ‘Arts Alive’ as a Youth Arts
Worker, leading workshops in improvisation, theatre management and basic stage skills.

Special Interests
Singing and music; writing poetry and short stories; learning piano; family and friends.

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